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~Prosecute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in.

~2.~ Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.

~Prosecution~, _n._ ~1.~ Pursuit.

~2.~ Arraignment, bringing to trial.

~Prosecutor~, _n._ Plaintiff, accuser.

~Proselyte~, _n._ Convert, catechumen.

~Proselyte~, _v. a._ Convert, bring over.

~Proser~, _n._ Bore, buttonholder, tedious narrator.

~Prosing~, _a._ Dull, flat, stupid, PROSAIC.

~Prosopopœia~, _n._ (_Rhet._) Personification.

~Prospect~, _n._ ~1.~ View, survey, display, sight, scene, show, spectacle, vista, perspective.

~2.~ Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.

~3.~ Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation, expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.

~Prospective~, _a._ Future, coming.

~Prospective~, _n._ ~1.~ Distant view.

~2.~ View, prospect, contemplation.

~Prospectively~, _ad._ In the future, hereafter.

~Prospectus~, _n._ Plan (_of a literary work_), outline, scheme.

~Prosper~, _v. a._ Favor, befriend, aid, forward, help, make successful.

~Prosper~, _v. n._ SUCCEED, flourish, thrive, go on well, be successful.

~Prosperity~, _n._ Success, thrift, welfare, happiness, well-being, luck, good fortune, good luck, run of luck, palmy days, halcyon days, smiles of fortune.

~Prosperous~, _a._ ~1.~ Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, happy, well off, well to do.

~2.~ Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.

~Prostitute~, _v. a._ Misuse, abuse, misapply, pervert, make a bad use of.

~Prostitute~, _n._ Courtesan, STRUMPET.

~Prostitution~, _n._ ~1.~ Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation.

~2.~ Unlawful sexual intercourse (_on the part of a woman, for hire_), harlotry.

~Prostrate~, _a._ ~1.~ Prostrated, prone, stretched out.

~2.~ Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.

~Prostrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat, bring to the ground.

~2.~ Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.

~Prostration~, _n._ ~1.~ Overthrow, destruction, demolition.

~2.~ Exhaustion, depression.

~Prosy~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosaic, unpoetical.

~2.~ Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious.

~Protect~, _v. a._ Defend (_by a covering_), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.

~Protection~, _n._ ~1.~ Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.

~2.~ Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.

~Protective~, _a._ Defensive.

~Protector~, _n._ Guardian, champion, defender.

~Pro tempore~, [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present occasion.

~Protest~, _v. n._ Declare (_solemnly_), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.

~Protest~, _v. a._ Declare (_solemnly_), assert, affirm.

~Protest~, _n._ Declaration (_made in a formal manner against something_).

~Protestation~, _n._ Declaration, asseveration, affirmation, averment, avowal.

~Protoplast~, _n._ PROTOTYPE.

~Prototype~, _n._ Original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example, archetype, protoplast.

~Protract~, _v. a._ Prolong, continue, draw out, lengthen, spin out.

~Protrude~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.

~2.~ Beetle, jut out, hang over.

~Protrude~, _v. n._ Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.

~Protuberance~, _n._ Prominence, projection, swelling, bulge, process, excrescence.

~Protuberant~, _a._ Projecting, prominent, salient, bulging.

~Proud~, _a._ ~1.~ Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.

~2.~ Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.

~3.~ Grand, stately, noble.

~Prove~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.

~2.~ Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.

~Prove~, _v. n._ Turn out, be found to be.

~Provender~, _n._ Food (_as hay, corn, &c., for brutes_), fodder, forage.

~Proverb~, _n._ Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.

~Provide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.

~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock.

~Provide~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cater, furnish supplies.

~2.~ Take measures, make provision.

~3.~ Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.

~Provided~, _conj._ If, on condition, with the understanding.

~Providence~, _n._ ~1.~ Forethought, forecast, timely care.

~2.~ Divine government, divine superintendence.

~Provident~, _a._ Careful (_for the future_), prudent, discreet, cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.

~Province~, _n._ ~1.~ Territory, region, tract, domain, district.

~2.~ Dependency, colony.

~3.~ Business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office, part, post, capacity.

~Provincial~, _a._ ~1.~ Of a province, of provinces.

~2.~ Rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified.

~Provision~, _n._ ~1.~ Providing, provident care.

~2.~ Preparation, provident measures or steps.

~3.~ Stock, store, hoard, fund.

~4.~ Proviso, stipulation, clause.

~Provisions~, _n. pl._ FOOD, victuals, provender, fare, eatables, viands, subsistence, BREAD.

~Provisional~, _a._ Temporary, provisory.

~Provisionally~, _ad._ Temporarily, for the present occasion.

~Proviso~, _n._ Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.

~Provisory~, _a._ PROVISIONAL.

~Provocation~, _n._ ~1.~ Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, incentive, provocative.

~2.~ Affront, offence, indignity, insult.

~Provocative~, _a._ Stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes.

~Provocative~, _n._ Stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation.

~Provoke~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Excite, stimulate, arouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up.

~2.~ Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put out, put out of humor, work into a passion, lash into fury, raise one's ire, raise one's dander, make one's blood boil, drive one mad.

~Provoking~, _a._ Irritating, vexing, vexatious, annoying, tormenting, aggravating, offensive.

~Prow~, _n._ Bow, stern, beak.

~Prowess~, _n._ Bravery, valor, intrepidity, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness, daring.

~Proximate~, _a._ Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.

~Proximity~, _n._ Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.

~Proximo~, _n._ [L.] Next month.

~Proxy~, _n._ Substitute, agent, deputy, representative, LOCUM TENENS.

~Prudence~, _n._ Discretion (_accompanied with forecast_), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (_applied to the ordinary affairs of life_), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast.

~Prudent~, _a._ ~1.~ Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.

~2.~ Frugal, economical.

~Prudential~, _a._ Politic, PRUDENT.

~Prudery~, _n._ Coyness, demureness, stiffness, affected reserve.

~Prudish~, _a._ Coy, demure, reserved, over-modest, affectedly modest.

~Prune~, _v. a._ Lop, trim, clip, dock, cut short.

~Prune~, _n._ Dried plum.

~Prurience~, _n._ Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

~Pruriency~, _n._ Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

~Prurient~, _a._ Itching, longing, hankering, craving, lustful.

~Prussian blue~, Ferrocyanide of iron, ferrocyanuret of iron.

~Prussic acid~, Hydrocyanic acid.

~Pry~, _v. n._ Peer, pry, search, look closely or narrowly.

~Prying~, _a._ Curious, inquisitive, peering, scrutinizing.

~Psalm~, _n._ Sacred song.

~Psalmody~, _n._ Psalm-singing.

~Psalm-singing~, _n._ Psalmody.

~Psalm-tune~, _n._ Choral.

~Psalter~, _n._ Book of Psalms.

~Pseudonyme~, _n._ False name.

~Pshaw~, _interj._ Poh, pugh, fiddle-stick, nonsense, fudge.

~Psora~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Scabies, the itch.

~Psychological~, _a._ Metaphysical.

~Psychology~, _n._ Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.

~Public~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the whole, not private.

~2.~ Open, notorious, generally known.

~3.~ Common, general.

~Public~, _n._ [Preceded by _The_.] Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.

~Publican~, _n._ Tax-gatherer.

~Publication~, _n._ ~1.~ Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.

~2.~ Literary production (_book, pamphlet, magazine, &c._).

~Public-house~, _n._ Inn, tavern, house of entertainment.

~Publicity~, _n._ Notoriety, currency.

~Publish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Promulgate, proclaim, blaze, blazon, announce, declare, disclose, divulge, reveal, advertise, impart, communicate, broach, make known, spread abroad, blaze abroad.

~2.~ Issue (_as a book_), emit, send forth, bring out.

~Puceron~, _n._ Plant-louse, vine-fretter, aphis.

~Pucker~, _v. a._ Corrugate, cockle, wrinkle, gather into wrinkles or folds.

~Pucker~, _n._ ~1.~ Fold, wrinkle.

~2.~ [_Vulgar._] Confusion, bother, perplexity, agitation, flurry, bustle, flutter, excitement, discomposure, fever, fret, tremor, perturbation, FUSS.

~Pudder~, _n._ Bustle, tumult, turmoil, confusion, pother.

~Pudding-stone~, _n._ Conglomerate.

~Puddle~, _n._ Pool (_of dirty water_).

~Puerile~, _a._ ~1.~ Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.

~2.~ Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.

~Puerility~, _n._ ~1.~ Boyishness, childishness, youthfulness, juvenility.

~2.~ Folly, foolishness, nonsense.

~Puff~, _n._ Whiff, sudden gust.

~Puff~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Blow in puffs.

~2.~ Pant, breathe hard.

~Puff~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blow.

~2.~ Praise (_extravagantly_).

~Puff up~, Inflate, swell, blow up.

~Puffed up~, Conceited, proud, haughty, overweening, vainglorious.

~Puffer~, _n._ (_Ich._) Globe-fish.

~Puffin~, _n._ Coulter-neb, Labrador auk (_Alca arctica_).

~Puffy~, _a._ ~1.~ Swelled, swollen, tumid.

~2.~ Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous.

~Pugh~, _interj._ Pshaw, poh.

~Pugilism~, _n._ Boxing, fisticuffs.

~Pugilist~, _n._ Boxer, bully, prize-fighter.

~Pugnacious~, _a._ Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.

~Pugnacity~, _n._ Quarrelsomeness.

~Pugnis et calcibus~, [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might, TOOTH AND NAIL, HAMMER AND TONGS.

~Puissance~, _n._ Power, force, strength, might, potency.

~Puissant~, _a._ Powerful, strong, mighty, forcible, potent.

~Puke~, _v. n._ Vomit, spew.

~Puke~, _v. a._ Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.

~Pule~, _v. n._ Whine, whimper, cry.

~Pull~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, haul, tug, drag.

~2.~ Pluck, gather.

~3.~ Tear, rend, draw apart.

~Pull~, _v. n._ Tug, give a pull.

~Pull in one's horns~, [_Colloquial._] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.

~Pullulate~, _v. n._ Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push, grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Pullulation~, _n._ Germination, budding, sprouting.

~Pull up~, ~1.~ [_Active._] Draw up, haul up.

~2.~ [_Active._] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.

~3.~ [_Neuter._] Stop, halt.

~Pulmonary~, _a._ Pulmonic.

~Pulmonic~, _n._ Pulmonary.

~Pulp~, _n._ Soft part, soft mass.

~Pulpit~, _n._ Desk, sacred desk.

~Pulsate~, _v. n._ Beat, throb.

~Pulsation~, _n._ Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.

~Pulsatory~, _a._ Throbbing.

~Pulse~, _n._ ~1.~ Beating or throbbing of an artery.

~2.~ Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.

~Pulverable~, _a._ Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable, easily crumbled.

~Pulverizable~, _a._ PULVERABLE, that may be pulverized.

~Pulverize~, _v. a._ Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.

~Pulverulent~, _a._ Dusty, powdery.

~Pun~, _n._ Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.

~Pun~, _v. n._ Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.

~Punch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, bore, pierce.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~Punch~, _n._ ~1.~ Borer.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~3.~ Horse (_short and thick_).

~4.~ Buffoon (_of a puppet-show_), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack- pudding.

~Pummel~, _n._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Knob, protuberant part.

~Pummel~, _v. a._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.

~Punchinello~, _n._ Buffoon, PUNCH.

~Punctilio~, _n._ Nicety (_of behavior_), nice point.

~Punctilious~, _a._ Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over- scrupulous, punctual.

~Punctual~, _a._ ~1.~ Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.

~2.~ Prompt, seasonable, timely.

~Punctuality~, _n._ ~1.~ Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.

~2.~ Promptness.

~Punctuate~, _v. a._ Point.

~Puncture~, _n._ Small hole.

~Puncture~, _v. a._ Prick, perforate.

~Pungency~, _n._ ~1.~ Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.

~2.~ Keenness, pointedness, smartness.

~Pungent~, _a._ ~1.~ Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.

~2.~ Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.

~Punic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Carthaginians.

~2.~ Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.

~Punic faith~, Treachery, perfidiousness.

~Punish~, _v. a._ Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline, correct, scourge, whip.

~Punishment~, _n._ Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.

~Punitive~, _a._ Penal.

~Punk~, _n._ ~1.~ Prostitute, STRUMPET.

~2.~ Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.

~Punner~, _n._ PUNSTER.

~Punster~, _n._ Punner, quibbler.

~Puny~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, inferior.

~2.~ Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.

~Pup~, _n._ Puppy, whelp, young dog.

~Pupa~, _n._ Chrysalis, aurelia.

~Pupil~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Apple of the eye.

~2.~ Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE.

~3.~ (_Law._) Ward.

~Pupilage~, _n._ Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.

~Puppy~, _n._ Pup, whelp, young dog.

~Purblind~, _a._ Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.

~Purchase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Buy, bargain for.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.

~Purchase~, _n._ Bargain.

~Purchaser~, _n._ Buyer.

~Pure~, _a._ ~1.~ Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.

~3.~ Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.

~4.~ Modest, chaste.

~5.~ Mere, absolute, sheer.

~6.~ Classic, classical, Attic.

~Pureness~, _n._ PURITY.

~Purgative~, _a._ Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.

~Purgative~, _n._ Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.

~Purgatory~, _n._ Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.

~Purge~, _v. a._ Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.

~Purge~, _n._ PURGATIVE.

~Purging~, _n._ (_Med._) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.

~Purification~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleansing, purifying.

~2.~ Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.

~Purify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free from impurity, make pure.

~2.~ Defecate (_as liquors_).

~Purism~, _n._ Nicety (_in the use of words_), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.

~Puritanic~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Puritanical~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Purity~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.

~2.~ Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness, honesty, integrity.

~3.~ Genuineness, excellence.

~4.~ Modesty, chastity.

~Purl~, _v. n._ Murmur, ripple, gurgle.

~Purlieus~, _n. pl._ [_Used generally in a bad sense._] Environs, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.

~Purloin~, _v. a._ Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.

~Purport~, _n._ Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.

~Purport~, _v. a._ Intend, mean, signify, import.

~Purpose~, _n._ Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.

~Purpose~, _v. a._ Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.

~Purpose~, _v. n._ Intend, design, mean, have in mind.

~Purposely~, _ad._ Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.

~Pursuance~, _n._ Pursuit, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuant to~, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in pursuance of.

~Pursue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.

~2.~ Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.

~3.~ Seek, strive for, try to obtain.

~Pursuit~, _n._ ~1.~ Chase, race.

~2.~ Pursuance, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuit of~, ~1.~ Chase after.

~2.~ Prosecution of, search for, endeavor after.

~Pursy~, _a._ ~1.~ Fat, corpulent, fleshy, plump.

~2.~ Short-breathed, short-winded.

~Purulence~, _n._ ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.

~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.

~Purulency~, _n._ ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.

~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.

~Purvey~, _v. n._ Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.

~Purveyor~, _n._ Provider, caterer.

~Purview~, _n._ Limit, sphere, scope, extent.

~Pus~, _n._ Purulence, matter, purulent matter.

~Push~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Thrust, impel (_by pressure_), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd.

~2.~ Urge, press forward.

~3.~ Force, press, drive.

~4.~ Importune, tease.

~Push~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Thrust, make a thrust.

~2.~ Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.

~3.~ Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.

~Push~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrust.

~2.~ Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.

~Pusillanimity~, _n._ Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, effeminacy, faint-heartedness.

~Pusillanimous~, _a._ Cowardly, timorous, recreant, effeminate, spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, faint-hearted, DOUGH-FACED.

~Pustule~, _n._ Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch, blain, sore.

~Put~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Place, set, lay, deposit, commit.

~2.~ Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.

~3.~ Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.

~4.~ Oblige, compel, force, constrain.

~5.~ Incite, urge, entice, induce.

~Put a Flea in one's ear~, Annoy by a cutting remark, sting by a sharp reply.

~Put about~, (_Naut._) Tack.

~Putative~, _a._ Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed.

~Put away~, ~1.~ Lay away, set aside.

~2.~ Renounce, discard, reject, put off.

~3.~ Divorce.

~Put by~, ~1.~ Lay by, lay aside.

~2.~ Thrust aside, turn off.

~Put down~, ~1.~ Deposit, lay down.

~2.~ Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy.

~3.~ Degrade, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble.

~Put forth~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Exert, bring into play, bring into action.

~2.~ Extend, thrust out.

~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out.

~4.~ Publish, issue.

~Put forth~, [_Neuter._] ~1.~ Leave port, put to sea.

~2.~ Bud, shoot, germinate, pullulate, push, vegetate, grow.

~Put in~, [_Active._] Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.

~Put in~, [_Neuter._] Make a harbor, enter a port.

~Put in for~, Make a claim, offer one's self for, be a candidate for.

~Put in one's oar~, [_Colloquial._] Interfere, meddle, intermeddle, THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.

~Put off~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay aside.

~2.~ Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.

~3.~ Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.

~4.~ Get rid of, dispose of.

~Put off~, [_Neuter._] Leave shore, put to sea, put forth.

~Put on~, ~1.~ Invest with.

~2.~ Assume, take on.

~3.~ Impose, inflict.

~4.~ Impute to, charge upon.

~5.~ (_Law._) Rest upon, submit to.

~Put one's shoulder to the wheel~, Render assistance, lend a hand.

~Put out~, ~1.~ Eject, expel, banish.

~2.~ Extend, protrude, hold out, stretch forth.

~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out, shoot out.

~4.~ Extinguish.

~5.~ Publish, issue.

~6.~ Dislocate, luxate.

~7.~ Confuse, disconcert, interrupt.

~8.~ Offend, displease, anger, provoke.

~Put out of countenance~, Shame, mortify, abash, PUT TO SHAME.

~Put over~, ~1.~ Place in command of, give authority over.

~2.~ Defer, postpone, put off.

~Putter~, _v. n._ [_U. S._] Trifle, potter, busy one's self about trifles.

~Put to~, ~1.~ Unite, add to.

~2.~ Expose, refer to, give over to.

~Put to death~, Kill.

~Put to flight~, Cause to flee, scatter in flight.

~Put to it~, Distressed, perplexed, puzzled, embarrassed, staggered, posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, put to one's shifts.

~Put to rights~, Adjust, regulate, set in order, set to rights.

~Put to sea~, Set sail, put forth, put off.

~Put to shame~, Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down.

~Put to the blush~, PUT TO SHAME.

~Put up~, ~1.~ Store, pack away.

~2.~ Expose, offer publicly.

~3.~ Put away, lay away, set aside.

~Put up~, Lodge, stay, STOP, take lodgings.

~Put up with~, Endure (_without complaint_), bear, tolerate, suffer, POCKET, submit to, make the best of.

~Putrefy~, _v. a._ Corrupt, rot, render putrid.

~Putrefy~, _v. n._ Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.

~Putrescence~, _n._ Rottenness.

~Putrid~, _a._ Rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, carious.

~Puzzle~, _v. a._ Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.

~Puzzle~, _n._ ~1.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.

~2.~ Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.

~Pygmean~, _a._ Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, stunted, Liliputian, pygmy.

~Pygmy~, _n._ Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.

~Pygmy~, _a._ Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.

~Pyre~, _n._ Funeral pile.

~Pyriform~, _a._ Pear-shaped.

~Pyroligneous spirit~, _n._ Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

~Pyrosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Water-brash, water-qualm.

~Pyrotechnic~, _a._ Of fire-works.

~Pyrotechnical~, _a._ Of fire-works.

~Pyrotechnics~, _n._ Pyrotechny.

~Pyrotechnist~, _n._ Manufacturer of fire-works.

~Pyrotechny~, _n._ Pyrotechnics.

~Pyroxylic acid~, _n._ PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

~Pyroxylic spirit~, _n._ Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroxylic acid, pyroligneous spirit.

~Pyroxyline~, _n._ Gun-cotton.

~Pyrrhonism~, _n._ Scepticism, unbelief, incredulity, universal doubt.

~Pyrrhonist~, _n._ Sceptic, doubter.

~Pyx~, _n._ Box (_especially that in which the host is kept_), tabernacle.

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~Quack~, _n._ Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender, HUMBUG.

~Quackery~, _n._ Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, humbug, mummery, imposition, pretension.

~Quadrangular~, _a._ Four-cornered.

~Quadrate~, _n._ Square.

~Quadrate with~, Fit, suit, agree with, correspond with, tally with, coincide with, comport with, square with, fall in with, chime in with.

~Quadrilateral~, _a._ Four-sided.

~Quadruped~, _n._ Four-footed animal.

~Quadruple~, _a._ Fourfold.

~Quære~, _v. n._ [L. _imperative_.] Inquire, seek, question, see.

~Quaff~, _v. a._ Drink (_copiously_).

~Quaggy~, _a._ Boggy, marshy, swampy.

~Quagmire~, _n._ Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.

~Quail~, _v. n._ Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down.

~Quaint~, _a._ Odd, strange, singular, whimsical, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique, curious, droll, fantastic, fanciful, far- fetched, out of the way.

~Quake~, _v. n._ Shake, tremble, shudder, quiver.

~Quaker~, _n._ Friend.

~Qualification~, _n._ ~1.~ Fitness, suitableness, capability, endowment, accomplishment.

~2.~ Modification, limitation, restriction.

~3.~ Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance.

~Qualify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fit, adapt, capacitate, propose, empower, enable, make fit, make suitable, make capable.

~2.~ Modify, limit, restrict, restrain.

~3.~ Soften, abate, diminish, mitigate, ease, assuage, moderate, temper.

~Quality~, _n._ ~1.~ Property, attribute, nature, characteristic, peculiarity.

~2.~ Disposition, humor, temper, mood, character.

~3.~ Rank, condition, station, standing, status.

~4.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Nobility, gentry, NOBLESSE, aristocracy, persons of rank.

~5.~ Brand, chop.

~Qualm~, _n._ ~1.~ Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.

~2.~ Sickness (_of the stomach_), nausea.

~3.~ Twinge (_of conscience_), scruple.

~Qualmish~, _a._ Sick (_at the stomach_), inclined to vomit, queasy.

~Quandary~, _n._ Difficulty, perplexity, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, embarrassment, nonplus, strait, dilemma.

~Quantity~, _n._ ~1.~ Amount, aggregate, sum.

~2.~ Part, portion, share.

~3.~ Length, duration.

~Quantum sufficit~, [L.] Enough, as much as suffices.

~Quarrel~, _n._ Brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out.

~Quarrel~, _v. n._ Wrangle, squabble, bicker, BRAWL, dispute, spar, jangle, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at variance, have a bone to pick, pick a quarrel.

~Quarrelling~, _n._ QUARREL.

~Quarrelsome~, _a._ Irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross, contentious, disputatious, litigious.

~Quarry~, _n._ ~1.~ Stone-pit, stone-bed.

~2.~ Prey (_especially that of the hunting falcon_), game, object of the chase.

~Quart~, _n._ Two pints, fourth part of a gallon.

~Quarter~, _n._ ~1.~ Fourth part.

~2.~ District, region, territory, locality, place.

~3.~ Mercy (_granted by a conqueror_).

~Quarter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide in four equal parts.

~2.~ Divide, separate into parts or compartments.

~3.~ Lodge, BILLET, furnish with quarters (_as soldiers_).

~Quarter~, _v. n._ Lodge, abide, have lodgings.

~Quarters~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Stations, posts, cantonments.

~2.~ Lodging, dwelling, abode, habitation, headquarters.

~Quartz~, _n._ Silex, silica, ROCK-CRYSTAL.

~Quash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, subdue, quell, repress, suppress, extinguish, put down.

~2.~ (_Law._) Annul, nullify, overthrow, cancel, make void.

~Quasi~, [L.] Apparently, as if, as though, as it were, in a certain sense, to a certain extent, in a manner.

~Quaver~, _v. n._ Tremble, shake, quiver.

~Quaver~, _n._ (_Mus._) ~1.~ Shake.

~2.~ Eighth-note, eighth of a semibreve, quarter of a minim, half of a crotchet.

~Quay~, _n._ Wharf.

~Quean~, _n._ Jade, hussy, base woman, sorry wench.

~Queasy~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualmish, sick (_at the stomach_), inclined to vomit.

~2.~ Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please.

~Queer~, _a._ Odd, strange, singular, droll, whimsical, quaint, curious, fantastic, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique.

~Quell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Subdue, suppress, crush, reduce, overcome.

~2.~ Repress, restrain, check, smother, curb, bridle, lay, rein in.

~3.~ Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify.

~4.~ Moderate, assuage, mitigate, allay, appease, alleviate, mollify, soften, dull, soothe, blunt, deaden.

~Quench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extinguish, put out.

~2.~ Destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to.

~3.~ Allay, slake, cool.

~Querimonious~, _a._ QUERULOUS.

~Querist~, _n._ Inquirer, interrogator, investigator.

~Querulous~, _a._ Complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding.

~Query~, _n._ Question, inquiry, interrogatory.

~Query~, _v. n._ Make inquiry, ask questions.

~Query~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Question, inquire into.

~2.~ Doubt, controvert, dispute, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

~Quest~, _n._ Search.

~Question~, _n._ ~1.~ Interrogation, examination.

~2.~ Interrogatory, query, inquiry.

~3.~ Discussion, disquisition, investigation, trial.

~4.~ Dispute, controversy, doubt.

~5.~ Proposition, motion, topic, point.

~Question~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Interrogate, ask, catechise, examine, inquire of, put questions to.

~2.~ Doubt, query, controvert, dispute, call in question, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

~Questionable~, _a._ Doubtful, uncertain, equivocal, problematical, disputable, controvertible, debatable.

~Quibble~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion (_by verbal subtlety_), cavil, subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, sophism, quiddity, trifling nicety.

~2.~ Pun, clinch, CALEMBOUR, play upon words.

~Quibble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cavil, shuffle, prevaricate, equivocate, practise evasion, evade the truth.

~2.~ Pun, play upon words.

~Quick~, _a._ ~1.~ Active, nimble, agile, alert, brisk, prompt, ready.

~2.~ Rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flying.

~3.~ Dexterous, adroit, skilful, expert, apt.

~4.~ Acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious, discerning.

~5.~ Hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish, petulant, irascible, peppery, snappish.

~Quick~, _ad._ QUICKLY.

~Quicken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vivify, revive, resuscitate, reinvigorate, refresh, make alive, give life to.

~2.~ Hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch.

~3.~ Stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite.

~Quickens~, _n._ QUICK-GRASS.

~Quicken-tree~, _n._ Rowan-tree, mountain ash (_European_), fowler's service-tree (_Pyrus aucuparia_ or _Sorbus aucuparia_).

~Quick-grass~, _n._ Knot-grass, dog-wheat, dog's-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass, twitch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (_Triticum repens_).

~Quick-lime~, _n._ Caustic lime.

~Quickly~, _ad._ Speedily, swiftly, rapidly, soon, quick, immediately, with haste, with celerity, without delay, post-haste.

~Quickness~, _n._ ~1.~ Celerity, expedition, velocity, speed, speediness, fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, despatch.

~2.~ Activity, briskness, nimbleness, readiness, promptness, promptitude, alertness, agility, smartness.

~3.~ Dexterity, adroitness, expertness, dexterousness, aptness, aptitude, facility, knack.

~4.~ Sharpness, penetration, keenness, acuteness, sagacity, shrewdness.

~Quick-sighted~, _a._ Sharp-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-eyed, eagle- eyed, hawk-eyed.

~Quicksilver~, _n._ Mercury, hydrargyrum.

~Quick-witted~, _a._ Witty, smart, nimble-witted.

~Quid~, _n._ [_Low._] Cud.

~Quiddity~, _n._ ~1.~ Essence, nature.

~2.~ Quibble, cavil, evasion, sophism, subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, trifling nicety.

~Quiddle~, _v._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Dawdle, waste time in trifles, be busy about trifles.

~Quiddle~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Trifler, dawdler.

~Quiddler~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Trifler, dawdler.

~Quid pro quo~, [L.] Equivalent.

~Quidnunc~, _n._ Newsmonger.

~Quiescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, quiet, quietude, stillness, calmness, calm, tranquillity, peace.

~2.~ Suspense, intermission, remission, dormancy, abeyance.

~Quiescent~, _a._ ~1.~ Quiet, resting, still, dormant, motionless, at rest, at a stand, stock-still, standing still.

~2.~ Silent, not sounded.

~Quiet~, _n._ Rest, repose, stillness, peace, tranquillity, calm, calmness, quietude, quiescence, quietness.

~Quiet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stop, suspend, arrest, interrupt, intermit, discontinue, put a stop to.

~2.~ Tranquillize, calm, compose, lull, pacify, appease, soothe, sober.

~3.~ Still, silence, hush.

~4.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, mollify, alleviate, soften, dull, blunt.

~Quietness~, _n._ QUIET.

~Quietude~, _n._ QUIET.

~Quietus~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, death.

~2.~ Acquittance, final discharge.

~Quill-driver~, _n._ ~1.~ Writer, scribbler.

~2.~ Clerk, scribe, secretary, amanuensis.

~Quinia~, _n._ Quinine.

~Quinine~, _n._ ~1.~ Quinia.

~2.~ Sulphate of quinia, sulphate of quinine.

~Quinquina~, _n._ Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, Cinchona bark.

~Quintessence~, _n._ Essence, essential part.

~Quip~, _n._ Taunt, jibe, jeer, sally, quirk, crank, repartee, retort, sharp saying, caustic or cutting remark.

~Quirk~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion, shift, make-shift, loophole, quibble, pretence, pretext, excuse.

~2.~ Taunt, jibe, jeer, sally, QUIP.

~Quit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver, clear, release, free, acquit, absolve, set free, deliver from, discharge from.

~2.~ Pay, discharge, settle, liquidate.

~3.~ Leave (_with the purpose of never returning_), vacate, withdraw from, go away from, retire from, depart from, get away from.

~4.~ Abandon, desert, forsake, resign, renounce, relinquish, forswear, cast off, give over, give up.

~Quit~, _a._ Clear, free, absolved, released, acquitted, discharged.

~Quitch-grass~, _n._ QUICK-GRASS.

~Quite~, _ad._ ~1.~ Completely, wholly, entirely, totally, perfectly.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Very, considerably, in a great degree, to a great extent.

~Quit scores~, Settle mutual accounts, quit from mutual obligations, clear mutually from all demands.

~Quittance~, _n._ Discharge, acquittance.

~Quiver~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quake, shake, quaver, bicker, be tremulous.

~2.~ Tremble, shudder, shiver.

~Quivering~, _n._ Trembling, tremulous motion.

~Quixotic~, _a._ Visionary, imaginary, wild, fanciful, freakish, Utopian, chimerical, fantastical, absurdly romantic.

~Quiz~, _n._ ~1.~ Puzzle (_by way of sport_), enigma, riddle, knotty question.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Jester, buffoon, odd fellow.

~Quiz~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Puzzle (_for sport_), ridicule, run upon, make fun of, make sport of.

~2.~ Stare at (_in mockery_), peer at.

~Quo ad hoc~, [L.] As to this, as far as this is concerned.

~Quoit~, _n._ Discus, disk.

~Quondam~, _a._ [L.] [_Colloquial._] Former, late, CI-DEVANT, old- time, in former times.

~Quota~, _n._ Portion, share, contingent, proportion, proportional part.

~Quotation~, _n._ Citation, extract.

~Quote~, _v. a._ Cite, adduce, extract.

~Quoth~, _v. n._ Said.

~Quotidian~, _a._ Daily, diurnal.

~Quotidian~, _a._ (_Med._) Quotidian fever.

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~Rabbit~, _n._ Cony (_Lepus cuniculus_).

~Rabble~, _n._ ~1.~ Mob, rout, rabble-rout, tumultuous crowd.

~2.~ Populace, commonalty, CANAILLE, herd, dregs of the people, the common people, scum of society, lowest class of people, lower classes, the masses, riff-raff, swinish multitude, ignoble vulgar, vulgar herd, RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.

~Rabid~, _a._ Furious, raging, mad.

~Race~, _n._ ~1.~ Generation, lineage, stock, breed, family connection.

~2.~ Tribe, family, clan.

~3.~ Trial of speed, contest in running.

~4.~ Course, career, progress.

~5.~ Chase, pursuit.

~6.~ Mill-race.

~Race~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Run swiftly.

~2.~ Contend in running.

~Race-course~, _n._ Ring, racing ground.

~Race-horse~, _n._ ~1.~ Racer.

~2.~ (_Ornith._) Steamer-duck (_Micropterus brachypterus_).

~Racer~, _n._ ~1.~ Runner.

~2.~ Race-horse, courser.

~Rachitic~, _a._ Rickety.

~Rachitis~, _n._ (_Med._) Rickets, inflammation of the spine.

~Rack~, _n._ ~1.~ Torture, torment, anguish, agony, pang, extreme pain.

~2.~ Crib, manger.

~3.~ Neck (_of mutton_), crag.

~4.~ Mist, vapor.

~5.~ (_Naut._) Fairleader.

~Rack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Torture, torment, distress, agonize, excruciate, pain extremely.

~2.~ Stretch, strain, force, wrest.

~3.~ Draw off (_from sediment_).

~Racket~, _n._ Uproar, clamor, hubbub, din, noise, outcry, disturbance, HULLABALOO, HALLABALOO.

~Racy~, _a._ ~1.~ That tastes of the soil (_as wine_), of a peculiar flavor.

~2.~ Strong (_as peculiar qualities of thought or of expression_), vigorous, forcible, of a distinctive character.

~Radiance~, _n._ Brilliance, brilliancy, lustre, brightness, splendor, resplendence, effulgence, refulgence.

~Radiant~, _a._ ~1.~ Beaming, shining, brilliant, splendid, resplendent, effulgent.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Radiate.

~Radiata~, _n. pl._ (_Zoöl._) Radiate animals, rayed animals.

~Radiate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shine, gleam, emit rays.

~2.~ Issue in rays, emanate in rays.

~3.~ Emit heat, throw off heat.

~Radiate~, _v. a._ Emit (_heat or light_) in straight lines.

~Radiate~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Radiant.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Radiated.

~Radiated~, _a._ (_Zoöl._) Radiate.

~Radiation~, _n._ Irradiance, irradiation, emission of rays.

~Radical~, _a._ ~1.~ Original, fundamental, organic, constitutional.

~2.~ Primitive, underived, uncompounded, simple.

~3.~ Thorough, entire, complete, perfect.

~Radical~, _n._ ~1.~ Come-outer, radical reformer.

~2.~ Primitive letter.

~3.~ Root, radix, etymon, primitive word.

~4.~ (_Chem._) Base.

~Radicle~, _n._ Rootlet.

~Raff-merchant~, _n._ [_Local Eng._] Lumber-merchant.

~Raft-merchant~, _n._ [_Local Eng._] Lumber-merchant.

~Rag~, _n._ Shred, tatter.

~Rag-baby~, _n._ Moppet, mopsey.

~Ragamuffin~, _n._ Tatterdemalion, mean fellow, wretch, paltry fellow.

~Rage~, _n._ ~1.~ Fury, frenzy, FUROR, passion, madness, raving, violent anger.

~2.~ Extreme eagerness, vehement desire.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Fashion, vogue, mode.

~Rage~, _v. n._ Rave, storm, fume, be violent, be furious.

~Ragged~, _a._ ~1.~ Tattered, torn, rent.

~2.~ Dressed in rags.

~3.~ Uneven, jagged, rough.

~Raging~, _a._ Furious, enraged, infuriate, infuriated, incensed, very angry.

~Raging~, _n._ Fury, violence, impetuosity.

~Rag-tag-and-bob-tail~, _n._ [_Low._] Rabble, mob, crowd, riff-raff, CANAILLE, the populace, the masses, dregs of the people, scum of society, swinish multitude, vulgar herd, ignoble vulgar.

~Raid~, _n._ Invasion, inroad, foray, irruption, hostile incursion (_especially of mounted men_).

~Raider~, _n._ ~1.~ Invader.

~2.~ Forager, BUMMER.

~Rail at~, Censure, reproach, upbraid, abuse, scoff at, sneer at, scold at, inveigh against, exclaim against, declaim against, BLOW UP.

~Railing~, _n._ Vituperation, abuse, scolding, reviling, contumely, reproach, invective, aspersion, censure, JAW.

~Raillery~, _n._ Banter, irony, slight ridicule, good-humored satire.

~Railroad~, _n._ Railway.

~Raiment~, _n._ Clothes, clothing, dress, attire, apparel, vesture, vestment, garments, habiliment, habit, garb, costume, ARRAY.

~Rainbow~, _n._ Iris.

~Rain-gauge~, _n._ Pluviameter, ombrometer, udometer.

~Rainy~, _a._ Showery, wet.

~Raise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lift, uplift, set up, raise up.

~2.~ Hoist, heave.

~3.~ Erect, rear, construct, build.

~4.~ Exalt, elevate, advance, promote.

~5.~ Enhance, increase, augment.

~6.~ Excite, rouse, arouse, awake, stir up, call up, call forth, put in action, put in motion.

~7.~ Collect, levy, obtain, get.

~8.~ Grow, cause to grow.

~9.~ Make light or spongy (_as bread_).

~10.~ Bring back to life, raise from the dead.

~11.~ [_Southern States of the U. S._] Rear, bring up.

~Raise a siege~, Abandon a siege, give up the attempt to take by siege.

~Raisin~, _n._ Dried grape.

~Rake~, _n._ Libertine, debauchee, man of pleasure.

~Rake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gather, collect, draw together, heap together, gather together, scrape together, rake up, heap up.

~2.~ Scour, search closely.

~3.~ Enfilade.

~Rake~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Search, grope.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Incline from a perpendicular (_as a mast_).

~Rake up~, ~1.~ Gather together, scrape up.

~2.~ Cover with ashes (_as a fire_).

~Rakish~, _a._ Lewd, debauched, dissolute, licentious.

~Rally~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reunite, restore to order.

~2.~ Banter, joke, ridicule, quiz, taunt, treat with raillery.

~Rally~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be restored to order, come into order, take courage.

~2.~ Recover, recover strength, gain ground, get better, pick up.

~3.~ Jest, indulge in banter or raillery.

~Ram~, _n._ ~1.~ Male sheep.

~2.~ Aries, the vernal sign.

~3.~ Battering-ram.

~4.~ Hydraulic ram, water-ram.

~Ram~, _v. a._ Drive down, force down.

~Ramble~, _v. n._ Rove, wander, stroll, range, roam, straggle, stray.

~Ramble~, _n._ Stroll, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling, roving.

~Rambling~, _n._ Stroll, ramble.

~Ramification~, _n._ ~1.~ Branching, forking, divarication.

~2.~ Branch, division, subdivision.

~Ramify~, _v. a._ Separate into branches.

~Ramify~, _v. n._ Branch, divaricate, shoot into branches.

~Rammer~, _n._ Ramrod.

~Ramose~, _a._ (_Bot._) Branched, branchy.

~Ramous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Branched, branchy.

~Ramp~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Spring, bound, leap.

~2.~ Frolic (_rudely_), sport, play, romp.

~Rampant~, _a._ ~1.~ Rank, exuberant, luxuriant, wanton.

~2.~ Vehement, impetuous, ungovernable, uncontrollable, headstrong.

~3.~ (_Her._) Standing erect (_on the hind legs, as a lion_).

~Rampart~, _n._ Bulwark, defence.

~Ramrod~, _n._ Rammer.

~Rancid~, _a._ Rank, fetid, musty, fusty, FROWZY, strong-smelling.

~Rancor~, _n._ Malignity, malice, malevolence, spite, venom, gall, grudge, ill-will.

~Rancorous~, _a._ Malignant, malign, vindictive, malevolent, malicious.

~Random~, _a._ Chance, casual, fortuitous.

~Range~, _n._ ~1.~ Row, rank, line, tier, file.

~2.~ Class, order, kind, sort.

~3.~ Excursion, wandering.

~4.~ Scope, sweep, compass, extent, reach, amplitude, latitude.

~Range~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Class, rank, arrange, set in a row, dispose in order.

~2.~ Rove over, pass over.

~3.~ Sail along.

~Range~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rove, ramble, wander, stroll, roam, course, straggle, expatiate, rove at large, gad about.

~2.~ Consort, be classed, be ranked.

~3.~ Lie, run, be directed.

~Rank~, _a._ ~1.~ Luxuriant, vigorous, exuberant, over-abundant.

~2.~ Excessive, overmuch, extravagant, rampant, very great.

~3.~ Rancid, musty, fusty, fetid, offensive, FROWZY, strong-smelling, strong-scented.

~Rank~, _n._ ~1.~ Row (_as of soldiers, reckoned from side to side_), tier, range, FILE.

~2.~ Class, order, division, head, category.

~3.~ Degree, grade, quality, relative station.

~4.~ Dignity, nobility, noble class, aristocratic class.

~Rank and file~, Privates, common soldiers (_including corporals_).

~Rank~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Class, arrange, range.

~2.~ [_Modern._] Outrank, take precedence of.

~Rank~, _v. n._ Be ranked, be classed, take rank, have rank.

~Rankle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fester, be inflamed.

~2.~ Be embittered, become more bitter, grow more intense.

~Rankling~, _n._ ~1.~ Festering.

~2.~ Animosity, hatred, heart-burning.

~Ransack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Plunder, pillage, sack.

~2.~ Explore, rummage, search thoroughly.

~Ransom~, _n._ ~1.~ Price of redemption.

~2.~ Release, liberation, redemption.

~Ransom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Redeem.

~2.~ Rescue, liberate, deliver.

~Rant~, _v. n._ Spout, declaim (_boisterously_), rave (_in high- sounding phrases_), vociferate, mouth, tear a passion to tatters.

~Rant~, _n._ Fustian, bombast, rhodomontade, exaggeration, boisterous declamation.

~Ranting~, _a._ Declamatory, theatrical, bombastic, STAGEY.

~Rantipole~, _n._ [_Low._] Romping child.

~Rantipole~, _v. n._ Run about wildly.

~Rap~, _n._ Knock, stroke, pat, thump, thwack, small blow.

~Rap~, _v. a._ Strike (_suddenly_), knock, THWACK, WHACK.

~Rapacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Raptorial, preying.

~2.~ Ravenous, greedy, voracious, insatiable, insatiate.

~Rapacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity, avidity, canine appetite.

~2.~ Avariciousness, greediness of gain.

~Rape~, _n._ Violation, defloration, constupration, ravishment, defilement, carnal knowledge of a woman (_forcibly and against her will_).

~Rape~, _n._ (_Bot._) Navew, French turnip (_Brassica napus_).

~Rape-cake~, _n._ Refuse or marc of rape-seed (_after the oil has been expressed_).

~Rape-oil~, _n._ Colza-oil, oil of rape-seed.

~Rape-seed~, _n._ Seed of the rape or French turnip.

~Rapid~, _a._ Swift, quick, speedy, fleet, fast, expeditious.

~Rapidity~, _n._ Swiftness, quickness, celerity, speed, fleetness, velocity, expedition, despatch.

~Rapine~, _n._ Plunder, pillage, spoliation, robbery, depredation.

~Rapt~, _a._ Enraptured, transported, ravished, entranced, charmed, delighted, enchanted, fascinated, spell-bound, in an ecstasy.

~Raptores~, _n. pl._ [L.] (_Ornith._) Raptors, raptorials, ACCIPITRES, birds of prey.

~Raptorial~, _a._ Preying, rapacious, raptorious.

~Raptorial~, _n._ Bird of prey.

~Raptorious~, _a._ Preying, raptorial.

~Raptors~, _n. pl._ Raptores, ACCIPITRES, raptorials, birds of prey.

~Rapture~, _n._ Transport, ecstasy, ravishment, beatitude, beatification, bliss, great happiness, heavenly joy.

~Rapturous~, _a._ Ecstatic, ravishing, transporting.

~Rara avis~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Rare bird.

~2.~ Curiosity, rare thing, unusual thing.

~Rare~, _a._ ~1.~ Thin, subtile, not dense.

~2.~ SCARCE, uncommon, infrequent, unfrequent, singular, extraordinary, strange, out of the way, not common.

~3.~ Choice, fine, excellent, exquisite, incomparable, inimitable.

~4.~ Underdone, nearly raw, not well done or well cooked.

~Rarefy~, _v. a._ Make rarer, make less dense.

~Rarity~, _n._ ~1.~ Thinness, subtilty.

~2.~ Uncommonness, infrequency.

~3.~ Uncommon thing, scarce thing.

~Rascal~, _n._ Knave, rogue, villain, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff, scamp, miscreant, mean wretch.

~Rascality~, _n._ Knavery, knavishness, wickedness, villany, dishonesty, trickery, chicane, chicanery.

~Rascally~, _a._ ~1.~ Wicked, villanous, bad.

~2.~ Mean, base, sorry, pitiful.

~Rash~, _a._ Reckless (_in action_), headlong, hasty, precipitate, heedless, thoughtless, inconsiderate, indiscreet, impulsive, fool- hardy, hot-headed, hot-brained, hare-brained, without ballast.

~Rash~, _n._ (_Med._) Exanthem, exanthema, eruption, breaking out.

~Rasher~, _n._ Slice (_of pork or bacon_), COLLOP.

~Rashness~, _n._ Recklessness (_in action_), precipitancy, precipitation, hastiness, venturesomeness, TEMERITY, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, foolhardiness.

~Rasores~, _n. pl._ (_Ornith._) Gallinaceous birds.

~Rasorial~, _a._ Gallinaceous.

~Rasp~, _n._ Coarse file (_the prominences in which are made by a punch and not by a chisel, as are those of the file, properly so called_).

~Rat~, _v. n._ Desert one's party (_from interested motives_), bolt.

~Ratable~, _a._ ~1.~ To be rated.

~2.~ Proportional, PRO RATA.

~3.~ Liable to taxation.

~Ratably~, _ad._ Proportionally, proportionably, proportionately, in proportion, PRO RATA.

~Ratchet~, _n._ Click, catch, detent, pawl.

~Rate~, _n._ ~1.~ Standard, fixed measure.

~2.~ Cost, price.

~3.~ Worth, value, valuation, estimation, rank.

~4.~ Proportion, ratio, degree.

~5.~ Tax, assessment, impost, charge, duty.

~Rate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Estimate, value, appraise, set a value on.

~2.~ Scold, chide, reprimand, berate.

~3.~ ABUSE, vilify, defame.

~Rather~, _ad._ ~1.~ Preferably, in preference.

~2.~ Moderately, in some measure, in some degree.

~Rather than~, More than, sooner than, more willingly than, in preference to.

~Ratification~, _n._ ~1.~ Confirmation, substantiation, corroboration, establishment, evidence, proof.

~2.~ Approval, consent, sanction.

~Ratify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confirm, substantiate, corroborate, establish, settle.

~2.~ Approve, sanction, bind, consent to, make valid.

~Ratio~, _n._ Proportion, rate.

~Ratiocination~, _n._ Reasoning, argumentation.

~Ration~, _n._ Portion (_of food or drink_), allowance.

~Rational~, _a._ ~1.~ Intellectual, endowed with reason.

~2.~ Reasonable, just, right, equitable, fit, proper, agreeable to reason, according to reason.

~3.~ Judicious, sagacious, enlightened, sensible, wise, intelligent.

~4.~ Sane, in one's right mind, in one's sober senses.

~Rationale~, _n._ Reason, cause, theory, exposition, the why and the wherefore, the reason why, theoretical explanation, theoretical solution.

~Rationalism~, _n._ (_Theol._) Neology, rationalistic interpretation (_of the Scriptures_).

~Rationality~, _n._ Sanity, soundness of mind.

~Rationally~, _ad._ Reasonably.

~Ratoon~, _n._ Sprout, shoot.

~Ratsbane~, _n._ Arsenic, white arsenic, arsenious acid, white oxide of arsenic.

~Rattle~, _v. n._ Clatter.

~Rattle-brained~, _a._ Giddy, wild, rattle-headed.

~Rattle-head~, _n._ Chatterer, prater, GABBLER, giddy talker.

~Rattle-headed~, _a._ Giddy, wild, rattle-brained.

~Rattle on~, Prate, prattle, babble, jabber, chatter, talk idly.

~Rattles~, _n. pl._ Croup, hives.

~Raucous~, _a._ Hoarse, husky, rough, harsh.

~Ravage~, _v. a._ Ruin, spoil, waste, devastate, destroy, despoil, sack, ransack, desolate, pillage, plunder, strip, lay waste.

~Ravage~, _n._ Ruin, waste, spoil, pillage, rapine, desolation, destruction, devastation, havoc.

~Rave~, _v. n._ Rage, be mad, be wild, be delirious, talk irrationally.

~Ravel~, _v. a._ Disentangle, untwist, unravel.

~Raven~, _a._ Black, ebon, inky, sable.

~Ravening~, _a._ RAVENOUS.

~Ravenous~, _a._ Voracious, rapacious, devouring, ravening, greedy, insatiable, insatiate.

~Ravine~, _n._ Gorge, defile, deep pass.

~Raving~, _n._ Madness, frenzy, fury, rage.

~Raving~, _a._ Furious, frenzied, frantic, distracted, mad, infuriate.

~Ravish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Violate, deflour, constuprate, defile, abuse, debauch, outrage, commit rape upon.

~2.~ Enchant, charm, captivate, delight, enrapture, transport.

~Ravishment~, _n._ ~1.~ Rape, defloration, constupration, violation, defilement.

~2.~ Rapture, ecstasy, transport, great delight, enravishment.

~Raw~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncooked.

~2.~ Inexperienced, unskilled, unprepared, green.

~3.~ Cold, bleak, chilly.

~4.~ Unmanufactured, in the natural state.

~Ray~, _n._ Beam, gleam.

~Rayed~, _a._ ~1.~ Striped, streaked.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Radiate.

~Ray-grass~, _n._ Darnel, rye-grass (_Lolium perenne_).

~Rayless~, _a._ Sunless, beamless, darksome, dark, black, dismal, pitchy, Cimmerian.

~Ray-stone~, _n._ Actinolite, strahlstein.

~Raze~, _v. a._ Overthrow, demolish, subvert, destroy, ruin.

~Razor-bill~, _n._ Black-billed auk (_Alca torda_).

~Razor-strap~, _n._ Strap, strop, razor-strop.

~Razor-strop~, _n._ RAZOR-STRAP.

~Reach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extend, stretch, stretch forth, hold forth.

~2.~ Touch, extend to.

~3.~ Strike, hit.

~4.~ Arrive at, come to, get to, got at, make way to.

~5.~ Get, obtain, attain to.

~Reach~, _v. n._ Extend, be extended.

~Reach after~, Try to get, endeavor to obtain.

~Reach~, _n._ ~1.~ Reaching, extension.

~2.~ Power to reach.

~3.~ Capacity, capability, grasp.

~4.~ Extent, extension, stretch, range, compass, distance, space, span, spread.

~5.~ [_Rare._] Stratagem, ruse, fetch.

~React~, _v. a._ Repeat, re-enact, perform again, act again.

~React~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Recoil, rebound, fly back, spring back.

~2.~ Act reciprocally.

~Reaction~, _n._ ~1.~ Rebound, recoil.

~2.~ Reciprocal action.

~Read~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Peruse.

~2.~ Interpret, decipher, unravel, make out, understand.

~Read~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Practise reading, be studious in books.

~2.~ Be read, appear in reading.

~Read~, _a._ Learned, versed in books.

~Readable~, _a._ ~1.~ Legible, that may be read.

~2.~ Worth reading, fit to be read.

~Readiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Promptness, promptitude, quickness, alertness, alacrity.

~2.~ Dexterity, aptness, aptitude, expertness, facility, knack, easiness.

~3.~ Preparedness, ripeness, fit state.

~4.~ Willingness, disposition, inclination.

~Reading~, _n._ ~1.~ Perusal.

~2.~ Study of books.

~3.~ Version, interpretation, lection.

~Ready~, _a._ ~1.~ Prepared, in readiness.

~2.~ Prompt, quick, expeditious.

~3.~ Apt, expert, dexterous, adroit, clever, quick, sharp, smart.

~4.~ Willing, disposed, inclined.

~5.~ Near, handy, convenient, commodious, at hand.

~6.~ Easy, opportune, facile, short.

~Reagent~, _n._ (_Chem._) Test.

~Real~, _a._ ~1.~ Actual, veritable, substantial, substantive, absolute, positive, actually being or existing; not imaginary, or supposititious; not fictitious.

~2.~ True, genuine, not counterfeited, not factitious, not artificial.

~3.~ Intrinsic, internal, essential.

~4.~ (_Law._) Not personal.

~Realgar~, _n._ Red orpiment, red sulphuret of arsenic.

~Reality~, _n._ ~1.~ Truth, verity, actuality, fact, actual existence, matter of fact.

~2.~ (_Law._) Realty, immobility.

~Realize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Effect, accomplish, perform, bring into being or act, work out, bring to pass.

~2.~ Make real, consider as real, bring home to one's self.

~3.~ Earn, gain, acquire, get.

~Really~, _ad._ Actually, truly, absolutely, positively, certainly, verily, indeed, in fact, in reality, in truth.

~Realty~, (_Law._) Reality, immobility.

~Ream~, _n._ Twenty quires.

~Reanimate~, _v. a._ Resuscitate, revive, bring to life, restore to life.

~Reap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut with a sickle.

~2.~ Gather, gain, get, obtain.

~Reap~, _v. n._ Gather the harvest.

~Reaping-hook~, _n._ Sickle.

~Rear~, _n._ Hinder part (_particularly of an army_).

~Rear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Raise, elevate, lift, raise up.

~2.~ Bring up, RAISE.

~Rearward~, _ad._ Behind, abaft, astern, aft.

~Reason~, _n._ ~1.~ Intellect, mind, sense, understanding, rational faculty, thinking principle, intellectual powers or faculties, discursive power or faculty.

~2.~ Cause, ground, principle, motive, consideration, account, efficient cause.

~3.~ Design, purpose, end, object, aim, final cause.

~4.~ Argument, reasoning, chain of reasoning, process of reasoning.

~5.~ Reasonableness, wisdom, common sense, good sense, right or just view.

~6.~ Theory, exposition, rationale.

~Reason~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Draw conclusions, draw inferences, make deductions.

~2.~ Argue, debate, dispute, chop logic, try conclusions, bandy words or arguments, hold or carry on an argument.

~Reasonable~, _a._ ~1.~ Right, equitable, just, rational, fit, proper, according to reason, agreeable to reason.

~2.~ Judicious, sensible, wise, sagacious, enlightened.

~3.~ Tolerable, moderate.

~4.~ Cheap, low, not dear.

~5.~ [_Rare._] RATIONAL, intellectual, endowed with reason.

~Reasoning~, _n._ Ratiocination, argumentation.

~Reassurance~, _n._ ~1.~ Renewed assurance.

~2.~ (_Law._) Reinsurance.

~Reassure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hearten, enhearten, encourage, assure again, restore courage to.

~2.~ (_Law._) Reinsure.

~Rebate~, _v. a._ Diminish, lessen, reduce, abate, bate.

~Rebate~, _n._ (_Com._) Discount, allowance, deduction, reduction, drawback, abatement.

~Rebel~, _n._ Insurgent, traitor, revolter.

~Rebel~, _v. n._ Revolt, resist lawful authority, take up arms against the government.

~Rebellion~, _n._ Insurrection, sedition, revolt.

~Rebellious~, _a._ Insubordinate, riotous, disobedient, mutinous, refractory, contumacious, seditious, traitorous.

~Rebound~, _v. n._ Reverberate, recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bound back.

~Rebound~, _n._ Resilience, repercussion, reaction, recoil, reverberation.

~Rebounding~, _n._ Resilience, repercussion, reaction, recoil, reverberation.

~Rebuff~, _n._ Repulse, check, opposition, resistance.

~Rebuff~, _v. a._ Repel, resist, reject, check, oppose.

~Rebuild~, _v. a._ Reconstruct.

~Rebuke~, _v. a._ Censure (_somewhat passionately_), REPROVE, reprimand, chide, reprehend, admonish, blame, upbraid, lecture, scold, scold at, find fault with, BLOW UP.

~Rebuke~, _n._ Censure (_given impulsively_), reprimand, remonstrance, expostulation, REPROOF, reproval, reprehension, animadversion, blame, reproach.

~Rebut~, _v. a._ Repel (_by argument or by evidence_), confute, refute, disprove, show the fallacy of.

~Recall~, _v. a._ Revoke, retract, recant, repeal, rescind, annul, overrule, cancel, nullify, countermand, set aside.

~Recall~, _n._ Revocation, recantation, retraction.

~Recant~, _v. a._ Retract, revoke, recall, annul, abjure.

~Recant~, _v. n._ Unsay what has been said, eat one's words.

~Recantation~, _n._ Retraction, revocation, recall, abjuration.

~Recapitulate~, _v. a._ Run over, sum up.

~Recapitulation~, _n._ Summary, summing up.

~Recede~, _v. n._ Retire, withdraw, retreat, retrograde, give way, move back.

~Receipt~, _n._ ~1.~ Reception.

~2.~ Recipe, prescription, formulary.

~3.~ (_Com._) Acquittance, acknowledgment of payment.

~Receive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take (_what comes to hand_), ACCEPT, derive, obtain, acquire, get.

~2.~ Admit, take in.

~3.~ Entertain, welcome, greet, not reject, not repel.

~4.~ Allow, permit, tolerate.

~5.~ Believe, embrace, give credence to.

~Receiver~, _n._ ~1.~ Recipient.

~2.~ Receptacle.

~Recension~, _n._ Review, re-examination, revisal.

~Recent,~ _a._ ~1.~ New, novel, not long past.

~2.~ Late, fresh, newly come.

~3.~ Latter, modern.

~Recently~, _ad._ Lately, late, latterly, newly, of late, not long ago.

~Receptacle~, _n._ Receiver, reservoir.

~Reception~, _n._ ~1.~ Receiving, acceptance, receipt, admission.

~2.~ Welcome, entertainment, party, levee, SOIRÉE.

~Recess~, _n._ ~1.~ Retreat, nook, corner, niche, place of retirement.

~2.~ Intermission, respite, remission of labor, suspension of business.

~Recherché~, _a._ [Fr.] Choice, select, elegant.

~Recipe~, _n._ Receipt, prescription, formulary.

~Reciprocal~, _a._ ~1.~ Mutual, correlative.

~2.~ Interchangeable.

~Reciprocate~, _v. n._ Alternate, act interchangeably.

~Reciprocate~, _v. a._ Interchange, exchange.

~Reciprocation~, _n._ Interchange, exchange, reciprocity.

~Reciprocity~, _n._ Interchange, reciprocation, exchange.

~Recital~, _n._ ~1.~ Repetition, rehearsal, recitation.

~2.~ Narration, relation, description, narrative, account, statement, history, story.

~Recitation~, _n._ Recital, rehearsal, repetition.

~Recite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Repeat, rehearse, say by heart, repeat by note.

~2.~ Narrate, relate, tell.

~3.~ Enumerate, tell over.

~Reckless~, _a._ Careless, heedless, rash, mindless, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, headlong, indiscreet, incautious, giddy, imprudent, improvident, volatile, wild, flighty, unsteady, giddy-brained, hare- brained, HARUM-SCARUM.

~Reckon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Count, number, compute, calculate, enumerate, cast, cast up.

~2.~ Estimate, esteem, account, regard, repute.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Think, conjecture, suppose, guess, believe.

~Reckoner~, _n._ Counter, calculator.

~Reckon for~, Pay a penalty for.

~Reckon on~, Depend upon, place dependence on, count upon, reckon upon.

~Reckon with~, Settle an account with.

~Reckoning~, _n._ ~1.~ Counting, computation, calculation.

~2.~ Account, register, score, charge, bill.

~Reckon upon~, RECKON ON.

~Reclaim~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reform.

~2.~ Regain, recover, restore, reinstate.

~Reclamation~, _n._ ~1.~ Recovery.

~2.~ Demand, claim.

~Recline~, _v. a._ Lean.

~Recline~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lean, bear.

~2.~ Couch, lie, lie down, be recumbent.

~3.~ Rest, repose.

~Reclining~, _a._ ~1.~ Leaning, recumbent.

~2.~ Resting, reposing.

~Recluse~, _n._ Hermit, anchoret, solitary, solitaire, anchorite, EREMITE.

~Recognition~, _n._ ~1.~ Recollection, memory, remembrance.

~2.~ Acknowledgment, avowal, confession.

~Recognize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Know again, remember as formerly known, notice as already known.

~2.~ Acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess, confess knowledge of.

~Recoil~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rebound, reverberate, react, spring back, fly back, bound back.

~2.~ Shrink, falter, fall, flinch, blench, draw back.

~Recoil~, _n._ Resilience, rebound, reaction.

~Recoil from~, Abhor, loath, abominate, detest, nauseate, feel disgust at, shrink from.

~Recollect~, _v. a._ Recall (_with effort_), REMEMBER, call up, call to mind, call to remembrance.

~Recollection~, _n._ Remembrance, reminiscence, memory.

~Recommend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Commend, praise, approve.

~2.~ Make acceptable.

~Recommendation~, _n._ Commendation, praise, approval, approbation, good opinion.

~Recompense~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reward, repay, requite, compensate, satisfy, remunerate.

~2.~ Reimburse, indemnify, redress, make up for, make amends for.

~Recompense~, _n._ Reward, satisfaction, remuneration, compensation, indemnity, indemnification, amends.

~Reconcilable~, _a._ ~1.~ Appeasable, placable, forgiving.

~2.~ Consistent.

~Reconcile~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conciliate, pacify, propitiate, restore to friendship.

~2.~ Content, bring to acquiescence, make contented.

~3.~ Harmonize, make consistent, bring into harmony.

~4.~ Settle, adjust, compose, heal, make up.

~Reconcilement~, _n._ RECONCILIATION.

~Reconciliation~, _n._ ~1.~ Pacification, accommodation, reconcilement, adjustment, atonement, restoration of harmony.

~2.~ Agreement, congruity, consonance, concordance, consistency, congruency, correspondence.

~Recondite~, _a._ ~1.~ Hidden, occult, dark, obscure, abstruse, transcendental, high, mystic, mystical.

~2.~ Profound, deep.

~Reconnaissance~, _n._ Preliminary survey, rough survey.

~Reconnoitre~, _v. a._ [Written also _Reconnoiter_.] Inspect, view, survey, examine.

~Reconsider~, _v. a._ Review, consider again.

~Reconsideration~, _n._ Renewed consideration.

~Reconstruct~, _v. a._ Rebuild, re-establish, construct again.

~Reconstruction~, _n_. Rebuilding, re-establishment, restoration, renovation, redintegration, reconstitution, instauration, REHABILITATION.

~Record~, _v. a._ Register, enroll, chronicle, note, journalize, make an entry of, take down, jot down, make a memorandum of.

~Record~, _n._ ~1.~ Register, account, note, chronicle, minute, memorandum, memoir.

~2.~ Vestige, trace, memorial.

~Recorder~, _n._ Registrar, register, scribe, clerk.

~Recount~, _v. a._ Rehearse, relate, recite, narrate, enumerate, tell, give an account of.

~Recourse~, _n._ Resort.

~Recover~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Regain, recuperate, get back.

~2.~ Retrieve, restore, repair, recruit, re-establish.

~3.~ (_Law._) Obtain by course of law, get by judgment.

~Recover~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rally, regain health, get well, be restored to health.

~2.~ Be restored, be reinstated, regain the former state.

~3.~ (_Law._) Obtain judgment.

~Recovery~, _n._ ~1.~ Regaining, recuperation.

~2.~ Recruiting, restoration, convalescence.

~Recreant~, _a._ ~1.~ Cowardly, dastardly, craven, pusillanimous, mean- spirited, faint-hearted.

~2.~ Apostate, treacherous, false, faithless, untrue, backsliding.

~Recreate~, _v. a._ Refresh, reanimate, entertain, divert, amuse.

~Recreate~, _v. n._ Unbend, take recreation, be diverted, be amused.

~Recreation~, _n._ Amusement, diversion, entertainment, relaxation, sport, play, pastime.

~Recrement~, _n._ Scoria, dross, spume, scum, refuse.

~Recriminate~, _v. n._ Return an accusation.

~Recruit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Repair, replenish.

~2.~ Refresh, revive, restore, renovate.

~3.~ (_Mil._) Reinforce, supply with new men.

~Recruit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Raise new soldiers, get supplies of men.

~2.~ Revive, recover, regain health, be restored to health, get well.

~Rectify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Correct, redress, mend, reform, amend, set right, make right.

~2.~ (_Chem._) Refine, purify.

~Rectilineal~, _a._ Right-lined.

~Rectilinear~, _a._ Right-lined.

~Rectitude~, _n._ Uprightness, integrity, probity, honesty, justice, equity, virtue, goodness, righteousness, principle.

~Rectorate~, _n._ Office of rector.

~Rectorship~, _n._ Office of rector.

~Rectus in curia~, [L.] Right in court, free from accusation, free from any charge.

~Recumbent~, _a._ Leaning, reclining.

~Recuperate~, _v. a._ Recover, regain, get back.

~Recuperation~, _n._ Recovery.

~Recur~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Return, come back, come again, be repeated.

~2.~ Run in the mind, run in one's head.

~3.~ Resort, revert, have recourse.

~Recurrent~, _a._ Returning (_at intervals_), renewed, reiterated.

~Recurring~, _a._ Returning (_at intervals_), renewed, reiterated.

~Recurved~, _a._ (_Bot._) Curved outwards, curved backwards.

~Recusancy~, _n._ Nonconformity, dissent, heresy, heterodoxy.

~Recusant~, _n._ Dissenter, nonconformist.

~Red-chalk~, _n._ Reddle.

~Redden~, _v. a._ Make red.

~Redden~, _v. n._ Blush, color, become red.

~Reddish~, _a._ Brick-colored, STAMMEL, somewhat red.

~Reddish-yellow~, _a._ CARROTY.

~Reddle~, _n._ Red-chalk.

~Redeem~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Repurchase, buy back.

~2.~ Ransom, free, liberate, deliver, rescue, recover, save.

~3.~ Compensate, make amends for, atone for.

~4.~ Fulfil, keep, discharge, make good.

~Redeemer~, _n._ ~1.~ Ransomer.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Christ, Jesus, Immanuel, the Saviour, the Messiah, the Mediator, the Intercessor, the Advocate, the Judge, the Anointed, the Word, the Son of man, the Son of God, the Lamb of God.

~Redemption~, _n._ ~1.~ Repurchase.

~2.~ Ransom, release, liberation, deliverance, rescue, salvation.

~3.~ Performance, discharge, fulfilment.

~Red-eye~, _n._ (_Ich._) Rudd (_Lenciscus erythophthalmus_).

~Red-gum~, _n._ Gum-rash.

~Redintegrate~, _v. a._ Restore, renew, reconstitute, re-establish, reconstruct, renovate.

~Redintegration~, _n._ Restoration, renewal, re-establishment, reconstruction, renovation.

~Red-lead~, _n._ Minium.

~Red-letter~, _a._ Fortunate, lucky, happy, auspicious.

~Redolence~, _n._ Fragrance, aroma, perfume, pleasing scent, sweet scent, grateful odor.

~Redolency~, _n._ Fragrance, aroma, perfume, pleasing scent, sweet scent, grateful odor.

~Redolent~, _a._ Fragrant, odoriferous, aromatic, balmy, sweet- scented, sweet-smelling.

~Redouble~, _v. a._ Repeat, reduplicate, reiterate, renew.

~Redouble~, _v. n._ Be repeated, become twice as much.

~Redoubtable~, _a._ Formidable, terrible (_to foes_), dreadful.

~Redound~, _v. n._ Result, contribute, conduce, tend.

~Red precipitate~, Red oxide of mercury.

~Red puccoon~, Blood-root, blood-wort, red-root (_Sanguinaria canadensis_).

~Redress~, _v. a._ Remedy, repair, relieve from, make amends for.

~Redress~, _n._ Remedy, relief, amends, compensation, reparation, atonement.

~Red-root~, _n._ ~1.~ New-Jersey tea (_Ceanothus americanus_).

~2.~ Stoneweed, puccoon-root (_Lithospermum arvense_).

~Red saunders-wood~, Red sandalwood, ruby-wood.

~Red squirrel~, Chickaree (_Sciurus Hudsonius_).

~Reduce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restore, bring back.

~2.~ Render, form, mould, make, shape, model, remodel, convert into, resolve into, change into, bring into, bring to.

~3.~ Diminish, contract, lessen, abate, decrease, abridge, curtail, shorten, cut short, cut down, make less.

~4.~ Depress, debase, lower, weaken, dwarf.

~5.~ Subdue, conquer, subjugate, overpower, overthrow, vanquish, master, get the better of, get the upper hand of, bring into subjection.

~6.~ Impoverish, ruin, bring to want, bring to poverty.

~7.~ (_Math._) Solve, resolve.

~Reduction~, _n._ ~1.~ Conversion, resolution, transmutation.

~2.~ Diminution, contraction, decrease, abridgment, lessening, retrenchment, abatement, decrement, curtailment, lowering.

~3.~ Depression, detrusion, abasement, lowering.

~4.~ Subjugation, conquest, mastery, subdual, victory over.

~5.~ (_Math._) Resolution, solution.

~Redundance~, _n._ ~1.~ Excess, superabundance, exuberance, more than enough.

~2.~ Diffuseness.

~Redundancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Excess, superabundance, exuberance, more than enough.

~2.~ Diffuseness.

~Redundant~, _a._ ~1.~ Excessive, superabundant, exuberant, superfluous, in excess, expletive.

~2.~ Diffuse.

~Reduplicate~, _v. a._ Redouble, repeat.

~Reduplication~, _n._ Doubling, duplication, redoubling, repetition.

~Redwing~, _n._ Wind-thrush, swine-pipe, red-sided thrush (_Turdus iliacus_).

~Re-echo~, _v. a._ Reverberate, echo back.

~Re-echo~, _n._ Reverberation.

~Reed-bunting~, _n._ Chuck, reed-sparrow, water-sparrow, ring-bunting, king-bird (_Emberiza schoeniclus_).

~Reed-mace~, _n._ Cat-tail (_Typha latifolia_).

~Reed-sparrow~, _n._ Reed-bunting (_Emberiza schoeniclus_).

~Reef~, _v. a._ Take in (_sail_).

~Reek~, _n._ Smoke, steam, exhalation, vapor, effluvium, fume, mist.

~Reek~, _v. n._ Smoke, steam, emit vapor.

~Reeking~, _a._ Smoking, steaming.

~Reel~, _v. n._ Totter, stagger, falter.

~Re-enforce~, _v. a._ Strengthen, give additional support to.

~Re-enforcement~, _n._ Additional force, fresh assistance.

~Re-entering~, _a._ Turning inwards.

~Re-establish~, _v. a._ Restore, reinstate, replace, renew, renovate, establish again.

~Re-establishment~, _n._ Restoration.

~Refectory~, _n._ Refreshment room.

~Refer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Direct, consign, commit, leave, deliver over, give in charge.

~2.~ Attribute, ascribe, impute, assign.

~Refer~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Relate, belong, pertain, appertain, have reference.

~2.~ Appeal, apply, have recourse.

~3.~ Allude, direct attention, make allusion, make reference, hint at.

~Referable~, _a._ Ascribable, REFERRIBLE.

~Referee~, _n._ Arbitrator, arbiter, judge, umpire.

~Reference~, _n._ ~1.~ Respect, regard, relation.

~2.~ Allusion, intimation, hint.

~Referrible~, _a._ Ascribable, attributable, referable, to be referred.

~Refine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Purify, clarify, fine, defecate.

~2.~ Cultivate, polish, make elegant.

~Refine~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Become pure, be clarified.

~2.~ Improve, make improvement.

~3.~ Be over-nice, affect nicety, split hairs, make useless distinctions.

~Refined~, _a._ ~1.~ Purified, clarified.

~2.~ Accomplished, cultivated, polished, elegant, genteel, stylish, courtly, polite, well-bred.

~3.~ Classic, classical, pure, chaste, Attic, delicate, nice, exquisite.

~Refinement~, _n._ ~1.~ Improvement.

~2.~ Elegance, polish, purity, delicacy, cultivation, civility, good- breeding.

~3.~ Subtilty, extreme nicety.

~Refit~, _v. a._ Repair, fit anew.

~Reflect~, _v. a._ Mirror, throw back.

~Reflect~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Think, cogitate, muse, meditate, deliberate, ponder, consider, ruminate.

~2.~ Bring reproach, cast reproach.

~Reflecting~, _a._ ~1.~ That reflects.

~2.~ Thoughtful, considerate, reflective, given to reflection.

~Reflection~, _n._ ~1.~ Reflecting.

~2.~ Reflected image.

~3.~ Thought, meditation, cogitation, deliberation, contemplation, musing, rumination.

~4.~ Censure, reproach.

~Reflective~, _a._ ~1.~ Reflecting, reflexive.

~2.~ Thoughtful, musing, deliberating, pondering, cogitating.

~Reflector~, _n._ Mirror, speculum.

~Reflex~, _a._ ~1.~ Retroactive.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Reflected, bent back.

~Reflexive~, _a._ Reflective.

~Refluence~, _n._ Reflux, ebb, regurgitation, flowing back.

~Refluent~, _a._ Ebbing, flowing back.

~Reflux~, _n._ Ebb, REFLUENCE.

~Reform~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Correct, amend, ameliorate, meliorate, make better.

~2.~ Remodel, form anew.

~Reform~, _v. n._ Amend, become better.

~Reform~, _n._ Reformation, amendment.

~Reformation~, _n._ Amendment, reform, correction, change for the better.

~Reformative~, _a._ Reforming.

~Reformatory~, _a._ Reforming.

~Refract~, _v. a._ Deflect (_rays_), deviate, turn from a straight course.

~Refracting~, _a._ Deflecting, refractive.

~Refraction~, _n._ Deflection (_of rays_), deviation.

~Refractive~, _a._ Refracting.

~Refractory~, _a._ Stubborn, obstinate, stiff, perverse, dogged, mulish, heady, headstrong, cross-grained, intractable, unyielding, contumacious, disobedient, unruly, pig-headed, ungovernable, cantankerous.

~Refrain~, _v. a._ Restrain, withhold, keep back.

~Refrain~, _v. n._ Abstain, forbear, hold one's self back, deny one's self, stay one's hand, keep one's self from indulgence.

~Refrain~, _n._ Burden (_of a song_).

~Refrangibility~, _n._ Refrangibleness.

~Refrangible~, _a._ Capable of refraction.

~Refrangibleness~, _n._ Refrangibility.

~Refresh~, _v. a._ Invigorate, reanimate, revive, relieve, recruit, recreate, enliven, give fresh vigor to.

~Refreshing~, _a._ Reviving, invigorating, grateful, pleasant, comfortable.

~Refreshment~, _n._ ~1.~ Relief, invigoration, new life.

~2.~ Food, nourishment.

~3.~ Regalement, entertainment.

~Refrigerant~, _n._ Refrigerative, cooling medicine.

~Refrigerate~, _v. a._ Cool, chill, make cool, reduce the heat of.

~Refrigeration~, _n._ Cooling.

~Refrigerative~, _a._ Cooling, refrigeratory.

~Refrigerative~, _n._ Refrigerant, cooling medicine.

~Refrigeratory~, _a._ Cooling, refrigerative.

~Refuge~, _n._ ~1.~ Shelter, safety, security, protection.

~2.~ Asylum, retreat, sanctuary, harbor, place of safety, place of refuge.

~Refulgence~, _n._ Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, resplendence, lustre, radiance, effulgence.

~Refulgency~, _n._ Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, resplendence, lustre, radiance, effulgence.

~Refulgent~, _a._ Bright, shining, brilliant, splendid, resplendent, lustrous, radiant, effulgent.