refectory
A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.

refinalization
legal finalization of an adoption again, as when moving to a new region that does not recognise the previous adoption

refoulement
The involuntary sending of refugees or asylum seekers to their country of origin or another one, where they are likely to face persecution and harm.
An instance thereof.
The forced relocation of a group of people.
An instance of that relocation.

refoulements
plural of refoulement

refoulment
Alternative spelling of refoulement.

refoulments
plural of refoulment (alternative spelling of refoulements)

regenerationism
An intellectual and political movement in late 19th and early 20th century Spain, seeking to make an objective scientific study of the causes of Spain's decline as a nation and to propose remedies.

regidor
A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).

regidores
plural of regidor

regidors
plural of regidor

regio
Any large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated from neighbouring areas by colour or albedo.
A district of a city.

regiolect
A lect spoken in a particular geographical region.

regiolects
plural of regiolect

regionalect
A dialect spoken in a particular geographical region.

regionalects
plural of regionalect

regionalism
Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
Regional character, local color.

regionalisms
plural of regionalism

regiones
plural of regio

regionlet
A small region

regionlets
plural of regionlet

reimiro
A crescent-shaped pectoral ornament once worn by the women of Easter Island.

reinforcement
The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
A thing that reinforces.
Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.

reinforcements
plural of reinforcement

reism
A form of concretism stating that (i) every object is a body and (ii) no object is a state or relation, or property.

relais
A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to catch any earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.

reliction
the gradual loss of water from a river, lake, etc. to leave permanent dry land

relictions
plural of reliction

relievio
Alternative form of ringolevio.

remblai
Earth or materials made into an embankment after excavation.

remblais
plural of remblai

renminbi
The official currency of the People's Republic of China.

renminbis
plural of renminbi

renminpi
Alternative form of renminbi.

renminpis
plural of renminpi

renvoi
A situation in which a court, tasked with deciding which state's law should apply to a case, decides to apply the law of the forum, based on the determination that a court from another involved state would also apply the law of the forum.
Cross-reference in text; a sign that refers to something introduced earlier in a text.

renvois
plural of renvoi

repastination
A second or subsequent digging up, as of a garden.

repetitoria
plural of repetitorium

repetitorium
A private class that augments a university course of studies by reviewing material, typically found in the German system.
A text written as a review of material, as opposed to one intended to introduce a topic.

repetitoriums
plural of repetitorium

repositaries
plural of repositary

repositary
Archaic form of repository.

repositories
plural of repository

repository
A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

reprecipitation
After returning a precipitate to a dissolved state, the process of precipitating it again.

reprecipitations
plural of reprecipitation

repristination
Restoration to an original or pure state.

repristinations
plural of repristination

reproductionism
The idea that social institutions such as school and the workplace act to reproduce existing social inequalities in subsequent generations.

reptilaria
plural of reptilarium

reptilarium
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising reptiles.

reptilariums
plural of reptilarium

reptilia
plural of reptilium

reptiliaries
plural of reptiliary

reptiliary
A place where reptiles are kept in a zoo or similar; a reptile house.

reptilium
An enclosure in which reptiles are kept

republiqueta
A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.
A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.

republiquetas
plural of republiqueta

republiquette
Alternative form of republiqueta.

republiquettes
plural of republiquette

reredorse
Archaic form of reredos.

reredorses
plural of reredorse

reredorter
A latrine situated at the rear of a medieval monastery or convent.

reredorters
plural of reredorter

reredos
A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches.
The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls and in some later architecture inspired by them.

reredoses
plural of reredos

reredosse
Archaic form of reredos.

reredosses
plural of reredosse

rerefiefs
plural of rerefief

resaca
A dry river bed, a former channel of the Rio Grande, found in the southern half of Cameron County, Texas and deep into northeastern portions of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
A small body of water.

resacas
plural of resaca

resentiment
Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
Obsolete form of resentment.

resentiments
plural of resentiment

reservance
Reservation.

residence
The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
The place where a corporation is established.
The state of living in a particular place or environment.
Accommodation for students at a university or college.
The place where anything rests permanently.
Subsidence, as of a sediment
That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
Synonym of rezidentura.

residences
plural of residence

residencia
In the Spanish Empire, a court, trial, or hearing held by a newly elected official, such as the governor of a province, to examine the conduct of a predecessor.

residencias
plural of residencia

residentura
Alternative form of rezidentura.

residenturas
plural of residentura

resilifer
A recess or a process for the attachment of the resilium.

resilifers
plural of resilifer

resourcement
A theological movement involving a return to the original sources of the Catholic church.
A strategy for dealing with conflict in which one changes the source of emotional energy in an encounter to provide a new and creative response.

restauranteering
The act, or profession, of running a restaurant.

restaurateurship
The fact of being a restaurateur; ownership and management of a restaurant.

restobar
an establishment resembling both a bar and a restaurant.

restobars
plural of restobar

restopub
Synonym of restobar.

restopubs
plural of restopub

retablo
A votive picture, especially one displayed above and behind the altar in a church.

retablos
plural of retablo

reterritorialization
The restructuring of a place or territory that has experienced deterritorialization.