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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 Reminiscere Synonym of Reminiscere Sunday. Reminiscere Sunday The second Sunday in Lent. remissive Remitting; forgiving; abating. remittent Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity. Remoboth Synonym of Sarabaite. remollient mollifying; softening; soft remorate To hinder; to delay. remotion Backward motion. remugient Resounding, echoing. renascible Able to be reproduced. reniculus One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales. renitence The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint renitent resistant to physical pressure; unyielding reno- kidney. renule A small kidney. renunciant A person who renounces something; especially, someone who renounces worldly life for spiritual reasons, or a person who renounces their citizenship. renunciate That renounces. repagulum A modified abortive egg that may be used to protect the other eggs from predation. repand Having a slightly undulating margin. reparate Restored to a state of good repair; returned to working order. repentine unexpected repercuss To drive or beat back. repertitious Found by chance. repertor A discoverer. repet. Let it be repeated. repetitio Anaphora. replum The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off repone To replace. reposit To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit. reprehend To criticize, to reprove. representamen A representation; a thing serving to represent something. reptant Creeping along the ground. reptation A creeping movement. repugn To oppose or resist repugnate To oppose; to fight against. repugnatorial Defensive or repulsive, particularly as applied to glands of certain invertebrates, with which they produce poisonous or repugnant secretions when under threat. repullulate To bud or sprout again. repulsory Repulsive; acting to repel; driving back. requiescant in pace May they rest in peace. requiescat in pace May he/she rest in peace. requiescence Quiescence, repose, quiet. requiescent Quiescent; quiet; at rest. requietory A sepulchre. requisitum Something that is asked for; the answer demanded by a problem. resalute To greet in return. rescissory Tending to rescind; pertaining to rescission. res cogitans A nonphysical substance of which minds are composed, separate from res extensa, according to Cartesian dualism and idealism. res communis The commons, or common heritage of mankind. rescribe To write back; to write in reply. rescript A copy, or act of rewriting something; a rewrite. resect To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means. reserate To unlock; to open. reservatory A place in which things are reserved or kept. res extensa In Cartesian ontology, corporeal substance, distinguished from the res cogitans from which the mind or soul is made. res gestae The overall start-to-end sequence of a felony. Certain statements heard by witnesses during this period (e.g. "this is a robbery!") may be used in evidence despite the usual hearsay rule. resiance residence; abode residuous Remaining; residual. resiliate To exit, cancel, or draw back from a lease or contract. resinaceous Having the quality of resin; yielding resin. res integra A new point that has not previously been decided in law. res ipsa loquitur The import of a thing or situation is obvious. res judicata A legal claim that has already been decided in another lawsuit or proceeding, and therefore must be dismissed. res nullius Something that has no owner and is not subject to the jurisdiction of any state, but is susceptible to national appropriation. resoluble Synonym of resolvable. resorb To absorb (something) again. resorbent swallowing up respection respect; regard resperse To sprinkle; to scatter. respersion The act of sprinkling or scattering. respice finem look to the end; consider the final outcome resplend To shine radiantly; to be resplendent. respondentia A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. responsal One who is answerable or responsible. responsor A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from a transponder. res publica The common good, as identified with the wider state; the commonwealth, the body politic. restagnant stagnant; motionless restagnate To stagnate; to cease to flow. restagnation stagnation restaurate To restore. restiform Formed like a rope; applied especially to several rope-like bundles or masses of fibres on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata. restinguish To quench or extinguish. rest in peace A blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace. restis Any of the restiform bodies on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata. restitutio ad integrum Restoration to its original condition. restitutio in integrum Synonym of restitutio ad integrum. restringe To confine; to contract; to stringe. restringent astringent; styptic resudation The act of sweating again. resupinate Having the appearance of being upside down. resupine Lying on the back; supine. resurge To rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality. retardative That retards; delaying, impeditive. Rete algorithm A pattern-matching algorithm for implementing production rule systems, used to determine which of the system's rules should fire based on its data store. retection Disclosure or detection of something concealed. retent That which is retained. retentor A muscle which holds a body part in place, notably in extended or retracted position retepore Any of several species of bryozoans of the genus Reteporella (syn. Retepora) or the family Reteporidae, that form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds. retiarius A gladiator who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon. retiform Having the form of a net; reticulate retinaculum A connecting band.