PU"LLEY, _s._ a small wheel turning on a pivot, with a furrow on its outside, in which a rope runs
PU"NISH, _v.a._ to chastise; to afflict with penalties or death for some crime
PU"NISHED, _a._ chastised
PU"PIL, _s._ a scholar; one under the care of a tutor
PU"RCHASE, _v.a._ acquire; buy for a price
PU"RITY, _s._ clearness; freedom from foulness or dirt; freedom from guilt; innocence
PU"RPOSE, _v.t._ intention; design; instance
PU"TRIFY, _v.n._ to rot
PU"ZZLE, _v.a._ perplex; confound; tease; entangle
PY"RAMID, _s._ a solid figure, whose base is a polygon and whose sides are plain triangles, their several points meeting in one
PYTHA"GORAS, _s._ the originator of the present system universe
PYTHAGORE"ANS, _s._ followers of Pythagoras
QUALIFICATION, _s._ accomplishment; that which makes any person or thing fit for anything
QUA"Nt.i.tY, _s._ any indeterminate weight or measure; bulk or weight; a portion; a part
QUA"RRY, _s._ game flown at by a hawk; a stone mine
RA"DIANT, _a._ shining; emitting rays
RAMIFICA"TION, _s._ division or separation into branches; small branches; branching out
RA"NCID, _a._ strong scented
RAPA"CIOUS, _a._ given to plunder; seizing by violence
RAPI"DITY, _s._ celerity; velocity; swiftness
RA"PTURE, _s._ transport; haste
RA"TTLE, _s._ a quick noise nimbly repeated; empty and loud talk; a plant
RA"TTLESNAKE, _s._ a kind of serpent, which has a rattle at the end of its tail
REA"CTION, _s._ the reciprocation of any impulse or force impressed, made by the body on which such an impression is made
RE"ALISE, _v.a._ bring into being or act; convert money into land.
REA"SON, _s._ the power by which man deduces one proposition from another; cause; ground or principle; motive; moderation
REASONABLENESS, _s._ the faculty of reason
REASONING, _s._ an argument
REBE"LLION, _s._ insurrection against lawful authority
RECE"DE, _v.n._ fall back; retreat; desist
RECEI"VE, _v.a._ obtain; admit; entertain as a guest
RE"CENT, _a._ new; late; fresh
RECE"PTACLE, _s._ a vessel or place into which anything is received
RECOGNITION, _s._ review; renovation of knowledge; acknowledgment; memorial
RECOLLE"CTION, _s._ recovery of notion; revival in the memory
RECOMME"ND, _v.a._ make acceptable; praise another; commit with prayers
RECOMMENDA"TION, _s._ the act of recommending; that which secures to one a kind reception from another
RE"COMPENSE, _s._ reward; compensation
RECOMPENSE, _v.a._ repay; reward; redeem
RE"CORD, _s._ register; authentic memorial
RECREA"TION, _s._ relief after toil or pain; amus.e.m.e.nt; diversion
RE"CTIFY, _v.a._ to make right
RE"Ct.i.tUDE, _s._ straightness; rightness; uprightness
REDE"MPTION, _s._ ransom; relief; purchase of G.o.d"s favour by the death of Christ
REDU"CE, _v.a._ bring back; subdue; degrade
REFLECTION, _s._ that which is reflected; thought thrown back upon the past; attentive consideration
REFLE"CTOR, _s._ considerer
REFRA"CT, _v.n._ break the natural course of rays