| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| rabbate | verb t. | To abate or diminish., Abatement. |
| rabbies | plural | of Rabbi |
| rabbled | imp. & past participle | of Rabble |
| rabbler | noun | A scraping tool for smoothing metal. |
| rabidly | adverb | In a rabid manner; with extreme violence. |
| rabinet | noun | A kind of small ordnance formerly in use. |
| rabious | adjective | Fierce. |
| raccoon | noun | A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach. |
| racemed | adjective | Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes. |
| racemic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids. |
| racking | present participle & vb. noun | of Rack, Spun yarn used in racking ropes. |
| rackett | noun | An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys. |
| rackety | adjective | Making a tumultuous noise. |
| racquet | noun | See Racket. |
| raddock | noun | The ruddock. |
| radiale | noun | The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man., Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid. |
| radiant | adjective | Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate., Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun., Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face., Giving off rays; — said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant., Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; — said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers., The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly., A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve., The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate. |
| radiary | noun | A radiate. |
| radiata | noun pl. | An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere. |
| radiate | verb i. | To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine., To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat., To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat., To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate., Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal., Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc., Belonging to the Radiata., One of the Radiata. |
| radical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root., Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party., Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs., Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower., Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form., Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below., A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon., A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix., One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; — opposed to conservative., A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom., Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; — called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue., A radical quantity. See under Radical, a., A radical vessel. See under Radical, a. |
| radicel | noun | A small branch of a root; a rootlet. |
| radicle | noun | The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle., A rootlet; a radicel. |
| radioli | noun pl. | The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules. |
| radious | adjective | Consisting of rays, as light., Radiating; radiant. |
| radices | plural | of Radix |
| radixes | plural | of Radix |
| radulae | plural | of Radula |
| raffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Raff |
| raffish | adjective | Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low. |
| raffled | imp. & past participle | of Raffle |
| raffler | noun | One who raffles. |
| rafting | present participle & vb. noun | of Raft, The business of making or managing rafts. |
| ragging | present participle & vb. noun | of Rag |
| rageful | adjective | Full of rage; expressing rage. |
| ragious | adjective | Raging; furious; rageful. |
| raguled | adjective | Alt. of Ragguled |
| ragweed | noun | A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. |
| ragwork | noun | A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones. |
| ragwort | noun | A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio. |
| raiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Raid |
| railing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rail, Expressing reproach; insulting., A barrier made of a rail or of rails., Rails in general; also, material for making rails. |
| railway | noun | A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure., The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. |
| raiment | noun | Clothing in general; vesture; garments; — usually singular in form, with a collective sense., An article of dress. |
| raining | present participle & vb. noun | of Rain |
| rainbow | noun | A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun’s rays in drops of falling rain. |
| raising | present participle & vb. noun | of Raise, The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life., Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising., The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. |
| rajpoot | noun | Alt. of Rajput |
| rallier | noun | One who rallies. |
| ralline | adjective | Pertaining to the rails. |
| rallied | imp. & past participle | of Rally |
| rallies | plural | of Rally |
| ramming | present participle & vb. noun | of Ram |
| ramadan | noun | The ninth Mohammedan month., The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month. |
| rambled | imp. & past participle | of Ramble |
| rambler | noun | One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer. |
| ramekin | noun | See Ramequin. |
| ramenta | noun pl. | Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. |
| rameous | adjective | Ramal. |
| ramline | noun | A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel. |
| rammish | adjective | Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. |
| ramping | present participle & vb. noun | of Ramp |
| rampage | verb | Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage., To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage. |
| rampant | verb | Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious., Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant., Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; — said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left. |
| rampart | noun | That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark., A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification., To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. |
| rampier | noun | See Rampart. |
| rampion | noun | A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; — also called ramps. |
| rampire | noun | A rampart., To fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire. |
| rampler | noun | A rambler., Roving; rambling. |
| ramsted | noun | A yellow-flowered weed; — so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed. |
| ramulus | noun | A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms. |
| ranchos | plural | of Rancho |
| randing | noun | The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes., A kind of basket work used in gabions. |
| ranging | present participle & vb. noun | of Range |
| ranking | present participle & vb. noun | of Rank |
| rankled | imp. & past participle | of Rankle |
| ransack | verb t. | To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house., To plunder; to pillage completely., To violate; to ravish; to defiour., To make a thorough search., The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. |
| ranting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rant |
| rantism | noun | Ranterism. |
| rapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Rap, of Rap |
| rapaces | noun pl. | Same as Accipitres. |
| raparee | noun | See Rapparee. |
| rapeful | adjective | Violent., Given to the commission of rape. |
| raphany | noun | A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism. |
| rapidly | adverb | In a rapid manner. |
| rapilli | noun pl. | Lapilli. |
| rappage | noun | The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern. |
| rapport | noun | Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. |
| rapture | noun | A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence., The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one’s self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy., A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium., To transport with excitement; to enrapture. |
| rarebit | noun | A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit. |
| rasante | adjective | Sweeping; grazing; — applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them. |
| rashful | adjective | Rash; hasty; precipitate. |
| rasores | verb t. | An order of birds; the Gallinae. |
| rasping | present participle & vb. noun | of Rasp |
| ratting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rat, The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1., The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time. |
| ratable | adjective | Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value., Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate., Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. |
| ratafia | noun | A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; — a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc. |
| ratchel | noun | Gravelly stone. |
| ratchet | noun | A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc., A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch. |
| ratfish | noun | Same as Rat-tail. |
| ratitae | noun pl. | An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples. |
| ratlins | noun pl. | The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder. |
| ratteen | noun | A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled. |
| rattled | imp. & past participle | of Rattle |
| rattler | noun | One who, or that which, rattles. |
| rattoon | noun | One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year’s growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane., To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year’s planting. |
| raucity | noun | Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice. |
| raucous | adjective | Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. |
| ravaged | imp. & past participle | of Ravage |
| ravager | noun | One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler. |
| raveled | imp. & past participle | of Ravel |
| raveler | noun | One who ravels. |
| ravelin | noun | A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon. |
| ravened | imp. & past participle | of Raven |
| ravener | noun | One who, or that which, ravens or plunders., A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. |
| rawbone | adjective | Rawboned. |
| rawhead | noun | A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones. |
| rawhide | noun | A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted. |
| rawness | noun | The quality or state of being raw. |
| rayless | adjective | Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes. |