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Retronym
- noun - a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym"
Retsinas
- noun - Greek wine flavored with resin
Returned
- verb - answer back
- be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
- bring back to the point of departure
- elect again
- give back; "render money"
- give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
- go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
- make a return; "return a kickback"
- pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
- pay back; "Please refund me my money"
Rhatanhy
- - The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
Rhodanic
- - Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts.
Ribbands
- noun - a ribbon used as a decoration
Ribbings
- noun - a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
Riddance
- noun - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
- the act of removing or getting rid of something
Riflings
- noun - the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm