| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ra- | A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-. | |
| rab | noun | A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar. |
| rad | imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede. | |
| rag | verb t. | To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter., A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment., Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress., A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin., A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture., A ragged edge., A sail, or any piece of canvas., To become tattered., To break (ore) into lumps for sorting., To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone. |
| raj | noun | Reign; rule. |
| ram | noun | The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup., Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March., The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name., An engine of war used for butting or battering., In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram., A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak., A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic., The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like., The plunger of a hydraulic press., To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy’s vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc., To fill or compact by pounding or driving. |
| ran | imp. of Run., Open robbery., Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch., of Run | |
| rap | noun | A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn., To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door., To strike with a quick blow; to knock on., To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal., A quick, smart blow; a knock., To snatch away; to seize and hurry off., To hasten., To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one’s self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration., To exchange; to truck., A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. |
| ras | noun | See 2d Reis. |
| rat | noun | One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World., A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair., One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union., In English politics, to desert one’s party from interested motives; to forsake one’s associates for one’s own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union., To catch or kill rats. |
| raw | superl. | Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat., Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit., Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought., Not distilled; as, raw water, Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton, Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits, Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow, Not tanned; as, raw hides, Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth., Not covered; bare., Bald., Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore., Sore, as if by being galled., Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind., A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw. |
| ray | verb t. | To array., To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile., Array; order; arrangement; dress., One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays., A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius., One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes., One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran., A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray., One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light., Sight; perception; vision; — from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen., One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray., To mark with long lines; to streak., To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles., To shine, as with rays., Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc., In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. |