Nouns

ribaldry

noun

behavior or language bordering on indelicacy

riband

noun

a ribbon used as a decoration

ribband

noun

a ribbon used as a decoration

ribbonfish

noun

thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a re...

ribbonwood

noun

deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong...

ribose

noun

a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

ribosome

noun

an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach...

ribwort

noun

an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely...

ricer

noun

a kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding th...

richweed

noun

a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clu...

rickettsia

noun

any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live i...

ricrac

noun

a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming

rictus

noun

a gaping grimace

ridgeling

noun

a colt with undescended testicles

ridgil

noun

a colt with undescended testicles

ridgepole

noun

a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof...

riel

noun

the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen

rightism

noun

the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of...

rilievo

noun

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to...

rimu

noun

tall New Zealand timber tree

rinderpest

noun

an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal);...

ringdove

noun

Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

ringhals

noun

highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom...

ringlet

noun

any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae

ripsaw

noun

a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood

risibility

noun

a disposition to laugh

rissole

noun

minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and...

ritualism

noun

exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualist...

ritualist

noun

an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms

rivulet

noun

a small stream

riyal

noun

the basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia

rivulus

noun

found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aq...

roadbed

noun

a bed supporting a road

roadman

noun

a workman who is employed to repair roads

roadstead

noun

a partly sheltered anchorage

robinia

noun

deciduous flowering trees and shrubs

roble

noun

tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leave...

robustness

noun

the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

rockfish

noun

marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; mi...

rockrose

noun

small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern E...

rockweed

noun

coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide

rodomontade

noun

vain and empty boasting

roentgenogram

noun

a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; us...

roentgenography

noun

radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram

roentgenoscope

noun

an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluores...

rogation

noun

a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church

romaic

noun

the modern Greek vernacular

romanism

noun

the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Ro...

romberg

noun

United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operet...

rommany

noun

a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Roman...