A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
n. Spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei, with the emission of usu. Penetrating radiation or particles.
RAPPROCHEMENT
n. Resumption of harmonious relations, esp. Between states. [french: related to *approach]
RASPBERRYCANE
n. Raspberry plant.
REINCARNATION
n. Rebirth of a soul in a new body. reincarnate v. (-ting). Reincarnate adj.
REINFORCEMENT
n. - reinforcing or being reinforced.
- thing that reinforces.
- (in pl.) Reinforcing personnel or equipment etc.
RENATIONALIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) nationalize again (an originally nationalized and more recently privatized industry etc.). renationalization n.
REPREHENSIBLE
adj. Blameworthy.
RETROSPECTION
n. Looking back into the past.
RETROSPECTIVE
—adj. - looking back on or dealing with the past.
- (of a statute etc.) Applying to the past as well as the future. —n. Exhibition, recital, etc. Showing an artist's development over his or her lifetime. retrospectively adv.
REVOLUTIONARY
—adj. - involving great and often violent change.
- of or causing political revolution. —n. (pl. -ies) instigator or supporter of political revolution.
