10-letter words starting with ri
- rigid body — A rigid body is a body that does not deform or vibrate.
- rigil kent — the star Alpha Centauri
- rigorously — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- rime riche — rhyme created by the use of two different words, or groups of words, of which both the stressed syllables and any following syllables are identical, as in lighted, delighted.
- rinderpest — an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
- ring cycle — Ring of the Nibelung, The.
- ring dance — round dance.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
- ring ouzel — a European thrush, Turdus torquatus, common in rocky areas. The male has a blackish plumage with a white band around the neck and the female is brown
- ring round — If you ring round or ring around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ring-fence — assign to sth
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ringleader — a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.: a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rinky-dink — inconsequential, amateurish, or of generally inferior quality; small-time: a rinky-dink college; He plays with some rinky-dink team.
- rio balsas — Río, Río Balsas.
- rio branco — a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Capital: Rio Branco.
- rio cuarto — a city in central Argentina.
- rio de oro — Western Sahara.
- rio grande — a city in NE Puerto Rico.
- riot grrrl — young woman who enjoys feminist punk rock
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- ripcording — (audio) (From "ripping" and "recording") Encoding streaming digital audio from the Internet to an MP3 file or similar. Ripcording is commononly used to copy commercial music from a free stream instead of paying to download.
- ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
- riprapping — a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- riproaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- risibility — Often, risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.
- ritardando — becoming gradually slower
- ritornello — an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
- ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- river bank — land at edge of a river
- river edge — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- river head — the source of a river
- rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
- riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- riverwards — towards a river
- rivetingly — in a riveting manner
- rix-dollar — any of various silver coins, as the Danish rigsdaler, the Dutch rijksdaalder, or the German reichsthaler, of about equal value.