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Racktail
- - An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.
Rackwork
- - Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.
Rankings
- noun - position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
Rankling
- verb - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
Rankness
- noun - the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
- the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
Reckless
- adjective - characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds"
- marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"
- take foolish risks
Reckling
- - Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. -- n. A weak child or animal.
Reckoned
- verb - 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
- take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
Reckoner
- noun - a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
Rickover
- noun - United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)