Radula (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
Raduliform (a.) Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth.
Raffed (imp. & p. p.) of Raff
Raffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raff
Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
Raff (n.) A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
Raff (n.) A low fellow; a churl.
Raffaelesque (a.) Raphaelesque.
Raffia (n.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.
Raffinose (n.) A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.
Raffish (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
Raffle (v.) A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
Raffled (imp. & p. p.) of Raffle
Raffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raffle
Raffle (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
Raffle (v. t.) To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
Raffler (n.) One who raffles.
Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.
Raft () imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.
Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.
Raft (n.) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
Rafted (imp. & p. p.) of Raft
Rafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raft
Raft (v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
Rafte () imp. of Reave.
Rafter (n.) A raftsman.
Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.
Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber.
Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house.
Rafter (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
Rafting (n.) The business of making or managing rafts.
Raftsmen (pl. ) of Raftsman
Raftsman (n.) A man engaged in rafting.
Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.
Rag (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
Rag (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
Rag (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
Rag (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
Rag (n.) A ragged edge.
Rag (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
Ragged (imp. & p. p.) of Rag
Ragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rag
Rag (v. i.) To become tattered.
Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
Rag (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Ragabash (n.) Alt. of Ragabrash
Ragabrash (n.) An idle, ragged person.
Ragamuffin (n.) A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
Ragamuffin (n.) A person who wears ragged clothing.
Ragamuffin (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Rage (n.) Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.
Rage (n.) Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
Rage (n.) A violent or raging wind.
Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.
Raged (imp. & p. p.) of Rage
Raging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rage
Rage (n.) To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
Rage (n.) To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds.
Rage (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.
Rage (n.) To toy or act wantonly; to sport.
Rage (v. t.) To enrage.
Rageful (a.) Full of rage; expressing rage.
Ragery (n.) Wantonness.
Ragged (n.) Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
Ragged (n.) Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
Ragged (n.) Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
Ragged (n.) Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
Ragged (n.) Rough; shaggy; rugged.
Raggie (a.) Alt. of Raggy
Raggy (a.) Ragged; rough.
Raghuvansa (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
Raging () a. & n. from Rage, v. i.
Ragious (a.) Raging; furious; rageful.
Raglan (n.) A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general.
Ragmen (pl. ) of Ragman
Ragman (n.) A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
Ragman (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull.
Ragman's roll () The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296.
Ragout (n.) A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Raguled (a.) Alt. of Ragguled
Ragguled (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
Ragweed (n.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
Ragwork (n.) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.
Ragwort (n.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
Raia (n.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
Raiae (n. pl.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and Rajii.
Raid (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
Raided (imp. & p. p.) of Raid
Raiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raid
Raid (v. t.) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Raider (n.) One who engages in a raid.
Rail (n.) An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
Rail (v. i.) To flow forth; to roll out; to course.
Rail (n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.