Descriptionary

punk 84, 225 punt 523, 546 punta 379 punter 554 punt return 523 pupa 16, 21 pupate 16 pupil 222 puppet 409

puppet government 409, 412

purdah 469

purebred 4, 17

puree 187

pure hat trick 533

pure play 172

purgative 336

purge 397, 409, 636

Puritan 75, 77

purling 558

purlins 34

purloin 309

purple 347

purple forces 352

purple prose 300, 421

purse-string operation 340

push 528

pushover 439

push pass 546

push rods 572

push-up 507

pustule 269

put away 512

putaway 547

put away 550

puteus 40

put option 171

putt 528

puttanesca 197

putter 528

putting green 528

putto 209

put to bed 417

pycnometer 563

Pygmalion 456

pylorus 220, 247

pyramid 124, 227

pyramiding 507

pyramidion 27

pyroclastic 151

pyroclastic flow 160

pyrometer 577

pyrope 151

pyrotechnics 160

Python 456

Q

qa'a 43 qibla 43 q-message 367 Q-ship 367 quack 332,636 quadragesimo-octavo 422 quadrangle 27 quadrant 212 quadratis femoris 239 quadratis lumborum 239 quadrille 426 quadrillion cut 94 quadruplets 235 quads 507 quad split 450

q^uagg^{y 142}

quagmire 142 Quail 362 quail 502 quail high 529 quaking bog 142 qualify 636 quandary 636 quantum leap 636-637 quantum mechanics 487 quantum theory 487 quark 487 quarry-faced 27 quarter 10 quarter a mill 50 quarterback 523 quarterback draw 523 quarterback sneak 523 quarter horse 13-14 quartermaster 586 quarter note 384 quarterpipe 543 quarter pole 554 quarter rest 384 quarters 584 quarterstaff 601 quartet 384 quartz 120, 151 quasars 491 quatrefoil 209 queen 4

Queen Anne 36, 211 quell 637 que sera sera 637 quetzalcoatlus 7 queue 225, 226 quiche 193 quick bread 179 quick count 523 quickening 218 quickie 264 quick out 523 quick release 523 quickstep 426 quick study 444 quid pro quo 309 quill 3

quillon dagger 598 quillons 598, 601 quinella 554 quinine 336 quintain 31 quintet 384 quintuplets 235 quinzite opal 151 quisling 358 quiver 496 quixotic 637 quoin 27 quorum 409 quota system 275 quotation 172 quotation board 172 q.v. 423

R

Ra 453,493 rabbet 209 rabbet joint 34 rabbi 470 rabbit 529 rabbit punch 512 rabies 10 raccoon coat 76 race 14, 147 raceme 128 racing 98

racing secretary 554 racism 275

rack 12, 367, 510, 603

rack-and-pinion steering 572

racketeering 309

rack focus 439

rack time 367

rack up 554

racy 10

rad 487

radar alert 172

radar beacon 354

radar camouflage 354

radar fire 353, 354

radar intelligence 358

radar netting 354

radar picket 347, 354

radar tracking station 354

radial arm saw 565

radial keratotomy 222, 340

radiant 491

radiant cut 94

radiation 487

radiation intelligence 354, 358 radiation sickness 361, 487 radiator 572 radical 409, 637 radicalism 409 radioactive decay 360 radioactivity 487 radio astronomy 491 radio beacon 347 radio deception 354, 358 radioelement 487 radio fix 347

radio frequency face-lift 340

radioisotope 487

radiometric dating 475

radionucleotide test 332

radioresistant 214

radio silence 354

radiosonde 143

radiosurgery 340

radio telescope 491

radiotherapy 214, 487

radius 267

rafter 35

rag 417

raglan 76

ragout 199

ragout de mouton 187 rag the puck 533 ragtime 384 raider 172

rail 68, 209, 497, 548, 558 railing 543, 558

railroad 417, 510

railslide 538

rainfall, nuclear 361

rain forest 158

rain gauge 146

rainout 361

rain shadow 124, 145

raise a light 584

raised bed 132

raised check 309

raisonneur 444

rake 35, 209, 394, 444, 584

rakish 637

rale 332

Raleigh 223

rally 172, 275, 497, 536, 547,

550 ram 17, 31 Rama 467 ramada 43, 44 Ramadan 469 rambling 540 ram bow 587 rambunctious 637 ramen 199 ramification 637 ramose 158 ramp 538, 540 rampant 637 rampart 31 ram's horn arm 209 rance 62 rancor 637 random course 27 random work 27 range lights 44-45 ranger 18 rangy 4 ranseur 601 rap 384 rapacious 637 rape 266 rape kit 401 rapids 147 rapier 601 rappel 535 rap sheet 401 raptor 3 rarefied 145 rasp 62

Rastafarian dreadlocks 225

ratafia 190

ratatouille 188, 199

rate 554

ratify 637

rating 172

rationalization 259

rationalize 637

rationals 73

ratline 353

ratlines 584

rattan 209

rave 426

ravigote 188, 197

ravioli 193

ravish 264

ravvivando 378

raw 200

ray 66, 483

red dog 523

ray flower 128

red eye 61

Rayleigh scattering 119

red-eye 576

rayon 82

red-eye gravy 197

razor knife 563

red giant 491

RB 384

red herring 300, 409, 637

reach 584

red light 533

reactionary 409

red line 533

reaction formation 259

redline temperature 577

reaction shot 439

red ochre 475

reactor 369

redoublement 517

read the lane 510

redress 637

ready about 584

redshift 491

Reaganomics 409

redshirt 367

reagent 479

red tide 120, 155

real answer 379

reduce 184

real evidence 309

redundancy 300

realism 56

redundant 637

real property 312

reeding 209

ream 566

reef 50, 584

rear 12

reefer 76, 587

rear admiral 358, 359

reel 426, 519

rear obstacle warning system

reel and bead turning 209

572

reentry 593

reasonable doubt 309

reeve 32, 584

reassemblement 517

refectory 47

rebato 68

referee 512, 523, 529, 533, 546

rebec 388

referee's crease 533

reboot 105

referendum 409

rebound 506

reflector 61

rebound insomnia 271

reflex 332

rebuke 637

reflux 220

rebus 293

refractory period 264

rebuttal 637

refrain 384

rebuttal evidence 309

refresh 112, 184

recamier 205

refrigerator car 597

recant 637

refugee 415

receiver 523

refute 637

receptivity 358

regale 637

recession 409