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Rainforest, canopies zone (noun): zone in rainforest that ranges from 60 to 125 Gorean feet above the jungle floor. This is the fantastic green cover which constitutes the main ceiling of the jungle. It is inhabited by an incredible number of birds, monkeys, reptiles, and insects.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

Rainforest, emergent zone (noun): an ecological level of the rainforest 125 to 200 gorean feet above the jungle floor. In this highest level, the trees have thrust above the canopies below them. Mainly birds, particularly parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits inhabit this zone.
~Explorers of Gor, page 311~

Rainforest, ground zone (noun): the 'undergrowth' of the rainforest. Extending from the ground to the lower canopies, this ecological zone is home to species of birds, snakes and insects. Many small animals, such as the giani, jit monkeys and four toed leaf urts are found in this zone as well. On the floor itself are marsupials, tarsk, twenty kinds of single-horned tabuk, and jungle larls and panthers.
~Explorers of Gor, page 311~

Ram-berry (noun): small reddish fruit not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small edible seeds.
~Captive of Gor, pages 207 and 305~

Ram-ship (noun): war galley having up to 3 banks of oars as well as masts and sails; named for the battering rams on the prow.
~Raiders of Gor, page 127~

Rarius -(noun; pl.rarii): warrior
~Captive of Gor, page 266~

Raviri (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai.
~Tribesmen of Gor, page 47~

Ravishment lamp (noun): a small tharlarion- oil lamp found in the chamber of a master; its soft glow is sufficient to illuminate a slave girl during her sexual use.
~Guardsman of Gor, page 203~

Red Hunters (noun): the men of the polar basin, of Indian heritage and similar physically, but culturally distinct from the Red Savages of the Barrens. Their babies are born with a blue spot at the base of their spine. They live as nomads, dependent on the migrations of tabuk, and the sea sleen. The Red Hunters refer to themselves as the Innuit, which, in their tongue means, 'The People'. They are few in number, and live in scattered, isolated, communities. Culturally, they tend to be gentle, kindly and friendly, even to strangers. .
~Beasts of Gor, pages 36, 155-156, and 188-189~

Red Savages (noun): the peoples to inhabit the plains area (Barrens) of Gor. they are racially and culturally distinct from the Red Hunters of the north, being a more slender, longer-limbed people. They are nomadic, their culture being based on the kaiila and the gigantic herds of trident-horned kailiauk. They are further distinguished by cunning, ruthlessness and ferocity. They live to hunt and for internecine warfare, which seems to serve almost as a sport and religion. Their common hatred is for the white man, which takes precedence over all other conflicts.

Red-silk girl (noun): A slave girl who is not a virgin, or, as is said on Gor, her body has been 'opened by men'.
~Savages of Gor, page 205~
~Blood Brothers of Gor, page 472~
~Dancer of Gor, pages 128 and 204~

Reins, kaiila (noun): a light rein, plaited with 10 to 12 strips of dyed leather. Each strip is cut with knives to be thinner than a thread, but the combination is very strong and durable. Used by the Tribesmen of the Tahari.
~Tribesmen of Gor, page 56~

Rence (noun): a tufted reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long thick roots about four inches thick which lies under the surface of the water with smaller roots that sink down to the mud with stems 15-16 feet long with a single floral spike used for making paper, which is exported all over Gor. Each part of the rence is used for something.
~Raiders of Gor, page 7~

Rence beer (noun): steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant, served in a gourd flagon.
~Raiders of Gor, pages 18 and 44~

Rence islands (noun): part of the Vosk Delta where the communities of rence growers dwell. They live on rence islands which are small, seldom more than 200 by 250 feet and about 8 to 9 feet thick with an exposed surface above the water of about 3 feet. They are formed entirely from interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. To prevent unwanted movement, they are tethered by marsh vine to near-by strong rence roots.
~Raiders of Gor, pages 13 and 14~

Rence paper (noun): made from the fibers of the rence plant by rence growers, there are 8 grades, laboriously fashioned into sheets, which are attached to each other, into a roll, twenty sheets per roll. Rence paper is one of the papers used on Gor. Others are milled linen, vellum, and parchment.
~Nomads of Gor page 49~
~Raiders of Gor, page 7~

Rence, pith of (noun): edible part of the rence plant, either raw or cooked. Rence pith and fish are the dietary staples of the rence growers. Also sometimes used for caulking.
~Raiders of Gor, page 7~

Rence, root of (noun): used to make wooden tools and utensils that can be carved from it also used for fuel.
~Raiders of Gor, page 7~

Rence, stem of (noun): used to make reed boats sails mats cords and a fibrous cloth
~Raiders of Gor page 7~

Rennel (noun): a crablike poisonous desert insect.
~Nomads of Gor, page 27~

Rep (noun): a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush used to make rep-cloth.
~Raiders of Gor, page 10~

Rep-cloth (noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant.
~Captive of Gor, page 294~

Revels, Master of (noun): a city's Master of Entertainment.
~Players of Gor, page 10~

Rim (adj.): east directional division of a gorean map.
~Nomads of Gor, page 3~

Ring lock (noun): there are many varieties of these locks, one being the combination padlock with numbers of rotating disks which, when aligned properly, allow the lock to open. -
~Explorers of Gor, page 292~

Ring-necked waders (noun): bird found along the river of the ground zone of the rain forest.
~Explorers of Gor, page 311~