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10-letter words starting with ra

  • ranch mink — a semiaquatic mink, Mustela vision, raised commercially for its fur.
  • randomness — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
  • randomwise — in a random manner
  • range line — (in U.S. public-land surveys) one of two parallel lines running north and south that define the east and west borders of a township. Compare township (def 2), township line.
  • range pole — a conspicuously painted pole held upright to show the position of a survey mark.
  • range wool — the wool of sheep raised west of the Mississippi River, especially in Washington and the Rocky Mountain States.
  • rangership — the office or position of a ranger
  • ranitidine — an antihistamine, C 13 H 22 N 4 O 3 S·HCl, that inhibits the formation of gastric acid, used in the treatment of peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
  • ranivorous — that eats frogs
  • rank scale — (in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme.
  • ransacking — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
  • ranshackle — to ransack
  • ransomable — capable of being ransomed
  • ransomless — without ransom, not capable of being ransomed
  • ransomware — malware planted illegally in a computer or mobile device that disables its operation or access to its data until the owner or operator pays to regain control or access.
  • ranunculus — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus, having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine
  • rap artist — singer who performs rap music
  • rape alarm — a device that emits a shrill sound when activated, which a woman can carry as a protection against attack
  • rapid city — a city in SW South Dakota.
  • rapid-fire — characterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid-fire questions; rapid-fire events.
  • rapidwrite — (language, tool)   A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
  • rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
  • rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
  • rapportage — the factual reporting or recounting of events in writing
  • rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
  • rare earth — the oxide of any of the rare-earth elements contained in various minerals.
  • raree show — peep show.
  • ras dashan — the highest mountain in Ethiopia, in the N part. 15,158 feet (4623 meters).
  • ras shamra — a locality in W Syria, near the Mediterranean Sea: site of ancient Ugarit; many archaeologically important objects dating to the Bronze Age.
  • ras tafari — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
  • rascallion — a villain, a rascal
  • rash shirt — a shirt worn by surfers as protection against sunburn, heat rash, etc
  • raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
  • rastergram — Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
  • rat cheese — inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.
  • rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
  • rat's nest — mare's-nest (def 2).
  • ratbaggery — nonsense, eccentricity
  • ratcatcher — a person, animal, or thing that catches and exterminates rats, especially a person whose business it is to rid a property of rats.
  • ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
  • ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
  • rated load — the load a machine or vehicle is rated to carry.
  • ratemaking — the process or practice of establishing rates of payment, especially for public transportation or utilities.
  • rating nut — a nut that screws onto the lower end of the rod of a clock pendulum for raising or lowering the weight to alter the rate of the clock.
  • ratio test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the absolute value of the ratio of the term succeeding the n th term to the n th term approaches a limit less than 1 as n increases without bound.
  • ratiometer — (in three-color photography) a device for determining the exposure factors of the filters to be used.
  • rationally — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • ratskeller — the cellar of a town hall, esp one used as a beer hall or restaurant
  • rattle off — If you rattle off something, you say it or do it very quickly and without much effort.
  • rattlehead — a rattlebrain.
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