9-letter words starting with rh
- rh factor — any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative) blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn.
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhathymia — carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
- rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
- rheinland — Rhineland.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rheochord — a wire inserted into an electrical circuit to vary or regulate the current
- rheometer — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheometry — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhigolene — a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
- rhineland — that part of Germany W of the Rhine.
- rhinolith — a calculus or stone formed in the nose which can lead to other medical conditions such as headaches or sinusitis
- rhinology — the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- rhipidion — a fan used in Greek Orthodox church services
- rhipidium — a fan-shaped arrangement of flowers on a plant
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rhizobium — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc.
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rhizopods — 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.
- rhizotomy — the surgical section or cutting of the spinal nerve roots, usually posterior or sensory roots, to eliminate pain.
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodesoid — relating to or resembling Rhodesian man
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- rhodonite — a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- rhoeadine — a chemical compound found in the red poppy which has similar effects to those of opium
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rhymester — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- rhyolitic — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rhythmics — rhythmics.
- rhythmist — a person versed in or having a fine sense of rhythm.
- rhythmize — to make rhythmic, to add rhythm to something
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
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