| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| raca | adjective | A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior’s time, meaning “worthless.” |
| race | verb t. | To raze., A root., The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed., Company; herd; breed., A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed., Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack., Hence, characteristic quality or disposition., A progress; a course; a movement or progression., Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running., Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races., Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life., A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney., The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race., A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc., To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port., To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea., To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses., To run a race with. |
| rach | noun | Alt. of Rache |
| rack | noun | Same as Arrack., The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton., A wreck; destruction., Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky., To fly, as vapor or broken clouds., To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; — said of a horse., A fast amble., To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine., An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something., An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; — formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons., An instrument for bending a bow., A grate on which bacon is laid., A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts., A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc., A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; — called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot., A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed., A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads., A distaff., A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it., That which is extorted; exaction., To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints., To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish., To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion., To wash on a rack, as metals or ore., To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. |
| racy | superl. | Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich., Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively. |
| rade | noun | A raid. |
| raff | verb t. | To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep., A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse., The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; — chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff., A low fellow; a churl. |
| raft | imp. & p. p. of Reave., A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float., A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation., A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately., To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber., of Reave | |
| rage | noun | Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will., Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury., A violent or raging wind., The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage., To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion., To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds., To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo., To toy or act wantonly; to sport., To enrage. |
| raia | noun | A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate. |
| raid | noun | A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray., An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury., To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties. |
| rail | noun | An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women., To flow forth; to roll out; to course., A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc., A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style., A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc., The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks., The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed., To inclose with rails or a railing., To range in a line., Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds., To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; — followed by at or against, formerly by on., To rail at., To move or influence by railing. |
| rain | noun & verb | Reign., Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops., To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; — used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains., To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes., To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds., To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person. |
| raip | noun | A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod. |
| rais | noun | Same as 2d Reis. |
| raja | noun | Same as Rajah. |
| rake | noun | An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, — used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth., A toothed machine drawn by a horse, — used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake., A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; — called also rake-vein., To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; — often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves., To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town., To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed., To search through; to scour; to ransack., To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does., To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck., To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely., To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along., The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc., the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel., To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft., A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue., To walk about; to gad or ramble idly., To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. |
| rale | noun | An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus. |
| ramp | verb i. | To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp., To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence., To climb, as a plant; to creep up., A leap; a spring; a hostile advance., A highwayman; a robber., A romping woman; a prostitute., Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase., A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction., An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels. |
| rami | plural | of Ramus |
| rana | noun | A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs. |
| rand | noun | A border; edge; margin., A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak., A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel., To rant; to storm. |
| rang | imp. of Ring, v. t. & i., of Ring | |
| rani | noun | A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah. |
| rank | superl. | Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds., Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy., Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land., Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue., Strong to the taste., Inflamed with venereal appetite., Rankly; stoutly; violently., A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers., A line of soldiers ranged side by side; — opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a)., Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral., An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings., Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank., Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank., To place abreast, or in a line., To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify., To take rank of; to outrank., To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division., To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation. |
| rant | verb i. | To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher., High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. |
| rapt | of Rap, imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away., Snatched away; hurried away or along., Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured., Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation., An ecstasy; a trance., Rapidity., To transport or ravish., To carry away by force. | |
| rape | noun | Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster., The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making., A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc., The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery., Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n., That which is snatched away., Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry., To commit rape upon; to ravish., To rob; to pillage., One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire., A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. |
| rare | adjective | Early., Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton., Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event., Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found., Thinly scattered; dispersed., Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations. |
| rase | verb t. | To rub along the surface of; to graze., To rub or scratch out; to erase., To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze., To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow., A scratching out, or erasure., A slight wound; a scratch., A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it. |
| rash | verb t. | To pull off or pluck violently., To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice., A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation., An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted., Sudden in action; quick; hasty., Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent., Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander., Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures., So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn., To prepare with haste. |
| rasp | verb t. | To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder., Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper., A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file., The raspberry. |
| rata | noun | A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs. |
| rate | verb t. & i. | To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently., Established portion or measure; fixed allowance., That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum., Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation., A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates., Order; arrangement., Ratification; approval., The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc., The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc., The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc., To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree., To assess for the payment of a rate or tax., To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension., To ratify., To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line., To make an estimate. |
| rath | noun | A hill or mound., A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland., Alt. of Rathe, Alt. of Rathe |
| rave | imp. of Rive., One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh., To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman., To rush wildly or furiously., To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; — followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty., To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. | |
| raze | noun | A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root., To erase; to efface; to obliterate., To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish. |