| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| raash | noun | The electric catfish. |
| rabat | noun | A polishing material made of potter’s clay that has failed in baking. |
| rabbi | noun | Master; lord; teacher; — a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law. |
| rabid | noun | Furious; raging; extremely violent., Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist., Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox., Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus. |
| rabot | noun | A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished. |
| raced | imp. & past participle | of Race |
| racer | noun | One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse., The common American black snake., One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned. |
| rache | noun | A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound. |
| racle | adjective | See Rakel. |
| radde | imp. of Read, Rede. | |
| radii | noun | pl. of Radius., of Radius |
| radix | noun | A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon., A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration., A finite expression, from which a series is derived., The root of a plant. |
| rafte | imp. of Reave. | |
| rafty | adjective | Damp; musty. |
| raged | imp. & past participle | of Rage |
| raggy | adjective | Ragged; rough. |
| raiae | noun pl. | The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; — called also Rajae, and Rajii. |
| rainy | adjective | Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season. |
| raise | verb t. | To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight., To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like., To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace., To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room., To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff., To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse., To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite., To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to., To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like., To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones., To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like., To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle., To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; — often with up., To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush., To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up., To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection., To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread., To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light., To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets., To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it. |
| rajah | adjective | A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts. |
| raked | imp. & past participle | of Rake |
| rakel | adjective | Hasty; reckless; rash. |
| raker | noun | One who, or that which, rakes, A person who uses a rake., A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power., A gun so placed as to rake an enemy’s ship., See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill. |
| rally | verb t. | To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite., To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite., To collect one’s vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate., To recover strength after a decline in prices; — said of the market, stocks, etc., The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word)., A political mass meeting., To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire., To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment., Good-humored raillery. |
| ralph | noun | A name sometimes given to the raven. |
| ramal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal. |
| ramed | adjective | Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; — said of a ship on the stocks. |
| ramee | noun | See Ramie. |
| ramie | noun | The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; — called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. |
| rammy | adjective | Like a ram; rammish. |
| rampe | noun | The cuckoopint. |
| ramus | noun | A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification. |
| ranal | adjective | Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants. |
| rance | noun | A prop or shore., A round between the legs of a chair. |
| ranch | verb t. | To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion., A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2. |
| ranee | noun | Same as Rani. |
| range | noun | To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line., To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; — usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc., To separate into parts; to sift., To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species., To rove over or through; as, to range the fields., To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast., To be native to, or to live in; to frequent., To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam., To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles., To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank., To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; — often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast., To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay., A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains., An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class., The step of a ladder; a rung., A kitchen grate., An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove., A bolting sieve to sift meal., A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition., That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture., Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one’s voice, or authority., The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives., The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried., Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile., A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced., In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart., See Range of cable, below. |
| ranny | noun | The erd shrew. |
| ranty | adjective | Wild; noisy; boisterous. |
| raphe | noun | A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue., Same as Rhaphe. |
| rapid | adjective | Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion., Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession., Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman., The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; — usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. |
| rased | imp. & past participle | of Rase |
| raspy | adjective | Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating. |
| rasse | noun | A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet. |
| ratan | noun | See Rattan. |
| ratch | noun | Same as Rotche., A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works. |
| rated | imp. & past participle | of Rate |
| ratel | noun | Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; — called also honey badger. |
| rater | noun | One who rates or estimates., One who rates or scolds. |
| rathe | adjective | Coming before others, or before the usual time; early., Early; soon; betimes. |
| ratio | noun | The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a., Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress. |
| raton | noun | A small rat. |
| raved | imp. & past participle | of Rave |
| ravel | verb t. | To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; — often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking., To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle., To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve., To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy., To fall into perplexity and confusion., To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern. |
| raven | noun | A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity., Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness., Rapine; rapacity., Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence., To obtain or seize by violence., To devour with great eagerness., To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. |
| raver | noun | One who raves. |
| ravin | adjective | Ravenous., Alt. of Ravine, Alt. of Ravine |
| rawly | adverb | In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience., Without proper preparation or provision. |
| rayed | imp. & past participle | of Ray |
| rayah | noun | A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax. |
| rayon | noun | Ray; beam. |
| razed | imp. & past participle | of Raze, Slashed or striped in patterns. |
| razee | verb t. | An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate., To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article. |
| razor | verb t. | A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head., A tusk of a wild boar. |
| reach | verb i. | To retch., An effort to vomit., To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like., Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book., To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear., To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell., Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as., To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river., To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as., To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to., To understand; to comprehend., To overreach; to deceive., To stretch out the hand., To strain after something; to make efforts., To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something., To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam., The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot., The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity., Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope., An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land., An artifice to obtain an advantage., The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon. |
| react | verb t. | To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome., To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state., To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. |
| ready | superl. | Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey., Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished., Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed., Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman., Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy., On the point; about; on the brink; near; — with a following infinitive., A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim., In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay., Ready money; cash; — commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready., To dispose in order. |
| realm | noun | A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom., Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy. |
| reame | noun | Realm. |
| reata | noun | A lariat. |
| reave | verb i. | To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic] |
| rebec | noun | An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow., A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. |
| rebel | verb i. | Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops., One who rebels., To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion., To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. |
| rebus | noun | A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations., A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting., To mark or indicate by a rebus. |
| rebut | verb t. | To drive or beat back; to repulse., To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof., To retire; to recoil., To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff’s surrejoinder. |
| recto | noun | A writ of right., The right-hand page; — opposed to verso. |
| recti | plural | of Rectus |
| recur | verb i. | To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind., To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night., To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. |
| redan | noun | A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy., A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level. |
| redde | obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. | |
| redia | noun | A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| redly | adverb | In a red manner; with redness. |
| redub | verb t. | To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite. |
| reedy | adjective | Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds., Having the quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices. |
| reefy | adjective | Full of reefs or rocks. |
| reeky | adjective | Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul., Emitting reek. |
| reeve | noun | The female of the ruff., To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like., an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; — used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. |
| refar | verb t. | To go over again; to repeat. |
| refel | verb t. | To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. |
| refer | verb t. | To carry or send back., Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal., To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances., To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one’s self; as, to refer to a dictionary., To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote., To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election., To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one’s integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story. |
| refit | verb t. | To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war., To fit out or supply a second time., To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit. |
| refix | verb t. | To fix again or anew; to establish anew. |
| refut | noun | Refuge. |
| regal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway., A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, — used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |
| regel | noun | See Rigel. |
| reget | verb t. | To get again. |
| regle | verb t. | To rule; to govern. |
| regma | noun | A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle. |
| regne | noun & verb | See Reign. |
| reign | noun | Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion., The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion., The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth., To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule., Hence, to be predominant; to prevail., To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. |
| reins | noun pl. | The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins., The inward impulses; the affections and passions; — so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. |
| rekne | verb t. | To reckon. |
| relax | noun | To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews., To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one’s attention or endeavors., Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind., To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels., To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one’s grasp relax., To abate in severity; to become less rigorous., To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study., Relaxation., Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless. |
| relay | verb t. | To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement., A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief., A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay., A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way., A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work., In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing. |
| relic | noun | That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant., The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; — usually in the plural when referring to the whole body., Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. |
| relik | noun | Relic. |
| remit | verb t. | To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign., To restore., To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail., To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. “Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.” Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision., To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate., To forgive; to pardon; to remove., To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation., To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits., To send money, as in payment. |
| remix | verb t. | To mix again or repeatedly. |
| remue | verb t. | To remove. |
| renal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys. |
| renay | verb t. | To deny; to disown. |
| renew | verb t. | To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild., Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent., To begin again; to recommence., To repeat; to go over again., To make new spiritually; to regenerate., To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again. |
| renne | verb t. | To plunder; — only in the phrase “to rape and renne.” See under Rap, v. t., to snatch., To run. |
| rente | noun | In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness. |
| repay | verb t. | To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced., To make return or requital for; to recompense; — in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury., To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt. |
| repel | verb t. | To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant., To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument., To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. |
| reply | verb i. | To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer., To answer a defendant’s plea., Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery., To return for an answer., That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. |
| resaw | verb t. | To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc. |
| reset | verb t. | To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond., The act of resetting., That which is reset; matter set up again., The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw., To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. |
| resin | noun | Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin). |
| resow | verb t. | To sow again. |
| resty | adjective | Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. |
| retch | verb i. | To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting., To care for; to heed; to reck. |
| retex | verb t. | To annual, as orders. |
| retry | verb t. | To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person. |
| rette | verb t. | See Aret. |
| reule | noun& verb | Rule. |
| reume | noun | Realm. |
| revel | noun | See Reveal., A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal., To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry., To move playfully; to indulge without restraint., To draw back; to retract. |
| revet | verb t. | To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material. |
| revie | verb t. | To vie with, or rival, in return., To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager., To exceed an adversary’s wager in card playing., To make a retort; to bandy words. |
| rewet | noun | A gunlock. |
| rewin | verb t. | To win again, or win back. |
| rewle | noun & verb | Rule. |
| rewme | noun | Realm. |
| rewth | noun | Ruth. |
| reges | plural | of Rex |
| reyse | verb t. | To raise., To go on a military expedition. |
| rheae | noun pl. | A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas. |
| rheic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum). |
| rhein | noun | Chrysophanic acid. |
| rheum | noun | A genus of plants. See Rhubarb., A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose. |
| rhime | noun | See Rhyme. |
| rhine | noun | A water course; a ditch. |
| rhino | noun | Gold and silver, or money. |
| rhomb | noun | An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square., A rhombohedron. |
| rhumb | noun | A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; — called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic. |
| rhyme | noun | An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language., Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any., Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes., A word answering in sound to another word., To make rhymes, or verses., To accord in rhyme or sound., To put into rhyme., To influence by rhyme. |
| riant | adjective | Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape. |
| riban | noun | See Ribbon. |
| ribes | noun | A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds. |
| riden | imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride. | |
| rider | noun | One who, or that which, rides., Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler., One who breaks or manages a horse., An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed., A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper., A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it., Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it., An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship’s hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame., The second tier of casks in a vessel’s hold., A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard., A robber. |
| ridge | noun | The back, or top of the back; a crest., A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys., 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., The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault., The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way., To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges., To form into ridges with the plow, as land., To wrinkle. |
| ridgy | adjective | Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge. |
| rifle | verb t. | To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off., To strip; to rob; to pillage., To raffle., To raffle., To commit robbery., A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket., A body of soldiers armed with rifles., A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes., To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon., To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3. |
| rigel | noun | A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion. |
| right | adjective | Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line., Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone., Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true., Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford., Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious., According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith., Most favorable or convenient; fortunate., Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; — opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals., Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done., Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth., In a right manner., In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide., Exactly; just., According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right., According to any rule of art; correctly., According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right., In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant., That which is right or correct., The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, — the opposite of moral wrong., A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact., A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity., That to which one has a just claim., That which one has a natural claim to exact., That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal., That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership., Privilege or immunity granted by authority., The right side; the side opposite to the left., In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5., The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc., To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct., To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one’s self; also, to vindicate., To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright., Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening. |
| rigid | adjective | Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible., Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. |
| rigol | noun | A circle; hence, a diadem. |
| rigor | noun | Rigidity; stiffness., A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever., The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness., See 1st Rigor, 2., Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter., Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty., Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; — opposed to lenity., Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification., Violence; force; fury. |
| riled | imp. & past participle | of Rile |
| rille | noun | One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon. |
| rimae | plural | of Rima |
| rimed | imp. & past participle | of Rime |
| rimer | noun | A rhymer; a versifier., A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder. |
| rimey | verb t. | To compose in rhyme; to versify. |
| rindy | adjective | Having a rind or skin. |
| rined | adjective | Having a rind |
| rinse | verb t. | To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing., To cleancse by the introduction of water; — applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle., The act of rinsing. |
| ripen | verb i. | To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun., To approach or come to perfection., To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn., To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. |
| risen | past participle | of Rise, p. p. & a. from Rise., Obs. imp. pl. of Rise. |
| riser | noun | One who rises; as, an early riser., The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread., Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like., A shaft excavated from below upward., A feed head. See under Feed, n. |
| risky | adjective | Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. |
| risse | imp. of Rise. | |
| rival | noun | A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner., One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown., Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions., To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love., To strive to equal or exel; to emulate., To be in rivalry. |
| rived | imp. | of Rive, of Rive |
| riven | of Rive, p. p. & a. from Rive. | |
| rivel | verb t. | To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers., A wrinkle; a rimple. |
| river | noun | One who rives or splits., A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook., Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil., To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. |
| rivet | noun | A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends., To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron., To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head., Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection. |
| roach | noun | A cockroach., A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back., An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish., The redfin, or shiner., A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit., To cause to arch., To cut off, as a horse’s mane, so that the part left shall stand upright. |
| roast | verb t. | To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven., To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes., To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts., Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn., To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores., To banter severely., To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven., To undergo the process of being roasted., That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted., Roasted; as, roast beef. |
| robed | imp. & past participle | of Robe |
| robin | noun | A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; — called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock., An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush., Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor)., Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below. |
| roche | noun | Rock. |
| rocky | adjective | Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore., Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield., Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. |
| rocoa | noun | The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto. |
| roddy | adjective | Full of rods or twigs., Ruddy. |
| rodeo | noun | A round-up. See Round-up. |
| rodge | noun | The gadwall. |
| rogue | noun | A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp., A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat., One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment., An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage., A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety., To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks., To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry., To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard). |
| roguy | adjective | Roguish. |
| rohob | noun | An inspissated juice. See Rob. |
| roial | adjective | Royal. |
| roily | adjective | Turbid; as, roily water. |
| roint | interj. | See Aroint. |
| roist | verb i. | See Roister. |
| rokee | noun | Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; — called also yokeage. |
| roman | adjective | Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art., Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion., Upright; erect; — said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters., Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; — said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc., A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred., Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; — in distinction from Italics. |
| romic | noun | A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; — so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler. |
| rompu | adjective | Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like. |
| ronco | noun | See Croaker, n., 2. (a). |
| ronde | noun | A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look. |
| rondo | noun | A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains., See Rondeau, 1. |
| ronne | obs. imp. pl. | |
| roody | adjective | Rank in growth. |
| roofy | adjective | Having roofs. |
| rooky | adjective | Misty; gloomy. |
| roomy | adjective | Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck. |
| roost | noun | Roast., See Roust, v. t., The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch., A collection of fowls roosting together., To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch., Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. |
| rooty | adjective | Full of roots; as, rooty ground. |
| roped | imp. & past participle | of Rope |
| roper | noun | A maker of ropes., One who ropes goods; a packer., One fit to be hanged. |
| roral | adjective | Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy. |
| roric | adjective | Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy. |
| rorid | adjective | Dewy; bedewed. |
| rosen | adjective | Consisting of roses; rosy. |
| roser | noun | A rosier; a rosebush. |
| roset | noun | A red color used by painters. |
| rosin | noun | The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony., To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. |
| rotal | adjective | Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary. |
| roted | imp. & past participle | of Rote |
| rotta | noun | See Rota. |
| rouet | noun | A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them. |
| rouge | adjective | red., A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler’s rouge, etc., 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., To paint the face or cheeks with rouge., To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks. |
| rough | noun | Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth., Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; — said of a piece of land, or of a road., Not polished; uncut; — said of a gem; as, a rough diamond., Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; — said of a sea or other piece of water., Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; — said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat., Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish., Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper., Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions., Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; — said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers., Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine., Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day., Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught., Produced offhand., Boisterous weather., A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy., In a rough manner; rudely; roughly., To render rough; to roughen., To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes., To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; — with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. |
| round | verb i. & t. | To whisper., Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball., Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round., Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills., Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; — said of numbers., Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price., Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note., Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11., Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath., Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; — said of style, or of authors with reference to their style., Complete and consistent; fair; just; — applied to conduct., Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. “The golden round” [the crown]., A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures., A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle., A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated., A circular dance., That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause., Rotation, as in office; succession., The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair., A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman’s round; the rounds of the postman., A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; — usually in the plural., A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once., Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out., A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison., The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout., A brewer’s vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole., A vessel filled, as for drinking., An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians., See Roundtop., Same as Round of beef, below., On all sides; around., Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one’s position; as, to turn one’s head round; a wheel turns round., In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round., From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, — that is, to change sides or opinions., By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point., Through a circle, as of friends or houses., Roundly; fully; vigorously., On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass., To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything., To surround; to encircle; to encompass., To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion., To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn., To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing., To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection., To go round, as a guard., To go or turn round; to wheel about. |
| rouse | verb i. & t. | To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances., A bumper in honor of a toast or health., A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic., To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase., To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly., To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions., To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate., To raise; to make erect., To get or start up; to rise., To awake from sleep or repose., To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. |
| roust | verb t. | To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out., A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. |
| route | noun | The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march. |
| roved | imp. & past participle | of Rove |
| rover | verb i. | One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate., One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler., Hence, a fickle, inconstant person., A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball., Casual marks at uncertain distances., A sort of arrow. |
| rowed | imp. & past participle | of Row, Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve-rowed ear of corn. |
| rowan | noun | Rowan tree. |
| rowdy | noun | One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow. |
| rowel | noun | The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points., A little flat ring or wheel on horses’ bits., A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery., To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse). |
| rowen | noun | A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle., The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. |
| rower | noun | One who rows with an oar. |
| royal | adjective | Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state., Noble; generous; magnificent; princely., Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society., Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n., A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail., One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag., A small mortar., One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; — now called the Royal Scots., An old English coin. See Rial. |
| royne | verb t. | To bite; to gnaw. |
| rubin | noun | A ruby. |
| ruble | noun | 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. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents. |
| rubus | noun | A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry. |
| ruche | noun | A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, — used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women’s dresses and bonnets., A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn. |
| ruddy | noun | Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame., Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips., To make ruddy. |
| ruing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rue |
| ruffe | noun | A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); — called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch. |
| rufol | noun | A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone. |
| rugae | plural | of Ruga |
| ruggy | adjective | Rugged; rough. |
| rugin | noun | A nappy cloth. |
| ruled | imp. & past participle | of Rule |
| ruler | noun | One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor., A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a). |
| rumbo | noun | Grog. |
| rumen | noun | The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below., The cud of a ruminant. |
| rummy | adjective | Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor., One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person., Strange; odd. |
| rumor | noun | A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety., A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; — in this sense often personified., A prolonged, indistinct noise., To report by rumor; to tell. |
| runch | noun | The wild radish. |
| runer | noun | A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. |
| runic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme. |
| runty | adjective | Like a runt; diminutive; mean. |
| rupee | noun | A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies. |
| rupia | noun | An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust. |
| rural | adjective | Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect., Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. |
| rushy | adjective | Abounding with rushes., Made of rushes. |
| rusma | noun | A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma. |
| rusty | superl. | Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat., Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect., Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon., Surly; morose; crusty; sullen., Rust-colored; dark., Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy., Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. |
| rutic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid. |
| rutin | noun | A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition. |
| rutty | adjective | Ruttish; lustful., Full of ruts; as, a rutty road., Rooty. |
| ryder | noun | A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider., A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60. |