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Religious PersonnounMWEa person who manifests devotion to a deityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious ResidencenounMWEresidence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious RightnounMWEUnited States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schoolsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious RitenounMWEan established ceremony prescribed by a religionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious RitualnounMWEa ceremony having religious meaningverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious SchoolnounMWEa school run by a religious bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious SectnounMWEa subdivision of a larger religious groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious ServicenounMWEthe act of public worship following prescribed rulesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious SongnounMWEreligious music for singingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious TextnounMWEwriting that is venerated for the worship of a deityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious TrancenounMWEa trance induced by intense religious devotionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religious WritingnounMWEwriting that is venerated for the worship of a deityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religiousismnounexaggerated or affected piety and religious zealverifiedMay 18, 2026
Religiousnessnounthe quality of being extremely conscientiousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Relinquishingnouna verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Relinquishmentnouna verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Reliquarynouna container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Relishingnountaking a small amount into the mouth to test its qualityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Relisteningnounthe act of hearing againverifiedMay 18, 2026
Relivingnouna recurrence of a prior experienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Relocatable ProgramnounMWEa program that can be located in different parts of memory at different timesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Relocationnounthe transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Reluctancenoun(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Reluctivitynoun(physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in itverifiedMay 18, 2026
rely uponnounMWEPut trust in with confidence.candidateMay 9, 2026
Relying PartynounMWEAn entity that relies upon the Subscriber's token and credentials or a Verifier's assertion of a Claimant’s identity, typically to process a transaction or grant access to information or a system.IdentityMay 9, 2026
Remnouna recurring sleep state during which dreaming occursverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rem SleepnounMWEa recurring sleep state during which dreaming occursverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remainsnounany object that is left unused or still extantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remakingnouncreation that is created again or anewverifiedMay 18, 2026
RemanencenounResidual information remaining on storage media after clearing. See Magnetic Remanence and Clearing.VulnerabilityRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Remarriagenounthe act of marrying againverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rematchnounsomething (especially a game) that is played againverifiedMay 18, 2026
remedial actionnounMWEAction taken to implement long-term restoration of environmental quality.ControlRegulatedMay 12, 2026
RemediationnounThe act of correcting a vulnerability or eliminating a threat. Three possible types of remediation are installing a patch, adjusting configuration settings, or uninstalling a software application.ProcessMay 9, 2026
Remediation PlannounMWEA plan to perform the remediation of one or more threats or vulnerabilities facing an organization’s systems. The plan typically includes options to remove threats and vulnerabilities and priorities for performing the remediation.ArtifactInternalMay 12, 2026
Rememberingnounthe cognitive processes whereby past experience is rememberedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remembrancenounthe ability to recall past occurrencesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remilitarisationnounthe act of militarizing againverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remilitarizationnounthe act of militarizing againverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remindernounsomeone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoidedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reminiscencenounthe process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Remisenoun(fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Remissionnoun(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Remission of SinnounMWEthe act of absolving or remittingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remissnessnounthe quality of being lax and neglectfulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remitmentnounin law, the act of remitting, especially the referral of a law case to another courtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remittalnounan abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Remittancenouna payment of money sent to a person in another placeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remittance cardsnounMWEPayment cards that are typically used to facilitate cross-border movement of funds by individuals and for person-to-person transactions.DataRegulatedPCIMay 9, 2026
Remittance MannounMWEan exile living on money sent from homeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remnantnouna small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer existsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remonstrancenounthe act of expressing earnest opposition or protestverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remonstrationnounthe act of expressing earnest opposition or protestverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remoranounmarine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remorsenouna feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)verifiedMay 18, 2026
remote accessnounMWEAccess to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).CapabilityRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Remote access servicenounMWERefers to any combination of hardware and software to enable the remote access to tools or information that typically reside on a network of IT devices Scope Note: Originally coined by Microsoft when referring to their built-in NT remote access tools, RAS was a service provided by Windows NT which allowed most of the services that would be available on a network to be accessed over a modem link. Over the years, many vendors have provided both hardware and software solutions to gain remote access to various types of networked information. In fact, most modern routers include a basic RAS capability that can be enabled for any dial-up interface.SystemRegulatedMay 9, 2026
Remote ControlnounMWEa device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remote control softwarenounMWESoftware that is used to obtain access to a computer or network from a remote distance.SystemRestrictedMay 9, 2026
Remote deletionsnounMWEUse of a technology to remove data from a portable device without touching the device.CapabilityRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Remote deposit capture (RDC)nounMWEA service that enables users at remote locations to scan digital images of checks and transmit the captured data to a financial institution or a merchant that is a customer of a financial institution.CapabilityRegulatedPCIMay 9, 2026
Remote Diagnostics/MaintenancenounMWEMaintenance activities conducted by authorized individuals communicating through an external network (e.g., the Internet).ProcessRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Remote journalingnounMWEProcess used to transmit journal or transaction logs in real time to a back-up location.ProcessRegulatedMay 9, 2026
remote maintenancenounMWEMaintenance activities conducted by individuals communicating external to an information system security perimeter.ProcessRegulatedMay 9, 2026
Remote RekeyingnounMWEProcedure by which a distant crypto-equipment is rekeyed electrically. See Automatic Remote Rekeying and Manual Remote Rekeying.ProcessRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Remote StationnounMWEa terminal connected to a computer by a data linkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remote TerminalnounMWEa terminal connected to a computer by a data linkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remote-Access Data ProcessingnounMWEdata processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remote-Control BombnounMWEa bomb that can be detonated by remote controlverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remotely created check (RCC)nounMWEA check that is drawn on a customer account at a financial institution, is created by the payee, and does not bear a signature in the format agreed to by the paying financial institution and customer. RCCs are also known as "demand drafts," "telechecks," "preauthorized drafts," "paper drafts," or "digital checks."DataRegulatedPCIMay 9, 2026
Remotenessnouna disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in mannerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remotionnounthe act of removingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remoulade SaucenounMWEa mayonnaise sauce flavored with herbs and mustard and capersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Removable DisknounMWEa hard disk that can be removed from the disk driveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Removable medianounMWEPortable electronic storage media such as magnetic, optical, and solid-state devices, which can be inserted into and removed from a computing device, and that is used to store text, video, audio, and image information. Such devices have no independent processing capabilities. Examples include hard disks, floppy disks, zip drives, compact disks (CDs), thumb drives, pen drives, and similar USB storage devices.PhysicalRegulatedMay 9, 2026
removable storage medianounMWEPortable electronic storage media such as magnetic, optical, and solid-state devices, which can be inserted into and removed from a computing device, and that is used to store text, video, audio, and image information. Such devices have no independent processing capabilities. Examples include hard disks, floppy disks, zip drives, compact disks (CDs), thumb drives, pen drives, and similar USB storage devices.PhysicalRegulatedMay 12, 2026
removalnounDismissal from office.ControlMay 9, 2026
Removal CompanynounMWEa company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Removal FirmnounMWEa company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Removernouna solvent that removes a substance, usually from a surfaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remudanounthe herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remunerationnounthe act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for lossesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Remuneratornouna person who pays money for somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renaissancenounthe revival of learning and cultureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renaissance MannounMWEa scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topicsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal ArterynounMWEan artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys, adrenal glands, and uretersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal CalculusnounMWEa calculus formed in the kidneyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal ColicnounMWEsharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal CorpusclenounMWEthe capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephronverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal CortexnounMWEthe cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubulesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal DisordernounMWEa disease affecting the kidneysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal FailurenounMWEan inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal InsufficiencynounMWEinsufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal LithiasisnounMWEthe presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidneyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal MedullanounMWEthe innermost part of the kidney that balances the salt and water contents of bloodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal PelvisnounMWEa structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renal VeinnounMWEveins that accompany renal arteriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renascencenouna second or new birthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renderingnouna written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first languageverifiedMay 18, 2026