Part 51

~Revengefulness~, _n._ Vindictiveness.

~Revenue~, _n._ Income, receipts.

~Reverberate~, _v. a._ Echo, re-echo.

~Reverberate~, _v. n._ Resound, echo, re-echo.

~Reverberation~, _n._ Echoing, re-echoing, echo, reflected sound.

~Reverberatory~, _a._ Reverberating.

~Revere~, _v. a._ Venerate, reverence, adore, honor, regard highly.

~Reverence~, _n._ Veneration, honor, homage, adoration, awe.

~Reverence~, _v. a._ REVERE.

~Reverend~, _a._ Venerable.

~Reverent~, _a._ REVERENTIAL.

~Reverential~, _a._ Respectful, deferential, reverent.

~Reverie~, _n._ [Fr.] REVERY.

~Reversal~, _n._ Repeal, revocation, annulment.

~Reverse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invert, turn upside down, turn end for end, turn topsy-turvy.

~2.~ Overturn, overthrow, subvert.

~3.~ Change to the opposite.

~4.~ Annul, repeal, revoke, rescind, countermand.

~Reverse~, _a._ Opposite, converse.

~Reverse~, _n._ ~1.~ Contrary, opposite, counterpart.

~2.~ Change, vicissitude.

~3.~ Misfortune, mischance, mishap, misadventure, trial, hardship, affliction, reverse of fortune.

~Revert~, _v. n._ Return, recur, come back, turn back.

~Revery~, _n._ Musing, dreaming, abstraction, inattention, pre- occupation, absence, REVERIE, absence of mind, brown study.

~Review~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Revise, reconsider, re-examine, pass in review.

~2.~ Criticise, notice critically, write a critical notice of.

~Review~, _n._ ~1.~ Retrospect, re-survey.

~2.~ Revisal, revision, revise, reconsideration, re-examination.

~3.~ Criticism, critique, REVIEWAL, critical notice.

~Reviewal~, _n._ [_Rare._] Critique, REVIEW.

~Revile~, _v. a._ Vilify, defame, reproach, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign, abuse, backbite, lampoon, speak ill of, run down, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.

~Revindicate~, _v. a._ Reassert, support again, maintain once more, vindicate again.

~Revisal~, _n._ Revision, REVIEW.

~Revise~, _v. a._ Review, re-examine, reconsider.

~Revise~, _n._ Revision, review, re-examination.

~Revision~, _n._ Review, revisal, revise, reconsideration, re- examination.

~Revival~, _n._ Resuscitation, revivification, reanimation, quickening. ~Revive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Resuscitate, reanimate, revivify, bring to life again.

~2.~ Rouse, quicken, animate, refresh, renovate, reinspire, invigorate, cheer, comfort.

~Revive~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be resuscitated or reanimated, return to life, recover life, live again.

~2.~ Be invigorated, refreshed, or roused; recover strength.

~Revivification~, _n._ Resuscitation, reanimation, revival, quickening.

~Revivify~, _v. a._ Reanimate, resuscitate, revive, bring to life again.

~Revocation~, _n._ Retraction, recall, recantation, reversal, repeal, abjuration.

~Revoke~, _v. a._ Recall (_what has been said_), recant, retract, REPEAL, reverse, annul, cancel, rescind, countermand, abrogate, abolish, discard, quash, set aside, do away, make void.

~Revolt~, _v. n._ Rebel, mutiny, rise, renounce allegiance.

~Revolt~, _v. a._ Disgust, nauseate, sicken, shock.

~Revolt~, _n._ Rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, sedition, defection, rising.

~Revolter~, _n._ Deserter, rebel, traitor, insurgent.

~Revolting~, _a._ Shocking, disgusting, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repulsive, offensive, obnoxious, hateful, horrible, abominable, monstrous.

~Revolution~, _n._ ~1.~ Rotation, gyration, whirling, circular motion.

~2.~ Change (_in the political constitution of a country_), organic change, successful revolt or rebellion.

~Revolutionize~, _v. a._ Remodel, reform, new model.

~Revolve~, _v. n._ Rotate, wheel, turn, whirl, circulate, roll, gyrate, go round, turn round.

~Revolve~, _v. a._ Consider, meditate, ponder, study, reflect upon, ruminate upon, brood over.

~Revulsion~, _n._ ~1.~ Withdrawal, drawing back.

~2.~ Reaction, change, transition.

~Reward~, _v. a._ Recompense, compensate, requite, remunerate.

~Reward~, _n._ ~1.~ Recompense, compensation, GUERDON, requital, remuneration, pay.

~2.~ Premium, bonus, bounty.

~Rhapsodical~, _a._ Unconnected, broken, rambling, like a rhapsody.

~Rhapsodize~, _v. n._ Utter rhapsodies.

~Rhapsody~, _n._ Rambling composition; medley of thoughts, sentences, or passages.

~Rhetoric~, _n._ ~1.~ Art of composition.

~2.~ Oratory, elocution, eloquence, science of oratory.

~3.~ Declamation, artificial eloquence.

~Rhetorical~, _a._ ~1.~ Oratorical.

~2.~ Declamatory, highly wrought.

~Rhetorician~, _n._ Adept in rhetoric, proficient in rhetoric.

~Rhino~, _n._ [_Cant word._] Money, cash.

~Rhizoma~, _n._ (_Bot._) Root-stock, root-like stem.

~Rhomb~, _n._ Rhombus, lozenge, oblique-angled parallelogram (_with equal sides_).

~Rhombus~, _n._ RHOMB.

~Rhymer~, _n._ RHYMESTER.

~Rhymester~, _n._ Versifier, poetaster, rhymer.

~Rhythm~, _n._ Periodical emphasis, regular or melodious movement, harmonious flow.

~Rhythmical~, _a._ Measured, regular or melodious in movement.

~Ribald~, _a._ Base, low, mean, obscene, vile, filthy, gross, coarse, loose, indecent.

~Ribaldry~, _n._ Obscenity, indecency; low, vile, or vulgar language.

~Rich~, _a._ ~1.~ Wealthy, opulent, affluent, flush, moneyed.

~2.~ Splendid, precious, costly, sumptuous, valuable, estimable.

~3.~ Savory, delicious, luscious, exquisite.

~4.~ Plentiful, plenteous, abundant, copious, abounding, ample, full, flowing with milk and honey.

~5.~ Fruitful, fertile, luxuriant, teeming, productive, prolific.

~Riches~, _n. pl._ Wealth, opulence, affluence, fortune, mammon, lucre, pelf, ample means, ample store.

~Richness~, _n._ ~1.~ Abundance, plenty, fulness, copiousness, luxuriance, exuberance, profusion.

~2.~ Fertility, fruitfulness, fecundity, productiveness.

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

~Rickety~, _a._ ~1.~ Affected with the rickets.

~2.~ Shattered, broken, weak, tottering, crazy.

~Rid~, _v. a._ Free, clear, deliver, disencumber, relieve, set free.

~Riddance~, _n._ Freedom, escape, relief, deliverance.

~Riddle~, _n._ Enigma, puzzle, dark problem, puzzling question.

~Rider~, _n._ ~1.~ Equestrian, horseman.

~2.~ Jockey, postilion.

~3.~ [_England._] Riding-clerk, sample clerk.

~4.~ Additional clause (_to a legislative act_).

~Ridge~, _n._ Extended elevation.

~Ridicule~, _n._ Derision, mockery, raillery, satire, sarcasm, gibe, jeer, sneer, banter.

~Ridicule~, _v. a._ Deride (_sportively_), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, rally, banter, chaff, laugh at, scoff at, treat with ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make game of, make a fool of, point the finger at, make fun of, make merry with, make a butt of, POKE FUN AT.

~Ridiculous~, _a._ Ludicrous, laughable, droll, funny, preposterous, farcical, comical, absurd.

~Riding-clerk~, _n._ RIDER, sample-clerk.

~Rid of~, Clear of, free from.

~Rife~, _a._ Prevailing, prevalent, common, abounding.

~Riff-raff~, _n._ ~1.~ Refuse, sweepings.

~2.~ Rabble, populace, CANAILLE, the masses, dregs of the people, swinish multitude, scum of society, lowest class of people, ignoble vulgar, lower classes, rough-scuff, RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.

~Rifle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Seize, snatch away, carry off.

~2.~ Rob, pillage, plunder, strip, despoil, fleece.

~Rifler~, _n._ Robber, pillager, plunderer.

~Rift~, _n._ Cleft, fissure, crack, rent, breach, fracture, break, gap, opening, chink, crevice, cranny.

~Rig~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dress (_particularly in a fanciful manner_), clothe, accoutre, rig out.

~2.~ Furnish with gear, fit with tackling.

~Rig~, _n._ Dress (_odd or fanciful_).

~Rigging~, _n._ Tackle, gear, ropes of a ship.

~Right~, _a._ ~1.~ Straight, direct, rectilinear, not crooked.

~2.~ Just, lawful, equitable, fair, rightful, honest, in accordance with duty.

~3.~ Fit, suitable, seemly, proper, meet, becoming, appropriate, as it should be, COMME IL FAUT.

~4.~ Correct, true, not erroneous, not mistaken.

~5.~ Right hand.

~Right~, _ad._ ~1.~ Directly, in a direct line.

~2.~ Uprightly, equitably, fairly, lawfully, rightfully, rightly.

~3.~ Fitly, suitably, properly.

~4.~ Correctly, truly.

~5.~ Very, in a great degree.

~Right~, _n._ ~1.~ Rectitude, justice, equity, fairness, goodness, lawfulness, propriety, what ought to be, what should be.

~2.~ Truth, correctness.

~3.~ Prerogative, privilege, immunity.

~4.~ Legal claim.

~Right~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set upright.

~2.~ Do justice to, relieve from wrong, see one righted, see justice done to one.

~Right away~, [_U. S._] Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, INSTANTER, RIGHT OFF, at once, without delay.

~Righteous~, _a._ ~1.~ Pious, holy, virtuous, godly, saintly, religious, honest, good, uncorrupt, upright, just, devout.

~2.~ Equitable, fair, right.

~Righteousness~, _n._ ~1.~ Piety, godliness, holiness, sanctity, purity, virtue, goodness, integrity, honesty, justice.

~2.~ Rectitude of conduct, practice of right, doing right, going straight, acting from principle.

~Rightful~, _a._ ~1.~ Legitimate, true.

~2.~ Just, equitable, fair, lawful, suitable, proper, right, reasonable.

~Right-hand~, _n._ Spear hand.

~Right-hand~, _a._ Right.

~Right line~, Bee-line, straight line, most direct line, shortest distance.

~Right-lined~, _a._ Rectilineal, rectilinear.

~Rightly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Uprightly, equitably, fairly, lawfully, rightfully, right.

~2.~ Fitly, suitably, properly.

~3.~ Correctly, truly.

~Right off~, [_U. S._] Immediately, directly, at once, RIGHT AWAY.

~Right-whale~, _n._ Greenland whale (_Balæna mysticetus_).

~Rigid~, _a._ ~1.~ Stiff, inflexible, unpliant, unbending, unyielding.

~2.~ Sharp, severe, strict, stern, rigorous, harsh, austere.

~Rigidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Stiffness, inflexibility, rigidness, want of pliability.

~2.~ Severity, rigor, harshness, strictness, austerity.

~3.~ Ungracefulness, want of ease.

~Rigidness~, _n._ RIGIDITY.

~Rigmarole~, _n._ Nonsense, jargon, gibberish, verbiage, trash, balderdash, twaddle, palaver, flummery, moonshine, wish-wash, foolish talk.

~Rigor~, _n._ ~1.~ Stiffness, rigidity, rigidness, inflexibility.

~2.~ Severity, austerity, harshness, sternness, asperity.

~3.~ Strictness, exactness.

~4.~ Inclemency.

~5.~ (_Med._) Sudden coldness with shivering.

~Rigorous~, _a._ ~1.~ Severe, austere, harsh, stern, rigid, hard, strict, stringent.

~2.~ Exact, accurate, precise, scrupulously nice.

~3.~ Inclement.

~Rig out~, Dress, clothe, RIG.

~Rill~, _n._ Streamlet, rivulet, runnel, small brook.

~Rim~, _n._ Border, edge, margin, brim, brink, verge, border, skirt, confine.

~Rime~, _n._ Hoar-frost.

~Rimple~, _n._ ~1.~ Wrinkle, fold, rumple, crease, gather, corrugation, pucker, plait.

~2.~ Ripple, undulation, little wave.

~Rind~, _n._ Skin, peel, bark, husk, hull, glume, CHAFF, outer covering.

~Ring~, _n._ ~1.~ Circle, hoop, circular line.

~2.~ Race-course, racing ground.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Resonance, reverberation.

~4.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Clique, junto, cabal, coterie, set, combination, faction, league, confederacy.

~Ring~, _v. n._ Sound, resound.

~Ringlet~, _n._ ~1.~ Small ring.

~2.~ Curl, tress, lock.

~Ringworm~, _n._ Circular herpes or tetter.

~Rinse~, _v. a._ Wash (_lightly_).

~Riot~, _n._ TUMULT (_on a small scale_), row, uproar, disturbance, commotion, broil, brawl, outbreak, fray, affray, altercation, squabble, quarrel, strife, MÊLÉE.

~Riot~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Revel, carouse, luxuriate.

~2.~ Be excited, be tumultuous.

~Riotous~, _a._ ~1.~ Revelling, luxurious, wanton.

~2.~ Tumultuous, seditious, turbulent, insubordinate, mutinous, rebellious, disorderly, ungovernable, unruly, refractory.

~Rip~, _v. a._ Tear open, tear apart.

~Rip~, _n._ Tear, rent, laceration.

~Ripe~, _a._ ~1.~ MATURE, perfected by growth.

~2.~ Fit, prepared, ready, in readiness.

~3.~ Consummate, finished, perfect, accomplished.

~Ripen~, _v. n._ Grow ripe, be matured.

~Ripen~, _v. a._ Mature, bring to maturity, make ripe.

~Ripeness~, _n._ ~1.~ Maturity, matureness, full growth.

~2.~ Fitness, preparation, readiness.

~Ripple~, _v. n._ Purl.

~Ripple~, _n._ Rimple, undulation, little wave.

~Rise~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Ascend, mount, arise, go or move upwards.

~2.~ Appear, come forth, come into view.

~3.~ Get up.

~4.~ Revive, come to life, be raised from death.

~5.~ Grow, spring up.

~6.~ Be advanced, be promoted, gain a position.

~7.~ Increase, swell, enlarge, become greater, be enhanced.

~8.~ Adjourn, close the session.

~9.~ Spring, take rise, have source or origin.

~10.~ Become hostile, take up arms, go to war.

~Rise~, _n._ ~1.~ Ascent, rising.

~2.~ Elevation, elevated place.

~3.~ Source, origin, spring, beginning.

~4.~ Increase, advance, augmentation.

~Risible~, _a._ ~1.~ Laughable, ridiculous, ludicrous, comical, funny, farcical, amusing.

~2.~ That produce laughter (_as certain muscles_).

~Risibles~, _n. pl._ [_Colloquial._] Risible muscles.

~Rising~, _n._ ~1.~ Ascent, rise.

~2.~ Reviving, resurrection.

~3.~ Insurrection, rebellion, sedition.

~4.~ Swelling, tumor, boil.

~Risk~, _n._ Danger, hazard, jeopardy, peril, chance, venture.

~Risk~, _v. a._ Hazard, peril, endanger, stake, jeopard, venture, jeopardize, put in peril, put to hazard, expose to danger.

~Risky~, _a._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Dangerous, hazardous, perilous, unsafe, full of risk.

~Rite~, _n._ Ceremony, form, observance, ordinance, solemnity, ceremonial, formulary, sacrament.

~Ritual~, _a._ Ceremonial.

~Ritual~, _n._ Liturgy, formulary of public worship.

~Rival~, _n._ Competitor, antagonist, opponent, rival candidate.

~Rival~, _a._ Competing, emulating, emulous.

~Rival~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Oppose, compete with, contend with.

~2.~ Emulate, try to equal or excel.

~3.~ Match, equal, be equal to.

~Rivalry~, _n._ Competition, emulation, contention, RIVALSHIP.

~Rivalship~, [_Rare._] Rivalry.

~Rive~, _v. a._ Rend, split, cleave, tear or rend asunder.

~River~, _n._ Stream.

~River-horse~, _n._ Hippopotamus, sea-horse.

~River-lobster~, _n._ Crawfish, crayfish.

~Rivet~, _v. a._ Fasten, fix, make firm.

~Rivulet~, _n._ Brook, streamlet, runnel, rill, runlet, BURN, small stream.

~Road~, _n._ ~1.~ Path, way, lane, street, route, course, pathway, track, TRAIL, highway, thoroughfare, highroad.

~2.~ Roadstead, anchorage.

~Roadstead~, _n._ Anchorage, road.

~Roadster~, _n._ Horse (_fitted for the road_), pad.

~Roam~, _v. n._ Ramble, stroll, wander, range, rove, stray, straggle, wander about, rove around, gad about.

~Roam~, _v. a._ Wander or range over, stray about.

~Roamer~, _n._ Wanderer, rover, stroller, nomad.

~Roan-tree~, _n._ European mountain-ash, fowler's service tree, rowan- tree (_Pyrus aucuparia_).

~Roar~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bellow (_as a beast_).

~2.~ Bawl, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, cry, cry aloud.

~3.~ Boom, resound, thunder, rattle, peal.

~4.~ Laugh (_loudly and long_).

~Roar~, _n._ ~1.~ Bellow, bellowing, roaring.

~2.~ Loud noise (_as of the wind or the sea_).

~3.~ Shout, cry, outcry.

~4.~ Laugh (_loud and long_), laughter.

~Roaring~, _n._ ROAR.

~Rob~, _v. a._ Plunder, strip, despoil, fleece, pillage.

~Robber~, _n._ Plunderer, pillager, THIEF, despoiler, depredator, highwayman, footpad, brigand, bandit, marauder, freebooter, outlaw.

~Robbery~, _n._ Depredation, peculation, theft, larceny, spoliation, plunder, pillage, spoil.

~Robe~, _n._ Gown, dress.

~Robe~, _v. a._ Dress, clothe, invest, array.

~Robin~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Ruddock, robinet, robin-redbreast (_Erythaca rubecula_ or _Motacilla rubecula_).

~2.~ [_U. S._] Robin-redbreast, migratory thrush (_Turdus migratorius_).

~Roborant~, _a._ Strengthening.

~Robust~, _a._ Strong, athletic, brawny, stout, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, hale, lusty, sturdy, firm, sound, vigorous, powerful, mighty, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.

~Robustness~, _n._ Strength, soundness, vigor, stoutness, lustiness, sturdiness, might, stamina.

~Rochelle-powders~, _n. pl._ Sedlitz powders.

~Rochelle-salt~, _n._ Tartrate of potash and soda, tartarized soda.

~Rock~, _n._ Stone (_of large size_).

~Rock~, _v. a._ Move backward and forward (_as something that rests on a support_).

~Rock~, _v. n._ Reel, totter, oscillate, move backward and forward.

~Rock-crystal~, _n._ Limpid quartz, British or Cornish diamond.

~Rock-fish~, _n._ Black goby (_Gobius niger_).

~Rocking-stone~, _n._ Logan.

~Rockling~, _n._ Whistle-fish (_Motella vulgaris_).

~Rock-oil~, _n._ Petroleum, rock-tar, mineral oil, naphtha.

~Rock-rose~, _n._ Frost-wort, frost-weed (_Helianthemum Canadensis_).

~Rock-salt~, _n._ Common salt (_as found in mines_), mineral salt.

~Rock-tar~, _n._ ROCK-OIL.

~Rock-wood~, _n._ Ligniform asbestos.

~Rod~, _n._ ~1.~ Twig, shoot.

~2.~ Wand, slender stick.

~3.~ Switch, scourge, birch.

~4.~ Pole, perch.

~5.~ CUE.

~Rodent~, _a._ Gnawing.

~Rodent~, _n._ Gnawer.

~Rodentia~, _n. pl._ [L.] Gnawers, rodents.

~Rodomontade~, _n._ Blustering, bluster, boasting, bragging, rant, vain-glory.

~Roe~, _n._ ~1.~ Roebuck (_Capreolus dorcas_).

~2.~ Spawn of fishes.

~Roebuck~, _n._ ROE.

~Roestone~, _n._ Oölite.

~Rogue~, _n._ ~1.~ Knave, villain, swindler, sharper, cheat, trickster, rascal, scamp, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff.

~2.~ Mischievous fellow.

~Roguery~, _n._ ~1.~ Knavery, rascality, villany, fraud, cheating, dishonest practices, knavish tricks.

~2.~ Waggery, mischief, arch tricks.

~Roguish~, _a._ ~1.~ Knavish, dishonest, trickish, TRICKY.

~2.~ Sportive, arch, mischievous, waggish.

~Roil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make turbid.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Vex, disturb, plague, irritate, worry, annoy, bother, molest.

~Roily~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Turbid.

~Roisterer~, _n._ Swaggerer, bully, rioter, blustering fellow.

~Rôle~, _n._ [Fr.] Part, character (_in a play_).

~Roll~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Turn (_on an axis_), make revolve.

~2.~ Wrap round (_one part on another_).

~3.~ Wheel, trundle.

~Roll~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Revolve, rotate, turn, wheel, whirl, gyrate, whirl round, go round, turn round.

~2.~ Run, flow, glide.

~3.~ Rock from side to side.

~4.~ Wallow, welter, tumble about.

~Roll~, _n._ ~1.~ Volume, scroll.

~2.~ Chronicle, record, history, annals.

~3.~ List, register, catalogue, inventory, schedule.

~4.~ Loaf of bread (_small, and rolled up while in the dough_).

~5.~ Rocking (_as of a vessel in a heavy sea_).

~6.~ Rub-a-dub, rat-a-tat, TATTOO, beat of drum.

~Rollicking~, _a._ Frolicsome, jolly, gay, joyous, merry, playful, sportive, jocular, lively, frisky, DAFT, full of frolic.

~Roll sulphur~, Cane brimstone, stick sulphur.

~Romaic~, _n._ Modern Greek.

~Roman~, _a._ ~1.~ Of Rome, of the Romans.

~2.~ Of the Latins, of ancient Rome.

~3.~ Roman Catholic, of the Roman Catholic religion.

~Roman~, _n._ ~1.~ Native of Rome.

~2.~ Roman Catholic.

~Roman Catholic~, _a._ Roman.

~Roman Catholic~, _n._ Roman.

~Romance~, _n._ Novel, tale, story, work of fiction.

~Romantic~, _a._ Fanciful, extravagant, sentimental, fantastic, wild, chimerical, Quixotic.

~Romish~, _a._ Popish, papal, Roman Catholic.

~Romp~, _n._ Rude girl.

~Romp~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Leap, spring, bound.

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

~Rood~, _n._ Forty square rods, fourth part of an acre.

~Rook~, _n._ Castle (_in chess_).

~Room~, _n._ ~1.~ Space, extent, expanse, capacity, scope, compass, field, range, sweep, swing, play.

~2.~ Place, stead.

~3.~ Apartment, chamber, SALOON, HALL.

~4.~ Chance, opportunity, occasion.

~Room-mate~, _n._Chum, chamber-fellow.

~Roomy~, _a._ Spacious, capacious, large, wide, extensive, ample, broad.

~Roost~, _n._ Perch.

~Roost~, _v. n._ Perch.

~Rooster~, _n._ [_U. S._] Cock, chanticleer.

~Root~, _n._ ~1.~ Bottom, base, foundation, lower part.

~2.~ Cause, origin, source, occasion.

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

~Root~, _v. n._ Take root.

~Root~, _v. a._ Implant, set, fix, establish.

~Rootlet~, _n._ Radicle, small root.

~Root out~, ~1.~ Eradicate, extirpate, extract, exterminate, destroy.

~2.~ Discover, unravel, worm out, fish out, ferret out, fish up.

~Root-stock~, _n._ (_Bot._) Rhizoma, rootlike stem.

~Root up~, Eradicate, root out.

~Rope~, _v. n._ Be ropy or viscous.

~Rope-dancer~, _n._ Acrobat, funambulist.

~Rope in~, [_Colloquial, U.S._] Draw in collectively (_as masses of hay, by means of a rope_).

~Rope of sand~, Feeble tie, bond easily broken.

~Ropy~, _a._ Viscous, viscid, glutinous, sticky, adhesive, tenacious, stringy, smeary, dauby.

~Roseate~, _a._ ~1.~ Rosy, ruddy, reddish, blushing, mantling, blooming, rose-colored.

~2.~ Of roses.

~Rose-color~, _n._ Pink.

~Rose-colored~, _a._ Rosy, roseate, pink.

~Rosin~, _n._ Colophony, resin (_from the pine_).

~Rostrum~, _n._ Platform, stage.

~Rosy~, _a._ Blooming, ruddy, reddish, rubicund, blushing, mantling, rosy, roseate, rose-colored.

~Rot~, _v. n._ Putrefy, corrupt, decompose, decay.

~Rotary~, _a._ Whirling, rotating, rotatory, gyratory.

~Rotate~, _v. n._ Revolve, wheel, whirl, turn, gyrate, circulate, go round, turn round.

~Rotatory~, _a._ Whirling, rotating, ROTARY.

~Rote~, _n._ ~1.~ Repetition.

~2.~ Rut (_of the sea_).

~Rotten~, _n._ ~1.~ Putrid, corrupt, carious, putrefied, decayed, fetid, putrescent, foul.

~2.~ Defective, unsound.

~3.~ Treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy.

~Rotund~, _a._ Round, circular, spherical, globular.

~Rotundity~, _n._ Roundness, sphericity, circularity, rotundness.

~Rotundness~, _n._ ROTUNDITY.

~Roué~, _n._ [Fr.] Rake, debauchee, profligate, dissolute man.

~Rough~, _a._ ~1.~ Uneven, rugged, craggy, cragged, jagged, scraggy, not smooth.

~2.~ Unhewn, unwrought, unfashioned, formless, shapeless.

~3.~ Unpolished (_as a gem_), uncut.

~4.~ Shaggy, hirsute, bristly, ragged, disordered.

~5.~ Coarse, indelicate, rude, uncivil, impolite, ungracious, homespun, bluff, blunt, bearish, churlish, BRUSQUE, gruff.

~6.~ Harsh, sharp, severe, violent.

~7.~ Tart, sour, crabbed, hard.

~8.~ Inharmonious, discordant, jarring.

~9.~ Tempestuous, boisterous, stormy.

~Rough breathing~, Aspirate.

~Rough draft~, Sketch, outline.

~Roughness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unevenness, ruggedness.

~2.~ Harshness, rudeness, coarseness, incivility, gruffness, bluntness, impoliteness.

~3.~ Acerbity, unsavoriness.

~4.~ Storminess, boisterousness, tempestuousness, inclemency.

~5.~ Violence, severity.

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

~Round~, _a._ ~1.~ Circular.

~2.~ Spherical, globular, orbicular, rotund.

~3.~ Cylindrical.

~4.~ Full, complete, entire, unbroken.

~5.~ Large, great, considerable.

~6.~ Plump, chubby, bonny, corpulent, stout.

~Round~, _n._ ~1.~ Cycle, periodical revolution.

~2.~ Circular dance.

~3.~ Rundle, step.

~4.~ Circuit, compass, perambulation, tour.

~5.~ Rung (_of a ladder_).

~Round~, _ad._ ~1.~ Around, on all sides.

~2.~ Circularly, in a circle, in a circuit.

~Round~, _prep._ ~1.~ Around, encircling, about, encompassing, surrounding, on every side of.

~2.~ All over, in all parts of.

~Roundabout~, _a._ ~1.~ Indirect, tortuous, circuitous.

~2.~ [_Rare._] That looks on all sides, not narrow, not one-sided.

~Roundhead~, _n._ Puritan.

~Roundness~, _n._ Sphericity, circularity, rotundness, rotundity.

~Rouse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Awaken, wake, waken, arouse.

~2.~ Animate, kindle, enkindle, stimulate, excite, provoke, stir up.

~Rouse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rise.

~2.~ Awake, wake, get up, start up.

~Rout~, _n._ Defeat, discomfiture, ruin, complete overthrow.

~Rout~, _v. a._ Defeat, discomfit, overthrow, overpower.

~Route~, _n._ Way, path, passage, course, road.

~Routine~, _n._ Practice, custom, ordinary way, beaten track, use and wont.

~Rove~, _v. n._ Roam, ramble, stroll, range, wander, stray, straggle, wander about, rove around, gad about.

~Rover~, _n._ Rambler, wanderer, straggler, bird of passage.

~Row~, _n._ Rank, line, file, series.

~Row~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Broil, tumult, uproar, feud, riot, RUMPUS, fracas, squabble, outbreak, quarrel, affray, disturbance, altercation, breach of the peace.

~Rowan-tree~, _n._ European mountain-ash, fowler's service-tree, roan- tree.

~Rowel~, _n._ ~1.~ Seton.

~2.~ Goad, spur.

~Rowen~, _n._ Aftermath, eddish.

~Royal~, _a._ ~1.~ Kingly, regal, imperial, monarchical, kinglike, princely.

~2.~ Noble, magnificent, illustrious, splendid, superb.

~3.~ August, majestic, grand.

~Royalty~, _n._ ~1.~ Kingship, kingcraft, sovereignty.

~2.~ Percentage (_as on copyright_).

~Rub~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abrade, scrape, chafe, grate.

~2.~ Wipe, clean, scour.

~Rub~, _v. n._ Grate, chafe.

~Rub~, _n._ Obstacle, difficulty, embarrassment, perplexity, dilemma, nonplus, poser, quandary, puzzle, knotty point, nice point.

~Rub-a-dub~, _n._ Clatter, din, incessant noise.

~Rubber~, _n._ Caoutchouc, india-rubber, gum-elastic.

~Rubbing~, _n._ Attrition, abrasion, friction.

~Rubbish~, _n._ Refuse, ruins, fragments, DEBRIS, dirt, litter, lumber, trash, orts, dross, dregs, scum, scoria, sweepings.

~Rubeola~, _n._ (_Med._) Measles.

~Rubicund~, _a._ Ruddy, reddish, rosy.

~Rubicundity~, _n._ Ruddiness, reddishness, rosiness.

~Rub off~, Abrade, wear away.

~Rub out~, Efface, erase, obliterate, raze, expunge, cancel, scratch out, wipe out.

~Ruby-blende~, _n._ Red blende, ruby of zinc, proto-sulphuret of zinc.

~Ruby of zinc~, RUBY-BLENDE.

~Ruby-wood~, _n._ Red sandal wood, red saunders-wood.

~Ruddiness~, _n._ Reddishness, blowziness, floridness.

~Ruddy~, _a._ Reddish, florid, blowzed, blowzy, rubicund, or a red color.

~Rude~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough, rugged, uneven, shapeless, unfashioned, unformed, unwrought, crude, ill-formed.

~2.~ Artless, unpolished, raw, coarse, inelegant, uncouth, clownish, loutish, boorish, ungraceful, uncivilized, untrained, untaught, undisciplined, ignorant, barbarous, illiterate, brutal, savage.

~3.~ Uncivil, uncourteous, impolite, impudent, impertinent, saucy, vulgar, insolent, ill-bred, surly, currish, gruff, churlish, bearish, BRUSQUE.

~4.~ Violent, fierce, impetuous, inclement, boisterous, tumultuous, harsh, severe, turbulent.

~Rudeness~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, ruggedness.

~2.~ Inelegance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness.

~3.~ Coarseness, incivility, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness, currishness, presumption, effrontery, face, assurance, front, brass, CHEEK, ill- breeding.

~4.~ Violence, boisterousness, severity, inclemency.

~Rudiment~, _n._ ~1.~ Embryo, rude state, starting point.

~2.~ Element, first principle, essential point.

~Rudimental~, _a._ ~1.~ Embryonic, rudimentary.

~2.~ Elementary, primary.

~Rudimentary~, _a._ RUDIMENTAL.

~Rue~, _v. a._ Regret, deplore, lament, repent of, be sorry for, grieve for.

~Rueful~, _a._ Doleful, mournful, dismal, melancholy, sad, sorrowful, piteous, pitiful, grievous, lugubrious.

~Ruff~, _n._ Ruffle.

~Ruffian~, _n._ Villain, miscreant, caitiff, scoundrel, wretch, monster, cut-throat, murderer.

~Ruffian~, _a._ Savage, brutal.

~Ruffianism~, _n._ Brutality, rascality, blackguardism, scoundrelism.

~Ruffle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disarrange, damage, disorder.

~2.~ Discompose, disquiet, trouble, vex, torment, molest, plague, worry, harass, disturb, agitate.

~3.~ Gather into folds, wrinkle, cockle, pucker.

~Ruffle~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruff, frill, edging.

~2.~ Bustle, disturbance, commotion, confusion, perturbation, flutter, flurry, agitation, fluster, hurry-scurry.

~Rugged~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough, craggy, cragged, uneven, irregular, scraggy.

~2.~ Harsh, inharmonious, grating.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U.S._] Hardy, robust, vigorous, healthy.

~Ruggedness~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, unevenness, asperity.

~2.~ Harshness, severity, rigor.

~Rugose~, _a._ Wrinkled, rugous.

~Rugous~, _a._ RUGOSE.

~Ruin~, _n._ ~1.~ Destruction, discomfiture, overthrow, defeat, wreck, shipwreck, perdition, fall, downfall, prostration, subversion, undoing.

~2.~ Mischief, bane, pest.

~Ruin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Destroy, demolish, overthrow, subvert, overturn, overwhelm.

~2.~ Impoverish, bring to want, reduce to poverty.

~Ruinous~, _a._ Destructive, pernicious, baneful, noxious, noisome, deleterious, injurious, calamitous.

~Ruins~, _n. pl._ Remains.

~Rule~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, control, domination, dominion, lordship, mastership, mastery, government, empire, sway, direction, authority.

~2.~ Precept, law, canon, formula, test, criterion, standard, touchstone.

~3.~ Order, ruling, prescription, regulation.

~4.~ Ruler.

~Rule~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Govern, control, conduct, direct, lead, have under one's thumb, lead by the nose, lord over, lord it over, domineer over.

~2.~ (_Law._) Determine, decide.

~Rule~, _v. n._ Command, govern, DOMINEER, have command, have control, rule the roast, have one's own way, wear the breeches, take the lead.

~Ruler~, _n._ ~1.~ Governor, sovereign, king, lord, master.

~2.~ Director, manager.

~3.~ Rule.

~Ruling~, _a._ ~1.~ Governing, controlling.

~2.~ Predominant, prevailing, prevalent.

~Rule the roast~, RULE, DOMINEER.

~Ruminate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Chew the cud.

~2.~ Muse, meditate, ponder, cogitate, think, reflect.

~Ruminate~, _v. a._ Meditate, chew, muse on, reflect upon, ponder upon, brood over, chew the cud upon.

~Rumination~, _n._ Musing, meditation, reflection, cogitation, pondering.

~Rummage~, _v. a._ Search (_carefully_), examine, explore, ransack, pry into.

~Rummage~, _v. n._ Make a search.

~Rummage~, _n._ Search, examination, exploration.

~Rumor~, _n._ Report, talk, bruit, fame, gossip, hearsay, news, tidings, town talk.

~Rumor~, _v. a._ Report, tell, bruit, spread abroad, noise abroad.

~Rump~, _n._ Buttock.

~Rumple~, _v. a._ Wrinkle, crumple, crease, pucker, corrugate.

~Rumple~, _n._ Wrinkle, crumple, pucker, rimple, crease, corrugation, fold.

~Rumpus~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Riot, brawl, tumult, uproar, squabble, outbreak, quarrel, feud, affray, ROW, disturbance, altercation, breach of the peace.

~Run~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Race, step quickly.

~2.~ Haste, hasten, hie, hurry, scud, scamper, scour, speed, post, trip, press on, press forward, push on, dash forward, dash on, rush on.

~3.~ Flow, glide, move, go, proceed, stream, roll on, move on.

~4.~ Pass, elapse, vanish, go away.

~5.~ Spread, extend.

~6.~ Continue, hold on, run on.

~7.~ Tend, incline.

~Run~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, penetrate, stab.

~2.~ Force, thrust, drive, push.

~3.~ Fuse, cast, melt, mould.

~4.~ Incur, be liable to, fall into, be exposed to.

~5.~ Determine, mark out.

~Run~, _n._ ~1.~ Race.

~2.~ Current, course, flow, passage.

~3.~ Currency, prevalence, popularity.

~4.~ Generality, people or things as they are, people or things of average quality.

~5.~ Brook, streamlet, runlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, BURN, small stream.

~Run after~, ~1.~ Follow, pursue, chase.

~2.~ Search for, try to find.

~Run a rig~, Play a sportive trick, engage in a frolic.

~Run away~, Flee, escape, take to one's heels, give leg bail, take one's self off.

~Runaway~, _n._ Fugitive, deserter.

~Run down~, ~1.~ Catch by chasing.

~2.~ Run against and sink.

~3.~ Crush, overthrow, overbear.

~4.~ Decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down.

~Rung~, _n._ Round (_of a ladder_).

~Run in debt~, Get into debt, contract debts, become involved.

~Runlet~, _n._ Brook, RUN, small stream.

~Runnel~, _n._ [_Rare._] Run, rivulet.

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

~2.~ Messenger, courier.

~3.~ Footman, foot-boy, livery servant.