a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
reference
Noun
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
reference
Noun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
reference
Noun
a remark that calls attention to something or someone
reference
Noun
an indicator that orients you generally
reference
Noun
a publication or a passage from a publication that is referred to
reference
Verb
to refer to
recall
Noun
the act of removing an official by petition
recall
Noun
the process of remembering, especially the process of recovering information by mental effort
recall
Noun
a bugle call that signals troops to return
recall
Noun
a call to return
recall
Noun
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
recall
Verb
recall knowledge from memory
recall
Verb
cause one's, or someone else's, thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
recall
Verb
summon to return
recall
Verb
go back to something earlier
recall
Verb
cause to be returned
recall
Verb
make unavailable
recall
Verb
call to mind
revocation
Noun
the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done
revocation
Noun
the state of being cancelled or annulled
reprieve
Noun
the act of reprieving
reprieve
Noun
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
reprieve
Noun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
reprieve
Noun
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
reprieve
Verb
relieve temporarily
reprieve
Verb
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
revoke
Noun
the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
revoke
Verb
cancel officially
revoke
Verb
fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
renege
Noun
the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
renege
Verb
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
ruff
Noun
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
ruff
Noun
common Eurasian sandpiper
ruff
Noun
a high tight collar
ruff
Noun
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
ruff
Verb
play a trump
range animal
Noun
any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
ring rot bacteria
Noun
causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
retrovirus
Noun
any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA)
respiratory syncytial virus
Noun
a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)
rhinovirus
Noun
any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections
ratbite fever bacterium
Noun
a bacterium causing ratbite fever
rhabdovirus
Noun
any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies
reovirus
Noun
any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis
rotavirus
Noun
the reovirus causing infant enteritis
rickettsia
Noun
any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts
radiolarian
Noun
protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods