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Rhynchobdellea
- - A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type.
Rhynchocephala
- - An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia.
Rhythm Section
- noun - the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
Rhytidectomies
- noun - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
Ribonucleinase
- noun - a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid
Richard Burton
- noun - English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
- Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)
Richard Hooker
- noun - English theologian (1554-1600)
Richard Leakey
- noun - English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
Richard Upjohn
- noun - United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878)
Richard Wagner
- noun - German composer of operas and inventor of the music drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
- German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)