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Racketing
- verb - celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
- hit (a ball) with a racket
- make loud and annoying noises
Raskolnik
- - The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20,000,000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2,000,000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. Judaizers; the Molokane, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the Dukhobortsy, or Dukhobors, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual
Reckoners
- noun - a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
Reckoning
- verb - a bill for an amount due
- deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
- expect, believe, or suppose;
- have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
- judge to be probable
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Reykjavik
- noun - the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
Rickracks
- noun - a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming
Rickshaws
- noun - a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person
Rickstand
- - A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
Risk-Free
- adjective - thought to be devoid of risk