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Redshanks
- noun - a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
Redshifts
- noun - (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
Redstarts
- noun - European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
- flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
Reducings
- noun - any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"
Reductios
- noun - (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
Reduviids
- noun - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
Reedbirds
- noun - migratory American songbird
- small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
Reediness
- unknown - 1. reedy; thick with reeds
2. quality of sound like reed instrument
Reedlings
- unknown - Plural of Reedling, the bearded tit
Reedmaces
- noun - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa