Nouns

reckoner

noun

a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation

reconditeness

noun

the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to underst...

recreant

noun

an abject coward

recrudescence

noun

a return of something after a period of abatement

rectangularity

noun

the property of being shaped like a rectangle

recto

noun

right-hand page

rectocele

noun

protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can...

rectus

noun

any of various straight muscles

recursion

noun

(mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated...

recusancy

noun

refusal to submit to established authority; originally the r...

redaction

noun

putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill)...

redbone

noun

a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound

redbird

noun

crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red...

redbug

noun

larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including hu...

redbud

noun

small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the J...

reddle

noun

a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking

rediffusion

noun

a system for distributing radio or tv programs

redhorse

noun

North American sucker with reddish fins

redox

noun

a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an o...

redpoll

noun

small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast a...

redroot

noun

perennial woodland native of North America having a red root...

redshank

noun

a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

redstart

noun

European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to...

reductase

noun

an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some s...

reductionism

noun

a theory that all complex systems can be completely understo...

reduplication

noun

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the b...

redwing

noun

North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

reedbird

noun

migratory American songbird

reenlistment

noun

a renewed enlistment

refiner

noun

one whose work is to refine a specific thing

reflation

noun

inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore t...

reflectance

noun

the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surf...

reflectiveness

noun

the capability of quiet thought or contemplation

reflectometer

noun

a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface

reflexiveness

noun

the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and i...

reflexivity

noun

the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and i...

reformism

noun

a doctrine of reform

refractivity

noun

the physical property of a medium as determined by its index...

refractometer

noun

measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a...

refulgence

noun

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

refutal

noun

the act of determining that something is false

regimentals

noun

the military uniform and insignia of a regiment

regionalism

noun

a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that...

registrant

noun

a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a re...

regulus

noun

a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets

rehearing

noun

the act of hearing again

reichstein

noun

a Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the...

rejoinder

noun

a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or...

relentlessness

noun

mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or...

relict

noun

an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwis...