a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
ratafee
Noun
sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds
rotgut
Noun
any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality
root beer float
Noun
an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer
rum cocktail
Noun
a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice
retsina
Noun
Greek wine flavored with resin
rum sling
Noun
a sling made with rum
rye
Noun
whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
rye
Noun
hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
rye
Noun
the seed of the cereal grass
rye whiskey
Noun
whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
rye whisky
Noun
whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
root beer
Noun
carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs
rental collection
Noun
a collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily fee
rickey
Noun
a mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor
rick
Noun
a stack of hay
rick
Noun
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
rick
Verb
twist suddenly so as to sprain
rick
Verb
pile in ricks
retreated
Noun
people who have retreated
rule book
Noun
a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
rugulah
Noun
pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)
rugelach
Noun
pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)
ruggelach
Noun
pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)
royal flush
Noun
a poker hand with the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 all in the same suit
remuda
Noun
the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
range of a function
Noun
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
raider
Noun
a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management
raider
Noun
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
refining industry
Noun
an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products
restaurant chain
Noun
a chain of restaurants
retail chain
Noun
a chain of retail stores
royal court
Noun
the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
royal court
Noun
the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
rag trade
Noun
makers and sellers of fashionable clothing
religious sect
Noun
a subdivision of a larger religious group
religious order
Noun
a subdivision of a larger religious group
royalty
Noun
royal persons collectively
royalty
Noun
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
royal family
Noun
royal persons collectively
royal line
Noun
royal persons collectively
royal house
Noun
royal persons collectively
rearguard
Noun
a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
rhythm section
Noun
the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
reed section
Noun
the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments
repertory company
Noun
a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire
regular army
Noun
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
res publica
Noun
a politically organized body of people under a single government
rogue state
Noun
a state that does not respect other states in its international actions
renegade state
Noun
a state that does not respect other states in its international actions