8-letter words starting with ri
- rib cage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- rib site — (networking) (By analogy with backbone site) A host with an on-demand high-speed link to a backbone site that serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in electronic mail and Usenet news. Compare leaf site.
- rib-knit — (of a knitted garment or fabric) having a pattern of ribs: a rib-knit sweater.
- ribaldry — ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
- ribbonry — ribbons or ribbon work
- ribgrass — English plantain.
- ribosome — a tiny, somewhat mitten-shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture.
- ribozyme — a segment of RNA that can act as a catalyst.
- rice box — (jargon) (From ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer, especially an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards.
- rice rat — any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
- ricebird — Southern U.S. the bobolink.
- ricercar — Music. a chiefly polyphonic instrumental form of the 16th and 17th centuries closely resembling the vocal motet in structure and style.
- richards — a male given name.
- richesse — richness or wealth
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- richweed — clearweed.
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- rickrack — a narrow, zigzag braid or ribbon used as a trimming on clothing, linens, etc.
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- rickyard — a place where haystacks or ricks are put
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- riddling — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- ride out — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- rideable — capable of being ridden, as a horse.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- ridgling — any male animal, especially a colt, with undescended testicles.
- ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- riesling — Horticulture. a variety of grape. the vine bearing this grape, grown in Europe and California.
- rietveld — Gerrit Thomas [kher-it toh-mahs] /ˈxɛr ɪt ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Dutch architect.
- rifampin — a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 4 3 H 5 8 N 4 O 1 2 , used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.
- riffling — a rapid, as in a stream.
- riffraff — people, or a group of people, regarded as disreputable or worthless: a pack of riffraff.
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- rift saw — a saw used for cutting wood radially from a log.
- riftless — without rift
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigatoni — a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightful — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- righting — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
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