Defn: See Government, n., 7. Gibbs.
RECTIROSTRAL
Rec`ti*ros"tral (rk`t*rs"tral), a. Etym: [Recti- + rostral.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a straight beak.
RECTISERIAL
Rec`ti*se"ri*al (-s"r*al), a. Etym: [Recti- + serial.] (Bot.)
Defn: Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; — opposed to curviserial.
RECTITIS
Rec*ti"tis (rk*t"ts), n. Etym: [NL. See Rectum, and -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Proctitis. Dunglison.
RECTITUDE Rec"ti*tude (rk"t*td), n. Etym: [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.]
1. Straightness. [R.] Johnson.
2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.