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<B>R</B> (1) or <B>r, </B>noun, pl. <B>R's</B> or <B>Rs,</B> <B>r's</B> or <B>rs.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the 18th letter of the English alphabet. There are two <I>r</I>'s in <I>carry.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any sound represented by this letter. <DD><B> 3. </B>(used as a symbol for) the 18th, or more usually the 17th (of an actual or possible series, either <I>l</I> or <I>J</I> being omitted). <BR> <I>Ex. row R in a theater.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the three R's,</B> </I>reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic. <BR> <I>Ex. Middle-class schools, in which education is pushed beyond the three R's (The Reader).</I> </DL>
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<B>R</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>R's.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> anything shaped like the letter R. </DL>
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<B>r</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Statistics.) correlation coefficient. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Electricity.) resistance. <DD><B> 3. </B>roentgen or roentgens. </DL>
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<B>r.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>king (Latin, <I>rex</I>). <DD><B> 2. </B>queen (Latin, <I>regina</I>). <DD><B> 3. </B>rabbi. <DD><B> 4. </B>radium (dosage). <DD><B> 5. </B>radius. <DD><B> 6a. </B>railroad. <DD><B> b. </B>railway. <DD><B> 7. </B>rain. <DD><B> 8. </B>rare. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Commerce.) received. <DD><B> 10. </B>recipe. <DD><B> 11. </B>rector. <DD><B> 12a. </B>residence. <DD><B> b. </B>resides. <DD><B> 13. </B>retired. <DD><B> 14. </B>right. <DD><B> 15. </B>rises. <DD><B> 16. </B>river. <DD><B> 17. </B>road. <DD><B> 18. </B>rod or rods. <DD><B> 19. </B>roentgen. <DD><B> 20. </B>(Chess.) rook. <DD><B> 21. </B>royal. <DD><B> 22. </B>rubber. <DD><B> 23. </B>ruble or rubles. <DD><B> 24. </B>run or runs (in scoring baseball and cricket). <DD><B> 25. </B>rupee or rupees. </DL>
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<B>R</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation or symbol for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>(Physics, Chemistry.) gas constant. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) radical. <DD><B> 3. </B>radius. <DD><B> 4. </B>rand (unit of money). <DD><B> 5. </B>rare earth. <DD><B> 6. </B>ratio. <DD><B> 7. </B>Reaumur. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Electricity.) resistance. <DD><B> 9. </B>Restricted (a symbol used in the United States for motion pictures restricted to an adult audience). <BR> <I>Ex. The board wanted to rate the film ... R (anyone under 17 restricted unless accompanied by parent or guardian) (Time).</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>riyal. <DD><B> 11. </B>(Chess.) rook. </DL>
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<B>R.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>King (Latin, <I>rex</I>). <DD><B> 2. </B>Queen (Latin, <I>regina</I>). <DD><B> 3. </B>rabbi. <DD><B> 4a. </B>railroad. <DD><B> b. </B>railway. <DD><B> 5. </B>range. <DD><B> 6. </B>Rankine. <DD><B> 7. </B>Reaumur. <DD><B> 8. </B>rector. <DD><B> 9. </B>redactor. <DD><B> 10. </B>Republican. <DD><B> 11. </B>respond or response (in church services). <DD><B> 12. </B>right (especially in stage directions). <DD><B> 13. </B>River. <DD><B> 14. </B>road. <DD><B> 15. </B>roentgen. <DD><B> 16. </B>Royal. <DD><B> 17. </B>ruble or rubles. <DD><B> 18. </B>rupee or rupees. </DL>
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<B>Ra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sun god and supreme deity of ancient Egypt, typically represented as a man with the head of a hawk, bearing the sun on his head. Also, <B>Re.</B> </DL>
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<B>Ra</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> radium (chemical element). </DL>
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<B>RA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Regular Army. </DL>
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<B>R.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>rear admiral. <DD><B> 2. </B>Regular Army. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Astronomy.) right ascension. <DD><B> 4a. </B>Royal Academician (member of the Royal Academy). <DD><B> b. </B>Royal Academy (of Great Britain). <DD><B> 5. </B>Royal Artillery (of Great Britain). </DL>
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<B>R.A.A.F.</B> or <B>RAAF</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Royal Australian Air Force. </DL>
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<B>rabat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a breast cover, usually black, worn by certain clergymen, attached to a collar and hanging down over the breast, especially in the form of two flat or plaited bands. </DL>
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<B>rabato, </B>noun, pl. <B>-toes.</B> <B>=rebato.</B></DL>
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<B>rabbet, </B>noun, verb, <B>-beted,</B> <B>-beting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a cut, groove, or slot made on the edge or surface of a board or the like, to receive the end or edge of another piece of wood shaped to fit it. <DD><B> 2. </B>a joint so made. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cut or form a rabbet in. <DD><B> 2. </B>to join with a rabbet. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to form a joint or bring pieces together with a rabbet. Also, <B>rebate.</B> </DL>
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<B>rabbet joint,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a joint formed by a rabbet. </DL>
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<B>rabbi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bis</B> or <B>-bies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a teacher of the Jewish religion; leader of a Jewish congregation; Jewish clergyman. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Jewish title for a doctor or expounder of the law. <BR> <I>Ex. They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) (John 1:38).</I> </DL>
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<B>rabbin, </B>noun. <B>=rabbi.</B></DL>
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<B>rabbinate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the office or position of a rabbi. <DD><B> 2. </B>the period during which one is a rabbi. <DD><B> 3. </B>rabbis as a group. </DL>
<B>Rabbinic, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Hebrew language or dialect as used by the rabbis in writings; the later Hebrew language. </DL>
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<B>rabbinical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with rabbis or their learning, teachings, or writings. adv. <B>rabbinically.</B> </DL>
<B>rabbinism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rabbinical expression or phrase. <DD><B> 2. </B>the teachings or traditions of the rabbis. </DL>
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<B>rabbit, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a burrowing animal about as big as a cat, with soft fur, a short, fluffy tail, long hind legs, and long ears. Rabbits can make long jumps and run very fast and they are sometimes raised for food or fur. They are rodentlike mammals that belong to the same order as the hare but produce young without fur, and include the gray European species and the American cottontails. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=hare.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the fur of a rabbit or hare. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=Welsh rabbit.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Sports.) <DD><B> a. </B>a mechanical lure often shaped like a rabbit, used in dog races. <DD><B> b. </B>a pacesetter in a race. <DD><B> c. </B>a player in golf, chess, etc., who must participate in preliminary rounds to qualify for each event in a tournament. <DD><B> d. </B>(British.) a poor tennis player or cricket batsman. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to hunt or catch rabbits. noun <B>rabbiter.</B> </DL>
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<B>rabbit ball,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Baseball Slang.) a very lively or bouncy baseball. </DL>
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<B>rabbit brush</B> or <B>bush,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a desert plant of the aster family, common in western North America. </DL>
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<B>rabbit deer,</B> <B>=pudu.</B></DL>
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<B>rabbit ear antenna,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a small, portable television receiving antenna, with two adjustable diagonal rods resembling the ears of a rabbit. </DL>
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<B>rabbit ears,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>too much attention by an umpire, referee, or player to the reactions or attitudes of the spectators at a sporting event. <BR> <I>Ex. Rabbit ears in a boxing judge or referee ... affected more than one decision in the days before television (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the umpire, referee, or player at a sporting event characterized by this. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) rabbit ear antenna. </DL>
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<B>rabbit fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of rodents and some other animals, communicable to people and transmitted chiefly by insects; tularemia. </DL>
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<B>rabbitfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a chimaera or ratfish of the Atlantic Ocean. <DD><B> 2. </B>an inedible, plant-eating fish of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a rabbitlike mouth and rounded nose. </DL>
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<B>rabbit food,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) green salads or raw vegetables. </DL>
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<B>rabbitlike, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like that of a rabbit. <BR> <I>Ex. rabbitlike ears.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like a rabbit; timid or afraid. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) prolific. <BR> <I>Ex. Mankind had been rabbitlike in the unplanned breeding of itself (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>rabbit punch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sharp blow on the back of the neck, at or near the base of the skull. </DL>
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<B>rabbitry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place where rabbits are kept. <DD><B> 2. </B>a collection of rabbits. </DL>
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<B>rabbit's foot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the hind foot of a rabbit or hare, kept as a token of good luck. <DD><B> 2. </B>a common species of clover. </DL>
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<B>rabbitwood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a parasitic North American shrub related to the sandalwood, with oblong leaves, greenish-white flowers, and drupaceous fruit; buffalo nut. </DL>
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<B>rabbity, </B>adjective, <B>-bitier,</B> <B>-bitiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>somewhat like a rabbit or rabbits. <BR> <I>Ex. a rabbity look, rabbity creatures.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or full of rabbits. <BR> <I>Ex. a rabbity field.</I> </DL>
