Roccus saxatilis
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~ marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
Rubus saxatilis
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~ European trailing bramble with red berrylike fruits
russet scab
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~ rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
round scad
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~ small fusiform fish of western Atlantic
Reaumur scale
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~ a temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees
Rankine scale
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~ a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees
Richter scale
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~ a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
retinal scanning
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~ biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye; "identification by retinal scanning is complicated by eye movements"
red scare
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~ a period of general fear of communists
reactive schizophrenia
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~ schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
Rhodes scholar
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~ a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University
religious school
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~ a school run by a religious body
reform school
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~ correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
riding school
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~ a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced
Robert Schumann
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~ German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)
Robert Alexander Schumann
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~ German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)
rocket scientist
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~ an engineer who builds and tests rockets
rocket scientist
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~ a clever thinker; "you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out"
Robert Falcon Scott
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~ English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)