Newly wed wife to her husband:
"That is why I can"t stand you – you are so unpredictable. On Monday you liked the potatoes, Tuesday you liked the potatoes, Wednesday you liked the potatoes, Thursday you said you loved the potatoes preparation, Friday you liked the potatoes, Saturday you liked the potatoes and now all of a sudden on Sunday you say that you don"t like potatoes."
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.
