8-letter words starting with ri
- rio muni — the mainland province of Equatorial Guinea on the Guinea coast: formerly the mainland portion of Spanish Guinea. 10,040 sq. mi. (26,003 sq. km).
- riobamba — a city in central Ecuador in the Andes, near the Chimborazo volcano.
- riopelle — Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2002, Canadian painter, in France from 1946.
- riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
- riot gun — a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.
- rip cord — a cord on a parachute that, when pulled, opens the parachute for descent.
- rip into — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- rip-tide — a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- riparian — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
- ripe rot — a disease of fruit or vegetable storage organs at the ripening stage, caused by any of several fungi or bacteria and characterized by spotting and rapid decay.
- rippable — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- risibles — a person's sense of humour
- riskless — free of risk
- risoluto — to be played firmly and decisively
- risorius — a facial muscle responsible for smiling
- rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
- riteless — lacking rite or ceremony
- ritenuto — held back momentarily
- ritually — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivality — rivalry
- rivalize — to become a rival
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- riverbed — the channel in which a river flows or formerly flowed.
- riverine — of or relating to a river.
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- riverway — the part of a river that boats can travel on, or the route or course of a river
- riveting — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- rivetted — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines