<B>reckoning, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a method of computing; count; calculation. <BR> <I>Ex. By my reckoning we are miles from home.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the settling of an account. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) The day of the criminal's reckoning comes in court.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a bill, especially at an inn or tavern. <BR> <I>Ex. The company having now pretty well satisfied their thirst, nothing remained but to pay the reckoning (Henry Fielding).</I> <DD><B> 4a. </B>the calculation of the position of a ship. <DD><B> b. </B>the position calculated. </DL>
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<B>reclaim, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to bring back to a useful, good condition. <BR> <I>Ex. The farmer reclaimed the swamp by draining it. Society reclaims criminals by teaching them skills. Henrietta reclaimed him from a life of vice (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to get from discarded things. <BR> <I>Ex. to reclaim rubber from old tires, to reclaim metal from old tin cans.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to demand the return of. <BR> <I>Ex. The library reclaimed the book he borrowed a year ago.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to make tame; subdue. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to exclaim; protest. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to call out; cry loudly. noun <B>reclaimer.</B> </DL>
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<B>re-claim, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a new or renewed claim. </DL>
<A NAME="reclaimable">
<B>reclaimable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be reclaimed. </DL>
<A NAME="reclaimant">
<B>reclaimant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who reclaims. </DL>
<A NAME="reclama">
<B>reclama, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a request or appeal to reconsider a decision, proposed action, or policy. <BR> <I>Ex. Margaret Thatcher, wrote ... Schlesinger ... in 1986, "appeared at Camp David to deliver a reclama on Reykjavik" (New York Times Magazine).</I> </DL>
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<B>reclamation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed; restoration to a useful, good condition. <BR> <I>Ex. the reclamation of deserts by irrigation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of protesting; protest. <BR> <I>Ex. My reclamation was not well received (Richard A. Proctor).</I> </DL>
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<B>reclame, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>advertisement; notoriety. <BR> <I>Ex. The vessel ... had achieved a certain dubious reclame shortly before (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>desire for publicity. </DL>
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<B>reclasp, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to clasp anew. </DL>
<A NAME="recleaner">
<B>recleaner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the screening attachment of a bean thresher or pea huller that cleans beans or peas before they are put into bags. </DL>
<A NAME="reclinable">
<B>reclinable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> capable of reclining or being reclined. <BR> <I>Ex. Both front seats are fully reclinable (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>reclinate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) bent or curved downward, as a leaf in a bud. </DL>
<A NAME="recline">
<B>recline, </B>verb, <B>-clined,</B> <B>-clining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to lean back; lie down. <BR> <I>Ex. The tired girl reclined on the couch.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to lay down. noun <B>recliner.</B> </DL>
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<B>reclothe, </B>transitive verb, <B>-clothed,</B> <B>-clothing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to clothe again. </DL>
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<B>recluse, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who lives shut up or withdrawn from the world. <BR> <I>Ex. a bachelor and something of a recluse in his private house, where he lived alone (W. H. Hudson).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> shut up or apart from the world. <BR> <I>Ex. a recluse life.</I> adv. <B>reclusely.</B> noun <B>recluseness.</B> </DL>
<B>reclusion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of shutting up or condition of being shut up in seclusion. <DD><B> 2. </B>solitary confinement. <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition or life of a recluse. <BR> <I>Ex. She is one of the few nuns in the world with ecclesiastical permission to attempt the hermitlike life known as reclusion (Time).</I> </DL>
<B>recoal, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to supply again with coal. <BR> <I>Ex. to recoal a steamship.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to take on a fresh supply of coal. </DL>
<B>recognition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of recognizing; knowing again. <BR> <I>Ex. The prince bowed his head in recognition of the emperor's authority.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the fact of being recognized. <BR> <I>Ex. By a good disguise he escaped recognition.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>acknowledgment or admission. <BR> <I>Ex. We insisted on complete recognition of our rights.</I> (SYN) admission. <DD><B> 4. </B>notice. <BR> <I>Ex. to seek recognition by the chair.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>favorable notice; attention; acceptance. <BR> <I>Ex. The actor soon won recognition from the public.</I> (SYN) appreciation. <DD><B> 6. </B>a formal acknowledgment conveying approval or sanction. <BR> <I>Ex. the recognition of a new country by the United Nations.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recognitional">
<B>recognitional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with recognition. </DL>
<A NAME="recognitioncolor">
<B>recognition color</B> or <B>mark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a color on an animal supposed to be of use to others of its species as a means of recognition. </DL>
<A NAME="recognitive">
<B>recognitive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with recognition. </DL>
<B>recognizable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be recognized. (SYN) identifiable. adv. <B>recognizably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="recognizance">
<B>recognizance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>a bond binding a person to do some particular act. <DD><B> b. </B>the sum of money to be forfeited if the act is not performed. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=recognition.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) a badge; token. <BR> <I>Ex. That recognizance and pledge of love which I first gave her (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>recognize, </B>verb, <B>-nized,</B> <B>-nizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to know again; be aware of (someone or something) as already known. <BR> <I>Ex. to recognize an old friend. You have grown so much that I scarcely recognized you.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to identify. <BR> <I>Ex. to recognize a person from a description.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to acknowledge acquaintance with; greet. <BR> <I>Ex. to recognize a person on the street.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to acknowledge; accept; admit. <BR> <I>Ex. to recognize a claim. A patriot recognizes his duty to defend his country. I recognize your right to ask that question.</I> (SYN) concede, grant. <DD><B> 5. </B>to take notice of. <BR> <I>Ex. Anyone who wishes to speak in a public meeting should stand up and wait till the chairman recognizes him.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to show appreciation of. <BR> <I>Ex. Honesty and perseverance in students are quickly recognized by teachers.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to acknowledge and agree to deal with. <BR> <I>Ex. For some years other nations did not recognize the new government.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Law.) to bind a person by bond to do some particular act. </DL>
<A NAME="recognized">
<B>recognized, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> acknowledged, admitted, or approved. <BR> <I>Ex. a recognized method of procedure. Every newspaper and periodical of recognized standing ... (Edward Bok).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recognizee">
<B>recognizee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) the person to whom a recognizance is made. </DL>
<A NAME="recognizer">
<B>recognizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who recognizes. </DL>
<A NAME="recognizor">
<B>recognizor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a person who enters into a recognizance. </DL>
<A NAME="recoil">
<B>recoil, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to draw back; shrink back. <BR> <I>Ex. Most people would recoil at seeing a snake in the path. The ... British had recoiled five and twenty miles (H. G. Wells).</I> (SYN) flinch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to spring back. <BR> <I>Ex. The gun recoiled after I fired.</I> (SYN) kick. <DD><B> 3. </B>to react. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Revenge often recoils on the avenger.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a drawing or springing back; recoiling. <BR> <I>Ex. This is the expulsion of a jet of gas or other substance in one direction causing a recoil or thrust in the opposite direction. (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a state of having recoiled. <BR> <I>Ex. in recoil from danger.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the distance or force with which a gun, spring, or other mechanism, springs back. noun <B>recoiler.</B> </DL>
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<B>recoil cylinder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cylinder with a piston and piston rod that are forced through the length of the cylinder when a gun recoils. </DL>
<A NAME="recoilless">
<B>recoilless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no appreciable recoil. <BR> <I>Ex. a recoilless rifle.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recoiloperated">
<B>recoil-operated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of an automatic or semiautomatic weapon) utilizing the force of recoil caused by gas pressure to unlock the bolt and activate the loading mechanism. </DL>
<A NAME="recoilspring">
<B>recoil spring,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spring to check a piece which recoils. </DL>
<A NAME="recoilsystem">
<B>recoil system,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a recoil-operated machine-gun mechanism. </DL>
<A NAME="recoin">
<B>recoin, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to coin again or anew. </DL>
