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research facility |
Noun
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a center where research is done |
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robotics equipment |
Noun
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equipment used in robotics |
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rose window |
Noun
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circular window filled with tracery |
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rickrack |
Noun
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a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming |
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reseau |
Noun
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a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs |
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reseau |
Noun
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a net or mesh foundation for lace |
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rosin bag |
Noun
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a bag filled with rosin |
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ricrac |
Noun
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a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming |
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reserpine |
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antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) |
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rotary actuator |
Noun
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(computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track |
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riddle |
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a coarse sieve (as for gravel) |
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riddle |
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a difficult problem |
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riddle |
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set a difficult problem or riddle |
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riddle |
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explain a riddle |
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riddle |
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speak in riddles |
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riddle |
Verb
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spread or diffuse through |
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riddle |
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pierce with many holes |
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riddle |
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separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff |
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rock bit |
Noun
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a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
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roller bit |
Noun
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a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
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rotary press |
Noun
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a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder |
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rocker |
Noun
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a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro |
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rocker |
Noun
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an ice skate with a curved blade |
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rocker |
Noun
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a trough that can be rocked back and forth |
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rocker |
Noun
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a chair mounted on rockers |
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rocker |
Noun
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a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles |
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rocker |
Noun
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a performer or composer or fan of rock music |
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rocker |
Noun
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an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle |
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rotating mechanism |
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a mechanism that rotates |
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rotating shaft |
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a revolving rod that transmits power or motion |
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rider plate |
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a horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson |
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reservoir |
Noun
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tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) |
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reservoir |
Noun
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lake used to store water for community use |
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reservoir |
Noun
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anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies |
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reservoir |
Noun
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a large or extra supply of something |
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rotisserie |
Noun
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a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats |
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rotisserie |
Noun
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an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns |
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ridge |
Noun
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a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top |
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ridge |
Noun
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any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane |
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ridge |
Noun
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a long narrow natural elevation or striation |
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ridge |
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a long narrow range of hills |
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ridge |
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a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean |
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ridge |
Noun
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any long raised strip |
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ridge |
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form into a ridge |
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ridge |
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spade into alternate ridges and troughs |
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ridge |
Verb
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throw soil toward a crop row from both sides |
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ridge |
Verb
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plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip |
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ridge |
Verb
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extend in ridges |
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rocker arm |
Noun
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a lever pivoted at the center |
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rotor |
Noun
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rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils |