radial velocity
— Noun
– English
~ velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer
royal velvet plant
— Noun
– English
~ Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
Republic of Venezuela
— Noun
– English
~ a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil
right ventricle
— Noun
– English
~ the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk
risky venture
— Noun
– English
~ a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
Robert Venturi
— Noun
– English
~ United States architect (born in 1925)
reflexive verb
— Noun
– English
~ a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent; "the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb"; "`perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself"
Republic of Cape Verde
— Noun
– English
~ an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal
Rhus verniciflua
— Noun
– English
~ small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Rhus vernix
— Noun
– English
~ smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
Rheims-Douay Version
— Noun
– English
~ an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars
Revised Version
— Noun
– English
~ a British revision of the Authorized Version
rima vestibuli
— Noun
– English
~ the opening between the false vocal folds
railroad vine
— Noun
– English
~ a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas
Russian vine
— Noun
– English
~ twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
Raffia vinifera
— Noun
– English
~ a palm of the genus Raffia
Rudolf Virchow
— Noun
– English
~ German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)
Rudolf Karl Virchow
— Noun
– English
~ German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)