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Rimer

A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Rimey

To compose in rhyme; to versify.

Rimmer

An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.

Rimose

Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.

Rimy

Abounding with rime; frosty.

Rincon

An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, or the like.

Rind

To remove the rind of; to bark.

Rinderpest

A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.

Rindle

A small water course or gutter.

Rindy

Having a rind or skin.

Rinforzando

Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and Sforzando.

Ring

To rise in the air spirally.

Ring-necked

Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.

Ring-streaked

Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats.

Ring-tailed

Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.

Ringbill

The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.

Ringbird

The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.

Ringbolt

An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.

Ringbone

A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.

Ringdove

A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.

Ringed

Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.

Ringent

Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.

Ringer

A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.

Ringhead

An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.

Ringleader

The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.

Ringlet

A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.

Ringmaster

One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.

Ringneck

Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata) and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover.

Ringtail

A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.

Ringtoss

A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

Ringworm

A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).

Rink

The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.

Rinker

One who skates at a rink.

Rinser

One who, or that which, rinses.

Riot

To spend or pass in riot.

Rioter

One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.

Riotous

Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.

Riotry

The act or practice of rioting; riot.

Rip

A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

Riparian

Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.

Riparious

Growing along the banks of rivers; riparian.

Ripe

To mature; to ripen.

Ripely

Maturely; at the fit time.

Ripen

To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.

Ripeness

The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.

Ripidolite

A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore.

Ripienist

A player in the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno.

Ripieno

Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.

Ripper

One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.

Ripper Ripler

One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.

Ripple

The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.

Ripply

Having ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the sound of rippling water; as, ripply laughter; a ripply cove.

Riprap

To form a riprap in or upon.

Ripsaw

A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain (the fiber); -- called also ripping saw.

Riptowel

A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn.

Ris

A bough or branch; a twig.

Rise

To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.

Riser

One who rises; as, an early riser.

Rish

A rush (the plant).

Risibility

The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species.

Risible

Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.

Rising

The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).

Risk

To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

Risker

One who risks or hazards.

Risky

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

Risorial

Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.

Risquee Risque

Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality; as, a risqu/ story.

Rissoid

Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water.

Rissole

A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.

Rist

3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth.

Rit

3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth.

Ritardando

Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.

Rite

The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.

Ritenuto

Held back; holding back; ritardando.

Ritornello Ritornelle

A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song. A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude.

Ritual

A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.

Ritualism

A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

Ritualist

One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.

Ritualistic

Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.

Ritually

By rites, or by a particular rite.

Rivage

A bank, shore, or coast.

Rivalry

The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

Rive

A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Rivel

A wrinkle; a rimple.

River

To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

Rivered

Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.

Riverhood

The quality or state of being a river.

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