| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ribaldry | noun | The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; — now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct. |
| ribanded | adjective | Ribboned. |
| ribaudry | noun | Ribaldry. |
| ribboned | imp. & past participle | of Ribbon |
| ribroast | verb t. | To beat soundly. |
| ricebird | noun | The Java sparrow., The bobolink. |
| richesse | noun | Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches. |
| richness | noun | The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective). |
| richweed | noun | An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; — called also clearweed. |
| ricinine | noun | A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant. |
| rickrack | noun | A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid. |
| ricochet | noun | A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water., To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n., To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n. |
| riddance | noun | The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out., The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. |
| riddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Riddle, Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. |
| ridgelet | noun | A little ridge. |
| ridicule | noun | An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter., Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; — a term lighter than derision., Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness., To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting., Ridiculous. |
| riffraff | noun | Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society. |
| rifleman | plural | of Rifleman, A soldier armed with a rifle. |
| rigadoon | noun | A gay, lively dance for one couple, — said to have been borrowed from Provence in France. |
| riga fir | A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; — called also Scotch pine, and red / yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia. | |
| rigarion | noun | See Irrigation. |
| righting | present participle & vb. noun | of Right |
| rightful | adjective | Righteous; upright; just; good; — said of persons., Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause., Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king., Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority. |
| rigidity | noun | The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; — opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness., Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance., Severity; rigor. |
| rigorism | noun | Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; — opposed to laxity., Severity, as of style, or the like. |
| rigorist | noun | One who is rigorous; — sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist. |
| rigorous | adjective | Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration., Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter., Violent. |
| rig-veda | See Veda. | |
| rimosely | adverb | In a rimose manner. |
| rimosity | noun | State of being rimose. |
| rimpling | present participle & vb. noun | of Rimple |
| rindless | adjective | Destitute of a rind. |
| ringbill | noun | The ring-necked scaup duck; — called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup. |
| ringbird | noun | The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting. |
| ringbolt | noun | An eyebolt having a ring through the eye. |
| ringbone | noun | A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones. |
| ringdove | noun | A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat. |
| ringhead | noun | An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth. |
| ringneck | noun | Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Ae. semipalmata) and the piping plover (Ae. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover., The ring-necked duck. |
| ringsail | noun | See Ringtail, 2. |
| ringtail | noun | A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier., A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; — called also ringsail. |
| ringtoss | noun | A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick. |
| ringworm | noun | A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton). |
| riparian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights. |
| ripening | present participle & vb. noun | of Ripen |
| ripeness | noun | The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. |
| rippling | present participle & vb. noun | of Ripple |
| riptowel | noun | A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord’s corn. |
| risorial | adjective | Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles. |
| ritenuto | adjective | Held back; holding back; ritardando. |
| ritratto | noun | A picture. |
| ritually | adverb | By rites, or by a particular rite. |
| rivalled | of Rival | |
| rivaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Rival |
| rivaless | noun | A female rival. |
| rivality | noun | Rivalry; competition., Equality, as of right or rank. |
| riveling | present participle & vb. noun | of Rivel |
| riveting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rivet, The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing., The whole set of rivets, collectively. |
| rixation | noun | A brawl or quarrel. |
| rixatrix | noun | A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold. |
| rixdaler | noun | A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00. |