Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Receptacle (n.) A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
(2) - Receptacle (n.) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
(3) - Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
(4) - Receptacle (n.) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
(5) - Receptacle (n.) That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

(1) - Receptaculum (n.) A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.

(1) - Receptibility (n.) A receptible thing.
(2) - Receptibility (n.) The quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.

(1) - Reception (n.) A retaking; a recovery.
(2) - Reception (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
(3) - Reception (n.) The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
(4) - Reception (n.) The state of being received.
(5) - Reception (n.) The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.