| recalcitrant | (adjective) marked by stubborn resistance to authority | - |
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| (adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control | Synonyms: fractious, refractory |
| receding | (adjective) (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back | - |
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| receivable | (adjective) awaiting payment | - |
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| received | (adjective) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | Synonyms: standard |
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| (adjective) widely accepted as true or worthy | - |
| recent | (adjective) new | - |
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| (adjective) of the immediate past or just previous to the present time | Synonyms: late |
| receptive | (adjective) ready or willing to receive favorably | Synonyms: open |
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| (adjective) able to absorb liquid (not repellent) | - |
| (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system | Synonyms: centripetal, sensory |
| (adjective) open to arguments, ideas, or change | - |
| recessed | (adjective) resembling an alcove | - |
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| (adjective) having a sunken area | Synonyms: deep-set, sunken |
| recessional | (adjective) of or relating to receding | - |
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| recessionary | (adjective) of or pertaining to a recession | Synonyms: recessive |
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| recessive | (adjective) (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to a recession | Synonyms: recessionary |
| rechargeable | (adjective) capable of being recharged | - |
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| recherche | (adjective) lavishly elegant and refined | Synonyms: exquisite |
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| reciprocal | (adjective) concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return | Synonyms: mutual |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function | - |
| reciprocative | (adjective) moving alternately backward and forward | Synonyms: reciprocatory |
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| (adjective) given or done or owed to each other | Synonyms: reciprocatory |
| reciprocatory | (adjective) moving alternately backward and forward | Synonyms: reciprocative |
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| (adjective) given or done or owed to each other | Synonyms: reciprocative |
| reckless | (adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | Synonyms: foolhardy, heady, rash |
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| (adjective) characterized by careless unconcern | Synonyms: heedless |
| reclaimable | (adjective) capable of being used again | Synonyms: recyclable, reusable |
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| reclaimed | (adjective) delivered from danger | Synonyms: rescued |
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| recluse | (adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | Synonyms: reclusive, withdrawn |
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| reclusive | (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: cloistered, secluded, sequestered |
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| (adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | Synonyms: recluse, withdrawn |
| recognisable | (adjective) capable of being recognized | Synonyms: placeable, recognizable |
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| recognised | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: accepted, recognized |
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| (adjective) provided with a secure reputation | Synonyms: recognized |
| recognizable | (adjective) capable of being recognized | Synonyms: placeable, recognisable |
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| (adjective) easily perceived; easy to become aware of | - |
| recognized | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: accepted, recognised |
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| (adjective) provided with a secure reputation | Synonyms: recognised |
| recoilless | (adjective) of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil | - |
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| recollective | (adjective) good at remembering | Synonyms: long, retentive, tenacious |
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| recombinant | (adjective) of or relating to recombinant DNA | - |
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| reconcilable | (adjective) capable of being reconciled | - |
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| reconciled | (adjective) made compatible or consistent | - |
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| reconciling | (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: accommodative |
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| recondite | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, deep |
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| reconstructed | (adjective) adapted to social or economic change | - |
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| reconstructive | (adjective) helping to restore to good condition | Synonyms: rehabilitative |
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| recorded | (adjective) set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction | - |
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| (adjective) (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register | - |
| recoverable | (adjective) capable of being recovered or regained | - |
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| recovered | (adjective) found after being lost | - |
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| (adjective) freed from illness or injury | Synonyms: cured, healed |
| recovering | (adjective) returning to health after illness or debility | Synonyms: convalescent |
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| recreant | (adjective) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful | Synonyms: craven |
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| (adjective) having deserted a cause or principle | Synonyms: renegade |
| recreational | (adjective) of or relating to recreation | - |
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| (adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: amateur, unpaid |
| recriminative | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminatory |
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| recriminatory | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminative |
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| recrudescent | (adjective) the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement | - |
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| rectal | (adjective) of or involving the rectum | - |
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| rectangular | (adjective) having four right angles | - |
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| (adjective) having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal |
| rectifiable | (adjective) capable of being repaired or rectified | Synonyms: reparable |
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| rectified | (adjective) having been put right | - |
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| rectilineal | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilinear |
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| rectilinear | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilineal |
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| rectosigmoid | (adjective) of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum | - |
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| recumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: accumbent, decumbent |
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| recuperative | (adjective) promoting recuperation | Synonyms: restorative |
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| recurrent | (adjective) recurring again and again | Synonyms: perennial, repeated |
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| recurring | (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: revenant |
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| recursive | (adjective) of or relating to a recursion | - |
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| recurvate | (adjective) curved backward or inward | Synonyms: recurved |
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| recurved | (adjective) curved backward or inward | Synonyms: recurvate |
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| recusant | (adjective) refusing to submit to authority | - |
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| (adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: dissentient |
| recyclable | (adjective) capable of being used again | Synonyms: reclaimable, reusable |
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