Rhinolaryngology

rhin-o-lar-yng-ol-og-y (raɪnoʊˌlɛrənˈɡɑlədʒi/)

noun
1. a branch of medicine or surgery that deals with conditions affecting the nose and larynx.
Due to extenuating circumstances, Pinocchio developed an interest in rhinolaryngology as a child. Yet, after achieving fame at such an early age, few people expected him to grow up to be a reputable rhinolaryngologist. 

Synonyms: laryngology, otolaryngology,

Rapscallion

rap-scall-i-on (ræpˈskæliən)

noun
1. a humourous mischief maker, or rogue.
A practical joke (also known as a prank, gag, jape or shenanigan) is a mischievous trick or joke played on someone by a rapscallion, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort. Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks or hoaxes in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or other valuables. Practical jokes or pranks are typically lighthearted, reversible or non-permanent, and aim to make the victim feel foolish or victimized to a certain degree; however practical jokes may also involve cruelty. Hence, we call the joker a rapscallion, rather than a kidder or down-right asshole.

Synonyms: bully, cad, caitiff, charlatan, cockamamie, culprit, delinquent, fink, hoodlum, hooligan, mischief-maker, miscreant,  ne'er-do-well, prankster, profligate, rascal, scallawag, scamp, skunk, tramp, trickster, tyrant, vagabond, varmint. 

Ramify

ram-i-fy (rm-f)

verb
1. To split into branches.
Though families ramify, like the trees we trace them through, a family is still one unit that should never be broken down into individual members.
2. To have or develop complicated consequences.
To hate your family is to hate yourself and to deliberately ramify it is to self-destruct. This destruction grows more horrible when we remember how much our families have endured.

Synonyms: add to, bifurcate, branch out, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, separate, spread, subdivide.

Recondite

re-con-dite (rkn-dt, r-kndt)

adjective
1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view.
To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults. - Theodor Adorno
To say 'I' and mean 'we' is just presumptuous.
2. Dealing with abstruse and profound things.
Over beers, I had nothing to talk about because all of my pastimes have become recondite.
3. The opposite of layman's terms.
When I did speak, recondite language nearly put my friends to sleep.
4. Of a person who fits any of the aforementioned definitions.
I think we've become recondite.

Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, intricate, involved, mysterious, obscure, occult, opaque, unbelievable, unclear, unintelligible, vague.

Reverie

rev-er-ie (rĕvˈə-rē)

noun
1. An abstract state of musing.
It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you in a reverie of suspended thought. - James Douglas
I keep slipping into this reverie, in which your chest and back and shoulders are big and strong again and full of air and life. In my reverie, you still live on Douglas Street and the ducks in Beacon Hill Park mock you with their laughter. I am beginning to prefer reverie to reality, for there you will always be.

Synonyms: absent-mindedness, abstraction, castles in the sky, contemplation, daydream, detachment, dream, fantasy, head trip, inattention, meditation, mind trip, musing, phantasy, thought, trance.

Rapture

rap-ture (răpˈchər)

noun
1. Being moved by wonderful emotions.*
Every time she thinks of Jesus, the corners of her mouth turn up and her eyes gloss over, as the rapture overcomes her.
2. Being literally moved from one place to another, especially from here to heaven.
I welcome the rapture. Jesus loves me: he calls me "Baby" and says "kiss me like you mean it!"

verb
1. The act of doing the above to someone.
Just click on the link, you'll get the idea. It's a good song by the Magnetic Fields.

Synonyms: bliss, buoyancy, cloud nine, delectation, ecstasy, elysium, enchantment, euphoria, exaltation, glory, heaven, nirvana, paradise, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven transport.

* Teachers used to call this "letting your imagination run away with you" or "getting carried away." Today, we still call it that.

Raus

raus* (rouz)

archaic/noun
1. A parade or street show connected to the circus.
In the old days when the circus came to town, they would set up their tents and go on a raus about town to let everyone know they were there.

Synonyms: autocade, cavalcade, demonstration, exhibition, fanfare, panopoly, parade, procession, show.

* This is an archaic term that I found in a circus glossary. I think it takes its meaning from the German, meaning to get out, and from the English homonym: rouse.
** Rein Raus is a song by Rammstein.

Rabbitry

rab-bit-try (răbˈĭtrē)

noun
1. A collection of rabbits and/or the place they are kept.
According to the Uncyclopedia, Easter Island is quite the rabbitry.

Synonyms: a magician's sleeve, rabbit-warren.