| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |