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Rain TreenounMWElarge ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattleverified
Rainbow CactusnounMWEa stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexicoverified
Rainbow ShowernounMWEdeciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and redverified
Rainbow SmeltnounMWEimportant marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaskaverified
Rainbow TroutnounMWEfound in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaskaverified
Rallying PointnounMWEa point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come togetherverified
Ram's HornnounMWEannual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beakverified
Ram's-Head Lady's SlippernounMWEorchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's headverified
Rampion BellflowernounMWEbellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in saladverified
Ranalian ComplexnounMWEa group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plantsverified
Random Bit GeneratornounMWEA device or algorithm that outputs a sequence of binary bits that appears to be statistically independent and unbiased. An RBG is either a DRBG or an NRBG.verified
Random MemorynounMWEthe most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is onverified
Random Number GeneratornounMWERandom Number Generators (RNGs) used for cryptographic applications typically produce a sequence of zero and one bits that may be combined into sub-sequences or blocks of random numbers. There are two basic classes: deterministic and nondeterministic. A deterministic RNG consists of an algorithm that produces a sequence of bits from an initial value called a seed. A nondeterministic RNG produces output that is dependent on some unpredictable physical source that is outside human control.verified
Random SamplenounMWEa sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selectedverified
Random WalknounMWEa stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chanceverified
Random-Access MemorynounMWEthe most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is onverified
Range AnimalnounMWEany animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)verified
Range of a FunctionnounMWE(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is definedverified
Range PolenounMWEsurveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wideverified
Ranging PolenounMWEsurveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wideverified
Rangpur LimenounMWEhybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peelverified
Rank and FilenounMWEthe ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)verified
Rank-Difference CorrelationnounMWEthe most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variablesverified
Rank-Difference Correlation CoefficientnounMWEthe most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variablesverified
Rank-Order CorrelationnounMWEthe most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variablesverified
Rank-Order Correlation CoefficientnounMWEthe most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variablesverified
Rap MusicnounMWEgenre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompanimentverified
Rap SessionnounMWEconversation in a situation where feelings can be expressed and criticized or supportedverified
Rape OilnounMWEedible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminantverified
Rapeseed OilnounMWEedible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminantverified
Rare-Earth ElementnounMWEany element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)verified
Rasp FernnounMWEany fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnaeverified
Raspberry BushnounMWEwoody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberriesverified
Rat TyphusnounMWEacute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected fleaverified
Ratbite FevernounMWEeither of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouseverified