Glossary

(rē sȯrs): A usable stock or supply (as of money, products, or energy).

(re spə rā shən): The physical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which a living thing obtains the oxygen it needs to produce energy and eliminate waste gases (as carbon dioxide).

(ri spī(-ə)r): To engage in respiration; to breathe.

(res tə rā shən): The act of bringing back to an earlier condition.

(ri stȯr): To bring back to or put back into a former or original state.

(re və nü): The total incomes produced by a given source.

(rev rən(t)s): Honor or respect felt or shown.

(rī zōm): A thick plant stem that grows underground and has shoots and roots growing from it.

(ri fəl): A shallow extending across a stream bed and causing broken water.

(rə per ē ən): Relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (such as a river or sometimes a lake or tidewater).

(ri vər bā sən): The land area drained by a river and its tributaries.

(rō dǝnt): Any of an order of fairly small mammals (like mice, squirrels, or beavers) that have sharp front teeth used for gnawing.

(rüst): To settle down for rest or sleep.

(rau̇t): An established, selected, or assigned course of travel.

(rəg əd): Having a rough, uneven surface.

(rən ȯf): Water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the ground and finally into streams.

(rûr әl): Of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture.

(rûr әl): About farms and the countryside, country people, or country life.

(sa mәn): A large fish that is born in streams or rivers but that lives most of its life in the ocean.

(sa mə nid): Any of a family (Salmonidae) of elongate bony fishes (such as a salmon or trout) that have the last three vertebrae upturned.

(sam pəl): A small subset group, representative of the entire group.