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registration plate
nounB2
/ˌredʒ.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən ˌpleɪt/A metal or plastic plate attached to a vehicle displaying a unique combination of numbers and letters for official identification.
registry
nounB2
/ˈredʒ.ɪ.stri/An official list or record, or the place where such records are kept.
registry office
nounB2
/ˈredʒ.ɪ.stri ˌɒf.ɪs/A local government office where births, marriages, and deaths are legally registered.
regius professor
nounC2
/ˌriːdʒiəs prəˈfɛsə/A professor appointed by the British Crown (or historically, a monarch) to a specific university chair.
regle
nounVery Low
/ˈrɛɡl/To rule or govern; to regulate in an archaic sense.
reglet
nounC2
/ˈrɛɡlɪt/A thin strip of wood or metal used to separate type or create space in printing and typesetting.
regma
nounExtremely rare / technical (scientific)
/ˈrɛɡmə/A dry fruit (capsule) that splits into multiple one-seeded sections (carpels) when mature, characteristic of certain plant families.
regmaker
nounRare/Obsolete
/ˈrɛɡmeɪkə/A device or person who makes or repairs rain gear, particularly waterproof outer garments.
rego
nounLow (in global English); High (in Australian/New Zealand informal contexts)
/ˈrɛɡəʊ/A colloquial shortening of 'registration', primarily referring to the official paperwork and associated payment required to legally operate a vehicle.
regolith
nounC2
/ˈrɛɡəlɪθ/The layer of loose, unconsolidated rock and mineral fragments covering solid bedrock.
regorge
verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveLow Frequency
/riːˈɡɔːdʒ/To vomit, disgorge, or throw up (contents).
regosol
nounC2
/ˈrɛɡəsɒl/A group of soils consisting of unconsolidated mineral material and lacking significant horizon development.
regrate
verbverb-transitiveVery Low / Archaic
/rɪˈɡreɪt/To buy up goods, especially food, in order to sell them again at a higher price in the same or a nearby market; to engage in profiteering by hoarding and reselling.
regreet
nounverb-ambitransitiveVery low (archaic/rare)
/ˌriːˈɡriːt/To greet again; to return a greeting.
regress
nounverbverb-intransitiveC1
/rɪˈɡres/to return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state
regression
adjectivenounB2-C1
/rɪˈɡreʃn/A return to a former or less developed state; a decline or backward movement.
regression analysis
nounLow
/rɪˈɡreʃən əˈnæləsɪs/A statistical technique for modeling and analyzing the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.
regressive assimilation
nounLow
/rɪˈɡrɛsɪv əˌsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/A phonological process where a sound becomes more like a following sound. It is a type of assimilation where the direction of influence is from right to left.
regret
nounverbverb-transitiveB2
/rɪˈɡret/To feel sad or sorry about something that has happened or been done, especially because it was a mistake.
regroup
verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveMedium
/ˌriːˈɡruːp/To organize something, especially people, into a new group or arrangement; to form a group again after a period of dispersal.

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