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(countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.

A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.

Rattenmännchen

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

(figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.

(colloquial, chiefly, US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. [from 19th c.]

(transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).

Of, or relating to a predator.

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.

An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.

The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.

(ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.

(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.

A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.

A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.

A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

(transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.

(informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.

A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

(colloquial, AU, NZ, and, nautical) A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work to have a smoke, or (more generally) to take a small rest, snack etc. [from 19th c.]

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]

(agriculture) Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder.

Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]

The property of being rough, coarseness.

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

A tool for boring a hole wider.

The fear of closed, tight places.

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

A tool for boring a hole wider.

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

The science and technology of space flight.

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.

The fact or quality of having a position in space.

One who sweeps floors or chimneys.

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.

(specifically, meteorology) Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.

(transitive) To hold while moving it out.

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

(colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.

A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.

A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.

A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.

Rauschunterdrückung

(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.

rausgeschmissen

Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

Rausschmeißerin

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.

(intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).

A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.

Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.

The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun.

A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

A number of other townships, listed under Reading Township.

(chemistry) Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.

To contradict, oppose.

(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.

(politics) Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.

(politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.

Reaktionsprodukt

(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

(transitive, North America, construction) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again. [from 19th c.]

(chemistry, engineering) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.

(informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.

Realencyclopädie

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

The act of making real.

(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]

Completed; effected; established.

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

The state of being actual or real; realness.

Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.

Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic.

Realitätsnähe

The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.

Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.

Realwörterbuch

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

(ambitransitive) To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

A en given name, in regular use since the Reformation.

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

An outlaw or rebel.

(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

Showing rebellion.

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]

An incorrect or mistaken calculation.

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

Rechenschaftspflicht

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

(ellipsis, mining) The company that operates a mine; often the same one that owns the mine.

A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.

(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.

(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

of or relating to computation, computational

(computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

A group of computers that work together.

(informal, computing) Computing services provided over the Internet (or the “cloud”), whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand.

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

Rechnungsprüfer

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

Appropriate; suitable.

(intransitive, of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).

The right side or direction.

The other direction

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