Webster's Dictionary 1913

1378

Rectilinearity

Rec′ti‐lin′e‐ar″i‐ty (–?r″?‐t?), n. The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.

1379

Rectilineous

Rec′ti‐lin″e‐ous (–?s), a. Rectilinear. Ray.

1380

Rectinerved

Rec″ti‐nerved′ (r?k″t?‐n?rrvd′), a. [Recti- + nerve.] (Bot.) Having the veins or nerves straight; — said of leaves.

1381

Rection

Rec″tion (r?k″sh?n), n. [L. rectio, fr. regere to rule or govern.] (Gram.) See Government, n., 7. Gibbs.

1382

Rectirostral

Rec′ti‐ros″tral (r?k′t?‐r?s″tral), a. [Recti- + rostral.] (Zoöl.) Having a straight beak.

1383

Rectiserial

Rec′ti‐se″ri‐al (–s?″r?‐al), a. [Recti- + serial.] (Bot.) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; — opposed to curviserial.

1384

Rectitis

‖Rec‐ti″tis (r?k‐t?″t?s), n. [NL. See Rectum, and -itis.] (Med.) Proctitis. Dunglison.

1385

Rectitude

Rec″ti‐tude (r?k″t?‐t?d), n. [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.] 1. Straightness. Johnson.2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact confo...

1386

Recto

Rec″to, n. [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See Right.] (Law) A writ of right.

1387

Recto (2)

Rec″to, n. [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.) The right-hand page; — opposed to verso.

1388

Recto-

Rec″to– (r?k″t?‐). A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.

1389

Recto-uterine

Rec′to–u″ter‐ine (–?″t?r‐?n or ‐?n), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.

1390

Recto-vesical

Rec′to–ves″i‐cal (–v?s″?‐kal), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.

1391

Rector

Rec″tor (r?k″t?r), n. [L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See Regiment, Right.]1. A ruler or governor.God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir...

1392

Rectoral

Rec″tor‐al (–al), a. [CF. F. rectoral.] Pertaining to a rector or governor.

1393

Rectorate

Rec″tor‐ate (–?t), n. [LL. rectoratus: cf. F. rectorat.] The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.

1394

Rectoress

Rec″tor‐ess, n. 1. A governess; a rectrix. Drayton.2. The wife of a rector. Thackeray.

1395

Rectorial

Rec‐to″ri‐al (r?k‐t?″r?‐al), a. Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral. Shipley.

1396

Rectorship

Rec″tor‐ship (r?k″t?r‐sh?p), n. 1. Government; guidance. “The rectorship of judgment.” Shak.2. The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.

1397

Rectory

Rec″to‐ry (–t?‐r?), n.; pl.Rectories (–r�z). [Cf. OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.] 1. The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with a...

1398

Rectovaginal

Rec′to‐vag″i‐nal (r?k′t?‐v?j″?‐nal), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.

1399

Rectress

Rec″tress (r?k″tr?s), n. A rectoress. B. Jonson.

1400

Rectrix

‖Rec″trix (–tr?ks), n.; pl.Rectrices (–tr�″s�z). [L., fem. of rector.] 1. A governess; a rectoress.2. (Zoöl.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

1401

Rectum

Rec″tum (–t?m), n. [NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus straight. See Right.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the large intestine; — so named because supposed by the old anatomists...

1402

Rectus

‖Rec″tus (–t?s), n.; pl.Recti (–t�). [NL., fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

1403

Recubation

Rec′u‐ba″tion (r?k′?‐b?″sh?n), n. [L. recubare to lie upon the back.] Recumbence. Sir T. Browne.

1404

Recule

Re‐cule″ (r?‐k?l″), v. i. To recoil. Spenser.