Ranunculus repens
1: perennial European herb with long creeping stolons [syn: {creeping buttercup}, {creeping crowfoot}]
Ranunculus sceleratus
1: annual herb growing in marshy places [syn: {cursed crowfoot}, {celery-leaved buttercup}]
Ranvier's nodes
1: small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons [syn: {nodes of Ranvier}]
Raoul Dufy
1: French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953) [syn: {Dufy}]
Raoulia
1: genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia [syn: {genus Raoulia}]
Raoulia australis
1: perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage [syn: {sheep plant}, {vegetable sheep}, {Raoulia lutescens}]
Raoulia lutescens
1: perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage [syn: {sheep plant}, {vegetable sheep}, {Raoulia australis}]
rap
1: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: {blame}] 2: a gentle blow [syn: {strike}, {tap}] 3: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: {pat}, {tap}] 4:...
rap group
1: a gathering of people holding a rap session
rap music
1: genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged [syn: {rap}, {hip-hop}]
rap session
1: conversation in a situation where feelings can be expressed and criticized or supported
rap sheet
1: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station [syn: {blotter}, {day book}, {police blotter}, {charge sheet}]
rapacious
1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: {predatory...
rapaciousness
1: extreme gluttony [syn: {edacity}, {esurience}, {rapacity}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}]
rapacity
1: extreme gluttony [syn: {edacity}, {esurience}, {rapaciousness}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}] 2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [...
Rapateaceae
1: South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae [syn: {family Rapateaceae}]
rape
1: Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop [syn: {colza}, {Brassica napus}] 2: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rapine}] 3: the crime of forcing a woman to submit ...
rape oil
1: edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant [syn: {rapeseed oil}, {colza oil}]
raped
1: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside" [syn: {despoiled}, {pillaged}, {ravaged}, {sacked}] 2: sexually abused [syn: {assaulted}, {molested}]
raper
1: someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse [syn: {rapist}]
rapeseed
1: seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil
rapeseed oil
1: edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant [syn: {rape oil}, {colza oil}]
Raphael
1: Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) [syn: {Raffaello Santi}, {Raffaello Sanzio}] 2: an archangel of the Hebrew tradition
Raphanus
1: radish [syn: {genus raphanus}]
Raphanus raphanistrum
1: Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits [syn: {jointed charlock}, {wild radish}, {wild rape}, {runch}]
Raphanus sativus
1: Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw [syn: {radish}]
raphe
1: a ridge that forms a seam between two parts [syn: {rhaphe}] [also: {raphae} (pl)]
raphia
1: leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. [syn: {raffia}] 2: feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial p...
Raphicerus
1: African antelopes: steenboks [syn: {genus Raphicerus}]
Raphidae
1: extinct dodos and solitaires [syn: {family Raphidae}]
Raphidiidae
1: a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies [syn: {family Raphidiidae}]
Raphus
1: type genus of the Raphidae: dodos [syn: {genus Raphus}]
Raphus cucullatus
1: extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons [syn: {dodo}]
rapid
1: done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks" 2: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movment"; "a speedy car"; "a spee...
Rapid City
1: a town in southwestern South Dakota in the eastern part of the Black Hills
rapid climb
1: a rapid rise [syn: {rapid growth}, {zoom}]
rapid eye movement
1: a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep [syn: {paradoxical sleep}, {rapid eye movement sleep}, {REM sleep}, {REM}]
rapid eye movement sleep
1: a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep [syn: {paradoxical sleep}, {REM sleep}, {rapid eye movement}, {REM}]
rapid transit
1: an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains [syn: {mass rapid transit}]
rapidity
1: a rate that is rapid [syn: {celerity}, {quickness}]
rapidly
1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: {quickly}, {speedily}, {chop-chop}, {apace}] [ant: {slowly}]
rapier
1: a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges [syn: {tuck}]
rapine
1: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape}]
rapist
1: someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse [syn: {raper}]
rappee
1: strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco
rappel
1: lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to ab...
rapper
1: someone who performs rap music 2: a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door [syn: {knocker}, {doorknocker}]
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rapport
1: relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people [syn: {resonance}] 2: a feeling of sympathetic understanding [syn: {compatibility}] 3: sympathetic compatibility [syn: {accord...
rapporteur
1: a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
rapprochement
1: the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: {reconciliation}]
rapscallion
1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: {rogue}, {knave}, {rascal}, {scalawag}, {scallywag}, {varlet}] 2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: {imp}, {scamp}, {monkey}, {rascal}, {scalawag}, {...
rapt
1: deeply moved; "sat completely still, enraptured by the music"; "listened with rapt admiration"; "rapt in reverie" [syn: {enraptured}, {captive}] 2: wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought";...
raptor
1: any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals [syn: {bird of prey}, {raptorial bird}]
Raptores
1: term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes [syn: {order Raptores}]
raptorial
1: relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey" 2: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapaci...
raptorial bird
1: any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals [syn: {bird of prey}, {raptor}]
rapture
1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: {ecstasy}, {transport}, {exaltation}, {raptus}] 2: a state of elated bl...
rapturous
1: feeling great rapture or delight [syn: {ecstatic}, {enraptured}, {rhapsodic}]
rapturously
1: in an ecstatic manner; "he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa" [syn: {ecstatically}, {rhapsodically}]
raptus
1: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" [syn: {seizure}, {ictus}] 2: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in...
rara avis
1: a rare or unique person [syn: {rare bird}]
rare
1: not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books" 2: recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events" 3: not widely distri...
rare bird
1: a rare or unique person [syn: {rara avis}]
rare earth
1: any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) [syn: {rare-earth element}, {lanthanoid}, {lanthanide}, {lanthanon}]
rare-earth element
1: any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) [syn: {rare earth}, {lanthanoid}, {lanthanide}, {lanthanon}]
rarebit
1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn: {Welsh rarebit}, {Welsh rabbit}]
raree-show
1: an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass [syn: {peepshow}] 2: a street show
rarefaction
1: a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
rarefy
1: lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied" 2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {sublimate}, {subtilize}] 3: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn: {attenuate}] [al...
rarely
1: not often; "we rarely met" [syn: {seldom}] [ant: {frequently}]
rareness
1: noteworthy scarcity [syn: {rarity}, {infrequency}]
rarified
1: having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" [syn: {rare}, {rarefied}] 2: reserved for an elite group [syn: {rarefied}] 3: of high moral or intellectual value; el...
rarify
1: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: {complicate}, {refine}, {elaborate}]
raring
1: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: {impatient(p)}, {raring(p)}]
rariora
1: (plural) rare collector's items
rarity
1: noteworthy scarcity [syn: {rareness}, {infrequency}] 2: a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" [syn: {tenuity}, {low density}] 3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collectin...
RAS
1: the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function [syn: {reticular activating system}]
Ras Tafari
1: emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) [syn: {Haile Selassie}, {Ras Tafari Makonnen}]
Ras Tafari Makonnen
1: emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) [syn: {Haile Selassie}, {Ras Tafari}]
rascal
1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: {rogue}, {knave}, {rapscallion}, {scalawag}, {scallywag}, {varlet}] 2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: {imp}, {scamp}, {monkey}, {rapscallion}, {sc...
rascality
1: the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks [syn: {prankishness}, {roguishness}] 2: the quality of being a slippery rascal [syn: {shiftiness}, {slipperiness}, {trickiness}] 3: reckless or malicio...
rascally
1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: {devilish}, {roguish}] 2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackar...
rase
1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: {level}, {raze}, {dismantle}, {tear down}, {take down}, {pull down}] [ant: {raise}]
rash
1: imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith 2: marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough t...
rasher
1: a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: {vermillion rockfish}, {Sebastodes miniatus}]
rashly
1: in a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin" [syn: {headlong}]
rashness
1: the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: {heedlessness}, {mindlessness}] 2: the trait of giving little thought to danger [syn: {recklessness}, {foolhardiness}]
Rasht
1: city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea [syn: {Resht}]
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
1: a secret all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus [syn: {National Volunteers Association}]
Rask
1: Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) [syn: {Rasmus Christian Rask}]
Raskolnikov
1: a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil [syn: {Rodya Raskolnikov}]
Rasmus Christian Rask
1: Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) [syn: {Rask}]
Rasmussen
1: Danish ethnologist and arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933) [syn: {Kund ...
rasp
1: uttering in an irritated tone [syn: {rasping}] 2: a coarse file with sharp pointed projections [syn: {wood file}] v 1: scrape with a rasp 2: utter in a grating voice
rasp fern
1: any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae [syn: {doodia}]
raspberry
1: woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries [syn: {raspberry bush}] 2: red or b...
raspberry bush
1: woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries [syn: {raspberry}]
rasping
1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: {grating}, {gravel}, {gravelly}, {raspy}, {rough}] n : uttering in an irritated tone [syn: {rasp}]
raspingly
1: in a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly on our ears" [syn: {gratingly}, {harshly}]
Rasputin
1: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) [syn: {Grigori...
raspy
1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: {grating}, {gravel}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {rough}]
rassling
1: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down [syn: {wrestling}, {grappling}]
Rasta
1: follower of Rastafarianism [syn: {Rastafarian}]
Rastafari
1: a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; Rastafarians regard Ras Tafari as divine; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear w...
Rastafarian
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians n : follower of Rastafarianism [syn: {Rasta}]
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