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Rhea(n.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia
Rhenish(a.) Of or pertaining to the river Rhine
(n.) Rhine wine.
Rheometer(n.) An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents
Rheostat(n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will
Rhesus(n.) A monkey
Rhetoric(n.) Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction
Rheum(n.) A genus of plants.
Rhinal(a.) Og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.
Rhinencephalon(n.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise
Rhinestone(n.) A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament
Rhinitis(n.) Infllammation of the nose
Rhino(n.) Gold and silver, or money.
Rhizocarpous(a.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems
Rhizoid(n.) A rootlike appendage.
Rhizome(n.) A rootstock.
Rhizophagous(a.) Feeding on roots
Rhizopod(n.) One of the Rhizopoda.
Rhodium(n.) A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse
Rhodochrosite(n.) Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite
Rhododendron(n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers
Rhodonite(n.) Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses
Rhodopsin(n.) The visual purple.
Rhomb(n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel
Rhonchus(n.) An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed
Rhotacism(n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r
Rhubarb(n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery
Rhumb(n.) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle
Rhyme(n.) An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse
(v. t.) To influence by rhyme.
Rhyolite(n.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.
Rhythm(n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables
Rial(a.) Royal.
(n.) A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI
Rib(n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
(v. t.) To furnish with ribs
Ribald(a.) Low
(n./) A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch
Ribband(n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework
Ribbed(a.) Furnished or formed with ribs
Ribbing(n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like
Ribbon(n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
(v. t.) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons
Rice(n.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants
Rich(superl.) Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities
(v. t.) To enrich.
Rick(n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching
(v. t.) To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
Ricochet(n.) A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water
(v. i.) To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground
(v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing.
Rictus(n.) The gape of the mouth, as of birds
Rid(imp. & p. p.) of Rid
(v. t.) To drive away
Riddance(n.) The act of ridding or freeing
Ridden(p. p.) of Ride
Riddle(n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
(v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
(v. t.) To explain
Ride(n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding
(v. i.) To be borne in a carriage
(v. t.) To convey, as by riding
Ridge(n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc
(v. t.) To form a ridge of
Ridicule(a.) Ridiculous.
(n.) An object of sport or laughter
(v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly
Ridiculous(a.) Fitted to excite ridicule
Riding(a.) Employed to travel
(n.) A district in charge of an excise officer.
Ridotto(n.) A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing
(v. i.) To hold ridottos.
Rife(a.) Having power
Riffle(n.) A ripple in a stream or current of water
Riffraff(n.) Sweepings
Rifle(n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
(v. i.) To commit robbery.
(v. t.) To grove
Rifling(n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Rift(n.) An opening made by riving or splitting
(v. i.) To belch.
(v. t.) To cleave
Rig(n.) A blast of wind.
(v. i.) To play the wanton
(v. t.) To dress
Rigadoon(n.) A gay, lively dance for one couple
Rigel(n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
Rigger(n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
Rigging(n.) DRess
Right(a.) According with truth
(adv.) According to any rule of art
(v. i.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.
Rigid(a.) Firm
Rigmarole(a.) Consisting of rigmarole
(n.) A succession of confused or nonsensical statements
Rigor(n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin
Rile(v. t.) To render turbid or muddy
Rill(n.) A very small brook
(v. i.) To run a small stream.
Rim(n.) The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving
(v. t.) To furnish with a rim
Rime(n.) A rent or long aperture
(v. i.) To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
(v. i. & t.) To rhyme.
Rimose(a.) Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.
Rimple(n.) A fold or wrinkle.
(v. t. & i.) To rumple
Rimy(a.) Abounding with rime
Rind(n.) The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.
(v. t.) To remove the rind of
Rinforzando(a.) Increasing
Ring(n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
(v. i.) To be filled with report or talk
(v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body
Rink(n.) An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating
Rinse(n.) The act of rinsing.
(v. t.) To cleancse by the introduction of water
Riot(n.) Excessive and exxpensive feasting
(v. i.) To disturb the peace
(v. t.) To spend or pass in riot.
Rip(n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
(v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing
Riparian(a.) Of or pertaining to the bank of a river
Ripe(n.) The bank of a river.
(superl.) Advanced to the state of fitness for use
(v. i.) To ripen
(v. t.) To mature
Ripieno(a.) Filling up
Ripper(n.) Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.
Ripple(n.) A little wave or undulation
(v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc
(v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom
(v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.
Riprap(n.) A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom
(v. t.) To form a riprap in or upon.
Ripsaw(v. t.) A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber
Rise(n.) Appearance above the horizon
(v.) In various figurative senses.
(v. i.) To cause to rise
Risibility(n.) The quality of being risible
Risible(a.) Exciting laughter
Rising(a.) Attaining a higher place
(n.) That which rises
(prep.) More than
Risk(n.) Hazard
Risotto(n.) A kind of pottage.
Rissole(n.) A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.
Ritardando(a.) Retarding
Rite(n.) The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom
Ritornello(n.) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece
Ritual(a.) Of or pertaining to rites or ritual
(n.) A book containing the rites to be observed.
Rivage(n.) A bank, shore, or coast.
Rival(a.) Having the same pretensions or claims
(n.) A person having a common right or privilege with another
(v. i.) To be in rivalry.
(v. t.) To stand in competition with
Rive(n.) A place torn
(v. i.) To be split or rent asunder.
(v. t.) To rend asunder by force
Rivulet(n.) A small stream or brook
Roach(n.) A cockroach.
(v. t.) To cause to arch.
Road(n.) A journey, or stage of a journey.
Roam(n.) The act of roaming
(v. i.) To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction
(v. t.) To range or wander over.
Roan(a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed
(n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco
Roar(n.) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
(v. i.) To be boisterous
(v. t.) To cry aloud
Roast(a.) Roasted
(n.) That which is roasted
(v. i.) To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
(v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess
Rob(n.) The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup
(v. i.) To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
(v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously
Robalo(n.) Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae, esp
Robber(n.) One who robs
Robe(v. t.) An outer garment
Robin(n.) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish
Roble(n.) The California white oak (Quercus lobata).
Roborant(a.) Strengthening.
(n.) A strengthening medicine
Robust(a.) Evincing strength
Roc(n.) A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.
Rocaille(n.) Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens.
Rocambole(n.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot
Rochet(n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Rock(n.) A distaff used in spinning
(v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward
(v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath
Rococo(a.) Of or pertaining to the style called rococo
(n.) A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century
Rod(n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office
Rode(imp.) of Ride
(n.) Redness
Rodomontade(n.) Vain boasting
(v. i.) To boast
Roe(n.) A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
Roebuck(n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit
Rogation(n.) Litany
Rogatory(a.) Seeking information
Rogue(n.) A deliberately dishonest person
(v. i.) To wander
(v. t.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).
Roguish(a.) Pleasantly mischievous
Roil(v.) To disturb, as the temper
(v. i.) To romp.
Roister(v. i.) To bluster
Role(n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama
Roll(n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping
(v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
(v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Romaic(a.) Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
(n.) The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or Neo-Hellenic.
Roman(a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.
(n.) A native, or permanent resident, of Rome
Romp(n.) A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
(v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously
Rondeau(n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule
Rondel(n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Rondo(n.) A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains
Rondure(n.) A round
Rood(n.) A measure of five and a half yards in length
Roof(n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house
(v. t.) To cover with a roof.
Rook(n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections
(v. i.) To squat
(v. t. & i.) To cheat
Room(a.) Spacious
(n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy
(v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms
Roost(n.) A collection of fowls roosting together.
(v. i.) Fig.
Root(n.) An ancestor or progenitor
(v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility
(v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth
Rope(n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together
(v. i.) To be formed into rope
(v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord
Ropy(a.) capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance
Roque(n.) A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots
Rorqual(n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus)
Rosaceous(a.) Like a rose in shape or appearance
Rosaniline(n.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts
Rosarian(n.) A cultivator of roses.
Rosary(n.) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
Rose(imp.) of Rise
(n.) A diamond.
(v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.
Rosicrucian(a.) Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
(n.) One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature
Rosin(n.) The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine
(v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
Rostellum(n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part
Roster(n.) A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve
Rostrum(n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.
Rosy(superl.) Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities
Rot(n.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi.
(v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly
(v. t.) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber
Rota(n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal
Rote(n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning
(v. i.) To go out by rotation or succession
(v. t.) To learn or repeat by rote.
Rotgut(n.) Any bad spirituous liquor, especially when adulterated so as to be very deleterious.
Rotifer(n.) One of the Rotifera.
Rotor(n.) The rotating part of a generator or motor.
Rotten(a.) Having rotted
Rotund(a.) Hence, complete
(n.) A rotunda.
Roturier(n.) A person who is not of noble birth
Rouble(n.) A coin.
Rouge(a.) red.
(n.) A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine
(v. i.) To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
(v. t.) To tint with rouge
Rough(adv.) In a rough manner
(n.) A rude fellow
(v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
Roulade(n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios
Rouleau(n.) A little roll
Roulette(n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game
(v. t.) To make short incisions in with a roulette
Roumanian(a.) Of or pertaining to Roumania.
(n.) An inhabitant of Roumania
Round(a.) Complete and consistent
(adv.) By or in a circuit
(n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole
(prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle
(v. i.) To go or turn round
(v. i. & t.) To whisper.
(v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness
Roup(n.) A disease in poultry.
(v. i. & t.) To cry or shout
Rouse(n.) A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
(v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place
(v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.
(v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances
Rousing(a.) Having power to awaken or excite
Roust(n.) A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
(v. t.) To rouse
Rout(n.) A bellowing
(v. i.) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly
(v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder
Roux(n.) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.
Rove(imp. & p. p.) of Reeve
(n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
(v. i.) Hence, to wander
(v. t.) To draw out into flakes
Roving(n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted
Row(a. & adv.) Rough
(n.) A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance
(v. i.) To be moved by oars
(v. t.) To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water
Rowan(n.) Rowan tree.
Rowboat(n.) A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.
Rowdy(n.) One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels
Rowel(n.) A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.
(v. t.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).
Rowen(n.) A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.
Rowlock(n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar
Royal(a.) Kingly
(n.) An old English coin.
Rub(n.) A chance.
(v. i.) To fret
(v. t.) To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface
Rubato(a.) Robbed
Rubber(n.) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.
Rubbish(a.) Of or pertaining to rubbish
(n.) Waste or rejected matter
Rubble(n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock
Rubefacient(a.) Making red.
(n.) An external application which produces redness of the skin.
Rubella(n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms
Rubellite(n.) A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium
Rubeola(n.) Rubella.
Rubescent(a.) Growing or becoming red
Rubicon(n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar
Rubicund(a.) Inclining to redness
Rubidium(n.) A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined
Rubiginous(a.) Having the appearance or color of iron rust
Rubious(a.) Red
Ruble(n.) The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents
Rubric(n.) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing
(v. t.) To adorn ith red
Ruby(a.) Ruby-colored
(n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast
(v. t.) To make red
Ruche(n.) A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
Ruching(n.) A ruche, or ruches collectively.
Ruck(n.) A heap
(v. i.) To cower
(v. t.) A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
(v. t. & i.) To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds
Ruction(n.) An uproar
Rudbeckia(n.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle
Rudd(n.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises
Rude(superl.) Barbarous
Rudiment(n.) An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
(v. t.) To furnish with first principles or rules
Rue(n.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste
(v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret
(v. t.) Sorrow
Rueful(a.) Causing one to rue or lament
Ruff(n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion.
(v. i. & t.) To trump.
(v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
Rug(a.) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
(v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily
Ruga(n.) A wrinkle
Rugged(n.) Full of asperities on the surface
Rugose(a.) Wrinkled
Ruin(n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use
(v. i.) To fall to ruins
Rule(a.) A composing rule.
(n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion
(v. i.) To have power or command
Ruling(a.) Predominant
(n.) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence
Rum(a.) Old-fashioned
(n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations
Rumble(n.) A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder
(v. i.) To make a low, heavy, continued sound
(v. t.) To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine.
Rumen(n.) The cud of a ruminant.
Ruminant(a.) Chewing the cud
(n.) A ruminant animal
Ruminate(v. i.) To chew the cud
(v. t.) To chew over again.
Rummage(n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship
(v. i.) To search a place narrowly.
(v. t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo
Rummer(n.) A large and tall glass, or drinking cup.
Rummy(a.) Of or pertaining to rum
(n.) One who drinks rum
Rumor(n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth
(v. t.) To report by rumor
Rump(n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece.
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