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