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Red FirenounMWEcombustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright redverified
Red GumnounMWEreddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensisverified
Red HawnounMWEAmerican red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairsverified
Red HelleborinenounMWEorchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowersverified
Red Jungle FowlnounMWEa jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowlverified
Red JunipernounMWEsmall juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needlesverified
Red LeadnounMWEa reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramicsverified
Red MarrownounMWEbone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cellsverified
Red NoticenounMWEan Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extraditionverified
Red OaknounMWEany of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristlesverified
Red Osier DogwoodnounMWEcommon North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowersverified
Red PeriwinklenounMWEcommonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowersverified
Red PimpernelnounMWEherb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weatherverified
Red PinenounMWEpine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish barkverified
Red SandalwoodnounMWEtree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewoodverified
Red SandersnounMWEtree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewoodverified
Red SanderswoodnounMWEtree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewoodverified
Red SaundersnounMWEtree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewoodverified
Red ShiftnounMWEa shift in the electromagnetic radiation of a distant object toward longer wavelengths, the red end of the spectrumverified
Red Shrubby PenstemonnounMWElow branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branchesverified
Red SignalnounMWEAny electronic emission (e.g., plain text, key, key stream, subkey stream, initial fill, or control signal) that would divulge national security information if recovered.VulnerabilityRegulatedCUI
Red Silver FirnounMWEmedium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiersverified
Red SnappernounMWEhighly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexicoverified
Red SorrelnounMWEEast Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiberverified
Red SpritesnounMWEatmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)verified
Red TeamnounMWEA group of people authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary’s attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise’s security posture. The Red Team’s objective is to improve enterprise Information Assurance by demonstrating the impacts of successful attacks and by demonstrating what works for the defenders (i.e., the Blue Team) in an operational environment.Role
Red Team exercisenounMWEAn exercise, reflecting real-world conditions, that is conducted as a simulated adversarial attempt to compromise organizational missions and/or business processes to provide a comprehensive assessment of the security capability of the information system and organization.ProcessRestricted
Red TidenounMWEseawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxinverified
Red TrilliumnounMWEtrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirthverified
Red-Backed SandpipernounMWEsmall common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regionsverified
Red-Bellied TerrapinnounMWEfreshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shellverified
Red-Bellied TurtlenounMWEfreshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shellverified
Red-Blindnessnoundichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blueverified
Red-Eyed VireonounMWEof northern North America having red irises and an olive-grey body with white underpartsverified
Red-Flowered Silky OaknounMWEtall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneathverified