1: a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits

1: the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) [syn: {enlisting}]

{rectum}

1: of or involving the rectum; "rectal cancer"

1: one of the arteries supplying the rectal area [syn: {arteria rectalis}]

1: normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum [syn: {defecation reflex}]

1: any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum [syn: {hemorrhoidal vein}, {vena rectalis}]

1: a parallelogram with four right angles

1: having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide" 2: having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of...

1: the property of being shaped like a rectangle [syn: {oblongness}]

{rectus}

1: capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs" [syn: {reparable}] [ant: {irreparable}]

1: (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation 2: the conversion of alternating current to direct current 3: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mi...

{rectify}

1: electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current 2: a person who corrects or sets right; "a rectifier of prejudices"

1: math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve" 2: reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" [syn: {refine}] 3: bring, le...

1: a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier [syn: {diode}, {rectifying valve}]

1: a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier [syn: {diode}, {rectifying tube}]

1: characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of light" [syn: {rectilinear}]

1: characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of light" [syn: {rectilineal}]

1: the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b [syn: {linear regression}]

1: uprightness as a consequence of being honorable and honest [syn: {uprightness}]

1: right-hand page [ant: {verso}]

1: protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth [syn: {proctocele}]

1: reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum [syn: {proctoplasty}]

1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship [syn: {curate}, {minister}, {parson}, {pastor}]

1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector [syn: {parsonage}, {vicarage}]

1: of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum

{rectrix}

1: the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus [also: {recta} (pl)]

1: any of various straight muscles [also: {recti} (pl)]

1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially [syn: {inferior rectus muscle}, {inferior rectus}]

1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward [syn: {abducens muscle}, {lateral rectus muscle}, {lateral rectus}]

1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially [syn: {medial rectus muscle}, {medial rectus}]

1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially [syn: {superior rectus muscle}, {superior rectus}]

1: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" [syn: {repose}, {recline}]

1: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {accumbent}, {decumbent}, {reclining}]

1: regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: {recover}, {recoup}] 2: regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to ...

1: gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury [syn: {convalescence}, {recovery}]

1: promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise" [syn: {restorative}]

1: happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn: {repeat}] 2: return in thought or speech to something [syn: {go back}] 3: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" [syn...

{recur}

1: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" [syn: {return}]

1: recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" [syn: {perennial}, {repeated}]

1: an event that recurs at intervals [syn: {periodic event}]

1: marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every wee...

1: in a recurrent manner

{recur}

1: a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely [syn: {circulating decimal}, {repeating decimal}]

1: (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation

1: of or relating to a recursion

1: (mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps

1: a routine that can call itself

1: curved backward or inward [syn: {recurved}]

1: curve or bend (something) back or down

1: curved backward or inward [syn: {recurvate}]

1: type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets [syn: {genus Recurvirostra}]

1: long-legged shorebirds [syn: {family Recurvirostridae}]

1: (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves [syn: {recusat...

1: refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

1: (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the Church of England [syn: {dissentient}] 2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- ...

1: (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves [syn: {recusal...

1: disqualify oneself (as a judge, for example) in a particular case 2: challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

1: possible to use again [syn: {reclaimable}, {reusable}]

1: cause to repeat a cycle 2: use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" [syn: {reprocess}, {reuse}]

1: the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

1: a bin for depositing things to be recycled

1: a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials

1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine}, {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}...

1: of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings [syn: {Vanessa atalanta}]

1: large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture [syn: {Oregon alder}, {Alnus rubra}]

1: the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems immanent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from immanent danger)

1: marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan

1: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal [syn: {prince's-feather}, {gentlema...

1: arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers [syn: {Brugmansia sanguinea}, {Datura sanguinea}]

1: a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gan...

1: smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces [syn: {downy ash}, {Fraxinus pennsylvanica}]

1: North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries [syn: {redberry}, {red-berry}, {snakeberry}, {Actaea ...

1: North American brick or rusty red bat with hairs tipped with white [syn: {Lasiurus borealis}]

1: small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood [syn: {laurel-tree}, {Persea borbonia}]

1: evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn [syn: {common bearberry}, {wild cranberry}, {mealberry}, {hog...

1: North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts [syn: {American beech}, {white beech}, {Fagus grandifolia}, {Fagus americana}] 2: large tree of Australasia [syn: {brown oak}, {bo...

1: birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark [syn: {black birch}, {river birch}, {Betula nigra}]

1: biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: {red campion}, {Silene dioica}, {Lychnis dioica}]

1: a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus [syn: {RBC}, {erythrocyte}]

1: bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells [syn: {red marrow}]

1: dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine [syn: {claret}]

1: brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry [syn: {guinea gold}]

1: a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organizaiton that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare an...

1: bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia [syn: {wild hop}, {Bryonia dioica}]

1: a shrub buckeye of southern United States

1: cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves 2: compact head of purplish-red leaves

1: biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: {red bird's eye}, {Silene dioica}, {Lychnis dioica}]

1: special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment" [syn: {red carpet(a)}, {red-carpet(a)}] n : a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on

1: large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States [syn: {western red cedar}, {canoe cedar}, {Thuja plicata}] 2: small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark th...

1: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: {damn}, {darn}, {hoot}, {shit}, {shucks}, {tinker's damn}, {tinker's dam}]

1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: {China}, {People's Republic of China}, {mainland China}, {Communist China}, {PRC}]

1: clay whose redness results from iron oxide

1: plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by an umbellike cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon [syn: {Andrew's clintonia}, {Clintonia andrewsiana}]

1: leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)

1: erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover [syn: {purple clover}, {Trifolium pratense}]

1: coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root [syn: {horseradish}, {horse radish}, {Armoracia rusticana}]

1: the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry [syn: {coral}, {precious coral}] 2: corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink...

1: an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime

1: cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries [syn: {garden current}, {Ribes rubrum}] 2: small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies

1: Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin [syn: {black cypress pine}, {Callitris endlicheri}, {Callitris calcarata}]

1: relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco [syn: {dagga}, {Cape dagga}, {wilde dagga}, {Leonotis leonurus}]

1: common deer of temperate Europe and Asia [syn: {Cervus elaphus}]

1: a sweet eating apple with bright red skin; most widely grown apple worldwide

1: barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions [syn: {secobarbital sodium}, {secobarbital}, {Seconal}]

1: European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers [syn: {common European dogwood}, {blood-twig}, {pedwood}, {Cornus sanguinea}] 2: common North American shrub with reddish pu...

1: large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: {channel bass}, {redfish}, {Sciaenops ocellatus}]

1: a small cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter [syn: {red dwarf star}]

1: a small cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter [syn: {red dwarf}]

1: red terrestrial form of a common North American newt [syn: {Notophthalmus viridescens}]

1: autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States [syn: {September elm}, {Ulmus serotina}] 2: North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood [syn: {slippery e...

1: false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum [syn: {prairie mallow}, {Sphaeralcea coccinea}, {Malvastrum coccineum}]

1: combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks

1: a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up" 2: the emblem of socialist revolution 3: something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doi...

1: weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers [syn: {Celosia argentea}] 2: New World fox; often considered the same species las the Old World fox [syn: {Vulpes fulva}] 3: the common Old World fo...

1: a large cool star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun [syn: {red giant star}]

1: a large cool star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun [syn: {red giant}]

1: an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands [syn: {Alpinia purpurata}]

1: body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side [syn: {Mullus auratus}]

1: common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States [syn: {French spinach}, {Chenopodium rubrum}] 2: herb considered fatal to swine [syn: {sowbane}, {Chenopodium hybridum}]

1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: {pigeon pea}, {pigeon-pea plant}, {cajan pea}, {catjang pea}, {dhal}, {dahl}, {Cajanus cajan}]

1: reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: {moorfowl}, {moorbird}, {moor-bird}, {moorgame}, {Lagopus scoticus}]

1: a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles

1: reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis [syn: {eucalyptus gum}, {eucalyptus kino}] 2: very large red gum tree [syn:...

1: a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Free State; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; respon...

1: American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers [syn: {Crataegus pedicellata}, {Crataegus coccinea}] 2: American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with...

1: the heat of fire [syn: {fieriness}]

1: orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers [syn: {Cephalanthera rubra}]

1: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue 2: a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color [syn: {smoked herring}] 3: a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marke...

1: a frankfurter served hot on a bun [syn: {hotdog}, {hot dog}]

1: a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived [syn: {Indian}, {North American Indian}, {American Indian}]

1: the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" [syn: {loss}, {red}] [ant: {gain}]

1: a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl [syn: {Gallus gallus}]

1: small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles [syn: {eastern red cedar}, {red cedar}, {Juniperus virginiana}]

1: New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark [syn: {Agathis lanceolata}]

1: hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany 2: valuable Philippine timber tree [syn: {red lauan tree}, {Shorea teysmanniana}]

1: valuable Philippine timber tree [syn: {red lauan}, {Shorea teysmanniana}]

1: edible red seaweeds [syn: {laver}]

1: a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics [syn: {minium}]

1: a cautionary sign of danger [syn: {warning light}] 2: the signal to stop

1: a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink

1: succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States [syn: {redmaids}, {Calandrinia ciliata}]

1: offensive terms for Native Americans [syn: {Redskin}, {Injun}]

1: maple of eastern and central America; 5-lobed leaves scarlet and yellow in autumn [syn: {scarlet maple}, {swamp maple}, {Acer rubrum}]

1: bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells [syn: {red bone marrow}]

1: meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)

1: annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States [syn: {star ipomoea}, {Ipomoea coccinea}]

1: North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit [syn: {Morus rubra}]

1: brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels [syn: {goatfish}, {surmullet}, {Mullus surmuletus}]

1: an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition; a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member count...

1: any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles

1: flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads [syn: {purple onion}]

1: common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers [syn: {red osier dogwood}, {red dogwood}, {American dogwood}, {redbrush}, {Cornus stolonifera}] 2: Eurasian osier having redd...

1: common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers [syn: {red osier}, {red dogwood}, {American dogwood}, {redbrush}, {Cornus stolonifera}]

1: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas [syn: {lesser panda}, {panda}, {bear cat}, {cat bear}, {Ailurus fulgens}]

1: ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum [syn: {cayenne}, {cayenne pepper}] 2: very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small [syn: {tabasco}]

1: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers [syn: {periwinkle}, {rose periwinkle}, {Madagascar periwinkle}, {old maid}, {Cape periwinkle}, {cayenne jasmine}, {Catha...

1: phalarope of northern oceans and lakes [syn: {Phalaropus fulicarius}]

1: herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather [syn: {scarlet pimpernel}, {poor man's weatherglass}, {Anagallis arvensis}]

1: tall New Zealand timber tree [syn: {rimu}, {imou pine}, {Dacrydium cupressinum}] 2: pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark [syn: {Canadian red pine}, {...

1: the 4th planet from the sun [syn: {Mars}]

1: hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle

1: food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America [syn: {Pagrus pagrus}]

1: any of several raspberries bearing red fruit

1: large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms [syn: {corn snake}, {Elaphe guttata}]

1: a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned [syn: {hellfire}]

1: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana [syn: {Red}]

1: red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast 2: a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: {Sebastodes ruberrimus}]

1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: {sockeye}, {sockeye salmon}] 2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; ...

1: hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork [syn: {ruby wood}] 2: tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork...

1: tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood [syn: {red sandalwood}, {red sanderswood}, {red saunders}, {Pterocarpus...

1: tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood [syn: {red sandalwood}, {red sanders}, {red saunders}, {Pterocarpus san...

1: tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood [syn: {red sandalwood}, {red sanders}, {red sanderswood}, {Pterocarpus ...

1: a period of general fear of communists

1: a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

1: an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat [syn: {Irish setter}]

1: (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths; generally interpreted as the Doppler effect resulting from the velocity at which they recede as the universe expand...

1: low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California [syn: {redwood penstemon}]

1: from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok

1: East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok [syn: {simal}, {Bombax ceiba}, {Bombax malabarica}]

1: medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed [syn: {amabilis fir}, {white fir}, {Pacific silver fir}, {Christmas tree}...

1: South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail [syn: {Carduelis cucullata}]

1: highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico 2: an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North American...

1: East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber [syn: {roselle}, {rozelle}, {sorrel}, {Jamaica...

1: small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest [syn: {red spider mite}, {Panonychus ulmi}]

1: small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest [syn: {red spider}, {Panonychus ulmi}]

1: atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) [syn: {sprites}]

1: medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood [syn: {eastern spruce}, {yellow spruce}, {Picea rubens}]

1: of northern United States and Canada [syn: {American red squirrel}, {spruce squirrel}, {Sciurus hudsonicus}, {Tamiasciurus hudsonicus}] 2: common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia ...

1: a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings [syn: {Puka Inti}, {Sol Rojo}]

1: a branch of the Tai languages

1: needlessly time-consuming procedure [syn: {bureaucratic procedure}]

1: seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin

1: trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor [syn: {toadshade}, {sessile trillium}, {Trillium sessile}] 2: trillium of eastern North Am...

1: moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings [syn: {Catocala nupta}]