Nouns

rhinolophidae

noun

Old World leaf-nosed bats

rhinonicteris

noun

orange horseshoe bats

rhinopathy

noun

any disease or malformation of the nose

rhinophyma

noun

enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redne...

rhinoptera

noun

a genus of Myliobatidae

rhinosporidiosis

noun

fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming

rhinostenosis

noun

narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities

rhinotermitidae

noun

large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to...

rhinotomy

noun

surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose...

rhinotracheitis

noun

a respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle

rhinovirus

noun

any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for ma...

rhipsalis

noun

large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with u...

rhiptoglossa

noun

Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are consi...

rhizobiaceae

noun

a small family of rod-shaped bacteria

rhizoctinia

noun

any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizo...

rhizomorph

noun

a dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure charact...

rhizophora

noun

type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical...

rhizophoraceae

noun

trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropi...

rhizopoda

noun

creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers

rhizopogon

noun

a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling...

rhizopogonaceae

noun

a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subt...

rhodanthe

noun

Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flow...

rhodomontade

noun

vain and empty boasting

rhodophyceae

noun

coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae

rhodophyta

noun

lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae

rhodosphaera

noun

one species; an Australian evergreen sumac

rhodymenia

noun

type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae

rhodymeniaceae

noun

a family of protoctist

rhoeadales

noun

an order of dicotyledonous plants

rhus

noun

deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate...

rhyacotriton

noun

olympic salamanders

rhynchocephalia

noun

tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic

rhynchoelaps

noun

Australian coral snakes

rhyncostylis

noun

genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia

rhynia

noun

type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously b...

rhyniaceae

noun

primitive plants of the Paleozoic

rhytidectomy

noun

plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging...

rhytidoplasty

noun

plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging...

ribavirin

noun

an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be...

ribes

noun

a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native t...

ribgrass

noun

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

ribhus

noun

one of three artisans of the Hindu gods

ribier

noun

dark reddish-purple table grape of California

ribonuclease

noun

a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic a...

ribonucleinase

noun

a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic a...

ricebird

noun

migratory American songbird

ricegrass

noun

any grass of the genus Oryzopsis

richea

noun

evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasm...

richler

noun

Canadian novelist (born in 1931)

richmondena

noun

cardinals