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- English Word Rectrix Definition One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
- English Word Rectum Definition The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
- English Word Rectus Definition A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
- English Word Recubation Definition Recumbence.
- English Word Recule Definition To recoil.
- English Word Recule Definition Alt. of Reculement
- English Word Reculement Definition Recoil.
- English Word Recumb Definition To lean; to recline; to repose.
- English Word Recumbence Definition The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
- English Word Recumbency Definition Recumbence.
- English Word Recumbent Definition Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
- English Word Recuperable Definition Recoverable.
- English Word Recuperate Definition To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
- English Word Recuperate Definition To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
- English Word Recuperated Definition of Recuperate
- English Word Recuperating Definition of Recuperate
- English Word Recuperation Definition Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
- English Word Recuperative Definition Alt. of Recuperatory
- English Word Recuperator Definition Same as Regenerator.
- English Word Recuperatory Definition Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.