Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z recapitulate To summarize or repeat in concise form. recapitulation A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book. recapitulationism The doctrine that during embryonic development various structures develop that appeared during the evolutionary history of the species. recapitulationist One who subscribes to the theory of recapitulationism. recapitulative Pertaining to, or characterized by recapitulation. recapitulator One who recapitulates. recapitulatory Of the nature of a recapitulation. recappable Capable of being recapped (of a tire: having the worn tread replaced). recapper A tool that applies a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it. recapping A recapitulation. recaption The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him recaptivate To captivate again or anew. recaptivation captivation again or anew recaptive A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city. recaptor One who recaptures, or takes a prize that had been previously taken. recapturable That can be recaptured. recapture The act of capturing again. recapturer One who recaptures something. Recar A surname. recarbamylate To reattach a carbamyl group (following decarbamylation) recarbonate To carbonate again. recarbonation The act of carbonating again. recarbonization The act or process of recarbonizing. recarbonize To carbonize again; to restore carbon to. recarbonizer A recarbonizing agent. recarboxylation A second or subsequent carboxylation, typically following decarboxylation recarburization The process or act of recarburizing. recarburize To carburize again; to restore removed carbon to. recarburizer A substance containing carbon, used in recarburizing. recareer To change career, especially to something unrelated to one's previous profession. recarnify To convert again into flesh. recarpet To replace the carpet of. recarriage The act of carrying or transporting back. recarry To carry back. recart To cart again. recartelization The process of re-establishing a cartel or returning to a cartelized market structure. recarve To carve again or into a new form. recase To repair (a book) by replacing the case. recash To cash again. recasket To place in a casket again. recast To cast or throw again. recastable Able to be recast. recaster One who recasts, or translates into a new form. recasting The casting of something into a different form; a transformation. recatalogue To catalogue again. recatch To catch again. recategorization The act of recategorizing recategorize To categorize again, to put in a new or different category. recathectic Relating to recathexis. recatheterization A second or subsequent catheterization. recatheterize To catheterize again. recathexis cathexis occurring again recatholicization The act of making a person or region Catholic again. recatholization The process of converting (a territory, etc.) back to the Catholic religion. recation A vacation from the routine of retirement recaulescence The adnation of leaves on their stalks to the stem. recaulescent Exhibiting or relating to recaulescence. recaulk To caulk again or anew. recaulking The process of caulking something again. recausticize To causticize again. recauterization The act of cauterizing again. recauterize To cauterize again. recavitate To cavitate again recce Reconnaissance. reccer A reconnoitrer; one who does recce. Recchia A surname from Italian. recco Reconnaissance. reccy Reconnaissance. Recea A village in Căteasca, Argeș County, Romania. Recean A surname from Romanian recede To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. recedence Synonym of recedingness. recedent Synonym of receding. receder One who recedes. receding Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing. recedingly While receding or moving away. recedingness The state or condition of being receding. receipt The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received. receiptable For which a receipt may be provided. receiptholder The bearer of a receipt. receiptless Without a receipt or receipts (written acknowledgement for money paid). receiptor One who receipts for property taken by the sheriff; one to whom property is delivered for storage or safekeeping, subject to a bond to produce it when litigation concludes. receivability The quality or state of being receivable. receivable Capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor. receivableness The quality of being receivable. receival An amount (of goods, etc.) received. receive To be given, sent, or paid something. received Generally accepted as correct or true. receivedness The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current. receiver An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. receiverless Without a receiver. receivership The office and duties of a receiver. receiving The act by which something is received; reception. recelebrate To celebrate again or anew. recelebration celebration again or anew recell To install new battery cells in a battery with deteriorated or damaged cells. recellularization Renewed cellularization following decellularization recellularize To cellularize again. recement to cover, fill or attach with cement again recementable Capable of being recemented. recementation A second or subsequent cementation (typically of a dental crown) recementing The act of cementing something again. recency The property of being recent; newness. Recendez A surname. Recendiz A surname. recense To review; to revise. recension A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey. recensional Relating to or originating in one or more recensions (censuses or editions). recensionist Someone who makes recensions, i.e. a critical editor. recensor To censor again or anew. recensorship censorship again or anew recensure To censure again. recensus A repeat census recensused Subjected to a repeat census recent Having happened a short while ago. recenter To center (something) again. recentish Somewhat recent; not long ago. recentism A focus on recent events to the exclusion of history. recently a short while ago. recentness The characteristic of being recent. recentralization The return of devolved powers to a central authority recentralize To centralize again or anew. recentrifugation centrifugation again recentrifuge To centrifuge again. recentrifuged centrifuged again Recep A male given name from Turkish. recept An idea that is formed by the repetition of percepts. receptacle A container. receptacular Pertaining to, or growing in, the receptacle. receptaculitid A probably benthic marine calcareous dasyclad known only from fossils. receptaculum A receptacle. receptary Generally or popularly admitted or received. receptibility The condition of being receptible; receptiveness receptible receivable reception The act of receiving. receptional Relating to reception, or the way that something is received. receptionism The Anglican doctrine that, during the Eucharist, the bread and wine remain unchanged after consecration, but that communicants receive the body and blood of Christ by faith when they consume the bread and wine. receptionist An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office. receptionless Without reception; lacking reception. receptive Capable of receiving something. receptively In a receptive manner. receptiveness the characteristic of being receptive receptivity The state of being receptive. receptome The complete set of receptors found in an organism receptomic Relating to receptomics or to a receptome receptomics The study of the receptomes of an organism receptor A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions. receptoral Relating to receptors. receptorarchitectonic Relating to the architectonics of receptors receptorial Relating to a receptor