THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.
~Put off~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay
aside.
~2.~ Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.
~3.~ Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.
~4.~ Get rid of, dispose of.
~Put off~, [_Neuter._] Leave shore, put to sea, put forth.
~Put on~, ~1.~ Invest with.
~2.~ Assume, take on.
~3.~ Impose, inflict.
~4.~ Impute to, charge upon.
~5.~ (_Law._) Rest upon, submit to.
~Put one's shoulder to the wheel~, Render assistance, lend a hand.
~Put out~, ~1.~ Eject, expel, banish.
~2.~ Extend, protrude, hold out, stretch forth.
~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out, shoot out.
~4.~ Extinguish.
~5.~ Publish, issue.
~6.~ Dislocate, luxate.
~7.~ Confuse, disconcert, interrupt.
~8.~ Offend, displease, anger, provoke.
~Put out of countenance~, Shame, mortify, abash, PUT TO SHAME.
~Put over~, ~1.~ Place in command of, give authority over.
~2.~ Defer, postpone, put off.
~Putter~, _v. n._ [_U. S._] Trifle, potter, busy one's self about
trifles.
~Put to~, ~1.~ Unite, add to.
~2.~ Expose, refer to, give over to.
~Put to death~, Kill.
~Put to flight~, Cause to flee, scatter in flight.
~Put to it~, Distressed, perplexed, puzzled, embarrassed, staggered,
posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, put to one's shifts.
~Put to rights~, Adjust, regulate, set in order, set to rights.
~Put to sea~, Set sail, put forth, put off.
~Put to shame~, Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush,
put out of countenance, put down.
~Put to the blush~, PUT TO SHAME.
~Put up~, ~1.~ Store, pack away.
~2.~ Expose, offer publicly.
~3.~ Put away, lay away, set aside.
~Put up~, Lodge, stay, STOP, take lodgings.
~Put up with~, Endure (_without complaint_), bear, tolerate, suffer,
POCKET, submit to, make the best of.
~Putrefy~, _v. a._ Corrupt, rot, render putrid.
~Putrefy~, _v. n._ Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.
~Putrescence~, _n._ Rottenness.
~Putrid~, _a._ Rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, carious.
~Puzzle~, _v. a._ Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger,
pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.
~Puzzle~, _n._ ~1.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.
~2.~ Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.
~Pygmean~, _a._ Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, stunted,
Liliputian, pygmy.
~Pygmy~, _n._ Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.
~Pygmy~, _a._ Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.
~Pyre~, _n._ Funeral pile.
~Pyriform~, _a._ Pear-shaped.
~Pyroligneous spirit~, _n._ Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.
~Pyrosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Water-brash, water-qualm.
~Pyrotechnic~, _a._ Of fire-works.
~Pyrotechnical~, _a._ Of fire-works.
~Pyrotechnics~, _n._ Pyrotechny.
~Pyrotechnist~, _n._ Manufacturer of fire-works.
~Pyrotechny~, _n._ Pyrotechnics.
~Pyroxylic acid~, _n._ PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.
~Pyroxylic spirit~, _n._ Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol,
pyroxylic acid, pyroligneous spirit.
~Pyroxyline~, _n._ Gun-cotton.
~Pyrrhonism~, _n._ Scepticism, unbelief, incredulity, universal doubt.
~Pyrrhonist~, _n._ Sceptic, doubter.
~Pyx~, _n._ Box (_especially that in which the host is kept_),
tabernacle.
Q
~Quack~, _n._ Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender,
HUMBUG.
~Quackery~, _n._ Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, humbug,
mummery, imposition, pretension.
~Quadrangular~, _a._ Four-cornered.
~Quadrate~, _n._ Square.
~Quadrate with~, Fit, suit, agree with, correspond with, tally with,
coincide with, comport with, square with, fall in with, chime in with.
~Quadrilateral~, _a._ Four-sided.
~Quadruped~, _n._ Four-footed animal.
~Quadruple~, _a._ Fourfold.
~Quære~, _v. n._ [L. _imperative_.] Inquire, seek, question, see.
~Quaff~, _v. a._ Drink (_copiously_).
~Quaggy~, _a._ Boggy, marshy, swampy.
~Quagmire~, _n._ Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.
~Quail~, _v. n._ Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble,
be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down.
~Quaint~, _a._ Odd, strange, singular, whimsical, unusual, uncommon,
extraordinary, unique, curious, droll, fantastic, fanciful, far-
fetched, out of the way.
~Quake~, _v. n._ Shake, tremble, shudder, quiver.
~Quaker~, _n._ Friend.
~Qualification~, _n._ ~1.~ Fitness, suitableness, capability,
endowment, accomplishment.
~2.~ Modification, limitation, restriction.
~3.~ Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance.
~Qualify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fit, adapt, capacitate, propose, empower,
enable, make fit, make suitable, make capable.
~2.~ Modify, limit, restrict, restrain.
~3.~ Soften, abate, diminish, mitigate, ease, assuage, moderate, temper.
~Quality~, _n._ ~1.~ Property, attribute, nature, characteristic,
peculiarity.
~2.~ Disposition, humor, temper, mood, character.
~3.~ Rank, condition, station, standing, status.
~4.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Nobility, gentry, NOBLESSE, aristocracy,
persons of rank.
~5.~ Brand, chop.
~Qualm~, _n._ ~1.~ Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.
~2.~ Sickness (_of the stomach_), nausea.
~3.~ Twinge (_of conscience_), scruple.
~Qualmish~, _a._ Sick (_at the stomach_), inclined to vomit, queasy.
~Quandary~, _n._ Difficulty, perplexity, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty,
embarrassment, nonplus, strait, dilemma.
~Quantity~, _n._ ~1.~ Amount, aggregate, sum.
~2.~ Part, portion, share.
~3.~ Length, duration.
~Quantum sufficit~, [L.] Enough, as much as suffices.
~Quarrel~, _n._ Brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation,
wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference,
disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze,
falling out.
~Quarrel~, _v. n._ Wrangle, squabble, bicker, BRAWL, dispute, spar,
jangle, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at
variance, have a bone to pick, pick a quarrel.
~Quarrelling~, _n._ QUARREL.
~Quarrelsome~, _a._ Irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross,
contentious, disputatious, litigious.
~Quarry~, _n._ ~1.~ Stone-pit, stone-bed.
~2.~ Prey (_especially that of the hunting falcon_), game, object of
the chase.
~Quart~, _n._ Two pints, fourth part of a gallon.
~Quarter~, _n._ ~1.~ Fourth part.
~2.~ District, region, territory, locality, place.
~3.~ Mercy (_granted by a conqueror_).
~Quarter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide in four equal parts.
~2.~ Divide, separate into parts or compartments.
~3.~ Lodge, BILLET, furnish with quarters (_as soldiers_).
~Quarter~, _v. n._ Lodge, abide, have lodgings.
~Quarters~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Stations, posts, cantonments.
~2.~ Lodging, dwelling, abode, habitation, headquarters.
~Quartz~, _n._ Silex, silica, ROCK-CRYSTAL.
~Quash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, subdue, quell, repress, suppress,
extinguish, put down.
~2.~ (_Law._) Annul, nullify, overthrow, cancel, make void.
~Quasi~, [L.] Apparently, as if, as though, as it were, in a certain
sense, to a certain extent, in a manner.
~Quaver~, _v. n._ Tremble, shake, quiver.
~Quaver~, _n._ (_Mus._) ~1.~ Shake.
~2.~ Eighth-note, eighth of a semibreve, quarter of a minim, half of a
crotchet.
~Quay~, _n._ Wharf.
~Quean~, _n._ Jade, hussy, base woman, sorry wench.
~Queasy~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualmish, sick (_at the stomach_), inclined to
vomit.
~2.~ Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over-nice, over-delicate, hard
to please.
~Queer~, _a._ Odd, strange, singular, droll, whimsical, quaint,
curious, fantastic, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique.
~Quell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Subdue, suppress, crush, reduce, overcome.
~2.~ Repress, restrain, check, smother, curb, bridle, lay, rein in.
~3.~ Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify.
~4.~ Moderate, assuage, mitigate, allay, appease, alleviate, mollify,
soften, dull, soothe, blunt, deaden.
~Quench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extinguish, put out.
~2.~ Destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to.
~3.~ Allay, slake, cool.
~Querimonious~, _a._ QUERULOUS.
~Querist~, _n._ Inquirer, interrogator, investigator.
~Querulous~, _a._ Complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant,
peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding.
~Query~, _n._ Question, inquiry, interrogatory.
~Query~, _v. n._ Make inquiry, ask questions.
~Query~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Question, inquire into.
~2.~ Doubt, controvert, dispute, hesitate to believe, consider
questionable.
~Quest~, _n._ Search.
~Question~, _n._ ~1.~ Interrogation, examination.
~2.~ Interrogatory, query, inquiry.
~3.~ Discussion, disquisition, investigation, trial.
~4.~ Dispute, controversy, doubt.
~5.~ Proposition, motion, topic, point.
~Question~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Interrogate, ask, catechise, examine, inquire
of, put questions to.
~2.~ Doubt, query, controvert, dispute, call in question, hesitate to
believe, consider questionable.
~Questionable~, _a._ Doubtful, uncertain, equivocal, problematical,
disputable, controvertible, debatable.
~Quibble~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion (_by verbal subtlety_), cavil,
subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, sophism, quiddity, trifling
nicety.
~2.~ Pun, clinch, CALEMBOUR, play upon words.
~Quibble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cavil, shuffle, prevaricate, equivocate,
practise evasion, evade the truth.
~2.~ Pun, play upon words.
~Quick~, _a._ ~1.~ Active, nimble, agile, alert, brisk, prompt, ready.
~2.~ Rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flying.
~3.~ Dexterous, adroit, skilful, expert, apt.
~4.~ Acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious,
discerning.
~5.~ Hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish,
petulant, irascible, peppery, snappish.
~Quick~, _ad._ QUICKLY.
~Quicken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vivify, revive, resuscitate, reinvigorate,
refresh, make alive, give life to.
~2.~ Hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch.
~3.~ Stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite.
~Quickens~, _n._ QUICK-GRASS.
~Quicken-tree~, _n._ Rowan-tree, mountain ash (_European_), fowler's
service-tree (_Pyrus aucuparia_ or _Sorbus aucuparia_).
~Quick-grass~, _n._ Knot-grass, dog-wheat, dog's-grass, couch-grass,
wheat-grass, twitch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (_Triticum repens_).
~Quick-lime~, _n._ Caustic lime.
~Quickly~, _ad._ Speedily, swiftly, rapidly, soon, quick, immediately,
with haste, with celerity, without delay, post-haste.
~Quickness~, _n._ ~1.~ Celerity, expedition, velocity, speed,
speediness, fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, despatch.
~2.~ Activity, briskness, nimbleness, readiness, promptness,
promptitude, alertness, agility, smartness.
~3.~ Dexterity, adroitness, expertness, dexterousness, aptness,
aptitude, facility, knack.
~4.~ Sharpness, penetration, keenness, acuteness, sagacity, shrewdness.
~Quick-sighted~, _a._ Sharp-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-eyed, eagle-
eyed, hawk-eyed.
~Quicksilver~, _n._ Mercury, hydrargyrum.
~Quick-witted~, _a._ Witty, smart, nimble-witted.
~Quid~, _n._ [_Low._] Cud.
~Quiddity~, _n._ ~1.~ Essence, nature.
~2.~ Quibble, cavil, evasion, sophism, subterfuge, prevarication,
equivocation, trifling nicety.
~Quiddle~, _v._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Dawdle, waste time in trifles,
be busy about trifles.
~Quiddle~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Trifler, dawdler.
~Quiddler~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Trifler, dawdler.
~Quid pro quo~, [L.] Equivalent.
~Quidnunc~, _n._ Newsmonger.
~Quiescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, quiet, quietude, stillness,
calmness, calm, tranquillity, peace.
~2.~ Suspense, intermission, remission, dormancy, abeyance.
~Quiescent~, _a._ ~1.~ Quiet, resting, still, dormant, motionless, at
rest, at a stand, stock-still, standing still.
~2.~ Silent, not sounded.
~Quiet~, _n._ Rest, repose, stillness, peace, tranquillity, calm,
calmness, quietude, quiescence, quietness.
~Quiet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stop, suspend, arrest, interrupt, intermit,
discontinue, put a stop to.
~2.~ Tranquillize, calm, compose, lull, pacify, appease, soothe, sober.
~3.~ Still, silence, hush.
~4.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, mollify, alleviate, soften,
dull, blunt.
~Quietness~, _n._ QUIET.
~Quietude~, _n._ QUIET.
~Quietus~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, death.
~2.~ Acquittance, final discharge.
~Quill-driver~, _n._ ~1.~ Writer, scribbler.
~2.~ Clerk, scribe, secretary, amanuensis.
~Quinia~, _n._ Quinine.
~Quinine~, _n._ ~1.~ Quinia.
~2.~ Sulphate of quinia, sulphate of quinine.
~Quinquina~, _n._ Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, Cinchona bark.
~Quintessence~, _n._ Essence, essential part.
~Quip~, _n._ Taunt, jibe, jeer, sally, quirk, crank, repartee, retort,
sharp saying, caustic or cutting remark.
~Quirk~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion, shift, make-shift, loophole, quibble,
pretence, pretext, excuse.
~2.~ Taunt, jibe, jeer, sally, QUIP.
~Quit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver, clear, release, free, acquit, absolve,
set free, deliver from, discharge from.
~2.~ Pay, discharge, settle, liquidate.
~3.~ Leave (_with the purpose of never returning_), vacate, withdraw
from, go away from, retire from, depart from, get away from.
~4.~ Abandon, desert, forsake, resign, renounce, relinquish, forswear,
cast off, give over, give up.
~Quit~, _a._ Clear, free, absolved, released, acquitted, discharged.
~Quitch-grass~, _n._ QUICK-GRASS.
~Quite~, _ad._ ~1.~ Completely, wholly, entirely, totally, perfectly.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Very, considerably, in a great degree, to a great
extent.
~Quit scores~, Settle mutual accounts, quit from mutual obligations,
clear mutually from all demands.
~Quittance~, _n._ Discharge, acquittance.
~Quiver~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quake, shake, quaver, bicker, be tremulous.
~2.~ Tremble, shudder, shiver.
~Quivering~, _n._ Trembling, tremulous motion.
~Quixotic~, _a._ Visionary, imaginary, wild, fanciful, freakish,
Utopian, chimerical, fantastical, absurdly romantic.
~Quiz~, _n._ ~1.~ Puzzle (_by way of sport_), enigma, riddle, knotty
question.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Jester, buffoon, odd fellow.
~Quiz~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Puzzle (_for sport_), ridicule, run upon, make
fun of, make sport of.
~2.~ Stare at (_in mockery_), peer at.
~Quo ad hoc~, [L.] As to this, as far as this is concerned.
~Quoit~, _n._ Discus, disk.
~Quondam~, _a._ [L.] [_Colloquial._] Former, late, CI-DEVANT, old-
time, in former times.
~Quota~, _n._ Portion, share, contingent, proportion, proportional part.
~Quotation~, _n._ Citation, extract.
~Quote~, _v. a._ Cite, adduce, extract.
~Quoth~, _v. n._ Said.
~Quotidian~, _a._ Daily, diurnal.
~Quotidian~, _a._ (_Med._) Quotidian fever.
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~Rabbit~, _n._ Cony (_Lepus cuniculus_).
~Rabble~, _n._ ~1.~ Mob, rout, rabble-rout, tumultuous crowd.
~2.~ Populace, commonalty, CANAILLE, herd, dregs of the people, the
common people, scum of society, lowest class of people, lower classes,
the masses, riff-raff, swinish multitude, ignoble vulgar, vulgar herd,
RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.
~Rabid~, _a._ Furious, raging, mad.
~Race~, _n._ ~1.~ Generation, lineage, stock, breed, family connection.
~2.~ Tribe, family, clan.
~3.~ Trial of speed, contest in running.
~4.~ Course, career, progress.
~5.~ Chase, pursuit.
~6.~ Mill-race.
~Race~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Run swiftly.
~2.~ Contend in running.
~Race-course~, _n._ Ring, racing ground.
~Race-horse~, _n._ ~1.~ Racer.
~2.~ (_Ornith._) Steamer-duck (_Micropterus brachypterus_).
~Racer~, _n._ ~1.~ Runner.
~2.~ Race-horse, courser.
~Rachitic~, _a._ Rickety.
~Rachitis~, _n._ (_Med._) Rickets, inflammation of the spine.
~Rack~, _n._ ~1.~ Torture, torment, anguish, agony, pang, extreme pain.
~2.~ Crib, manger.
~3.~ Neck (_of mutton_), crag.
~4.~ Mist, vapor.
~5.~ (_Naut._) Fairleader.
~Rack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Torture, torment, distress, agonize, excruciate,
pain extremely.
~2.~ Stretch, strain, force, wrest.
~3.~ Draw off (_from sediment_).
~Racket~, _n._ Uproar, clamor, hubbub, din, noise, outcry,
disturbance, HULLABALOO, HALLABALOO.
~Racy~, _a._ ~1.~ That tastes of the soil (_as wine_), of a peculiar
flavor.
~2.~ Strong (_as peculiar qualities of thought or of expression_),
vigorous, forcible, of a distinctive character.
~Radiance~, _n._ Brilliance, brilliancy, lustre, brightness, splendor,
resplendence, effulgence, refulgence.
~Radiant~, _a._ ~1.~ Beaming, shining, brilliant, splendid,
resplendent, effulgent.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Radiate.
~Radiata~, _n. pl._ (_Zoöl._) Radiate animals, rayed animals.
~Radiate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shine, gleam, emit rays.
~2.~ Issue in rays, emanate in rays.
~3.~ Emit heat, throw off heat.
~Radiate~, _v. a._ Emit (_heat or light_) in straight lines.
~Radiate~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Radiant.
~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Radiated.
~Radiated~, _a._ (_Zoöl._) Radiate.
~Radiation~, _n._ Irradiance, irradiation, emission of rays.
~Radical~, _a._ ~1.~ Original, fundamental, organic, constitutional.
~2.~ Primitive, underived, uncompounded, simple.
~3.~ Thorough, entire, complete, perfect.
~Radical~, _n._ ~1.~ Come-outer, radical reformer.
~2.~ Primitive letter.
~3.~ Root, radix, etymon, primitive word.
~4.~ (_Chem._) Base.
~Radicle~, _n._ Rootlet.
~Raff-merchant~, _n._ [_Local Eng._] Lumber-merchant.
~Raft-merchant~, _n._ [_Local Eng._] Lumber-merchant.
~Rag~, _n._ Shred, tatter.
~Rag-baby~, _n._ Moppet, mopsey.
~Ragamuffin~, _n._ Tatterdemalion, mean fellow, wretch, paltry fellow.
~Rage~, _n._ ~1.~ Fury, frenzy, FUROR, passion, madness, raving,
violent anger.
~2.~ Extreme eagerness, vehement desire.
~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Fashion, vogue, mode.
~Rage~, _v. n._ Rave, storm, fume, be violent, be furious.
~Ragged~, _a._ ~1.~ Tattered, torn, rent.
~2.~ Dressed in rags.
~3.~ Uneven, jagged, rough.
~Raging~, _a._ Furious, enraged, infuriate, infuriated, incensed, very
angry.
~Raging~, _n._ Fury, violence, impetuosity.
~Rag-tag-and-bob-tail~, _n._ [_Low._] Rabble, mob, crowd, riff-raff,
CANAILLE, the populace, the masses, dregs of the people, scum of
society, swinish multitude, vulgar herd, ignoble vulgar.
~Raid~, _n._ Invasion, inroad, foray, irruption, hostile incursion
(_especially of mounted men_).
~Raider~, _n._ ~1.~ Invader.
~2.~ Forager, BUMMER.
~Rail at~, Censure, reproach, upbraid, abuse, scoff at, sneer at,
scold at, inveigh against, exclaim against, declaim against, BLOW UP.
~Railing~, _n._ Vituperation, abuse, scolding, reviling, contumely,
reproach, invective, aspersion, censure, JAW.
~Raillery~, _n._ Banter, irony, slight ridicule, good-humored satire.
~Railroad~, _n._ Railway.
~Raiment~, _n._ Clothes, clothing, dress, attire, apparel, vesture,
vestment, garments, habiliment, habit, garb, costume, ARRAY.
~Rainbow~, _n._ Iris.
~Rain-gauge~, _n._ Pluviameter, ombrometer, udometer.
~Rainy~, _a._ Showery, wet.
~Raise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lift, uplift, set up, raise up.
~2.~ Hoist, heave.
~3.~ Erect, rear, construct, build.
~4.~ Exalt, elevate, advance, promote.
~5.~ Enhance, increase, augment.
~6.~ Excite, rouse, arouse, awake, stir up, call up, call forth, put
in action, put in motion.
~7.~ Collect, levy, obtain, get.
~8.~ Grow, cause to grow.
~9.~ Make light or spongy (_as bread_).
~10.~ Bring back to life, raise from the dead.
~11.~ [_Southern States of the U. S._] Rear, bring up.
~Raise a siege~, Abandon a siege, give up the attempt to take by siege.
~Raisin~, _n._ Dried grape.
~Rake~, _n._ Libertine, debauchee, man of pleasure.
~Rake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gather, collect, draw together, heap together,
gather together, scrape together, rake up, heap up.
~2.~ Scour, search closely.
~3.~ Enfilade.
~Rake~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Search, grope.
~2.~ (_Naut._) Incline from a perpendicular (_as a mast_).
~Rake up~, ~1.~ Gather together, scrape up.
~2.~ Cover with ashes (_as a fire_).
~Rakish~, _a._ Lewd, debauched, dissolute, licentious.
~Rally~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reunite, restore to order.
~2.~ Banter, joke, ridicule, quiz, taunt, treat with raillery.
~Rally~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be restored to order, come into order, take
courage.
~2.~ Recover, recover strength, gain ground, get better, pick up.
~3.~ Jest, indulge in banter or raillery.
~Ram~, _n._ ~1.~ Male sheep.
~2.~ Aries, the vernal sign.
~3.~ Battering-ram.
~4.~ Hydraulic ram, water-ram.
~Ram~, _v. a._ Drive down, force down.
~Ramble~, _v. n._ Rove, wander, stroll, range, roam, straggle, stray.
~Ramble~, _n._ Stroll, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling,
roving.
~Rambling~, _n._ Stroll, ramble.
~Ramification~, _n._ ~1.~ Branching, forking, divarication.
~2.~ Branch, division, subdivision.
~Ramify~, _v. a._ Separate into branches.
~Ramify~, _v. n._ Branch, divaricate, shoot into branches.
~Rammer~, _n._ Ramrod.
~Ramose~, _a._ (_Bot._) Branched, branchy.
~Ramous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Branched, branchy.
~Ramp~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Spring, bound, leap.
~2.~ Frolic (_rudely_), sport, play, romp.
~Rampant~, _a._ ~1.~ Rank, exuberant, luxuriant, wanton.
~2.~ Vehement, impetuous, ungovernable, uncontrollable, headstrong.
~3.~ (_Her._) Standing erect (_on the hind legs, as a lion_).
~Rampart~, _n._ Bulwark, defence.
~Ramrod~, _n._ Rammer.
~Rancid~, _a._ Rank, fetid, musty, fusty, FROWZY, strong-smelling.
~Rancor~, _n._ Malignity, malice, malevolence, spite, venom, gall,
grudge, ill-will.
~Rancorous~, _a._ Malignant, malign, vindictive, malevolent, malicious.
~Random~, _a._ Chance, casual, fortuitous.
~Range~, _n._ ~1.~ Row, rank, line, tier, file.
~2.~ Class, order, kind, sort.
~3.~ Excursion, wandering.
~4.~ Scope, sweep, compass, extent, reach, amplitude, latitude.
~Range~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Class, rank, arrange, set in a row, dispose in
order.
~2.~ Rove over, pass over.
~3.~ Sail along.
~Range~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rove, ramble, wander, stroll, roam, course,
straggle, expatiate, rove at large, gad about.
~2.~ Consort, be classed, be ranked.
~3.~ Lie, run, be directed.
~Rank~, _a._ ~1.~ Luxuriant, vigorous, exuberant, over-abundant.
~2.~ Excessive, overmuch, extravagant, rampant, very great.
~3.~ Rancid, musty, fusty, fetid, offensive, FROWZY, strong-smelling,
strong-scented.
~Rank~, _n._ ~1.~ Row (_as of soldiers, reckoned from side to side_),
tier, range, FILE.
~2.~ Class, order, division, head, category.
~3.~ Degree, grade, quality, relative station.
~4.~ Dignity, nobility, noble class, aristocratic class.
~Rank and file~, Privates, common soldiers (_including corporals_).
~Rank~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Class, arrange, range.
~2.~ [_Modern._] Outrank, take precedence of.
~Rank~, _v. n._ Be ranked, be classed, take rank, have rank.
~Rankle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fester, be inflamed.
~2.~ Be embittered, become more bitter, grow more intense.
~Rankling~, _n._ ~1.~ Festering.
~2.~ Animosity, hatred, heart-burning.
~Ransack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Plunder, pillage, sack.
~2.~ Explore, rummage, search thoroughly.
~Ransom~, _n._ ~1.~ Price of redemption.
~2.~ Release, liberation, redemption.
~Ransom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Redeem.
~2.~ Rescue, liberate, deliver.
~Rant~, _v. n._ Spout, declaim (_boisterously_), rave (_in high-
sounding phrases_), vociferate, mouth, tear a passion to tatters.
~Rant~, _n._ Fustian, bombast, rhodomontade, exaggeration, boisterous
declamation.
~Ranting~, _a._ Declamatory, theatrical, bombastic, STAGEY.
~Rantipole~, _n._ [_Low._] Romping child.
~Rantipole~, _v. n._ Run about wildly.
~Rap~, _n._ Knock, stroke, pat, thump, thwack, small blow.
~Rap~, _v. a._ Strike (_suddenly_), knock, THWACK, WHACK.
~Rapacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Raptorial, preying.
~2.~ Ravenous, greedy, voracious, insatiable, insatiate.
~Rapacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity, avidity,
canine appetite.
~2.~ Avariciousness, greediness of gain.