8-letter words starting with ri
- rightish — somewhat right, esp politically
- rightism — conservatism, especially in politics.
- rightist — of or relating to conservative or reactionary political views; noting or characteristic of the political Right.
- rigidify — to make or become rigid
- rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- rigidize — to make rigid, as through special processing or the addition of chemicals, plastics, etc.: rigidized aluminum.
- rigorism — extreme strictness.
- rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- rijswijk — a town in SW Netherlands, near The Hague: Treaty of Ryswick 1697.
- rillmark — a mark or channel left by the trickle of a rill or brook
- rim lock — a lock nailed or screwed to one face of a door, gate, etc., as opposed to one built into its edge.
- rim-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in a rim encircling the base. Compare center-fire (def 1).
- rimester — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- riminess — the state or quality of being rimy
- rimouski — a city in SE Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rindless — a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats: watermelon rind; orange rind; bacon rind.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ring man — Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- ring off — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- ring out — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- ring rot — a disease of potatoes, characterized by wilted foliage and rotting of the ring of vascular bundles in the tubers, caused by a bacterium, Corynebacterium sepedonicum.
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- ringbark — girdle (def 11).
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
- ringbone — a morbid bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse, often resulting in lameness.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- ringette — a team sport played on ice, using straight sticks to control a rubber ring
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- ringless — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
- ringlike — shaped like a ring or circle
- ringling — Albert, (1852–1916) and his brothers Alfred, (1861–1919), Charles, (1863–1926), John, (1866–1936), and Otto, (1858–1911), U.S. circus owners.
- ringneck — a ring-necked animal.
- ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
- ringside — the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- ringster — a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- ringtail — any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- ringtone — telephone's ringing sound
- ringtoss — a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
- ringwomb — a complication at lambing resulting from failure of the cervix to open
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- ringwork — a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
- ringworm — any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by certain parasitic fungi and characterized by the formation of ring-shaped eruptive patches.
- rink rat — a youth who spends a great deal of time at a hockey rink, helping with maintenance work, sweeping, etc., often without pay or in return for free admission to the rink.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- rio azul — an archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, where a 1500-year-old painted Mayan tomb was discovered intact in 1984.