A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
- legal right (esp. Of the original owner, or his or her heirs) to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor. [latin: related to *reverse]
REVOLTING
adj. Disgusting, horrible. revoltingly adv.
REVOLVING
door n. Door with usu. Four partitions turning round a central axis.
REVULSION
n. - abhorrence.
- sudden violent change of feeling. [latin vello vuls- pull]
REWARDING
adj. (of an activity etc.) Worthwhile; satisfying.
RHEUMATIC
fever n. Fever with inflammation and pain in the joints.
- —adj. Of, suffering from, producing, or produced by rheumatism. —n. Person suffering from rheumatism. rheumatically adv. Rheumaticky adj. Colloq. [greek rheuma stream]
RHYMESTER
n. Writer of (esp. Simple) rhymes.
RICEPAPER
n. Edible paper made from the pith of an oriental tree and used for painting and in cookery.
