6-letter words starting with ri
- rigged — 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.
- rigger — a person who rigs.
- righto — Some people say righto to show that they agree with a suggestion that someone has made.
- rights — a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please.
- righty — a right-handed person; right-hander: She's a righty.
- rigors — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- rigour — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- rijeka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- riling — to irritate or vex.
- rillet — a little rill; streamlet.
- riming — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- rimini — Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- rimmed — having a rim: Do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?
- rimmer — William, 1816–79, U.S. sculptor and painter, born in England.
- rimose — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rimous — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rimple — a wrinkle.
- ringed — having or wearing a ring or rings.
- ringer — a person or thing that rings or makes a ringing noise: a ringer of bells; a bell that is a loud ringer.
- rinzai — a Zen Buddhist school of Japan, characterized by the use of koans to lead to moments of insight and enlightenment
- rioted — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rioter — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- riotry — riotous behaviour
- rip on — to insult or criticize (someone) playfully; tease
- rip up — tear to pieces
- ripest — having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- ripken — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- ripley — George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- ripoff — an act or instance of ripping off another or others; a theft, cheat, or swindle.
- ripost — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- ripped — drunk; intoxicated.
- ripper — rip
- ripple — (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
- ripply — characterized by ripples; rippling.
- riprap — a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- riscix — (operating system) /risk-icks/ (Or "RISC iX") BSD-based Unix developed by Acorn Computers Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) to run on 32-bit ARM RISC processors. RISCiX was launched circa 1989 for three production machines - the R140, R260, the discless R225; and other prototypes.
- riscpc — (computer) The final addition to Acorn's Archimedes family of personal computers, released in April 1994. The RiscPC allowed a second processor, e.g. an Intel 486 or a second ARM, to share the bus, memory and peripherals with the main processor. It also had full 24-bit colour graphics support. The Risc PC 600 (the first to be launched) had the new ARM600 processor and RISC OS 3.5. The RiscPC 700 had an ARM710 processor and RISC OS 3.6, and the SA had the StrongARM processor and RISC OS 3.7. RiscPCs are among the most energy efficient home computers.
- rising — advancing, ascending, or mounting: rising smoke.
- risker — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- ristra — a string of dried chilies, garlic, or other foodstuffs.
- ritard — ritardando
- ritter — a knight.
- ritual — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rivage — a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- rivera — Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- rivers — a person who rives.
- rivery — riverlike or having rivers