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rebuttal |
Noun
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(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder |
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rebuttal |
Noun
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the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument |
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rejoinder |
Noun
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(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication |
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rejoinder |
Noun
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a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
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relational database management system |
Noun
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a database management system designed to manage a relational database |
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rallying point |
Noun
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a point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together |
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read |
Noun
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something that is read |
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read |
Verb
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make sense of a language |
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read |
Verb
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to be a student of a certain subject |
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read |
Verb
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to hear and understand |
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read |
Verb
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interpret something in a certain way |
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read |
Verb
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interpret something that is written or printed |
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read |
Verb
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look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed |
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read |
Verb
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interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky |
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read |
Verb
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obtain data from magnetic tapes |
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read |
Verb
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indicate a certain reading |
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read |
Verb
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audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role |
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read |
Verb
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have or contain a certain wording or form |
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relocatable program |
Noun
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a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times |
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ridiculousness |
Noun
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a message whose content is at variance with reason |
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reusable program |
Noun
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a program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly |
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rock opera |
Noun
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albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art |
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reading material |
Noun
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written material intended to be read |
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random number generator |
Noun
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a routine designed to yield a random number |
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recursive routine |
Noun
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a routine that can call itself |
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reusable routine |
Noun
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a routine that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly |
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run-on sentence |
Noun
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an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction |
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relatum |
Noun
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a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition |
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rot |
Noun
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unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) |
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rot |
Noun
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(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action |
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rot |
Noun
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a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor |
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rot |
Verb
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become physically weaker |
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rot |
Verb
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break down |
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rubbish |
Noun
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nonsensical talk or writing |
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rubbish |
Noun
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worthless material that is to be disposed of |
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rubbish |
Verb
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attack strongly |
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relational database |
Noun
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a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes |
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rudiments |
Noun
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a statement of fundamental facts or principles |
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radio broadcast |
Noun
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a broadcast via radio |
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retail price index |
Noun
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an index of changes in retail prices |
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registered mail |
Noun
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mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery |
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registered post |
Noun
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mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery |
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round robin |
Noun
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a letter signed by a number of people |
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round robin |
Noun
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a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant |
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retinal scanning |
Noun
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biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye |
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rough cut |
Noun
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the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
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refusal |
Noun
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a message refusing to accept something that is offered |
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refusal |
Noun
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the act of refusing |
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regrets |
Noun
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a polite refusal of an invitation |
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rehash |
Noun
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old material that is slightly reworked and used again |