Part 48

~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.