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Riposte
- noun - (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
- answer back
- make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"
Risotto
- noun - rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese
Roberts
- noun - a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
- United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
- United States evangelist (born 1918)
- United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
Rockets
- noun - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- propel with a rocket
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"
Rodents
- noun - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Romeite
- - A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.
Roseate
- adjective - of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
Rosetta
- unknown - ancient egyptian stone