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Rapscallions
- noun - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- one who is playfully mischievous
Rarefactions
- noun - a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
Ratabilities
- noun - the quality of being capable of being rated or estimated
- the state of being liable to assessment or taxation
Ratatouilles
- noun - a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings
Rathskellers
- noun - a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall
Ratiocinates
- verb - reason methodologically and logically
Rationalises
- verb - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
- structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
- think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
Rationalisms
- noun - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
- the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
- the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
Rationalists
- noun - someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
Rationalizes
- verb - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
- structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
- think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"