respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
— Noun
– English
~ an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli
Republic of the Sudan
— Noun
– English
~ a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
Republic of the Philippines
— Noun
– English
~ a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
read between the lines
— Verb
– English
~ read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
raise the roof
— Verb
– English
~ get very angry; "He will raise the roof when he hears this"
ride the bench
— Verb
– English
~ be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game"
roll in the hay
— Verb
– English
~ have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
round-the-clock
— Adjective
– English
~ at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care"
round the bend
— Adjective
– English
~ informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
run-of-the-mill
— Adjective
– English
~ not special in any way; lacking distinction; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"
run-of-the-mine
— Adjective
– English
~ not special in any way; lacking distinction; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"
round the clock
— Adverb
– English
~ without stopping; "she worked around the clock"
relativity theory
— Noun
– English
~ (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
reciprocal-inhibition therapy
— Noun
– English
~ a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
radiation therapy
— Noun
– English
~ (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance