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 recrate To crate again; to pack back into a crate. recrater A machine for loading goods into crates. recrawl To crawl again. recrayed Cowardly, recreant. recreancy The quality or state of being recreant; shameful cowardice; perfidy. recreant Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated. recreantly In a recreant manner. recrease To crease again. recreate To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven. recreation Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates. recreational For, or relating to, recreation. recreationalist Someone taking part in recreational activities recreationally In a recreational manner, for recreation, for fun or entertainment. recreationism The concept that the world may be conceived as being created anew at every instant in time. recreationist One who takes part in recreation. recreative Being, or pertaining to, recreation. recreatively In a recreative manner; so as to amuse or divert. recreativeness The quality of being recreative. recreator One who recreates. recreatory recreational recredential To credential again or anew. recredit To credit again. recrement Waste matter or dross. recremental recrementitious recrementitial Of the nature of a recrement. recrementitious Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross. recreolization The process of recreolizing. recreolize To modify a language by introducing additional elements of the matrilect. recreosote To creosote again. recreotourism Recreational tourism. recrew To crew (a vessel) again or anew. recriminalization The act of recriminalizing. recriminalize To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again. recriminate To accuse in return, state an accusation in return, make a countercharge. recriminatingly In a recriminating manner. recrimination The act of recriminating. recriminative recriminatory recriminator Someone who recriminates. recriminatory In the way of recriminations. recriticality A return to a point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining. recriticize To criticize again. recritique To critique again. recrop To crop again. recross An examination of a witness, following redirect, by the opposing party. recrossed Crossed a second time. recrossing The motion or position of things that recross; an interweaving. recrowd To crowd again. recrown To crown again; to provide with another crown. recrucifixion crucifixion again recrucify To crucify again. recrudency recrudescence recrudesce To recur, or break out anew after a quiescence or dormant period. recrudescence The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression. recrudescent Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression. recruit A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement. recruitability The condition of being recruitable recruitable Able to be recruited. recruitage The act of recruiting, as for the military; recruitment. recruital The act of recruiting; recruitment. recruitee A person who is recruited. recruithood The role or status of a recruit. recruiting The process by which a person is recruited; recruitment. recruitment The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces. recruitship The rank or period of being a recruit. recruity A military recruit. recrumple To crumple again. recrush To crush again. recrusher A device for further crushing material that has already been through a larger crusher. recrystallizable Capable of being recrystallized. recrystallization A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals. recrystallize To crystallize again; especially as a means of purification. recrystallometer A device that measures the level of recrystallization recrystallometry The measurement of the level of recrystallization rectagonal Synonym of rectangular. rectagraph A triangle-free connected graph where any two vertices have 0 or 2 common neighbors. rectahedral Having the form of a rectahedron rectahedron A six-sided polyhedron whose faces are all rectangular (like a brick, shoe box or matchbox) rectal Of, via or related to the rectum. rectalgia Pain in the rectum. rectally Through the rectum. rectangle Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. rectangled rectangular rectanglelike Resembling or characteristic of a rectangle. rectangular Having a shape like a rectangle. rectangularity The condition of being rectangular rectangularization The conversion of a graph (typically of life expectancy) into a more rectangular form (with a sudden diminution to zero at the upper end) rectangularize To convert by means of rectangularization rectangularized Modified by rectangularization rectangularly In a rectangular manner. rectangularness The quality of being rectangular. rectangularwise In a rectangular orientation. rectangulation The subdivision of a rectangle into rectangles. rectanguloid A rectangular object; A three-dimensional form related to the rectangle Rectanus A surname. recte Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it) rectectomy Resection of the rectum. rectenna A special type of antenna that converts microwave energy into direct current electricity. rectifiability The quality or state of being rectifiable. rectifiable Able to be rectified; correctable; fixable. rectificate To rectify. rectification The action or process of rectifying. rectificational Relating to rectification. rectificator Someone or something that rectifies or refines rectificatory That rectifies rectifier Something that rectifies. rectiflexible Being straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores. rectiformer A combined electrical rectifier and transformer, typically used in electrochemical cells or to supply high-voltage static electricity rectify To heal (an organ or part of the body). rectigradation A qualitative change or the genesis of a new characteristic. rectigrade Walking straight forward. Rectigraph An early photographic copying machine. rectilineally Synonym of rectilinearly, in a rectilineal fashion. rectilinear In a straight line. rectilinearism The use of straight lines. rectilinearity The condition of being rectilinear rectilinearization Conversion to rectilinear form. rectilinearize To make rectilinear. rectilinearly In a rectilinear fashion. rectilinearness The condition of being rectilinear. rectimarginate Having a straight margin / edge Rectina A female given name from Latin, of historical usage. rectinerved Having straight veins or nerves. rection regimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language. rectipetal Exhibiting rectipetality. rectipetality The natural tendency of stems to grow in a straight line. rectiradiate Straight (not inclined forward or backward). rectiserial Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as leaves on stems. rectitis Synonym of proctitis (“rectum inflamation”) rectitude Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. rectitudinal Characterized by rectitude. rectitudinarian A person who has a high standard of rectitude rectitudinous righteous or correct or upright recto The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal. rectoabdominal Relating to the rectum and abdomen. rectoanal Of or pertaining to the rectum and anus. rectocele A hernia of the rectum into the vagina. rectoclysis proctoclysis rectococcygeal Relating to the rectum and coccyx. rectocolitic Relating to rectocolitis. rectocolitis inflammation of the rectum and colon rectocolonic Relating to the rectum and colon rectocutaneous Relating to the rectum and skin, as (usually, more specifically) a fistula between the rectum and the perirectal skin. rectogenital Of or pertaining to the rectum and the genitals. rectoneovaginal Relating to the rectum and neovagina. rectoperineal Relating to the rectum and perineum, as (usually, more specifically) a fistula of rectocutaneous type whose cutaneous opening is in the perineal skin. rectopexy surgical fixation of the bowel rectophobia The fear of rectal disease. rector In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it. rectoral Pertaining to a rector or governor. rectorate Synonym of rectorship.