Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 23
Recruiter (n.) One who, or that which, recruits.
Recruiter (n.) Someone who supplies members or employees.
Recruiter (n.) An official who enlists personnel for military service.
Recruitment (n.) The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
Recruitment (n.) The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) [syn: recruitment, enlisting].
Recrystallization (n.) (Chem. & Min.) The process or recrystallizing.
Recrystallize (v. i. & t.) (Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. -- Henry.
Rectal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
Rectal (a.) Of or involving the rectum; "rectal cancer".
Rectal tenesmus (n.) 裡急後重（Rectal tenesmus）是一個醫學術語，形容便秘時的一種症狀。患者感覺急需大便而無法順利排出；可用16個字概括：「腹痛窘迫，時時欲便。肛門重墜，便出不爽」。 [1]
中文病名出自中國古代醫學著作《難經·五十七難「疾病」》。便前腹痛，急欲大便，叫「裡急」。大便時急迫欲便，而有便不盡之感，叫「後重」。 [2]
Is a feeling of incomplete defecation. It is the sensation of inability or difficulty to empty the bowel at defecation, even if the bowel contents have already been evacuated. Tenesmus indicates the feeling of a residue, and is not always correlated with the actual presence of residual fecal matter in the rectum. It is frequently painful and may be accompanied by involuntary straining and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Tenesmus has both a nociceptive and a neuropathic component.
Vesical tenesmus is a similar condition, experienced as a feeling of incomplete voiding despite the bladder being empty.
Often, rectal tenesmus is simply called tenesmus. The term rectal tenesmus is a retronym to distinguish defecation-related tenesmus from vesical tenesmus. [1]
Tenesmus is a closely related topic to obstructed defecation. The term is from Latin: tēnesmus, from Greek τεινεσμός teinesmos, from τείνω teínō to stretch, strain.
Rectangle (n.) (Geom.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
Note: As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.
Rectangle (a.) Rectangular. [R.]
Rectangle (n.) A parallelogram with four right angles.
Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.
Rectangular (a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
Rectangularity (n.) The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.
Recti- () A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.
Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.
Rectifiable (a.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to any definite portion of the curve.
Rectification (n.) The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
Rectification (n.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.
Rectifier (n.) One who, or that which, rectifies.
Rectifier (n.) Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
Rectified (imp. & p. p.) of Rectify.
Rectifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rectify.
Rectify (v. t.) 矯正；改正；【電】整（流）；【化】精餾 To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
I meant to rectify my conscience. -- Shak.
This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. -- Burke.
Rectify (v. t.) (Chem.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
Rectify (v. t.) (Com.) To produce
( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits
(whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
To rectify a globe, To adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of
a proposed problem.
Syn: To amend; emend; correct; better; mend; reform; redress; adjust; regulate; improve. See Amend. Rectilineal
Rectify (v.) Math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve".
Rectify (v.) Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" [syn: refine, rectify].
Rectify (v.) Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify].
Rectify (v.) Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend].
Rectify (v.) Make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant: falsify].
Rectify (v.) Convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current".
Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of Rectilinear.
Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.
Rectilinearity (n.) The quality or state of being rectilinear.
Rectilineous (a.) Rectilinear.
Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
Rection (n.) See Government, n., 7.
Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.
Rectiserial (a.) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.
Rectitis (n.) Proctitis.
Rectitude (n.) 正直；公正；正確；清廉 Straightness. [R.] -- Johnson.
Rectitude (n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
Rectitude (n.) Right judgment. [R.] -- Sir G. C. Lewis.
Syn: See {Justice}.
Rectitude (n.) Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest [syn: {uprightness}, {rectitude}].
Recto- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
Recto (n.) A writ of right.
Recto (n.) The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
Rector (n.) A ruler or governor.
Rector (n.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.
Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
Rector (n.) The head master of a public school.
Rector (n.) The chief elective
officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of
a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of
Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Rectorate (n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
Rectoress (n.) A governess; a rectrix.
Rectoress (n.) The wife of a rector.
Rectorial (a.) Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.
Rectorship (n.) Government; guidance.
Rectorship (n.) The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
Rectories (n. pl. ) of Rectory.
Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
Rectory (n.) A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
Recto-uterine (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
Rectovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
Recto-vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
Rectress (n.) A rectoress.
Rectrices (n. pl. ) of Rectrix
Rectrix (n.) A governess; a rectoress.
Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
Rectum (n.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
Recti (n. pl. ) of Rectus.
Rectus (n.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Recubation (n.) Recumbence.
Recule (v. i.) To recoil.
Recule (n.) Alt. of Reculement.
Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to recline; to repose.
Recumbence (n.) (pl. - s) 躺著；依靠；休息 The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Recumbency (n.) 躺著；依靠；休息 Recumbence.
Recumbent (a.) 靠著的，躺著的，不活潑的，休息著的 Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Recumbent (a.) Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {accumbent}, {decumbent}, {recumbent}]
Recumbent (a.) Reclining; lying down.
Recumbent (a.) Resting; inactive; idle. Recumbent comes from the present participle of Latin recumbere, "lie back, to recline," from re-, "back" + -cumbere "to lie."
Recumbent bicycle (n.) A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle which places the rider in a seated or supine position (rarely, in a prone position).
Recuperable (a.) 可以復原的 Recoverable.
Recuperated (imp. &. p. p.) of Recuperate.
Recuperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recuperate.
Recuperate (v. i.) 恢復；挽回 To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Recuperate (v. t.) 恢復；挽回 To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
Recuperate (v.) [ I ] 恢復；復原；康復 To become well again after an illness; to get back your strength, health, etc.
// She spent a month in the country recuperating from/ after the operation.
Recuperation (n.) [U] 恢復；挽回 Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
Recuperation (n.) Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury.
Recuperative (a.) 恢復中的；具恢復力的 Alt. of Recuperatory.
Recuperatory (a.) 使恢復的，有恢復力的 Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
Recuperator (n.) 恢復者；【化】同流換熱器 Same as Regenerator.
Recurred (imp. & p. p.) of Recur.
Recurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recur.
Recur (v. i.) To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Recur (v. i.) To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
Recur (v. i.) To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
Recure (v. t.) To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.
Recure (v. t.) To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.
Recure (v. t.) To be a cure for; to remedy.
Recure (n.) Cure; remedy; recovery.
Recureless (a.) Incapable of cure.
Recurrence (n.) Alt. of Recurrency.
Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.
Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
Recursant (a.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
Recursion (n.) When a function (or procedure) calls itself. Such a function is called "recursive". If the call is via one or more other functions then this group of functions are called "mutually recursive".
If a function will always call itself, however it is called, then it will never terminate. Usually however, it first performs some test on its arguments to check for a "base case" - a condition under which it can return a value without calling itself.
The canonical example of a recursive function is factorial:
Factorial 0 = 1
Factorial n = n * factorial (n-1)
Functional programming languages rely heavily on recursion, using it where a procedural language would use iteration.
See also recursion, recursive definition, tail recursion. [Jargon File] (1996-05-11)
Recursion (n.) See {recursion}. See also {tail recursion}.
Recursion (n.) 【數】遞迴；遞迴式；循環 The act of recurring; return. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Recursion (n.) (Mathematics) An expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation.
Recursive (a.) 【電腦】回歸的；遞歸的 Of or relating to a recursion.
Recurvate (a.) Recurved.
Recurvate (v. t.) To bend or curve back; to recurve.