| reversal |
an incident or event that causes progress to stop or losses to occur; setback. [3 definitions] |
| reverse |
opposite in direction, position, movement, or the like. [15 definitions] |
| reverse discrimination |
discrimination against previously favored groups, such as whites, Protestants, or males. |
| reverse osmosis |
a method of filtering pure water molecules out of salt water or polluted water by forcing the water through a semipermeable membrane. |
| reverse transcriptase |
an enzyme that converts RNA to DNA and is used in making recombinant DNA. |
| reversible |
able to be reversed. [4 definitions] |
| reversion |
the act or an instance of turning back to a former condition, belief, practice, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| revery |
variant of reverie. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. [2 definitions] |
| revictual |
combined form of victual. |
| review |
a critical article evaluating a recent book, play, concert, or the like. [11 definitions] |
| reviewable |
combined form of review. |
| reviewer |
a person who writes reviews of plays, concerts, films, and the like. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. [2 definitions] |
| revisal |
the act of revising; revision. |
| revise |
to change, alter, or modify. [2 definitions] |
| Revised Standard Version |
the most widely accepted modern English translation of the Bible, based on Hebrew and Greek texts and used mainly by Protestants. |
| revision |
the act or process of revising. [2 definitions] |
| revisionism |
any doctrine or view of history that departs from a longstanding or widely accepted doctrine or view, esp. from orthodox Marxism, or that advocates practices that depart from it. |
| revisionist |
one who revises or supports revision, esp. of some religious or political doctrine or practice. [2 definitions] |