RECLINER

, or Reclining Dial, is a dial whose plane reclines from the perpendicular, that is, leans backwards, or from you, when you stand before it.

Recliner

, Declining, or Declining Reclining Dial, is one which neither stands perpendicularly, nor opposite to one of the cardinal points.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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REAUMUR (Rene - Antoine - Ferchault, Sieur de)
RECEIVER
RECEPTION
RECIPROCAL
RECKONING
* RECLINER
RECOIL
RECORDE (Robert)
RECTANGLE
RECTANGLED
RECTIFICATION