The Other Dictionary

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rabies: Social winged insects capable of producing beams of light

racing: Exhort beam of light to vocalise musically

racketeer: Auditory organ on a tennis bat

racy: Ocean of light beams

radon: University professor of light beams

rainbow: Handsome man’s time to rule

rainy: Light beam leg joint

rake in: Family of light beam

rake up: Light beam vessel

raking: Light beam monarch

rampage: Young servant for male sheep

rampant: One trouser leg for male sheep

rampart: Painting on a small slope

ramp up: 1. Offspring of male sheep and bitch; 2. Drive vehicle into young dog

ramshackle: Hoofcuffs

ranking: Phoned monarch

ransack: Managed bag

rapier: Light beam equal

rapist: Light beam inebriated

reach in: 1. Replace end of jaw; 2. Strike end of jaw a second time

read out: Entertain uncertainties again

reaping: Play half of table tennis again

rebate: Put a worm on the hook again

recall: Smell everything

recede: Plant again

recoil: Smell petroleum

rectangle: Destroy knot

rectory: Destroy member of Conservative party

redial: Island of water plants

redound: Brought to earth again

redraft: Flat boat made of long water plants; kon-tiki

redraw: Long water plant uncooked

reduce: Employment of long water plant

reeking: Crown monarch again

refers: Grows animal hair again

refill: Underwater ridge infirm

reflate: Underwater ridge delayed

refrains: Underwater ridge drops water

refuse: Football arbitrator employment

regent: Make a civilised man again

relapse: 1. Small recess in church containing roll of film; 2. Genuine recess in church

relax: 1. Chunk of film to be edited out; 2. Genuine chopper

relayed: 1. Help for part of cinema film; 2. Genuine help

relocate: Genuine acorn-bearing tree had dinner

rely: Tell untruths again

remould: Quantity of paper our of date

repair: Tear atmosphere

repeal: Tear long fish

repeat: Tear and then consume

rephrasing: Underwater ridge destruction

replace: Tear shoestring

reply: Tear falsehood

repossessed: Harvest an enthusiasm

repressed: Tear repose

reprimand: Company salesperson detention

reproof: Tear top of house

reptile: Company salesperson’s bathroom ceramic

restoration: Sermon for relaxation

restrict: Hand joint put out

retail: Put animal’s appendage on again

retail therapy: Counselling for animal having its tail put back on

retaliate: Court order for octet resident in narrow lane

rethink: Writing fluid for making a flower circle

retire: Anger of court order

retiree: Good court order for a Rastaman

retrace: Running competition for court orders

retract: Court order underwent torture

retrench: Tool for bolting down court order

return: Large earthenware jar to keep court orders in

reverse: Change lyric

rheumatic: Large open living space under roof

rhino: 1. Fefusal of cereal; 2. Amusingly offbeat refusal

rhubarb: Regret hook

ride out: Cereal uncertainty

right angle: Cereal snarl-up

rising: Cereal vitality

roaring: Crude circle

roasting: Injury from wasp while propelling a boat with oars

robust: 1. Line broken; 2. Propel head statue with oars

roll out: Propel hooligan with oars

romancing: Propel male with oars and vocalise musically

romantic: Propel with oars a male sign of approval

roomy: Regret oneself subjectively

root out: Regret illegal ticket seller

rope in: Propel fastener with oars

rope up: Propel young dog with oars

rousing: Quarrel vitality

routines: Regret adolescence

rubric: Regret component of wall

ruby: Regret winged social insect

rugby: Exhort carpet to exist

ruin: Regret hotel

rumpus: Cat drunk on Caribbean spirit

rupee: Regret urine