Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Renitency (n.) The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.

(1) - Renitent (a.) Persistently opposed.
(2) - Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

(1) - Rennet (v.) The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk.
(2) - Rennet (n.) A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.

(1) - Rennin (n.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.