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rapine |
Noun
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the act of despoiling a country in warfare |
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repulsion |
Noun
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the act of repulsing or repelling an attack |
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repulsion |
Noun
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intense aversion |
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repulsion |
Noun
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the force by which bodies repel one another |
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reinforcement |
Noun
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a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission |
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reinforcement |
Noun
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an act performed to strengthen approved behavior |
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reinforcement |
Noun
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a device designed to provide additional strength |
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reinforcement |
Noun
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(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it |
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reinforcement |
Noun
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information that makes more forcible or convincing |
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rebellion |
Noun
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organized opposition to authority |
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rebellion |
Noun
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refusal to accept some authority or code or convention |
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reenforcement |
Noun
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a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission |
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reenforcement |
Noun
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information that makes more forcible or convincing |
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revolt |
Noun
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organized opposition to authority |
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revolt |
Verb
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cause aversion in |
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revolt |
Verb
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fill with distaste |
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revolt |
Verb
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make revolution |
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repetition |
Noun
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the act of doing or performing again |
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repetition |
Noun
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the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device |
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repetition |
Noun
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an event that repeats |
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repeating |
Noun
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the act of doing or performing again |
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radiocarbon dating |
Noun
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a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14 |
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rubidium-strontium dating |
Noun
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geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium |
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redundancy |
Noun
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repetition of an act needlessly |
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redundancy |
Noun
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the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded |
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redundancy |
Noun
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(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails |
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redundancy |
Noun
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repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission |
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registration fire |
Noun
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fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets |
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roll call |
Noun
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calling out an official list of names |
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reduplication |
Noun
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the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) |
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reduplication |
Noun
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a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) |
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reduplication |
Noun
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the syllable added in a reduplicated word form |
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reduplication |
Noun
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repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next |
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radioactive dating |
Noun
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measurement of the amount of radioactive material, usually carbon 14, that an object contains |
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reading |
Noun
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the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments |
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reading |
Noun
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the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message |
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reading |
Noun
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a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument |
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reading |
Noun
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a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something |
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reading |
Noun
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written material intended to be read |
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reading |
Noun
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a particular interpretation or performance |
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reading |
Noun
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a public instance of reciting or repeating from memory something prepared in advance |
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reiteration |
Noun
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the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) |
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replication |
Noun
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the act of making copies |
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replication |
Noun
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the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion |
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replication |
Noun
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copy that is not the original |
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replication |
Noun
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the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves |
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replication |
Noun
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(law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer |
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replication |
Noun
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a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
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replication |
Noun
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(genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division |
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replay |
Noun
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the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |