areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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firefly | (noun) nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs | Synonyms: lightning bug |
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(noun) tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots | Synonyms: fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca |
interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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lyreflower | (noun) garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers | Synonyms: bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis, lyre-flower |
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nonreflecting | (adjective) not capable of physical reflection | Synonyms: nonreflective |
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nonreflective | (adjective) not capable of physical reflection | Synonyms: nonreflecting |
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reflate | (verb) become inflated again | - |
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(verb) inflate again | - |
(verb) raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation | - |
(verb) experience reflation | - |
reflation | (noun) inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state | - |
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reflect | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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(verb) give evidence of the quality of | - |
(verb) give evidence of a certain behavior | - |
(verb) to throw or bend back (from a surface) | Synonyms: reverberate |
(verb) manifest or bring back | - |
(verb) show an image of | - |
(verb) be bright by reflecting or casting light | Synonyms: shine |
reflectance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectivity |
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reflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back | - |
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reflecting | (adjective) causing reflection or having a device that reflects | - |
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reflection | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflexion |
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(noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflectivity, reflexion |
(noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflexion |
(noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
(noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflexion |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflexion |
(noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflexion |
(noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed | - |
reflective | (adjective) capable of physically reflecting light or sound | - |
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(adjective) devoted to matters of the mind | - |
(adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative |
reflectively | (adverb) in a reflective manner | - |
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reflectiveness | (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectivity |
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reflectivity | (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflexion |
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(noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectiveness |
(noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflectance, reflection factor |
reflectometer | (noun) a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface | - |
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reflector | (noun) device that reflects radiation | - |
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(noun) optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece | Synonyms: reflecting telescope |
reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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reflectorize | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorise |
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reflex | (adjective) without volition or conscious control | Synonyms: automatic, reflexive |
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(noun) an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | Synonyms: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex |
reflexed | (adjective) (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees | - |
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reflexion | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflection |
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(noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflectivity |
(noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflection |
(noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness |
(noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflection |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflection |
(noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflection |
reflexive | (adjective) referring back to itself | Synonyms: self-referent |
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(adjective) without volition or conscious control | Synonyms: automatic, reflex |
(noun) a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | Synonyms: reflexive pronoun |
reflexively | (adverb) in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes | Synonyms: reflexly |
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reflexiveness | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexivity |
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(noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexivity |
reflexivity | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
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(noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
reflexly | (adverb) in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes | Synonyms: reflexively |
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reflexology | (noun) massage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body | - |
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(noun) the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms | - |
refloat | (verb) set afloat again | - |
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reflux | (noun) the outward flow of the tide | Synonyms: ebb |
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(noun) an abnormal backward flow of body fluids | - |
unreflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection | - |
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unreflective | (adjective) not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought | Synonyms: unthinking, unthoughtful |
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