recarburizer
A substance containing carbon, used in recarburizing.

recarburizers
plural of recarburizer

receptor
A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.

receptors
plural of receptor

receptosome
A cytoplasmic vesicle formed when a clathrin coating is removed

receptosomes
plural of receptosome

recognin
Any of a group of polypeptide antigens (protein fragments), produced from cancer cells, that are capable of recognizing some other specific types of cell

recognins
plural of recognin

recollision
A repeat collision between two particles (such as an electron and an ion) which have collided before.

recollisions
plural of recollision

recondensation
The condensation of a vapour following evaporation or distillation.

recondensations
plural of recondensation

recrystallisation
Alternative spelling of recrystallization.

recrystallisations
plural of recrystallisation

recrystallization
A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals.
The process of existing grains in metamorphic rocks changing size.
The growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling.

recrystallizations
plural of recrystallization

rectoclysis
proctoclysis

redback
A venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, endemic to Australia.
A brown and white sandpiper (Calidris alpina), native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin.

redbacks
plural of redback

redbed
any clastic and sedimentary rock that is pigmented with red ferric oxide

redbeds
plural of redbed

redeposition
The deposition of material originally deposited elsewhere and subsequently moved

redepositions
plural of redeposition

redistillation
The purification of a liquid by means of multiple distillations
A second or subsequent distillation

redistillations
plural of redistillation

redoxin
Any of a family of proteins that are involved in redox reactions

redoxins
plural of redoxin

reducant
reductant, reducing agent

reducants
plural of reducant

reducatase
Misspelling of reductase.

reductase
An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.

reductases
plural of reductase

reductone
Any of several strong, acidic reducing agents that are enediols, often derived from sugars by oxidation

reductones
plural of reductone

redware
A type of terracotta given a red colour by its concentration of ferrous oxide.

redwares
plural of redware

reekage
Foul-smelling matter; material that reeks.

reelin
A protein that helps to regulate processes of neuronal migration and positioning in the developing brain.

refatting
The replenishment of lipids to the skin.

refinement
The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
High-class style; cultivation.
A fine or subtle distinction.
A luxury.
Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).

refinements
plural of refinement

reflectin
A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin

reflectins
plural of reflectin

reflectron
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it.

reflectrons
plural of reflectron

reflet
lustre; brilliancy of a surface; used especially in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustred pottery such as majolica

reflets
plural of reflet

refluxate
Material that has been subject to reflux, especially stomach acid that has leaked up into the oesophagus.

refluxates
plural of refluxate

refusion
New or repeated melting, as of metals.
The act of fusing again, or back
restoration

refusions
plural of refusion

regadenoson
An A2A adenosine receptor agonist that is a coronary vasodilator.

regenerant
Any material that causes regeneration

regenerants
plural of regenerant

regiochemistry
The chemistry of regioselective reactions

regiocontrol
control of the regiochemistry of a reaction

regioisomer
structural isomer

regioisomers
plural of regioisomer

regiomer
Synonym of regioisomer.

regiomers
plural of regiomer

reglucosylation
The reintroduction of a glucose moiety into a molecule

regosol
A weakly developed mineral soil in unconsolidated materials, found extensively in eroding lands, in particular in arid and semiarid areas and in mountain regions.

regosols
plural of regosol

regulon
A group of genes that are regulated by the same regulatory molecule. The genes of a regulon share a common regulatory element binding site or promoter. The genes comprising a regulon may be located non-contiguously in the genome

regulons
plural of regulon

regurgitalite
Fossilized remains of vomit or other regurgitated objects.

rehderianin
A flavonoid with the molecular formula C₁₇H₁₄O₇.

rehmannioside
Any of a group of glycosides present in the herb Rehmanniae radix used in Chinese medicine

rehmanniosides
plural of rehmannioside

rehybridization
Any change in the hybridization of an atom during the course of a reaction

rehybridizations
plural of rehybridization

rehydratation
Misspelling of rehydration.

rehydration
The replenishment of water and electrolytes lost through dehydration.

rehydrations
plural of rehydration

rehydroxylation
A chemical reaction that reintroduces a hydroxyl group where one is not present, but previously was.

rehydroxylations
plural of rehydroxylation

reification
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.

reifications
plural of reification

reinfusate
The material used in a reinfusion

reinfusates
plural of reinfusate

reinfusion
infusion again or anew

reinfusions
plural of reinfusion

rejectage
Rejected material.

rejectate
Material that is rejected

rejectates
plural of rejectate

rejuvenant
A remedy that rejuvenates.

rejuvenants
plural of rejuvenant

relaxase
A single-stranded DNA transesterase produced by some prokaryotes and viruses.

relaxases
plural of relaxase

relaxasome
Misspelling of relaxosome.

relaxome
Misspelling of relaxosome.

relaxor
A ferroelectric material that exhibits high electrostriction

relaxors
plural of relaxor

relaxosome
The complex of proteins, including relaxase, that facilitate plasmids during bacterial conjugation

relaxosomes
plural of relaxosome

religicide
The destruction of a religion.

religiocide
The destruction of a religion.

remineralisation
Alternative spelling of remineralization.

remineralisations
plural of remineralisation

remineralization
The continuous reintroduction of minerals into bone and teeth.
The reintroduction of minerals to the soil for agricultural benefit.

remineralizations
plural of remineralization

remjet
The anti-halation layer on ECN-2, Kodachrome, and several other types of photographic or motion picture film. It is an opaque black coating on the non-emulsion side of the film that is removed before the development process.

remobilisation
Alternative spelling of remobilization.

remobilisations
plural of remobilisation

remobilization
The return of a substance to circulation within a system, such as substances which had been locked in sediments.
A return to mobility.

remobilizations
plural of remobilization

remorin
Any of a class of protein found in solanaceous plants

remorins
plural of remorin