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harvest mite: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
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| redistribution |
distributing again; "the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth"
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| redox |
oxidation-reduction: a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
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| reduce |
cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question" bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant" be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" shrink: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" make smaller; "reduce an image" deoxidize: to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" repress: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site abridge: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" dilute: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" take off weight
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| reducing agent |
a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver
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