Reverse Dictionary: REQ – RESO

REQUEST – NOUNS
– ASK a request …1994 Aust. sl.
– BID a request or an invitation …1892 Eng. dial.
– BIDDING the act of asking pressingly, of begging or requesting; request, desire, entreaty …c1225 obs.
– BIG ASK a request …1994 Aust. sl.
– YERING desire, longing; request …a1300 obs.
 
REQUEST – NOUNS, PERSON
– IMPORTUNATE one who requests or petitions …1881
 
REQUEST – VERBS
– BID A BOON to make a request …1678 obs.
– BONE to beg; to wheedle; to request demandingly, to importune ..1858 Amer. dial.
– ESCAPE OUT to speak, to request …M19 US sl.
– KICK to make a demand or request for money, work, etc. …1829 sl.
– NURN to ask or request; to urge or press …a1300 obs.
– PUT ON to request …1960s sl.
– QUEST to question, to request, to demand …1897 rare
– YEARN to ask for, to request …c950 obs.
– YERE to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request …c1205 obs.
 
REQUIRE, REQUIRED, REQUIREMENT – ADJECTIVES
– IRREPOSCIBLE not to be required again …1656 obs. rare
– NEEDY necessary, required …1487 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– UP TO DOOR up to standard, as required …L19 sl.
 
REQUIRE etc. – NOUNS
– NEED-MADE-UP anything hastily prepared because immediately required …Bk1905 Sc.
– NEEDMENTS needs, requirements …1603 chiefly Sc. rare
– NEED-TURN an immediate requirement …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OCCASIONS needs, requirements …1596 obs.
 
REQUIRE etc. – VERBS
– BEHOOVE to have use for or need of; to require; to be in want of …c890 obs.
– BEHOVE to have use for or need of; to require; to be in want of …c890 obs.
– CUT THE MUSTARD to meet the requirements; to ‘fill the bill’ …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MAUND to ask or require; hence, to beg …16C UK criminals’ sl.
– MAWND to ask or require; hence, to beg …16C UK criminals’ sl.
– OFGO to demand, to require, to exact …c1000 obs.
– ONSEEK to seek or require something of a person …a800 obs.
– THOLE to allow, to permit, to admit of; to require, to stand in need of …1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
REQUISITE – ADJECTIVES
– NECESSAR necessary, needful, requisite …1701 Sc. 
– NECESSITOUS enforced, obligatory …1631 obs. rare
– WANTING needful, requisite, necessary …1756 obs.
 
REQUISITE – NOUNS
– NEED-BE an essential or necessary reason; a necessity; something compulsory, indispensable, or requisite …1728 rare
– THE NEEDFUL what is necessary or requisite …1709
– NEEDMENTS things needed; necessaries; personal requisites carried as luggage …1590
 
REQUITAL, REQUITE – NOUNS
– QUATS vengeance, satisfaction, requital, quits …1879 Sc.
– QUITTAL requital …c1530 obs.
 
REQUITAL etc. – VERBS
– QUAT to requite, to reward; to pay back, to discharge …1802 Sc.
– QUITTANCE to repay, to requite …1590 obs.
 
RESCUE – NOUNS
– ANGEL a motorized vehicle, esp. a helicopter, used for rescue; a member of a rescue party …1950 Amer. military sl.
 
RESCUE – NOUNS, PERSON
– EMER one who rescues another from any danger or difficulty …c1450 Eng. dial. obs.
– SALVATOR one who saves, rescues, or delivers …a1400 obs.
– SAVIOUR one who delivers or rescues from peril …a1300
 
RESCUE – VERBS
– BETELL to lay claim to; to win, to rescue …c1205 obs.
– PULL OUT OF THE FIRE to save from failure or disaster; to turn a potentially disastrous situation into a successful one; to turn defeat into victory; to rescue …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SAVE ONE’S BACON to save one’s life; to rescue one from any kind of threat or danger …1654
– WARISH to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue …c1350 obs.
 
RESEARCH – NOUNS
– MCPAPER a sloppily written, poorly researched piece of work …1980s US students’ sl.
 
RESEARCH – NOUNS, PERSON
– BACKROOM BOY someone engaged on (secret) research …1943 sl.
– BOFFIN n. a person who is enthusiastic for and knowledgeable in any pursuit, activity, study, etc., esp. a research scientist; someone engaged on (secret) research; orig. Royal Air Force usage for a scientist working on radar …1945 sl.
– BURROWER a researcher …1977 UK security service usage
 
RESEARCH – VERBS
– DIG OUT to research and discover; to find and obtain …1611 UK sl.
– DIG UP to research and discover; to find and obtain …1611 UK sl.
– KICK THE TIRES to test, check, or research the condition or quality of a product, service, etc., before purchase or use …1964 orig. US
 
RESEMBLANCE, RESEMBLE, RESEMBLING – ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
– ANEWST resembling, like …B1900 Eng. dial.
– BESIBBING resembling; having a likeness to …1602 obs. rare
– MARROW resembling something of the same kind …1585 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ONTINKEL resembling, looking like …a1300 obs. rare
– SIMILABLE similar; having a marked resemblance or likeness; of a like nature or kind …1493 obs. rare
– SIMILARY similar; having a marked resemblance or likeness; of a like nature or kind …1628 obs.
– VEEVE;  VIEVE;  VIVE of pictures, images: life-like, closely resembling the original …1808 Sc.
 
RESEMBLANCE etc. – NOUNS
– CLONE a person or thing bearing a very close resemblance to another person or thing …colloq.
– CONSIMILITY resemblance, mutual likeness, similarity …1680 obs. obs.
– DAPS ways, modes of action; hence, likeness, image, in ways and appearance, resemblance …1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– THE DEAD RING something having a striking resemblance to another, the exact likeness …1916 Aust. & NZ rare
– FAVORANCE resemblance of features …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MENT resemblance; likeness to …1885 Eng. dial.
– SIMILE likeness, resemblance; similarity …1604 obs.
– SIMILITUDE a person or thing resembling or having the likeness of some other person or thing; a counterpart or equal …c1386
– SIMILITUDE the quality or state of being like; resemblance, similarity, likeness …1387-8 rare
– SIMILITUDINARY a thing resembling another …1541 obs.
 
RESEMBLANCE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– THE DEAD RING a person having a striking resemblance to another …1899 Aust. & NZ rare
 
RESEMBLANCE etc. – PHRASES
– THE APPLE NEVER FALLS FAR FROM THE TREE a person inevitably shares traits with or resembles his or her parents or family …1843
 
RESEMBLANCE etc. – VERBS
– AROPO to match, to resemble …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BECOME to resemble …1969 Amer. dial.
– BELIKE to be like, to resemble …1481 obs.
– BLICKEN to resemble …1856 Eng. dial.
– BRADE to resemble, like members of a family or stock …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAID to resemble, to take after …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREED to resemble, to take after …Bk1911 Sc.
– FASHION to grow in resemblance …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FEATURE to resemble in features; to favour, esp. with reference to family likeness or resemblance …1755 now chiefly Eng. dial.
– LIKEN to resemble …1956 Amer. dial.
– MARROW to resemble; to be equal to; also, to produce something equal to; to match …a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– MENT to resemble, to take after; to personate …1790 Eng. dial. – MIMIC to resemble …1913 Amer. dial.
– STARE SOMEBODY IN THE FACE to closely resemble …1892 Eng. dial.
– TAKE AT to resemble …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
RESENT, RESENTED, RESENTFUL, RESENTMENT – ADJECTIVES
– ILL-TAKEN taken amiss or in bad part, resented …1786 Sc.
– IN A SHIT petulant; sulky; resentful …Bk1996 Aust. & NZ sl.
– RANCOROUS having, or partaking of, the nature of rancour; bitter, resentful, spiteful …1590
– SALTY ill-tempered, angry, irritated, resentful, annoyed …1936 Amer. dial.
– STOMACHFUL characterized by anger or resentment
 
RESENT etc. – NOUNS
– BAD BLOOD longstanding resentment …Bk1994 sl. 
– HARDNESS ill will; resentment …1838 Amer. dial.
– HEARTBURNING jealousy, resentment, discontent; enmity …1824 Amer. dial.
– ILTA anger, passion, resentment, ill-will, spite, malice …a1838 Sc.
– ILTY anger, passion, resentment, ill-will, spite, malice …a1838 Sc.
– NEEDLE resentment, bitterness, irritation …L19 sl.
– RANCOROUSNESS long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; bitterness …1727
– UMBRAGE displeasure, annoyance, offense, resentment …1724
 
RESENT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BEGRUDGER a resentful and dissatisfied person; a habitual naysayer or complainer …1876
 
RESENT etc. – VERBS
– BEAR AT HAND to resent, to bear a grudge …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEAR HARD to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against …c1400 obs.
– BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against …1629 obs.
– CHEW THE FAT to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to sulk, to be resentful …c1880 military sl.
– COP AN ATTITUDE to behave in an aggressive, resentful, or antagonistic manner …1985 sl.
– GET A MAD ON to become angry or resentful …1909 Amer. dial.
– GET JACK OF to resent, to grow tired of …L19 Aust. sl.
– GET ONE’S MAD UP to become angry or resentful …1909 Amer. dial.
– HAVE A MAD ON to be angry or resentful …1909 Amer. dial.
– HOLD IT to feel angry or resentful; to sulk or not speak …20C sl.
– MEAN to complain of, to blame, to resent …1715 Sc.
 
RESERVATION – NOUNS
– BACK-HAPPEN a mental reservation …1891 Eng. dial.
– BACKSPANG a reservation, sometimes dishonest; an advantage taken behindhand …1824 Sc.
– RESERVE a reservation …1709 Sc. obs.
 
RESERVE – ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
– UNDERHAND in reserve …1929 Sc.
 
RESERVE – NOUNS
– BACKSET a something in reserve, esp. applied to a store of money or goods held in reserve against an emergency; hence, a prop, a support …1868 Eng. dial.
– BACK-WATCH a reserve fund put by against an emergency …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FALL-BACK a something upon which one may fall back; a reserve …1851
– LIE-BY anything held in reserve …B1900 Eng. dial.
 
RESERVE – VERBS
– BAGS to claim rights to something; to reserve something …1944 Aust. sl.
– WRITE ONE’S NAME ON to reserve for oneself; to have the first go at …M19 sl.
 
RESERVE, RESERVED, RESERVEDLY (aloofness) – ADJECTIVES
– BUTTONED UP reluctant to reveal emotion or to express thoughts freely; reserved, inhibited, or formal in manner or disposition; repressed prim …1767
– DAIN reserved, distant …c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
– DERN of persons: secret in purpose or action; reserved, close; hence, underhand, sly, crafty …a1000 obs.
– ICY cold, unemotional; reserved; aloof; without feeling or warmth …1910s sl.
– INBIGGET selfish, morose, reserved, obstinate, uncommunicative, introverted …1825 Sc.
– INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved …Bk1902 Sc.
– INWARD silent, reserved …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LANERLY lonely, alone, reserved in manner …1823 Sc.
– LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner …1948 Sc.
– MEALY-MOUTHED reticent, reserved, afraid to speak out; plausible, smooth-tongued, hypocritical …1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MOUSY shy and reserved …Bk1995 US sl.
– OFFISH aloof; unapproachable; standoffish; distant or unapproachable in manners; reserved, shy, unsocial …1825
– SHUT-MOUTHED silent, secretive, reserved …1909 Amer. dial.
– SKITTISH inclined to show coyness or reserve …1648
– STUCK-UP arrogant, snobbish, reserved …M19
– STUCKUPPY arrogant, snobbish, reserved …M19
– TACITURNOUS silent, saying nothing, reserved in speech, making no noise …1727 obs. rare
– THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding …1787 Sc.
– TID;  TIDD cunningly reserved …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNCO reserved in manner, shy, bashful …1808 Sc.
– YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious …1828 Eng. dial.
 
RESERVE etc. (aloofness) – ADVERBS
– OFFISHLY in a reserved or aloof manner …1861 Amer. dial.
 
RESERVE etc. (aloofness) – NOUNS
– OFFISHNESS reserve, coolness, aloofness …M19 sl.
 
RESERVE etc. (aloofness) – NOUNS, PERSON
– ICEBERG a cold, unemotional, and reserved person …1840 sl.
– ICEBERGER a cold, reserved or unresponsive person …1835 rare
– MANGINA a reticent, reserved man …2000s US college sl.
– OLD OYSTER a term of address, esp. to a reserved, uncommunicative person …c1890 sl.
– ONE TO HISSEL an unsociable, reserved person …1884 Eng. dial.
– SHUT-MOUTH a person who says little; a silent, secretive or reserved person …1891 Amer. dial.
– STUCK-UP an arrogant, snobbish, or reserved person …L19 sl.
– TACITURNIST one who practices habitual silence or reserve …1887
 
RESERVE etc. (aloofness) – VERBS
– BUTTON UP to behave in a formal, reserved manner; to remain silent …1872 colloq.
 
RESIDE – VERBS
– BIDE to remain in residence; to dwell, to reside, to sojourn …c1280 arch.
– EAT PORRIDGE to live, to dwell, to reside …1867 Eng. dial.
– FLOP to reside temporarily; to stay overnight …1907 US sl.
– HABIT to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn …?a1366 obs.
– HANG to reside, to lodge, to live …1811 colloq, or sl.
– HEAF to lodge, to reside, to live …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LOCATE to take up one’s residence …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– MANSION to dwell, to reside …a1638 obs. rare
– NESTLE to take up one’s abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence …1406 obs.
– PAD to reside …1963 US sl.
– RESIDENT to reside …1823 Sc.
– SHACK UP to live or reside, usually temporarily …1950s US sl.
– STAY to reside …1973 US sl.
– TAKE UP to lodge, to put up, to take up residence …1852 Amer. dial.
 
RESIDENCE – NOUNS
– AERIE;  EYRIE a residence or retreat perched high on a rock or mountain side …1581
– BILBIE shelter, residence …1891 Sc.
– DIBS a residence …20C teen & high school sl.
– GAFF a place of residence; a home, a shop or other place of business; any sort of building …1932 UK sl.
– HABITACULE a dwelling place, habitation, residence …c1374 obs.
– HABITANCY residence as an inhabitant; inhabitance …1792
– HEAF an abode, a residence; an habitual haunt …1872 Eng. dial.
– NEST a place; a place of residence …1596 sl.
– SIT-HOUSE a residence …1743 Sc. obs.
– TARRIANCE temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding …1530 arch.
– TARRY temporary residence, sojourn …c1375
– TRAP a residence …1957 US sl.
– VIRGIN VAULT a female residence hall …1990s US college sl.
– WANE a dwelling-place, a residence, a house …a1225 obs.
 
RESIDENCE – VERBS
– EXTRA-DOMICILIATE to send out of the domicile or residence …1822 rare
 
RESIDENT – ADJECTIVES
– INBIDING living or having one’s abode in a place, resident …1834 Sc.
– LEDGER remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary …1547 obs.
– MANSIONARY staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident …1447 obs.
 
RESIDENT – NOUNS, PERSON
– ABIDER a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident …1440 rare
– ANCHOR RELATIVE a legally recognized resident of a country who acts as a sponsor for a family member who wants to emigrate to his or her relative’s country …1979 US
– HABITANT one who dwells or resides in a place; a resident; an inhabitant; a dweller …1490
– HABITATOR a dweller, resident, inhabiter …1646 obs. rare
– HABITUÉ one who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place, esp. a place of amusement or recreation – a habitual visitor or temporary resident …1818
– IDENTITY a resident of long standing in a particular place …1862 Aust. & NZ sl.
– LEDGER one who is permanently or constantly in a place; a resident …1599 obs.
– LIVER an inhabitant, a resident …1678 Amer. dial.
– LOCAL-YOKEL a well-known resident …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– OLD IDENTITY anyone who has lived in the same place for a long time, a regular resident …1862 Aust. & NZ sl.
– OLD RESIDENTER a resident, an inhabitant; esp. an early settler; a longtime resident …1827 Amer. dial.
– OLD STANDARD an old-established resident; a person of old standing; an old family …1872 Eng. dial.
– OLD-TIMER one whose residence, membership, or experience dates from long ago …Aust. sl.
– PACK-SACK CITIZEN a short-term resident of any place, living, as it were, out of a packsack (backpack or rucksack) …1966 Can. sl.
– RESIDENTER a resident, an inhabitant; esp. an early settler; a longtime resident …1709 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TOWNER a local resident …1980 US circus and carnival usage
– WASH-ASHORE a visitor or non-native resident …1983 Amer. dial.
 
RESIDENTIAL – NOUNS
– MAN LINE a fashionable residential district …1939 Amer. dial.
 
RESIDUE – NOUNS
– LEAVING what is left; remainder, residue, remains …a1340 obs.
 
RESIGN – VERBS
– BILGE to be dismissed or obliged to resign …Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
– BOW OUT to retreat or withdraw; to resign …20C sl.
– LEAVE UP to abandon, to give up, to resign …1430-40 obs.
– PULL THE PIN to resign or retire from a job …1927 US sl.
– SEND IN ONE’S JACKET to resign; to deliver up one’s badge of office …1884 sl.
– TAKE A WALK of a group of workers: to resign …1930s sl.
– WALK to leave, to walk off; to resign …1960s sl.
 
RESIGNATION – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
– BALLS! an expression of disappointment, disgust, or resignation; utter nonsense! rubbish! …1857 US sl.
– F.I.D.O. a term of emotional resignation (Fuck It, Drive On) …1980s sl.
– SHAG ME! an exclamation of astonishment and/or resignation …1980s NZ sl.
 
RESIGNATION – NOUNS
– BOW-OUT a resignation …1940s sl.
– DEMISSION the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication …1577-87
– EJURATION a renouncing or resignation …1656 obs.
 
RESILIENCE – NOUNS
– BOUNCE-BACK resilience …1959
 
RESIST, RESISTANCE, RESISTANT, RESISTING, RESISTINGLY – ADJECTIVES
– ABSTROPELOUS aggressively resistant to control or restraint …E18 sl.
– OBDURATE hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence …c1440
– OBSTANT standing against; resisting, opposing …1513 obs.
– OBSTREPEROUS resisting control, management, advice, etc., in a noisy manner; turbulent or unruly in behaviour, esp. in resistance …1657 
– OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant …1513
 
RESIST etc. – ADVERBS
– OBSTANTLY resistingly …1562 obs.
 
RESIST etc. – NOUNS
– GAINSTAND opposition, resistance …c1470 obs. rare
– OBLUCTATION striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition …1615 obs.
– OBSISTENT something that resists …1657 obs.
– OBSTANCE opposition; resistance …c1340 obs. rare
– OBSTRAPULOSITY obstreperousness, restiveness, resistance …1828 Sc.
– OBSTREPEROUSNESS vociferousness; clamour; noisy behaviour; noisy and unruly resistance to control …1655 
– OBSTRIGILLATION opposition, resistance …1623 obs. rare
– A WARM RECEPTION a vigorous onslaught or resistance; a demonstration of hostile feeling …1702
 
RESIST etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– OPPUGNANT one who opposes or resists; an opponent …a1834 rare
– SUCKER FOR SOMETHING one who cannot resist a particular thing …1960 sl.
 
RESIST etc. – VERBS
– ANSTAND to withstand, to resist …c1425 obs.
– BEAR HEAD AGAINST to resist successfully, to hold one’s own against …1612
– DROP ONE’S BUNDLE to give up hope, to surrender, to resist, to compete no further …1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
– GAINSTAND to stand against; to withstand, oppose, resist …c1400 obs. or arch.
– GAINSTRIVE to make resistance …1596 obs.
– IMPUGN to fight in resistance against; to withstand, to resist, to oppose …1577 obs.
– KEEP HEAD AGAINST to resist successfully, to hold one’s own against …1818
– KICK AGAINST THE GOAD to be recalcitrant to one’s hurt; to hurt yourself by persisting in useless resistance or protest; to struggle against one’s fate …1539
– KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS to be recalcitrant to one’s hurt; to hurt yourself by persisting in useless resistance or protest; to struggle against one’s fate …c1380
– MAKE DEBATE to make opposition or resistance …c1350 obs.
– MAKE HEAD AGAINST to resist; to rise in insurrection or revolt against; to advance in spite of …1577-87
– OBSIST to stand against; to oppose; to resist …1432-50 obs.
– OBSTRIGILLATE to oppose, to resist …1623 obs. rare
– OCCUR to meet, to encounter; to oppose, to resist …a1548 obs.
– OPPONE to set oneself in opposition, to contend against, to act in opposition or offer resistance to …1513 obs.
– OPPONE to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct …1610 obs.
– OPPOSIT to oppose, to resist …1657 obs. rare
– RELUCTATE to offer resistance, resist, oppose; to struggle against something; to show reluctance …1643
– SET UP ONE’S BRISTLES to show resistance
– WARN to resist …c1175 obs.
 
RESOLUTE, RESOLUTELY – ADJECTIVES
– BENT determined, resolute, devoted, inclined …1548 obs.
– DOUGHTY fearless and resolute; stout-hearted …OE now arch. or jocular usage
– GAME AS A PEBBLE resolute; extremely courageous; ready for anything, having staying power; often used of horses …1829
– HIGH-RESOLVED very resolute; firmly resolved …1594
– KRAGDADIG resolute, firm, vigorous …1952 S. Afr.
– ROCK-RIBBED resolute, uncompromising, esp. in political allegiance
– SANDY brave, resolute …1904 Amer. dial.
 
RESOLUTE etc. – ADVERBS
– DINGDONG resolutely; earnestly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLAT-FOOTED resolutely …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– IN SPITE OF HELL resolutely; earnestly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN SPITE OF HELL AND HIGH WATER resolutely; earnestly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
RESOLUTE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– PEBBLE someone who perseveres; a resolute person …1829 Aust. sl.
– STICKER someone who perseveres; a resolute person …1824 sl.
– WAR-HORSE a resolute, determined, or aggressive woman; a fat, stubborn, vociferous woman …1921
 
RESOLUTE etc. – VERBS
– TAKE NO PRISONERS to make no compromises; to act resolutely …1980s sl.
 
RESOLUTION – NOUNS
– ADVISEMENT the result of thinking; a thought, opinion, resolution, plan …1535 obs.
– PECKER resolution; courage …1848 sl.
– STIFF UPPER LIP courage or resolution in the face of fear or danger …1815 sl., orig. US
 
RESOLUTION – PHRASES
– HERE’S AT YOU used to express assent or resolution …1835 Amer. dial. arch.
 
RESOLVE, RESOLVED – ADJECTIVES
– HIGH-RESOLVED very resolute; firmly resolved …1594
 
RESOLVE etc. – NOUNS
– READ determination; resolve …B1900 Eng. dial.
 
RESOLVE etc. – VERBS
– CHILL to resolve a complaint or awkward situation; to square a complaint …20C Amer. sl.
– DECREE to determine, to resolve, to decide to do something …1526 obs. or arch.
– DECREET to decide, to determine, to resolve to do something …1582-8 obs.
– FANG to promise, to resolve, to undertake …c1175 obs.
– ORDAIN to determine, to settle, to resolve …1375 obs.
– STAND TO ONE’S TACKLE to stand one’s ground, to stand firm in one’s resolve; to maintain one’s position or attitude …1586 obs.
– STAND TO ONE’S TACKLING to hold one’s ground; to maintain one’s position or attitude …a1548 obs.
– STICK TO ONE’S TACKLE to stand one’s ground, to stand firm in one’s resolve; to maintain one’s position or attitude …1577-87 obs.
– STICK TO ONE’S TACKLING to hold one’s ground; to maintain one’s position or attitude …1576 obs.
– TAKE ADVISEMENT to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve …1375 obs.
 
RESONANT – ADJECTIVES
– TINNIENT emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant…1668 obs.
 
RESORT – NOUNS
– INDRAIN a place of attraction or resort …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– INDRAW a place of attraction or resort …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LIDO a fashionable beach resort …1925 Brit.
 
RESOUND, RESOUNDING – ADJECTIVES
– DANDERING vibrating, resounding …1776 Sc.
– REBOANT resounding, reverberating; loudly echoing …1830 chiefly literary and poetic usage
 
RESOUND etc. – VERBS
– DINGLE to vibrate, to resound, to tremble …1787 Sc.
– RIMBOMB to reverberate, to resound …1838  rare
​- SKELLOCH;  SKELLOCK to shriek; to yell; to resound shrilly …1808 Sc.
 
RESOURCE, RESOURCES – ADJECTIVES
– IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG remaining as a last resource or expedient …1659
 
RESOURCE etc. – NOUNS
– ACE IN THE HOLE an especially effective final resource, esp. if deliberately held in reserve …1908
– ACE UP ONE’S SLEEVE a hidden resource, ploy, or manoeuvre …1927
– BEET-MASTER a person that helps in an emergency; a last resource …1816 Sc.
– BEET-NEED a person or thing that helps in an emergency; a last resource …1790 Eng. dial.
– BIG CASINO one’s best resource or asset …1922 US sl.
– BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS all one’s effort or resources …World War II Amer. sl.
– COCUM advantage, luck, resource …M19 sl.
– FACULTY pecuniary ability, means, resources; possessions, property …1382 obs.
– KITTY monetary resource …1903 sl.
– LONG PURSE a purse containing plenty of money; plenty of money, abundant wealth or resources …1650 colloq.
​- THE ONLY STICK LEFT IN ONE’S HEDGE one’s only resource …1644
– SHOT IN ONE’S LOCKER a final resource …1894 US nautical sl.
 
RESOURCE etc. – VERBS
– BLEED SOMEONE DRY to drain someone of wealth or resources …1982 UK sl.
– BLEED WHITE to cause someone hardship by cutting all their supplies off, to drain completely of resources …1898
– GO THE LENGTH OF ONE’S TETHER to use up all one’s resources; to exhaust one’s means …Bk1905 Sc.
– PERISH THE PACK to squander one’s fortune, to be or become destitute through extravagance, to be at the end of one’s resources …1808 Sc.
– RUN ONE’S TETHER to come to the end of one’s resources …1879 Sc.
– SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL to use one’s last and worst resources; to be forced to desperate measures …1942 Amer. sl.
– SUCK THE BLOOD OF to exhaust the resources of, to drain the life out of …1583
– TOOM ONE’S WALLET to come to the end of one’s store or resources …1890 Sc.
 
RESOURCEFUL, RESOURCEFULNESS – ADJECTIVES
– CAN-DO positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges …20C sl., orig. US
– COCUM;  COKUM resourceful, cunning …M19 sl.
– FECKLESS lacking resourcefulness …a1774 orig. Sc.
– KNACKETY cunning, resourceful …L18 sl.
– KNACKY cunning, resourceful …L18 sl.
– KNAWKY cunning, resourceful …L18 sl.
– NAUKY;  NAWKY cunning, resourceful …L18 sl.
– QUIRKIE;  QUIRKY cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky …1806 Sc.
– QUIRKSOME cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky …1896 Sc. rare
 
RESOURCEFUL etc. – NOUNS
– FECKLESSNESS lack of resourcefulness …1893
 
RESOURCEFUL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAG OF TRICKS a resourceful person, one who is never at a loss …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– BIG-LEAGUER a resourceful person who can handle any situation …1956 US sl.
– WAKE-UP an alert and resourceful person; one who is aware of the true meaning, purpose, significance of a situation and alert to possible deception …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.