ranch | (noun) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | Synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread |
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(verb) manage or run a ranch | - |
rancher | (noun) a person who owns or operates a ranch | - |
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ranching | (noun) farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) | - |
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rancid | (adjective) smelling of fermentation or staleness | Synonyms: sour |
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(adjective) (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition | - |
rancidity | (noun) the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil) | - |
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rancidness | (noun) the property of being rancid | - |
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rancor | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancour, resentment |
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rancorous | (adjective) showing deep-seated resentment | - |
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rancour | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancor, resentment |
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rand | (noun) the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents | - |
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random | (adjective) lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance | - |
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randomisation | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomization |
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randomise | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomize |
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randomised | (adjective) set up or distributed in a deliberately random way | Synonyms: randomized |
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randomization | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomisation |
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randomize | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomise |
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randomized | (adjective) set up or distributed in a deliberately random way | Synonyms: randomised |
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randomly | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, willy-nilly |
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randomness | (noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | Synonyms: haphazardness, noise, stochasticity |
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(noun) (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | Synonyms: entropy, S |
randy | (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: aroused, horny, ruttish, steamy, turned on |
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ranee | (noun) (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja | Synonyms: rani |
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range | (noun) a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds | - |
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(noun) a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | Synonyms: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove |
(noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope |
(noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, grasp, reach |
(noun) a variety of different things or activities | - |
(noun) (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined | Synonyms: image, range of a function |
(noun) the limits within which something can be effective | Synonyms: reach |
(noun) a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze | - |
(noun) a series of hills or mountains | Synonyms: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains |
(verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, rank, rate |
(verb) let eat | - |
(verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | Synonyms: array, lay out, set out |
(verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, pasture |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) range or extend over; occupy a certain area | Synonyms: straddle |
(verb) change or be different within limits | Synonyms: run |
(verb) have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun | - |
rangefinder | (noun) a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object | Synonyms: range finder |
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rangeland | (noun) land suitable for grazing livestock | - |
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ranger | (noun) an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest | Synonyms: fire warden, forest fire fighter |
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(noun) a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | Synonyms: commando |
ranginess | (noun) The state of being slender and long of limb, lanky. | - |
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ranging | (adjective) wandering freely | - |
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rangpur | (noun) hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel | Synonyms: Citrus limonia, lemanderin, rangpur lime |
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rangy | (adjective) allowing ample room for ranging | - |
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(adjective) adapted to wandering or roaming | - |
(adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs | Synonyms: gangling, gangly, lanky |
rani | (noun) (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja | Synonyms: ranee |
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ranid | (noun) insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs | Synonyms: true frog |
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ranitidine | (noun) a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux | Synonyms: Zantac |
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rank | (adjective) growing profusely | - |
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(adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer |
(adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross |
(adjective) very fertile; producing profuse growth | - |
(adjective) very offensive in smell or taste | - |
(noun) a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another | - |
(noun) the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) | Synonyms: rank and file |
(noun) the body of members of an organization or group | Synonyms: membership |
(noun) relative status | - |
(noun) position in a social hierarchy | Synonyms: social rank, social station, social status |
(verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rate |
(verb) take or have a position relative to others | - |
(verb) take precedence or surpass others in rank | Synonyms: outrank |
ranked | (adjective) arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks | Synonyms: graded, stratified |
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ranker | (noun) an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces | - |
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(noun) a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status | - |
ranking | (adjective) having a higher rank | Synonyms: higher-ranking, superior |
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(noun) position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement | - |
rankle | (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, fret, grate |
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rankness | (noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | Synonyms: fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, stinkiness |
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(noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | Synonyms: fertility, prolificacy, richness |
ransack | (verb) search thoroughly | Synonyms: comb |
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(verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, reave, rifle, strip |
ransacked | (adjective) wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value | Synonyms: looted, pillaged, plundered |
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ransacking | (noun) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) | Synonyms: rummage |
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ransom | (noun) the act of freeing from captivity or punishment | - |
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(noun) payment for the release of someone | - |
(noun) money demanded for the return of a captured person | Synonyms: ransom money |
(verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat | Synonyms: redeem |
ransomed | (adjective) reclaimed by payment of a ransom | - |
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(adjective) saved from the bondage of sin | Synonyms: redeemed |
ransomware | (noun) malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker | - |
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rant | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian |
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(noun) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | Synonyms: harangue, ranting |
(verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | Synonyms: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rave, spout |
ranter | (noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner | Synonyms: raver |
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ranting | (noun) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | Synonyms: harangue, rant |
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ranula | (noun) a cyst on the underside of the tongue | - |
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