| ratlin | (noun) (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft | Synonyms: ratline |
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| ratline | (noun) (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft | Synonyms: ratlin |
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| ratsbane | (noun) a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer | Synonyms: arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, white arsenic |
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| rattail | (noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail | Synonyms: grenadier, rattail fish |
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| rattan | (noun) a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms | Synonyms: ratan |
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| (noun) climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes | Synonyms: Calamus rotang, rattan palm |
| (noun) the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes | Synonyms: rattan cane |
| ratter | (noun) any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats | Synonyms: rat terrier |
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| (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
| ratting | (noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: informing |
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| rattle | (noun) loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail | - |
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| (noun) a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken | - |
| (noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rale, rattling |
| rattlebox | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | Synonyms: crotalaria |
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| rattler | (noun) pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken | Synonyms: rattlesnake |
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| (noun) a railroad train consisting of freight cars | Synonyms: freight train |
| rattlesnake | (noun) pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken | Synonyms: rattler |
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| rattling | (noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rale, rattle |
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| rattrap | (noun) a trap for catching rats | - |
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| (noun) filthy run-down dilapidated housing | - |
| (noun) a difficult entangling situation | - |
| raunch | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
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| rauvolfia | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives | Synonyms: rauwolfia |
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| rauwolfia | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives | Synonyms: rauvolfia |
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| (noun) any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina | - |
| ravage | (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: depredation |
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| ravaging | (noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
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| rave | (noun) an extravagantly enthusiastic review | - |
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| (noun) a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played | - |
| ravehook | (noun) a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum | - |
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| ravel | (noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ladder, run |
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| raveling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: ravelling |
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| ravelling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: raveling |
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| raven | (noun) large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail | Synonyms: Corvus corax |
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| ravenala | (noun) giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers | Synonyms: Ravenala madagascariensis, traveler's tree, traveller's tree |
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| ravenousness | (noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, voraciousness, voracity |
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| raver | (noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner | Synonyms: ranter |
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| (noun) a participant in a rave dancing party | - |
| ravigote | (noun) veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers | Synonyms: ravigotte |
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| ravigotte | (noun) veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers | Synonyms: ravigote |
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| ravine | (noun) a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) | - |
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| raving | (noun) declaiming wildly | - |
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| ravioli | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: cappelletti |
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| ravisher | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: debaucher, violator |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| ravishment | (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, rape, violation |
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| (noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | Synonyms: entrancement |
| raw | (noun) informal terms for nakedness | Synonyms: altogether, birthday suit |
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| rawhide | (noun) untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes | - |
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| rawness | (noun) lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience | Synonyms: inexperience |
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| (noun) the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect | Synonyms: incompleteness |
| (noun) a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) | Synonyms: soreness, tenderness |
| (noun) a chilly dampness | - |
| ray | (noun) cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins | - |
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| (noun) any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish | - |
| (noun) the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization | Synonyms: re |
| (noun) a column of light (as from a beacon) | Synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light |
| (noun) a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: beam, electron beam |
| (noun) a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point | - |
| rayon | (noun) a synthetic silklike fabric | - |
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| rayons | (noun) women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) | Synonyms: nylon stocking, nylons, rayon stocking, silk stocking |
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| razbliuto | (noun) the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do | - |
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| razing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: demolishing, leveling, tearing down |
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| (noun) the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled | Synonyms: wrecking |
| razmataz | (noun) any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent | Synonyms: razzle-dazzle, razzle, razzmatazz |
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| razor | (noun) edge tool used in shaving | - |
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| razorback | (noun) a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States | Synonyms: razorback hog, razorbacked hog |
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| (noun) any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin | Synonyms: rorqual |
| razorbill | (noun) black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill | Synonyms: Alca torda, razor-billed auk |
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| razorblade | (noun) a blade that has very sharp edge | - |
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| razz | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razzing, snort |
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| razzing | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, snort |
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| razzle | (noun) any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent | Synonyms: razmataz, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz |
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| razzmatazz | (noun) any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent | Synonyms: razmataz, razzle-dazzle, razzle |
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