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Recoils
- noun - a movement back from an impact
- come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Records
- noun - a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long"
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record"
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
- be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
Recoups
- verb - regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
- reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
- retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
Recross
- - To cross a second time.
Rectors
- noun - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
Recumbs
- verb - lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"
Recuses
- verb - challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
- disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
Redacts
- noun - formulate in a particular style or language;
- prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
- someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
Redbuds
- noun - small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood
Redbugs
- noun - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation