Dictionary
Found: 4,977 words.
A roe; a deer.
A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.
The electric catfish.
A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
To recover to the fist, as a hawk.
A collar or cape.
A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Rabbate
2 defs
Abatement.
Rabbet
4 defs
A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more ea...
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Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.
of Rabbi
Same as Rabbi.
Rabbinic
2 defs
Alt. of Rabbinical
Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins.
In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.
Rabbinism
2 defs
A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.
One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.
Same as Rabbinist.
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Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. ...
The hunting of rabbits.
A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.
Rabble
9 defs
A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
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A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.
A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
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See Sagittal.
The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
Divination by means of rods or wands.
Rabid
4 defs
Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
Rabidness; furiousness.
In a rabid manner; with extreme violence.
The quality or state of being rabid.
Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.
A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.
Fierce.
A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless."
A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.
A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with ...
Race
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A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
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A salt of racemic acid.
Racemation
2 defs
A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.
A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.