This page gathers the 399 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Specifically” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 4 of 4: from “rake” to “yearn”.
- rake noun In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one…
- Rangerette noun An officer (e.g., captain or lieutenant) within the Rangerettes organization, distinguished by a solid-white uniform and colored neck scarf.
- rebus noun An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.
- receivable noun A debt arising from a sale on account or on credit.
- red mullet noun Any fish of the genus Mullus within that family.
- reform noun clipping of Reform UK (British nationalist party)
- refrigerate verb To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
- relapse verb To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- relativity noun Also Einsteinian relativity: the reliance of the nature of physical phenomena (such as gravity, light, mass, and time) on the relative…
- republiqueta noun An independence-seeking guerrilla group in South America in the 19th century.
- rere noun back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)
- reseda noun Mignonette (Reseda odorata).
- restorationism noun A movement that rejects much or all of contemporary Christianity and advocates a return to what is viewed as Jesus's original teachings.…
- restrict verb To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- retint verb To adjust the color of a paint.
- retract verb To draw (an extended body part) back into the body.
- retrench verb To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- retrenchment noun An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- riveter noun A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a…
- Rothbardian adj Anarcho-capitalist.
- Rothbardianism noun Anarcho-capitalism.
- rugby noun The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
- Rutherfordian adj Of or pertaining to Ernest Rutherford, his planetary model of the atom (called the Rutherford model), or predictions made on the basis of…
- sacrifice noun Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- saint noun Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
- salt cod noun That which has been both dried and salted.
- scathe verb To cause monetary loss to (someone).
- self-referential adj In a literary work: referring to the author or the author's other works.
- semiformal adj Of clothing: having a level of formality between that of informal and formal wear.
- sensibility noun Affected or excessive artistic or emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional; overemotionality.
- shred verb To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder.
- Sino-Korean adj Etymologically borrowed or otherwise derived from an eighth-century dialect of Middle Chinese which greatly influenced the Korean language.
- sit-up-and-beg adj Of a bicycle: having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward…
- skywalker noun A member of the Mohawk group of Native Americans; especially one who is or was involved in steelworking on tall buildings in New York City.
- sleep aid noun A pill (containing a drug or nutritional supplement) for this purpose.
- slimeball noun A mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae (“parasitic larvae”) of a liver fluke (of the phylum Platyhelminthes).
- snippy snip noun A vasectomy.
- snow line noun The limit for water remaining solid instead of evaporating away under solar radiation.
- Socratic adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Socratic irony or the Socratic method.
- solemn adj Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
- spare verb To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
- stance noun A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
- staunch noun A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
- stockpile noun A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
- stook noun A group of six or eight sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, largely obsolete since the…
- stopgap verb To work at a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire is made.
- street noun The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
- strong adj Having a high alcoholic content.
- suborn verb To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.
- supernumerary adj Of an organ or structure: additional to what is normally present.
- supplicate verb Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the…
- supracondylar adj Superior (proximal) to the humeral condyle.
- take French leave verb To desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission; to go absent without leave (AWOL).
- tandem noun Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in…
- Tatar noun A Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.
- tawny noun Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
- tell time verb To read the time as displayed on an analog clock.
- termagant noun A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
- that way inclined adj Gay, homosexual.
- thew noun A good characteristic or habit; a virtue.
- thyrocardiac adj Affecting the heart as a consequence of thyroid pathologies.
- toast verb To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill.
- tongue troopers noun The Office québécois de la langue française (Quebec Board of the French Language)
- toque noun A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
- tow noun The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).
- transcendental function noun A meromorphic function on the complex plane that is not a rational function.
- trauma noun Serious injury, resulting from predation, violence, an accident such as a fall, a vehicle crash, etc.
- tribadism noun A sexual act in which two women rub their vulvas together.
- trichosis noun An overgrowth of hair; hairiness.
- troll verb Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- truant adj Of a student: absent from school without permission.
- true blue adj Representing authentic Australian culture, values, etc.
- try verb To test someone's patience.
- turf noun A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
- turtle noun A marine reptile of that order.
- ultraleftism noun Italian left communism; Bordigism.
- unputdownable adj Of a book or other written work: so captivating or engrossing that one cannot bear to stop reading it.
- utraquism noun A method that uses analogy to draw on insights from both objective natural science on the one hand, and subjective psychology and social…
- vagrant noun A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a…
- valedictory noun A speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement or graduation ceremony.
- vamp verb To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- vas noun Ellipsis of vas deferens.
- Victory Day noun 9 May, celebrated as Victory Day in Russia, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
- victual noun Edible plants.
- virtual adj Of a plant or other thing: having strong healing powers; virtuous.
- viscus noun The intestines.
- visitor noun An extraterrestrial being on Earth.
- vs noun Stall speed in the clean configuration, with all flaps, slats, and droops retracted.
- vulgarity noun A vulgar or obscene word
- waste product noun The radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor.
- weight noun Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- well done adj Cooked through to the center.
- wench noun A girl or young woman of a lower class.
- wholemeal adj Whole-wheat.
- withdraw verb Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- wort noun Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea).
- wreck noun A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
- writing system noun The basic type of a system for writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic writing.
- yearn verb To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.