Revolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revolve
Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
Revolve (v. i.) To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
Revolve (v. i.) To return; to pass.
Revolve (v. t.) To cause to turn, as on an axis.
Revolve (v. t.) Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
Revolvement (n.) Act of revolving.
Revolvency (n.) The act or state of revolving; revolution.
Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.
Revolving (a.) Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.
Revulse (v. t.) To pull back with force.
Revulsion (n.) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Revulsion (n.) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
Revulsive (a.) Causing, or tending to, revulsion.
Revulsive (n.) That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.
Rew (n.) A row.
Rewake (v. t. & i.) To wake again.
Rewarded (imp. & p. p.) of Reward
Rewarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reward
Reward (v. t.) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
Reward (n.) Regard; respect; consideration.
Reward (n.) That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
Reward (n.) Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
Reward (n.) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
Rewardable (a.) Worthy of reward.
Rewarder (n.) One who rewards.
Rewardful (a.) Yielding reward.
Rewardless (a.) Having, or affording, no reward.
Rewe (v. t. & i.) To rue.
Rewel bone () An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.
Rewet (n.) A gunlock.
Rewful (a.) Rueful.
Rewin (v. t.) To win again, or win back.
Rewle (n. & v.) Rule.
Rewme (n.) Realm.
Reword (v. t.) To repeat in the same words; to reecho.
Reword (v. t.) To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.
Rewrite (v. t.) To write again.
Rewth (n.) Ruth.
Reges (pl. ) of Rex
Rex (n.) A king.
Reyn (n.) Rain or rein.
Reynard (n.) An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.
Reyse (v. t.) To raise.
Reyse (v. i.) To go on a military expedition.
Rhabarbarate (a.) Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Rhabarbarin (n.) Alt. of Rhabarbarine
Rhabarbarine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.
Rhabdite (n.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.
Rhabdite (n.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
Rhabdocoela (n. pl.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.
Rhabdocoelous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela.
Rhabdoidal (a.) See Sagittal.
Rhabdolith (n.) A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
Rhabdology (n.) Same as Rabdology.
Rhabdom (n.) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Rhabdomancy (n.) Same as Rabdomancy.
Rhabdomere (n.) One of the several parts composing a rhabdom.
Rhabdophora (n. pl.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.
Rhabdopleura (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata
Rhabdosphere (n.) A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
Rhachialgia (n.) See Rachialgia.
Rhachidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.
Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
Rhachilla (n.) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.
Rhachises (pl. ) of Rhachis
Rhachides (pl. ) of Rhachis
Rhachis (n.) The spine.
Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.
Rhachis (n.) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.
Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.
Rhachis (n.) The central cord in the stem of a crinoid.
Rhachis (n.) The median part of the radula of a mollusk.
Rhachis (n.) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.
Rhachitis (n.) See Rachitis.
Rhadamanthine (a.) Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.
Rhadamanthus (n.) One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.
Rh/tian (a & n.) Rhetain.
Rh/tic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.
Rh/tizite (n.) A variety of the mineral cyanite.
Rhamadan (n.) See Ramadan.
Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus).
Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
Rhamphothecae (pl. ) of Rhamphotheca
Rhamphotheca (n.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.
Rhaphe (n.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.
Rhaphides (n. pl.) Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.
Rhaponticine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.
Rhapsode (n.) A rhapsodist.
Rhapsoder (n.) A rhapsodist.
Rhapsodic (a.) Alt. of Rhapsodic
Rhapsodic (a.) Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.
Rhapsodist (n.) Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
Rhapsodist (n.) Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore.
Rhapsodist (n.) One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.
Rhapsodized (imp. & p. p.) of Rhapsodize