reterritorializations
plural of reterritorialization

retheness
The character, state, or condition of being rethe; fierceness; wildness; roughness; harshness; sternness; cruelty.

reticularization
settlement in the reticulum

reticularizations
plural of reticularization

reticulorumen
The first chamber in the alimentary canal of ruminant animals, composed of the rumen and reticulum

reticulorumens
plural of reticulorumen

retiral
Withdrawal, retreat.
Retirement from employment.
The act of taking up a bill when due.

retirals
plural of retiral

retraumatisation
Alternative form of retraumatization.

retraumatisations
plural of retraumatisation

retraumatization
A relapse into a state of trauma, triggered by a subsequent event.

retraumatizations
plural of retraumatization

retreatant
a participant in a religious or similar retreat

retreatants
plural of retreatant

retrochoir
Any extension of a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel.
In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.

retrochoirs
plural of retrochoir

retrogression
A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
A return to a less complex condition.

retrogressions
plural of retrogression

retroquire
Alternative form of retrochoir.

retroquires
plural of retroquire

retteries
plural of rettery

rettery
A place or establishment where flax is retted.

reunification
The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.

reunifications
plural of reunification

revanchism
The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
Metaphorical endeavouring to regain lost political or cultural territory.

revanchisme
Alternative form of revanchism.

revanchisms
plural of revanchism

revestiaries
plural of revestiary

revestiary
The storage space or room in a church or temple where the vestments etc. are kept.

revestries
plural of revestry

revestry
Obsolete form of revestiary.

revolution
A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.

revolutions
plural of revolution

rezidentura
A base of Russian espionage operations within a foreign country.

rezidenturas
plural of rezidentura

rhabdolith
A minute calcareous rodlike structure found at both the surface and the bottom of the ocean, supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
Any Mesozoic and Cenozoic coccolith consisting of a single plate with a stem.

rhabdoliths
plural of rhabdolith

rhabdosome
A graptolite colony.

rhabdosomes
plural of rhabdosome

rhachiotomy
incision into the spinal canal

rhachischisis
Defective formation of the spinal canal.

rheocrene
a stream that flows into a larger channel

rheocrenes
plural of rheocrene

rheses
plural of rhesis

rhesis
A passage of text in a play.

rhipidion
In the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum.

rhipidions
plural of rhipidion

rhizobiome
The biome associated with a rhizosphere

rhizobiomes
plural of rhizobiome

rhochrematics
The science of how materials and information flow from the raw state though manufacturing, inventory management, marketing, and distribution.

rhocrematics
Alternative form of rhochrematics.

rhombicuboctahedra
plural of rhombicuboctahedron

rhombicuboctahedron
An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron.
Either of the small rhombicuboctahedron and great rhombicuboctahedron.

rhombicuboctahedrons
plural of rhombicuboctahedron

rhombomere
A temporarily divided segment of the developing neural tube, within the hindbrain region

rhombomeres
plural of rhombomere

ria
A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.

rialto
A marketplace, literally or figuratively.

rialtoes
plural of rialto

rialtos
plural of rialto

riba
interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

riborepressor
A section of RNA that represses a biochemical function

riborepressors
plural of riborepressor

rickyard
A farmyard where hayricks are stored.

rickyards
plural of rickyard

ridgeline
The topmost edge along a mountain ridge.
The topmost edge along a roof, where its sloping sides meet.

ridgelines
plural of ridgeline

ridgewalk
A wild along a mountain ridge

ridgewalks
plural of ridgewalk

riflip
A section of DNA whose length varies among individuals and which is delimited by a base which does not occur within it.

riflips
plural of riflip

rifugi
plural of rifugio

rifugio
A hut in the Italian mountains.

rifugios
plural of rifugio

riggot
A channel for draining a surface, especially one made by rainwater.

riggots
plural of riggot

righthood
The condition, state, or quality of being right; rightness.
The state of being a right, or being recognised as a right.

rightlessness
Lack of rights; the state of being rightless.

rigolet
A small stream.

rigolets
plural of rigolet

rille
A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

rilles
plural of rille

rimaye
a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier.

rimayes
plural of rimaye

rimland
A land at the periphery of a heartland.

rimlands
plural of rimland

ringalevio
Alternative form of ringolevio.

ringdown
The stage in a black hole merging event where the gravitational wave amplitude reaches its peak.
A signal to a telephone operator that both rings a bell and allows a relay to drop.

ringdowns
plural of ringdown

ringolevio
A children's game, a variation of tag, where each side has a designated "jail" to hold captured players from the other team.

ringwork
A fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape, essentially a motte-and-bailey castle minus the motte.

ringworks
plural of ringwork

riparianism
A doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not.

risban
Alternative form of risbank.

risbank
A piece of ground upon which a fort is constructed to defend a post.

risbanks
plural of risbank

risbans
plural of risban

risberm
A glacis in jetties to withstand the violence of the sea.

risberms
plural of risberm

ristorante
An Italian restaurant.

ristorantes
plural of ristorante

rith
A small stream or channel.

rithe
Alternative form of rith (“small stream”).

rithes
plural of rithe

riths
plural of rith

rivaria
plural of rivarium

rivarium
A type of terrarium designed to mimic a river or stream environment, featuring flowing water.

rivariums
plural of rivarium

riverbed
The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.

riverbeds
plural of riverbed

riverbend
A knee or meander in a river.

riverbends
plural of riverbend

rivercourse
The course of a river.

rivercourses
plural of rivercourse

riveret
A rivulet, a small river.

riverets
plural of riveret

riverfront
The real estate located along the banks of a river.

riverfronts
plural of riverfront

riverful
as much as a river would hold.

riverkeeping
The maintenance and upkeep of a river; the work of a riverkeeper.

riverlet
A little river.

riverlets
plural of riverlet

rivermaiden
A nymph or female spirit associated with a river.

rivermaidens
plural of rivermaiden

riverpark
A park near a river.

riverparks
plural of riverpark

riverplain
The alluvial plain of a river.