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8-letter words starting with rh

  • rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
  • rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
  • rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
  • rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
  • rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
  • rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
  • rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
  • rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
  • rheobase — the minimum electric current required to excite a given nerve or muscle.
  • rheology — the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
  • rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
  • rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
  • rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
  • rheotome — an interrupter of an electric current
  • rheotron — (formerly) betatron.
  • rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
  • rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
  • rhinitis — inflammation of the nose or its mucous membrane.
  • rhizopod — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
  • rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
  • rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
  • rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • rhomboid — an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
  • rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
  • rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
  • rhubarby — similar to or tasting like rhubarb
  • rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
  • rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.

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