rival
rival: n. & v. --n.
1 a person competing with another for the same objective.
2 a person or thing that equals another in quality.
3 (attrib.) being a rival or rivals (a rival firm). --v.tr. (rivalled, rivalling; US rivaled, rivaling.
1 be the rival of or comparable to.
2 seem or claim to be as good as. [L rivalis, orig. = using the same stream, f. rivus stream]
recruiter
reprimand
reprimand: n. & v. --n. (often foll. by for) an official or sharp rebuke (for a fault etc.). --v.tr. administer this to. [F r÷primande(r) f. Sp. reprimenda f. L reprimenda neut. pl. gerundive of reprimere REPRESS]
relapse
relapse: v. & n. --v.intr. (usu. foll. by into) fall back or sink again (into a worse state after an improvement). --n. also the act or an instance of relapsing, esp. a deterioration in a patient's condition after a partial recovery. ørelapsing fever a bacterial infectious disease with recurrent periods of fever. øørelapser n. [L relabi relaps- (as RE-, labi slip)]
responsibility
responsibility: n. (pl. -ies.
1 a (often foll. by for, of) the state or fact of being responsible (refuses all responsibility for it; will take the responsibility of doing it). b authority; the ability to act independently and make decisions (a job with more responsibility).
2 the person or thing for which one is responsible (the food is my responsibility). øon one's own responsibility without authorization.
ratchet
ratchet: n. & v. --n.
1 a set of teeth on the edge of a bar or wheel in which a device engages to ensure motion in one direction only.
2 (in full ratchet-wheel) a wheel with a rim so toothed. --v. (ratcheted, ratcheting.
1 tr. a provide with a ratchet. b make into a ratchet.
2 tr. & intr. move as under the control of a ratchet. [F rochet blunt lance-head, bobbin, ratchet, etc., prob. ult. f. Gmc]
roofage
roofage: n. the expanse of a roof or roofs.
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