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rabbitskinThe skin of a rabbit.racecationA vacation consisting mainly of visiting race venues.racemationA cluster or bunch, as of grapes.racization(sociology) The way in which race becomes defined.radicarian(archaic) Relating to roots.radicationThe process of taking root, or state of being rooted.radioargonradioactive argonradioboronradioactive boronradiotoxinAny radiotoxic substance.radioxenonradioactive xenonrafampacinMisspelling of rifampicin.raftswomanA female raftsman.ragamuffinA dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.railwaymanA man who works on a railway.railwaymenplural of railwaymanraingardenAlternative form of rain garden.rainscreenSynonym of rainshade.rajamuffin(slang, uncommon) Synonym of Raggastani.ramatrobanA thromboxane receptor antagonist used in treating coronary artery disease and asthma.ramoplaninA glycolipodepsipeptide antibiotic drug derived from Actinoplanes.ramosetron(pharmacology) A serotonin receptor antagonist for the treatment of nausea and vomiting.rampallian(obsolete) A mean wretch; a low person.ranaspumin(biochemistry) A surfactant protein found in the foam nests of tropical frogs.ranchwomanThe female equivalent of a ranchman.raniseptinAny of a group of antimicrobial peptides present in the skin of the anuran Hypsiboas ranicepsrantallion(slang) A person whose scrotum is so relaxed as to hang so low as to exceed the length of the flaccid penisranunculinAn unstable glucoside found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). On maceration, it is enzymatically broken down into glucose and the toxin protoanemonin.rascallionArchaic form of rapscallion.reablation(medicine, surgery, uncountable) The act of reablating.readditionA second or subsequent addition, especially following removalreadeption(obsolete) A regaining; recovery of something lost.readhesionA second, or subsequent adhesion, especially following deadhesionreadoptionBeing adopted back into a family or groupreaerationaeration again or anewreauditionTo audition again.recampaign(intransitive) To campaign again.rechristen(transitive) To christen or baptize again.recitationThe act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.recreationAny activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.recubation(obsolete) recumbence; a state of lying downrecusation(law) The act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible partiality or prejudice.redecisionThe act or result of redeciding.redeletion(rare) deletion againredemptionThe act of redeeming or something redeemed.redilationdilation againredivisiondivision again or anewredneckian(informal, US) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of rednecks.reejectionThe act of reejecting.reelectionAct of electing to office one previously elected to and serving in office.reemissiona second or subsequent emissionreenactionThe process of reenacting.reenvision(transitive) To envision again or anew.reerectionThe act of reerecting.reexcision(surgery) A second or subsequent excision.refixationThe fixing in place of something that had previously been removedreflectionThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.reflectron(physics, chemistry) A time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it.reflexicon(rare) A word list that describes its own letter frequencies.refraction(metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heatrefunction(transitive) To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.refutation(proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.regarrison(transitive) To garrison again.regelationThe act or process of freezing again.regressionAn action of regressing, a return to a previous state.regucalcin(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein that is preferentially expressed in the liver and kidney and may be associated with aging.regulation(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.reheightenTo heighten again.rehibition(archaic) The return of a purchased item to the seller, on the ground of defect or fraud.reignitionProcess, act or instance of reigniting.reillusion(transitive) To restore a false belief.reimprison(transitive) To imprison again.reincisionA second or subsequent incision.reinfusioninfusion again or anewreinswomanA female jockey, especially in harness racing.reinvasionThe act or process of reinvading; a subsequent invasion.relaxationThe act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.relegationThe act of being relegatedrelengthenTo lengthen again.relevation(obsolete) A raising or lifting upreligationA second or subsequent ligationrelocationThe act of moving from one place to another.remanationThe act of returning; reabsorption.remipedianAny crustacean of the class Remipediaremunition(ambitransitive) To take on, or supply with, new munitions.remutationmutation again, or back to a previous formrenegation(obsolete) a denialrenninogen(obsolete) Synonym of prochymosin.renormalon(physics) A poorly-understood and, so far, undefined singularity associated with quantum chromodynamicsrenovationAn act, or the process, of renovating.reoccasion(transitive) To occasion again.reparation(usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).repedation(obsolete, literal or figurative) A stepping or going back.repertaxinAn inhibitor of chemokine receptors, R(-)-2-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionyl methansulphonamiderepetitionThe act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.repiferminA recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor that is used to help wound healingrepititionMisspelling of repetition.repositionTo put into a new positionrepressionThe act of repressing; state of being repressed.reprolysin(biochemistry) A group of metalloproteases, that contains zinc, found in some snake venomreptantianAny decapod of the clade Reptantia.republicanAdvocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.reputationWhat somebody or something is known for.requestionTo question again.requestman(naval) One who submits a formal request.reredemain(archaic) A backward stroke of the hand.rescinsion(law, parliamentary language) Rescission.rescissionAn act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.resedationA second or subsequent sedationresilition(archaic) resilienceresinationThe process, or the result, of resinatingresmethrinA pyrethroid insecticide with many uses, including control of the adult mosquito population.resolutionA firm decision or an official decision.resomationA process for the disposal of a corpse by submerging it in a strong base compound at a high pressure and temperature until it dissolves.resonationThe act or state of resonatingresorfurinMisspelling of resorufin.resorptionThe act of resorbing.respection(obsolete, Early Modern) respect; regardrespersion(obsolete) The act of sprinkling or scattering.responsion(UK, education, historical, in the plural) The first of three examinations once required for an academic degree at the University of Oxford; nicknamed the little go and generally taken around the time of matriculation.resudation(rare) The act of sweating again.resumptionThe act of resuming or starting something again.retardicanAlternative letter-case form of Retardican.retaxationThe act of taxing something again; recalculation of tax.reticullinMisspelling of reticulin.retractionAn act or instance of retracting.retrogreen(colloquial, rare) To retrofit existing models or structures (theoretical or physical) to accommodate environmentally friendly values.retroposon(genetics) A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA.reutericinA bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus reuteri.revelationThe act of revealing or disclosing.revocationAn act or instance of revoking.revolution(countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.rewriteman(journalism) A newspaper reporter who crafts stories from information reported by others, such as legmen.rezafunginAn antifungal drug of the echinocandin class.rhabduscin(organic chemistry) An amidoglycosyl- and vinyl-isonitrile tyrosine derivative that is a perimeter defense molecule in entomopathogenic bacteriarhachidian(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rachis.rhizavidin(biochemistry) An avidin dimer present in Rhizobium bacteriarhizotoxinAny rhizotoxic materialrhodocytin(biochemistry) A protein found in venom of the viper Calloselasma rhodostomarhodomycin(medicine) Any of a group of antibiotics produced by StreptomycesrhodotoxinOne of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.rhombozoan(zoology) Any of the phylum Rhombozoa of tiny parasites found in the renal appendages of cephalopods.rhumbatron(physics, historical) A kind of resonator.rhythmicon(music) An early transposable keyboard instrument capable of playing notes in periodic rhythms proportional to the overtone series of a chosen fundamental pitch.riboflavin(biochemistry) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.ribophorin(biochemistry) Any of a group of transmembrane glycoproteins located in the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, but absent in the membrane of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.richsplain(informal, derogatory) To explain to a poor person (as a middle-class or wealthy person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.ricinolein(organic chemistry) The glyceride of ricinoleic acid, present in castor oil.riemannianAlternative letter-case form of Riemannian.rifampicin(pharmacology) A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C₄₃H₅₈N₄O₁₂ obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci.riflewomanA female rifleman (one who uses a rifle as a weapon).riproximin(biochemistry) A protein that inactivates certain ribosomes and may have anticancer usesristocetin(medicine) A toxic antibiotic, obtained from Amycolatopsis lurida, previously used to treat staphylococcal infectionsritanserinA serotonin antagonist with potential uses in treating many neurological disorders.riverplainThe alluvial plain of a river.riverwomanA woman who lives or works on a river.robolutionThe design and manufacture of revolutionary forms of robots.roboration(obsolete) The act of strengthening.rogitation(rare, uncountable) The act or process of rogitating.romidepsinAn anticancer agent obtained from the bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum.roofgardenAlternative form of roof garden.roscovitinAlternative form of roscovitine.rosegardenAlternative form of rose garden.roseotoxin(organic chemistry) A toxic cyclodepsipeptide present in the fungus Trichothecium roseumrotatorian(zoology) Any member of the Rotatoria.rotavationThe action, or the result, of rotavatingrotavirion(virology) An individual particle of a rotavirus.rotomation(art) Rotoscoping, especially when assisted by motion capture technology.roughdrawnpast participle of roughdrawrubiscolin(biochemistry) Any of a group of opioid peptides formed during digestion of the rubisco protein from spinach leaves.rubradirinAn ansamycin antibiotic present in some Streptomyces bacteriarubratoxinAny of a class of mycotoxins found in Penicillium rubrum.rubredoxin(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron-sulfur proteins found in some bacteriarubromycinAny of a class of natural products isolated from actinomycetes and having various antimicrobial and enzyme activity.rubylation(biochemistry) Reaction with the protein "RUB" related to ubiquitinruderationThe act of paving with small stones and mortar.rufloxacin(pharmacology) The antibiotic 7-fluoro-6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-10-oxo-4-thia-1-azatricyclo[7.3.1.0^(5,13)]trideca-5(13),6,8,11-tetraene-11-carboxylic acid.rumbullion(obsolete) Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.rumbustion(obsolete) Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.rumfustianA hot alcoholic drink traditionally made from sherry, eggs, etc. and now made from rum and various spices.ruminationThe act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.rupestrianOccurring, or executed on rocks, or on cave wallsruscogenin(organic chemistry) A chemical compound found in the rhizome of butcher's broom.rutilationA reddening; a red glow.ryanotoxinA peptide having properties similar to that of ryanodine.