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Found: 4,977 words.
A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.
of Ramulus
Having many small branches, or ramuli.
Ramulose.
A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.
A small ramus, or branch.
Ran
4 defs
imp. of Run.
A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.
Rance
2 defs
A prop or shore.
Becoming rancid or sour.
Ranch
2 defs
A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
Ranchero
2 defs
A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
of Ranchero
An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.
of Ranchman
Rancho
2 defs
A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
of Rancho
Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.
The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.
In a rancid manner.
The quality of being rancid.
The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.
In a rancorous manner.
Rand
4 defs
A border; edge; margin.
The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.
Randan
2 defs
A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
Randing
2 defs
A kind of basket work used in gabions.
Random
5 defs
A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point o...
In a random manner.
Randon
2 defs
Random.
See Reindeer.
Same as Rani.
See Re/nforce.
Rang
2 defs
imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.
Range
27 defs
A bolting sieve to sift meal.
of Range
Arrangement.
Ranger
5 defs
A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
of Range
To range about in an irregular manner.
A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.
Ranine
2 defs
Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads.
Rank
18 defs
A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
of Rank
One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.
of Rank