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noun
- A recreational walker
- One who rambles
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adjective
- unrestrained or unchecked.
- Weeds are in my garden.
- rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
- There was corruption in the city.
- (heraldry): rearing on its hind legs.
- (architecture) of an arch, with one side higher than the other.
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| Renaissance |
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proper noun
- The 14th century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
- The period of this revival; the transition from medieval to modern times.
- Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
adjective
- Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
- Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.
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| respond |
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noun
- A response.
- A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
- (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
verb
- (intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- (intransitive) To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
- (intransitive) To correspond; to suit.
- (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
- The prisoner was held to the judgment of the court.
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| return |
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noun
- The act of a person returning.
- "Upon my ..."
- A return ticket.
- An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
- (finance): Gain or loss from an investment. "It yielded a of 5%..."
- (context, taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
- (computing) A character that indicates a new line. Hexadecimal %x0d, decimal 13. Old typewriters had a carriage that lined up the paper with the printing strike-arms; with the advent of electronic typewriters, the "carriage return" key would realign the printing at the left margin, and advance to a new line. Early computers added <CR><LF> (13,10) to indicate a new line, with variations such as <LF> (10), <CR> (13) and even <LF><CR> (10,13). Modern computer use has expanded the meaning to denote a new paragraph.
- (computing) The act of going back from a called procedure to the procedure that called it.
- (computing) The data passed back from a called procedure to the calling procedure (also return value).
- A short extention (perpendicular) of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- (context, Football (American)): Catching a ball after a punt, and running it back towards the opposing team.
- (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
verb
- To give something back to its original holder/owner.
- To take something back to a retailer for a refund.
- To come back after some period of time, or at regular intervals.
- To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to to my story."
- (context, Tennis): To bat the ball in response to a serve over the net.
- (context, Card games): To play a card as a result of another player's lead; a trump.
- (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- (computing) (intransitive) To go back from a called procedure to the procedure that called it.
- (computing) (transitive) Of a called procedure, to pass back (data) to the calling procedure.
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| ribbon |
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noun
- a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
- an inked ribbon against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
verb
- to decorate with ribbon
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| Ring |
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proper noun (infl, en, proper noun)
- An Irish family name.
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| Roman |
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proper noun (plural) Romans
- A native or resident of Rome.
- A native or resident of the Roman Empire
adjective
- Of or from Rome.
- Of or from the Roman Empire
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| romanesque |
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adjective
- Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but especially to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
- Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
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| roofline |
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noun
- the profile made by a series of roofs
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| rosette |
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noun
- An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
- An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
- A red color. See roset.
- A rose burner. See under rose.
- Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
- A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
(webster)
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| row house |
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noun
- A variety of residential building where the individual houses lining a street share adjacent walls in common and have a continuous stretch of roof
- The walls in Eduardo's were so thin he could hear the neighbors two houses down.
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| rowlock |
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noun
- (nautical) (mostly British) a pivot attached to the gunwale of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock
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| rustication |
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noun
- the act of rusticating (trans. v. sense)
- the act of being rusticated (intrans. v. sense)
- (UK military) the process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country.
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