| resorcinolphthalein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye |
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| resorption | (noun) the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation | Synonyms: reabsorption |
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| resort | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: recourse, refuge |
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| (noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: recourse, refuge |
| (noun) a hotel located in a resort area | Synonyms: holiday resort, resort hotel |
| (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: hangout, haunt, repair, stamping ground |
| (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: repair |
| (verb) have recourse to | Synonyms: fall back, recur |
| resound | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, noise |
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| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, reverberate, ring |
| resounding | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, reverberating, reverberative |
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| resoundingly | (adverb) in a resounding manner | - |
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| resource | (noun) a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed | - |
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| (noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resourcefulness |
| (noun) available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed | - |
| resourceful | (adjective) having inner resources; adroit or imaginative | - |
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| resourcefully | (adverb) in a resourceful manner | - |
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| resourcefulness | (noun) the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation | - |
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| (noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resource |
| resourceless | (adjective) lacking or deficient in natural resources | - |
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| respect | (noun) behavior intended to please your parents | Synonyms: obedience |
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| (noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard | Synonyms: deference |
| (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: deference, respectfulness |
| (noun) (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | Synonyms: regard |
| (noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: esteem, regard |
| (noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem | Synonyms: regard |
| (noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: esteem, regard |
| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, value |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, observe |
| respectability | (noun) honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation | Synonyms: reputability |
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| respectable | (adjective) characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals | - |
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| (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, honorable |
| respectably | (adverb) in a decent and morally reputable manner | - |
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| (adverb) to a tolerably worthy extent | Synonyms: creditably |
| respected | (adjective) receiving deferential regard | Synonyms: well-thought-of |
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| respecter | (noun) a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative | - |
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| respectful | (adjective) full of or exhibiting respect | - |
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| (adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration | Synonyms: reverential, venerating |
| respectfully | (adverb) in a respectful manner | - |
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| respectfulness | (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: deference, respect |
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| respective | (adjective) considered individually | Synonyms: several, various |
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| respectively | (adverb) in the order given | Synonyms: severally |
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| respects | (noun) (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | - |
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| respiration | (noun) the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs | Synonyms: cellular respiration, internal respiration |
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| (noun) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | Synonyms: breathing, external respiration, ventilation |
| (noun) a single complete act of breathing in and out | - |
| respirator | (noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: inhalator |
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| (noun) a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases | Synonyms: gas helmet, gasmask |
| respiratory | (adjective) pertaining to respiration | - |
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| respire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, suspire, take a breath |
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| (verb) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide | - |
| (verb) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety | - |
| respite | (noun) a pause from doing something (as work) | Synonyms: break, recess, time out |
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| (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment | Synonyms: reprieve |
| (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, reprieve, suspension |
| (noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort | Synonyms: reprieve |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: relief, rest, rest period |
| (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: reprieve |
| resplend | (verb) be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly | - |
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| resplendence | (noun) brilliant radiant beauty | Synonyms: glory, resplendency |
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| resplendency | (noun) brilliant radiant beauty | Synonyms: glory, resplendence |
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| resplendent | (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: glorious, splendid, splendiferous |
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| resplendently | (adverb) in an impressively beautiful manner | Synonyms: gorgeously, magnificently, splendidly |
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| respond | (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: react |
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| (verb) respond favorably or as hoped | - |
| (verb) react verbally | Synonyms: answer, reply |
| respondent | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: answering |
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| (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: answerer, responder |
| (noun) the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent | - |
| responder | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: answerer, respondent |
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| response | (noun) a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent | Synonyms: reaction |
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| (noun) the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals | - |
| (noun) the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange | Synonyms: reply |
| (noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | Synonyms: answer, reply |
| (noun) the manner in which something is greeted | Synonyms: reception |
| (noun) a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister | - |
| (noun) a result | - |
| responsibility | (noun) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force | Synonyms: duty, obligation |
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| (noun) a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct | Synonyms: responsibleness |
| (noun) the proper sphere or extent of your activities | Synonyms: province |
| responsible | (adjective) worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable | - |
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| (adjective) being the agent or cause | Synonyms: responsible for |
| (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: creditworthy |
| responsibleness | (noun) a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct | Synonyms: responsibility |
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| responsibly | (adverb) in a responsible manner | - |
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| responsive | (adjective) readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion | - |
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| (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: antiphonal |
| (adjective) reacting to a stimulus | Synonyms: reactive |
| responsiveness | (noun) the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events | - |
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| (noun) responsive to stimulation | Synonyms: reactivity |
| rest | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, relaxation, repose |
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| (noun) a support on which things can be put | - |
| (noun) a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration | - |
| (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum |
| (noun) a state of inaction | - |
| (noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, sleep |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: relief, respite, rest period |
| (verb) be at rest | - |
| (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: remain, stay |
| (verb) take a short break from one's activities in order to relax | Synonyms: breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather |
| (verb) give a rest to | - |
| (verb) not move; be in a resting position | - |
| (verb) sit, as on a branch | Synonyms: perch, roost |
| (verb) rest on or as if on a pillow | Synonyms: pillow |
| (verb) put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying | - |
| (verb) be inactive, refrain from acting | - |
| (verb) have a place in relation to something else | Synonyms: lie |
| (verb) be inherent or innate in | Synonyms: repose, reside |
| restart | (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, resume |
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| (verb) start an engine again, for example | Synonyms: re-start |
| restate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, retell |
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| restatement | (noun) a revised statement | - |
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| restaurant | (noun) a building where people go to eat | Synonyms: eatery, eating house, eating place |
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| restauranter | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restaurateur |
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| restaurateur | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restauranter |
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| rested | (adjective) not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing | - |
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| rester | (noun) a person who rests | - |
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| restful | (adjective) affording physical or mental rest | Synonyms: relaxing, reposeful |
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| restfully | (adverb) in a restful manner | Synonyms: quietly |
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| restfulness | (noun) the attribute of being restful | - |
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| restharrow | (noun) European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners | Synonyms: Ononis repens, rest-harrow |
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| (noun) Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots | Synonyms: Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow |
| restitute | (verb) restore to a previous or better condition | Synonyms: renovate |
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| (verb) give or bring back | Synonyms: restore |
| restitution | (noun) getting something back again | Synonyms: regaining, restoration, return |
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| (noun) the act of restoring something to its original state | - |
| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress |
| restive | (adjective) impatient especially under restriction or delay | - |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight |
| restively | (adverb) in a restive manner | - |
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| restiveness | (noun) characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright | Synonyms: skittishness |
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| (noun) The characteristic of being resistant of control, stubborn. | - |
| (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness |
| restless | (adjective) lacking or not affording physical or mental rest | Synonyms: uneasy |
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| (adjective) worried and uneasy | Synonyms: ungratified, unsatisfied |
| (adjective) ceaselessly in motion | - |
| (adjective) nervous and unable to relax | Synonyms: antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy |
| restlessly | (adverb) in a restless manner | - |
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| restlessness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: queasiness, uneasiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active | - |
| (noun) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion | Synonyms: fidget, fidgetiness |
| (noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay | Synonyms: impatience |
| restock | (verb) stock again | - |
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| restoration | (noun) the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state | - |
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| (noun) getting something back again | Synonyms: regaining, restitution, return |
| (noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed | - |
| (noun) a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. | - |
| (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: refurbishment, renovation |
| restorative | (adjective) promoting recuperation | Synonyms: recuperative |
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| (adjective) tending to impart new life and vigor to | Synonyms: renewing, revitalising, revitalizing, reviving |
| (noun) a device for treating injury or disease | Synonyms: corrective |
| (noun) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | Synonyms: tonic |
| restore | (verb) get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate | Synonyms: regenerate, rejuvenate |
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| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, touch on |
| (verb) give or bring back | Synonyms: restitute |
| (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reestablish, reinstate |
| (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition | Synonyms: reconstruct |
| restorer | (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: preserver, refinisher, renovator |
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| restrain | (verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep, keep back |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, constrain, hold |
| (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, encumber |
| (verb) prevent (someone or something) from doing something | - |
| restrained | (adjective) under restraint | - |
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| (adjective) prudent | Synonyms: guarded |
| (adjective) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | Synonyms: moderate |
| (adjective) cool and formal in manner | Synonyms: reticent, unemotional |
| (adjective) not showy or obtrusive | Synonyms: quiet |
| restrainer | (noun) a person who directs and restrains | Synonyms: controller |
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| (noun) a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film | - |
| restraint | (noun) the act of controlling by restraining someone or something | - |
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| (noun) a device that retards something's motion | Synonyms: constraint |
| (noun) discipline in personal and social activities | Synonyms: control |
| (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: chasteness, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) a rule or condition that limits freedom | - |
| (noun) the state of being physically constrained | Synonyms: constraint |
| restrengthen | (verb) make strong again | - |
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| restrict | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, curtail, cut back |
| (verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: control |
| (verb) prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed | - |
| restricted | (adjective) subject to restriction or subjected to restriction | - |
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| (adjective) the lowest level of official classification for documents | - |
| (adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') | Synonyms: qualified |
| restricting | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting |
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| restriction | (noun) an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) | Synonyms: limitation |
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| (noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: confinement |
| (noun) a principle that limits the extent of something | Synonyms: limitation |
| restrictive | (adjective) serving to restrict | - |
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| (adjective) (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports | - |
| restrictively | (adverb) in a restrictive manner | - |
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| restrictiveness | (noun) a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits | Synonyms: unpermissiveness |
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| (noun) a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') | - |
| restroom | (noun) a toilet that is available to the public | Synonyms: comfort station, convenience, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, toilet facility, wash room |
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| restructure | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: reconstitute |
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| resublime | (verb) sublime (a compound) once again | - |
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| resubmit | (verb) submit (information) again to a program or automatic system | Synonyms: feed back |
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| result | (noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | Synonyms: answer, resolution, solution, solvent |
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| (noun) the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: resultant role |
| (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, outcome, resultant, termination |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, upshot |
| (verb) come about or follow as a consequence | - |
| (verb) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end | Synonyms: ensue |
| (verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: lead, leave |
| resultant | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, sequent |
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| (noun) a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors | Synonyms: vector sum |
| (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, outcome, result, termination |
| (noun) the final point in a process | Synonyms: end point |
| resume | (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: sketch, survey |
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| (noun) a summary of your academic and work history | Synonyms: curriculum vitae, CV |
| (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, restart |
| (verb) return to a previous location or condition | Synonyms: take up |
| (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: sum up, summarise, summarize |
| (verb) assume anew | - |
| resumption | (noun) beginning again | Synonyms: recommencement |
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| resupine | (adjective) lying face upward | Synonyms: supine |
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| resurface | (verb) to come out of obscurity or hiding | - |
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| (verb) cover with a new surface | - |
| (verb) reappear on the surface | - |
| resurge | (verb) rise again | - |
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| resurgence | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification |
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| resurgent | (adjective) rising again as to new life and vigor | Synonyms: renascent |
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| resurrect | (verb) cause to become alive again | Synonyms: raise, upraise |
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| (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: rise, uprise |
| (verb) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state | Synonyms: revive |
| resurrection | (noun) a revival from inactivity and disuse | - |
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| resurvey | (noun) a new survey or study | - |
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| resuscitate | (verb) cause to regain consciousness | Synonyms: revive |
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| (verb) return to consciousness | Synonyms: come to, revive |
| resuscitated | (adjective) restored to life or consciousness | - |
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| resuscitation | (noun) the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness | - |
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