r : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory
  CD-WO; compact disc write-once; compact disc recordable.
  

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• noun a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
  rhythm and blues.
  

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• noun street names for flunitrazepan
  roofy; forget me drug; rope; Mexican valium; rophy; roach; circle.
  

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Re*luc"tance, Re*luc"tan*cy noun (Also<

• Reluctance r-lktans
• Reluctancy

)

Etymology

See Reluctant.

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. "Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action." Dryden.

   He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott.

   Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden.

Webster 1913

Re*meve", Re*mewe" transitive verb & intransitive verb (Also<

• Remeve r-mEv
• Remewe

)

Definitions

1. To remove. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913

Re*ni"tence, Re*ni"ten*cy noun (Also<

• Renitence r-ntens
• Renitency

)

Etymology

Cf. F. rénitence.

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne.

   We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.

Webster 1913

Re*sil"i*ence, Re*sil"i*en*cy noun (Also<

• Resilience r-zl-ens
• Resiliency

)

Definitions

1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.
2. (Mech. & Engyn.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.

Webster 1913

• to utter the letter r with a trill. Colloq.

Webster 1913