Ramsay Hunt syndrome
1: syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss
Ramses
1: any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC [syn: {Rameses}, {Ramesses}]
Ramses II
1: king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments [syn: {Rameses II}, {Ramesses II}, {Rameses the Great}, {Ramesses the Great}, {Ramses the Great}]
Ramses the Great
1: king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments [syn: {Rameses II}, {Ramesses II}, {Ramses II}, {Rameses the Great}, {Ramesses the Great}]
ramshackle
1: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: {bedraggled}, {broken-down}, {dilapidated}, {tatterdemalion}...
Ramsons
1: pungent Old World weedy plant [syn: {wild garlic}, {wood garlic}, {Allium ursinum}]
ramus
1: the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical [also: {rami} (pl)]
ran into
1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}]
Rana
1: type genus of the Ranidae [syn: {genus Rana}]
Rana cascadae
1: mountain frog found near water; of United States northwest to California [syn: {cascades frog}]
Rana catesbeiana
1: largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice [syn: {bullfrog}]
Rana clamitans
1: similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada [syn: {green frog}, {spring frog}]
Rana goliath
1: largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa [syn: {goliath frog}]
Rana palustris
1: a meadow frog of eastern North America [syn: {pickerel frog}]
Rana pipiens
1: common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots [syn: {leopard frog}, {spring frog}]
Rana sylvatica
1: wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce [syn: {wood-frog}, {wood frog}]
Rana tarahumarae
1: Mexican frog found within a jump of two or water [syn: {tarahumara frog}]
Rana temporaria
1: a common semiterrestrial European frog [syn: {grass frog}]
Ranales
1: herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophy...
ranalian complex
1: a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families i...
Ranatra
1: elongate very slender water scorpions [syn: {genus Ranatra}]
ranch
1: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) [syn: {spread}, {cattle ranch}, {cattle farm}] v : manage or run a ranch; "Her husband i...
ranch house
1: a one story house with a low pitched roof
rancher
1: a person who owns or operates a ranch
ranching
1: farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
rancid
1: used of decomposing oils or fats; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon" 2: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: {sour}]
rancor
1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: {resentment}, {bitterness}, {gall}, {rancour}]
rancorous
1: showing deep-seated resentment; "preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
rancour
1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: {resentment}, {bitterness}, {gall}, {rancor}]
rand
1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents 2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: {Ayn Rand}] 3: a r...
random
1: lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" [ant: {nonrandom}] 2: taken haphazardly; "a random c...
random access memory
1: the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in a...
random memory
1: the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in a...
random sample
1: a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected 2: a sample grabbed at random
random sampling
1: the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected
random variable
1: a variable quantity that is random [syn: {variate}, {variant}, {stochastic variable}, {chance variable}]
random walk
1: a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance
random-access memory
1: the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in a...
randomisation
1: a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance [syn: {randomization}]
randomise
1: arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers" [syn: {randomize}]
randomised
1: set up or distributed in a deliberately random way [syn: {randomized}]
randomization
1: a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance [syn: {randomisation}]
randomize
1: arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers" [syn: {randomise}]
randomized
1: set up or distributed in a deliberately random way [syn: {randomised}]
randomly
1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn: {indiscriminately}, {haphazardly}, {willy-nilly}, {arbitrarily}, {at random}, {every wh...
randomness
1: (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the univers...
randy
1: feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" [syn: {aroused}, {horny}, {ruttish}, {turned on(p)}] [also: {randiest}, {randier}]
ranee
1: (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja [syn: {rani}]
range
1: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope o...
range animal
1: any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
range finder
1: a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object [syn: {rangefinder}]
range in
1: direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids [syn: {home in}, {zero in}]
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range of mountains
1: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: {range}, {mountain range}, {chain}, {mountain chain}, {chain of m...
range pole
1: surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors [syn: {ranging pole}, {flagpole}]
rangefinder
1: a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object [syn: {range finder}]
rangeland
1: lan suitable for grazing livestock
Ranger
1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn: {Texas Ranger}] 2: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an are...
Rangifer
1: reindeer or caribou [syn: {genus Rangifer}]
Rangifer arcticus
1: of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus [syn: {barren ground caribou}]
Rangifer caribou
1: any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus [syn: {woodland caribou}]
Rangifer tarandus
1: arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America [syn: {caribou}, {reindeer}, {Greenland caribou}]
ranging
1: wandering freely; "at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her"
ranging pole
1: surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors [syn: {range pole}, {flagpole}]
Rangoon
1: the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta [syn: {Yangon}]
rangpur
1: hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel [syn: {rangpur lime}, {lemanderin}, {Citrus limonia}]
rangpur lime
1: hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel [syn: {rangpur}, {lemanderin}, {Citrus limonia}]
rangy
1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" [syn: {gangling}, {gangly}, {lanky}] 2: adapted to wandering...
rani
1: (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja [syn: {ranee}]
ranid
1: insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs [syn: {true frog}]
Ranidae
1: a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs [syn: {family Ranidae}]
Ranier
1: a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high) [syn: {Mount Ranier}, {Mt. Ranier}, {Mount Tacoma}]
ranitidine
1: a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux [syn: {Zantac}]
rank
1: very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth" 2: very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar" 3: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"...
rank and file
1: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" [syn: {rank}]...
rank-difference correlation
1: the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables [syn: {rank-order correlation coefficient}, {rank-order correlation}, {rank-differe...
rank-difference correlation coefficient
1: the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables [syn: {rank-order correlation coefficient}, {rank-order correlation}, {rank-differe...
rank-order correlation
1: the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables [syn: {rank-order correlation coefficient}, {rank-difference correlation coefficien...
rank-order correlation coefficient
1: the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables [syn: {rank-order correlation}, {rank-difference correlation coefficient}, {rank-di...
ranked
1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" [syn: {graded}, {stratified}]
ranker
1: a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status 2: an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces
Rankin
1: leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973) [syn: {Jeannette Rankin}]
Rankine
1: a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale
Rankine scale
1: a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees
ranking
1: of the highest rank; used of persons; "the commanding officer" [syn: {commanding}, {top-level}, {top-ranking}] 2: having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: {ranking(a)}, {superior}, {higher-ra...
rankle
1: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: {eat into}, {fret}, {grate}]
rankness
1: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell [syn: {malodorousness}, {stinkiness}, {foulness}]
ransack
1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle}, {pillage}, {foray}] 2...
ransacked
1: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village" [syn: {looted}, {pillaged}, {plundered}]
ransacking
1: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" [syn: {rummage}]
ransom
1: money demanded for the return of a captured person [syn: {ransom money}] 2: payment for the release of someone 3: the act of freeing from captivity or punishment v : exchange or buy back for money;...
ransom money
1: money demanded for the return of a captured person [syn: {ransom}]
ransomed
1: saved from the bondage of sin [syn: {redeemed}] 2: reclaimed by payment of a ransom
rant
1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: {harangue}, {ranting}] 2: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: {bombast}, {fustian}, {claptrap}, {blah}] v : talk in a noisy...
ranter
1: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner [syn: {raver}]
ranting
1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: {harangue}, {rant}]
ranula
1: a cyst on the underside of the tongue [also: {ranulae} (pl)]
Ranunculaceae
1: a family of Ranunculaceae [syn: {family Ranunculaceae}, {buttercup family}, {crowfoot family}]
Ranunculales
1: herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophy...
Ranunculus
1: annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot [syn: {genus Ranunculus}]
Ranunculus acris
1: perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America [syn: {meadow buttercup}, {tall buttercup}, {tall crowfoot}, {tall field buttercup}]
Ranunculus aquatilis
1: plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America [syn: {water crowfoot}, {water buttercup}]
Ranunculus bulbosus
1: perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America [syn: {common buttercup}]
Ranunculus ficaria
1: perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles [syn:...
Ranunculus flammula
1: semi-aquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves; naturalized in New Zealand [syn: {lesser spearwort}]
Ranunculus glaberrimus
1: small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America [syn: {sagebrush buttercup}]
Ranunculus lingua
1: semi-aquatic European crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves [syn: {greater spearwort}]
Ranunculus lyalii
1: showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand [syn: {mountain lily}, {Mount Cook lily}]
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