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- dynamic programming
Phrase · Richard E. Bellman - cargo cult science
Phrase · Richard Feynman - parton
Word · Richard Feynman - tickle the dragon's tail
Phrase · Richard Feynman - mesosternal
Word · Richard Owen - GNU
Word · Richard Stallman - tivoization
Word · Richard Stallman - spirit molecule
Phrase · Rick Strassman - disgusterous
Word · Roald Dahl - Oompa Loompa
Phrase · Roald Dahl - scrumdiddlyumptious
Word · Roald Dahl - Veruca
Word · Roald Dahl - luxury belief
Phrase · Rob Henderson - there is no Planet B
Phrase · Rob Newman - vaseline
Word · Robert Augustus Chesebrough - pigfuck
Word · Robert Christgau - nothing gold can stay
Phrase · Robert Frost - Gravi-kora
Word · Robert Grawi - Gravikord
Word · Robert Grawi - Matthew effect
Phrase · Robert K. Merton - role model
Phrase · Robert K. Merton - self-fulfilling prophecy
Phrase · Robert K. Merton - micrite
Word · Robert L. Folk - premenstrual tension
Phrase · Robert T. Frank - micritization
Word · Robin G. C. Bathurst - ilinx
Word · Roger Caillois - cosmic censorship
Phrase · Roger Penrose - abporal
Word · Roger Philip Wodehouse - Prudence Island
Phrase · Roger Williams - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Phrase · Roger Williams - adparticle
Word · Roger Wortman, Robert Gomer, and Richard A. Lundy - Faucism
Word · Ron DeSantis - Unidentified Authorizing Dictionary
Phrase · Rosamund Moon - sarge
Word · Ross Jeffries - Big Dumb Object
Phrase · Roz Kaveney - long march through the institutions
Phrase · Rudi Dutschke - never the twain shall meet
Phrase · Rudyard Kipling - zzxjoanw
Word · Rupert Hughes - fanzine
Word · Russ Chauvenet - prozine
Word · Russ Chauvenet