RETRAXIT - The act by which a plaintiff withdraws his suit; it is so called from the fact that this was the principal word used when the law entries were in Latin.

A retraxit differs from a nonsuit, the former being the act of the plain-tiff himself, for it cannot even be entered by attorney and it must be after declaration filed while the latter occurs in consequence of the neglect merely of the plaintiff. A retraxit also differs from a nolle prosequi. The effect of a retraxit is a bar to all actions of a like or a similar nature.
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reseau
n.,
pl. 3seaux$ 73zbz$, 3zb$8 5Fr < OFr resel, dim. of roiz < VL retis, for L rete, net: see RETINA6
1 a network; specif.,
a) a grid of fine lines forming little squares of a standard size: used with celestial photographs and plates for reference or measurement b) a network of meteorological stations throughout the world
2 a netted ground or meshed foundation in lace

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retrolental - medical term, = behind the lens of the eye

rheophile
n.
5RHEO3 + 3PHILE6 an animal or plant best adapted for living in flowing water

rhexis - medical term, rupture of a vessel

rhinorrhea
n.
5RHINO3 + 3RRHEA6 a mucous discharge from the nose
Don’t call your neighbor’s little darling “a snot-nosed kid”. Be elegant, and use this word.
It might save you from a “rhinorrhagia” = a nose bleed cause by parental punch.

rhipidate = fan shaped

rhizoid
adj.
5RHIZ3 + 3OID6 rootlike
n.
any of the rootlike filaments in a moss, fern, etc. that attach the plant to the substratum
rhi[zoi4dal
adj.

rhonchus = meddical term, abnormal sound heard in chest cause by partial obsturction of air passages by secretions
somewhat resembling snoring

rhumb
n.
5< Port & Sp rumbo, prob. < L rhombus: see RHOMBUS6
1 RHUMB LINE
2 any of the 32 points of a mariner‘s compass

rhumb line
the course of a ship that keeps a constant compass direction, drawn as a line on a map, chart, or globe, that cuts across all meridians at the same angle
And a rhumb line is the shorted course between to points on the globe

rhyncophoran
n.
5< ModL Rhyncophora < Gr rhynchos, snout + 3phoros, bearer (see 3PHORE) + 3AN6 any of various beetles, including the weevils, having the head extended to form a snout

Ribat is a verbal noun derived from râbata, yurâbitu, meaning "to station and stay in place". The word ribat is derived from the word rabt and it comes in the Qur'an, "Arm yourselves against them with all the firepower and cavalry (ribat) you can muster."

rickettsia !8
n.,
pl. 3si[ae# 73c#8 or 3si[as 5ModL, after H. T. Ricketts (1871-1910), U.S. pathologist + 3IA6 any of several families (esp. Rickettsiaceae) of Gram-negative bacteria that are the causative agents of certain diseases, as typhus or Rocky Mountain spotted fever: they are transmitted to animals and humans by the bite of certain lice, ticks, etc. in whose bodies they live as parasites
rick[ett4si[al
adj.
riffle
n.
5< ? or akin to Ger riffel, groove, furrow < EFris, akin to OE rifelung, wrinkle < IE base *rei3, to tear > REAP6
>1 a) a shoal, reef, or shallow in a stream, producing a stretch of ruffled or choppy water b) a stretch of such water c) a ripple or the ripples of such water
2 a) a contrivance, as of bars or slats, put across the bottom of a sluice to form grooves or open spaces for catching and holding particles of gold in mining b) any of the bars, slats, etc. c) any of the grooves or spaces
3 the act or a manner of riffling cards
vt., vi.
3fled, 3fling 5< ? Ger riffeln, to form riffles, groove: see the n.6
1 to form, become, or flow over or through, a riffle
2 to leaf rapidly through (a book, etc.), as by letting the edges or corners of the pages slip lightly across the thumb
3 to shuffle (playing cards) by holding part of the deck in each hand, raising the corners or edges slightly, and causing the cards to fall alternately together