Recruiter (n.) One who, or that which, recruits.
Recruitment (n.) The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
Recrystallization (n.) The process or recrystallizing.
Recrystallize (v. i. & t.) To crystallize again.
Rectal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
Rectangle (n.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
Rectangle (a.) Rectangular.
Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.
Rectangular (a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
Rectangularity (n.) The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.
Recti- () A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.
Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.
Rectifiable (a.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to any definite portion of the curve.
Rectification (n.) The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
Rectification (n.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.
Rectifier (n.) One who, or that which, rectifies.
Rectifier (n.) Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
Rectified (imp. & p. p.) of Rectify
Rectifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rectify
Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
Rectify (v. t.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
Rectify (v. t.) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of Rectilinear
Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.
Rectilinearity (n.) The quality or state of being rectilinear.
Rectilineous (a.) Rectilinear.
Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
Rection (n.) See Government, n., 7.
Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.
Rectiserial (a.) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.
Rectitis (n.) Proctitis.
Rectitude (n.) Straightness.
Rectitude (n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
Rectitude (n.) Right judgment.
Recto- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
Recto (n.) A writ of right.
Recto (n.) The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
Rector (n.) A ruler or governor.
Rector (n.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.
Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
Rector (n.) The head master of a public school.
Rector (n.) The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.
Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Rectorate (n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
Rectoress (n.) A governess; a rectrix.
Rectoress (n.) The wife of a rector.
Rectorial (a.) Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.
Rectorship (n.) Government; guidance.
Rectorship (n.) The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
Rectories (pl. ) of Rectory
Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
Rectory (n.) A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
Recto-uterine (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
Rectovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
Recto-vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
Rectress (n.) A rectoress.
Rectrices (pl. ) of Rectrix
Rectrix (n.) A governess; a rectoress.
Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
Rectum (n.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
Recti (pl. ) of Rectus
Rectus (n.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Recubation (n.) Recumbence.
Recule (v. i.) To recoil.
Recule (n.) Alt. of Reculement
Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to recline; to repose.
Recumbence (n.) The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Recumbency (n.) Recumbence.
Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Recuperable (a.) Recoverable.
Recuperated (imp. &. p. p.) of Recuperate
Recuperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recuperate
Recuperate (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Recuperate (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
Recuperation (n..) Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
Recuperative (a.) Alt. of Recuperatory
Recuperatory (a.) Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
Recuperator (n.) Same as Regenerator.
Recurred (imp. & p. p.) of Recur
Recurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recur
Recur (v. i.) To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Recur (v. i.) To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
Recur (v. i.) To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
Recure (v. t.) To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.
Recure (v. t.) To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.
Recure (v. t.) To be a cure for; to remedy.
Recure (n.) Cure; remedy; recovery.
Recureless (a.) Incapable of cure.
Recurrence (n.) Alt. of Recurrency
Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.
Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
Recursant (a.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
Recursion (n.) The act of recurring; return.
Recurvate (a.) Recurved.
Recurvate (v. t.) To bend or curve back; to recurve.