n. allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
E.g. A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread--a whole, instead of a half, slice--with the delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter.
a. consistent with; based on; using reason
E.g. One strong proof of my wretchedly defective nature is, that even her expostulations, so mild, so rational, have not influence to cure me of my faults.
n. act of rationing
E.g. During the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline.
n. a rapid series of short loud sounds; loosely connected horny sections
E.g. It is the door that comes out into that little close alley between the tavern and the old rattle trap of a brick store.
v. consume greedily; devour; seek or seize as prey or plunder
E.g. The reason I raven is because I'm still trying to drop some weight for climbing, and in practical terms that means a lot of going to bed hungry.
n. cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of raw hide twisted.
E.g. As a pup he chewed through at least one large rawhide a day.
v. destroy completely; scrape or shave off
E.g. Spelling is important: to raise a building is to put it up; to raze a building is to tear it down.
v. adjust again after an initial failure
E.g. After moving back to America, he had to readjust.
v. broadcast again, as of a film
E.g. Self-help gives communities the opportunity to provide their own equipment to rebroadcast ABC TV and radio programs.
n. container; reservoir
E.g. Confused about the multitudes of plug, connector and receptacle combinations?
n. act of receiving; manner in which something is greeted
E.g. She did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors.
n. detailed account or description of something
E.g. He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.
v. compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
E.g. Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
n. acceptance ; appreciation; approval
E.g. She said her recognition had opened the door for, as she put it, every nameless, faceless woman of color.
n. amusement; entertainment
E.g. Wednesday's anniversary culminates in a recreation of the student march that started the Velvet Revolution.
n. a parallelogram with four right angles
E.g. Stores a set of four integers that represent the location and size of a rectangle.
v. channel into a new direction
E.g. Redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists.
n. chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
E.g. Our ship was able to haul up just before it hit the submerged reef.
a. cultured; purified; made pure
E.g. Miss Temple had always something of serenity in her air, of state in her mien, of refined propriety in her language, which precluded deviation into the ardent, the excited, and the eager.
n. a disputant who advocates reform
E.g. A reformer is a person who wishes to change a system to improve it.
n. activity that refreshes and recreates; snacks and drinks served as a light meal
E.g. With that refreshment I could perhaps regain a degree of energy: without it, it would be difficult to proceed.
n. cooling agent; causing cooling or freezing
E.g. A refrigerant is a compound used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back.
n. deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
E.g. Refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath.
v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
E.g. In contrast to Europe, the United States is considering a variety of laws which would regulate spam but essentially allow it unless an individual specifically opts out.
n. act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
E.g. If regulation is bad then lets get rid of the police department as well.
n. act of rejecting something
E.g. Corsica's narrow rejection of the new regional assembly is a bitter disappointment, especially for the French interior minister Nicholas Sarkozy, who'd campaigned hard for change.
v. arouse again
E.g. This message will rekindle hopes.
n. dependence; certainty based on past experience
E.g. He wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists.
n. a medicine or therapy; ; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
E.g. Their remedy is a cut in production to curtail the extent to which the members are exceeding their agreed quotas, something they have been doing in order to prevent shortages arising as a result of the war in Iraq.
v. deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
E.g. And from the standpoint of state and local law enforcement, often the best service our federal government can render is to do these things and do them right.
a. capable of being renewed or extended
E.g. Schroeder said diplomatically that they would work on other issues around global warming, such as encouraging renewable resources.
n. act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up
E.g. Rochester's visit it seemed spellbound: all the night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals,--a step creak, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a deep human groan.
v. abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
E.g. Therefore, what they have to renounce is their presence in that piece of our national territory.
a. able or fit be rented
E.g. He argued that building was rentable.
n. amount paid or collected as rent; act of renting
E.g. Before any decisions, please check the rental agreement once more.
a. capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
E.g. Fortunately, the damages we suffered in the accident were reparable and our car looks brand new.
n. act of doing or performing again
E.g. Suddenly there was a flash of light and Tom came tearing by him: "Run!" said he; "run, for your life!" He needn't have repeated it; once was enough; Huck was making thirty or forty miles an hour before the repetition was uttered.
n. copy or reproduction of a work of art
E.g. The iconic icehouse, demolished last year and rebuilt in replica, is situated in the west orchards.
n. act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
E.g. This loya jirga is intended to legitimize the power sharing arrangement set up in Bonn and begin to iron out at least some of the inequalities in representation.
n. act of making copies
E.g. Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient.