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pumping of the barometer
: a rather rapid rise and fall of the column of the mercurial barometer due to inertia attending changes in the rate of vertical motion : a corresponding oscillation of the index of the aneroid barometer or of the recording pen of the barograph due to various causes (as change of pressure)
purple of the ancients
: tyrian purple
pyramid of the cerebellum
pyramid of the medulla
: either of two large bundles of motor fibers from the cerebral cortex reaching the medulla through the cerebral peduncles and pons and continuous with the pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord
quadrature of the circle
: a problem in mathematics that consists of finding the side of a square exactly equal in area to a given circular area and that has been shown to be impossible of solution by geometric methods limited to the use of ruler and compass alone
queen of the meadow
: a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
queen of the prairie
: an American perennial herb (Filipendula rubra) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers
race of the propeller
Religious of the Cenacle
: a member of the Roman Catholic Society of Our Lady of the Cenacle, a congregation of nuns established in France in 1826 and devoted especially to directing retreats for women
Religious of the Sacred Heart
: a member of the Roman Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart, a religious community of women founded in France in 1800 and devoted to the education of girls
retardation of the tide
retard of the tide
: the interval between the moon's transit at which a tide originates and advent of the tide itself which is not principally due to the transit immediately preceding but to a transit which has occurred some time before compare lunitidal interval
reverse of the medal
: an opposite and usually less favorable aspect of an affair or question
rub of the green
: something happening to a golf ball in play that affects its course or status not caused by a player or caddie involved in the match
rule of the air
: a provision of the code of regulations governing matters of air traffic (as the meeting and overtaking of other aircraft, the use of defined air lanes of travel, or the height of flying over cities)
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