Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.
(2) - Regulator (n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.
(3) - Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.
(4) - Regulator (n.) One who, or that which, regulates.

(1) - Reguline (a.) Of or pertaining to regulus.

(1) - Regulus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.
(2) - Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.
(3) - Regulus (n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

(1) - Regurgitate (v. i.) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
(2) - Regurgitate (v. t.) To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.

(1) - Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
(2) - Regurgitation (n.) the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.
(3) - Regurgitation (n.) The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance