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English Word Dictionary

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ring road

noun · a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

ringed

adjective · wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married- Tennyson

Example: a ringed wife

ringhals

noun · highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet

rinse off

verb · wash off soap or remaining dirt

rio de janeiro

noun · the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction

riotously

adverb · in an exuberant manner

Example: the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church

rip off

verb · deprive somebody of something by deceit

Example: The con-man beat me out of $50

ripe olive

noun · olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil

ripple

noun · a small wave on the surface of a liquid

rippling

noun · a small wave on the surface of a liquid

risible

adjective · arousing or provoking laughter

Example: an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls

riskily

adverb · in a dangerously risky manner

Example: he lost the game by playing too riskily

riskless

adjective · thought to be devoid of risk

risky

adjective · involving risk or danger

Example: skydiving is a hazardous sport

risque

adjective · suggestive of sexual impropriety

Example: a blue movie

ritual

adjective · of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals- Nadine Gordimer

Example: a ritual dance of Haiti

ritually

adverb · in a ceremonial manner

Example: he was ceremonially sworn in as President

rive

verb · separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

Example: cleave the bone

roam

verb · move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Example: The gypsies roamed the woods

roaring

adjective · very lively and profitable

Example: flourishing businesses

roast beef

noun · cut of beef suitable for roasting

rob

verb · rip off; ask an unreasonable price

robber fly

noun · swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing

robert burns woodward

noun · United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)

robert treat paine

noun · American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)

robespierre

noun · French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)

robotlike

adjective · resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

Example: an automatic `thank you'

robustious

adjective · noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Example: a boisterous crowd

robustly

adverb · in a robust manner

Example: he was robustly built

rock geranium

noun · plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems

rockiness

noun · the quality of abounding in rocks and stones

Example: due to the rockiness of the land it was quickly dry even after a heavy rain

roentgen

noun · German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)

roger sherman

noun · American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)

roguish

adjective · lacking principles or scruples - W.M. Thackaray

Example: the rascally rabble

roguishly

adverb · in a playfully roguish manner

Example: he winked at her roguishly

roll around

verb · happen regularly

Example: Christmas rolled around again

roll down

verb · gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

roll off

verb · recite volubly or extravagantly

Example: He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

rollick

verb · play boisterously

Example: The children frolicked in the garden

rollicking

adjective · given to merry frolicking

Example: frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes

rollickingly

adverb · in a carefree manner

Example: she was rollickingly happy

roman type

noun · a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

romania

noun · a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea

romanize

verb · write in the Latin alphabet

Example: many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names

romantic

adjective · expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

Example: her amatory affairs

romantic movement

noun · a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

Example: Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality

romantically

adverb · in a romantic manner

Example: they were romantically linked

romanticistic

adjective · belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

Example: romantic poetry

roomily

adverb · with ample room

Example: the furniture was spaciously spread out

root for

verb · take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

Example: We all rooted for the home team

rootless

adjective · wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community

Example: led a vagabond life

rope down

verb · lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

Example: The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous

rose campion

noun · an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

rotary motion

noun · the act of rotating as if on an axis

Example: the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music

rotatable

adjective · capable of being rotated

Example: the theater had a rotatable stage

rotated

adjective · turned in a circle around an axis