raglan
1: a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves
raglan sleeve
1: a sleeve that extends in one piece to the neckline of a coat or sweater with seams from the armhole to the neck
Ragnar Frisch
1: Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) [syn: {Frisch}, {Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch}]
Ragnarok
1: myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil [syn: {Gotterdammerung}, {Twilight of the Gods}]
ragout
1: well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
ragpicker
1: an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
ragpicker's disease
1: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular colla...
ragsorter
1: a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking)
ragsorter's disease
1: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular colla...
ragtag
1: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: {rabble}, {riffraff}, {ragtag and bobtail}]
ragtag and bobtail
1: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: {rabble}, {riffraff}, {ragtag}]
ragtime
1: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn: {rag}]
Ragusa
1: a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center [syn: {Dubrovnik}]
ragweed
1: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn: {ragwort}, {tansy ragwort}, {benweed}, {Senecio jacobaea}] 2:...
ragwort
1: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn: {tansy ragwort}, {ragweed}, {benweed}, {Senecio jacobaea}] 2:...
Rahu
1: a demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses
raid
1: a sudden short attack [syn: {foray}, {maraud}] 2: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors v 1: search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house" [...
raider
1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: {plunderer}, {pillager}, {looter}, {spoiler}, {despoiler}, {freebooter}] 2: a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a...
raiding
1: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party" [syn: {marauding}, {predatory}]
rail
1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn: {railing}] 2: short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" 3: a bar or bars of rolled steel making a tra...
rail fence
1: a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)
rail in
1: enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" [syn: {rail}]
rail line
1: the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed [syn: {line}, {railway line}]
rail off
1: separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" [syn: {rail}]
rail technology
1: the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads [syn: {railroading}]
rail-splitter
1: a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences [syn: {splitter}]
railbird
1: a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track
railcar
1: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: {car}, {railway car}, {railroad car}]
railhead
1: a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution 2: the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
railing
1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn: {rail}] 2: material for making rails or rails collectively
raillery
1: light teasing repartee [syn: {banter}, {give-and-take}, {backchat}]
railroad
1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railway}, {railroad line}, {railway line}, {railway system}] 2: a line of track providing a runway for whe...
railroad car
1: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: {car}, {railcar}, {railway car}]
railroad engineer
1: the operator of a railway locomotive [syn: {engineer}, {locomotive engineer}, {engine driver}]
railroad flat
1: an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
railroad line
1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railway}, {railroad}, {railway line}, {railway system}]
railroad man
1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroader}, {railwayman}, {railway man}]
railroad siding
1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: {siding}, {turnout}, {sidetrack}]
railroad station
1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods [syn: {railway station}, {railroad terminal}, {train station}, {train depot}]
railroad terminal
1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods [syn: {railway station}, {railroad station}, {train station}, {train depot}]
railroad ticket
1: a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train [syn: {train ticket}]
railroad tie
1: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: {tie}, {crosstie}, {sleeper}]
railroad track
1: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" [syn: {railroad}, {railway}]
railroad train
1: public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction" [syn: {train}]
railroad vine
1: Prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas [syn: {beach morning glory}, {Ipomoea pes-caprae}]
railroad worm
1: larvae bore into and feed on apples [syn: {apple maggot}, {Rhagoletis pomonella}]
railroader
1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroad man}, {railwayman}, {railway man}]
railroading
1: the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads [syn: {rail technology}]
rails
1: a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll [syn: {track}, {rail}]
railway
1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railroad}, {railroad line}, {railway line}, {railway system}] 2: a line of track providing a runway for wh...
railway car
1: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: {car}, {railcar}, {railroad car}]
railway line
1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railway}, {railroad}, {railroad line}, {railway system}] 2: the road consisting of railroad track and road...
railway locomotive
1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: {locomotive}, {engine}, {locomotive engine}]
railway man
1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroader}, {railroad man}, {railwayman}]
railway station
1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods [syn: {railroad station}, {railroad terminal}, {train station}, {train depot}]
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railway system
1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railway}, {railroad}, {railroad line}, {railway line}]
railway yard
1: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: {yard}]
railwayman
1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroader}, {railroad man}, {railway man}]
raiment
1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: {array}, {regalia}] v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {clothe}, {enclothe}, {garb}, {...
raimentless
1: possessing no clothing [syn: {clothesless}, {garmentless}]
rain
1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: {rainfall}] 2: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: {rainwater}] 3: anything happening rapidly or in...
rain barrel
1: a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater
rain buckets
1: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {stream}, {rain cats and dogs}]
rain cats and dogs
1: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {stream}, {rain buckets}]
rain check
1: a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future 2: a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain
rain cloud
1: a dark gray cloud bearing rain [syn: {nimbus}, {nimbus cloud}]
rain dance
1: a ritual dance intended to bring rain
rain date
1: an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday"
rain down
1: precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" [syn: {rain}]
rain forest
1: a forest with heavy annual rainfall [syn: {rainforest}]
rain gage
1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: {rain gauge}, {pluviometer}, {udometer}]
rain gauge
1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: {rain gage}, {pluviometer}, {udometer}]
rain out
1: prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out the game" [syn: {wash out}]
rain shadow
1: an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
rain shower
1: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: {shower}]
rain stick
1: a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was i...
rain tree
1: large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle [syn: {saman}, {monkeypod}, {monkey pod},...
Rain-giver
1: an epithet for Jupiter [syn: {Jupiter Pluvius}]
Rain-in-the-Face
1: a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
rain-wash
1: the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain
rainbow
1: an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain 2: an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows"
rainbow cactus
1: a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
rainbow fish
1: small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums [syn: {guppy}, {Lebistes reticulatus}]
rainbow perch
1: Pacific coast fish [syn: {rainbow seaperch}, {Hipsurus caryi}]
rainbow pink
1: Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual [syn: {china pink}, {Dianthus chinensis}]
rainbow runner
1: streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish [syn: {Elagatis bipinnulata}]
rainbow shower
1: deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream to orange and red [syn: {Cassia javonica}]
rainbow smelt
1: common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska [syn: {American smelt}] 2: important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska [syn: {Osmerus mordax}]
rainbow trout
1: flesh of pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water 2: found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska [syn: {Salmo gairdneri}]
raincoat
1: a water-resistant coat [syn: {waterproof}]
Rainer Maria Rilke
1: German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926) [syn: {Rilke}]
rainfall
1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: {rain}]
rainfly
1: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent [syn: {tent-fly}, {fly sheet}, {fly}, {tent flap}]
rainforest
1: a forest with heavy annual rainfall [syn: {rain forest}]
raining
1: falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms"
rainless
1: lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies"
rainmaker
1: executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm 2: American indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain
rainproof
1: not permitting the passage of water [syn: {waterproof}, {waterproofed}]
rainwater
1: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: {rain}]
rainy
1: (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days" [syn: {showery}] 2: marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days" [syn: {pluvial}, {pluvious}] [also:...
rainy day
1: a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day"
rainy season
1: one of the two seasons in tropical climates [ant: {dry season}]
raisable
1: capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof" [syn: {raiseable}]
raise
1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: {rise}, {wage hike}, {hike}, {wage increase}, {salary increase}] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the c...
raise the roof
1: get very angry; "He will raise the roof when he hears this"
raise up
1: change the arrangement or position of [syn: {agitate}, {vex}, {disturb}, {commove}, {shake up}, {stir up}]
raiseable
1: capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof" [syn: {raisable}]
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