Riches (a.) That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.
Richesse (n.) Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.
Richly (adv.) In a rich manner.
Richness (n.) The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
Richweed (n.) An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.
Ricinelaidic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.
Ricinelaidin (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.
Ricinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
Ricinine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.
Ricinoleate (n.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.
Ricinoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.
Ricinolein (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.
Ricinolic (a.) Ricinoleic.
Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.
Rick (v. t.) To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
Ricker (n.) A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
Ricketish (a.) Rickety.
Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
Rickety (a.) Affected with rickets.
Rickety (a.) Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
Rickrack (n.) A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
Rickstand (n.) A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
Ricochet (n.) A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water.
Ricochetted (imp. & p. p.) of Ricochet
Ricochetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ricochet
Ricochet (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.
Ricochet (v. i.) To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.
Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles.
Ricture (n.) A gaping.
Rictus (n.) The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.
Rid () imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.
Rid (imp. & p. p.) of Rid
Ridded () of Rid
Ridding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rid
Rid (v. t.) To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.
Rid (v. t.) To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.
Rid (v. t.) To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
Rid (v. t.) To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.
Ridable (a.) Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.
Riddance (n.) The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.
Riddance (n.) The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape.
Ridden () p. p. of Ride.
Ridder (n.) One who, or that which, rids.
Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of Riddle
Riddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Riddle
Riddle (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
Riddle (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
Riddle (n.) Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
Riddle (v. t.) To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
Riddle (v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.).
Riddler (n.) One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.
Riddling (a.) Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.
Rode (imp.) of Ride
Rid () of Ride
Ridden (p. p.) of Ride
Rid () of Ride
Riding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ride
Ride (v. i.) To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
Ride (v. i.) To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
Ride (v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Ride (v. i.) To be supported in motion; to rest.
Ride (v. i.) To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
Ride (v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
Ride (v. t.) To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
Ride (v. t.) To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
Ride (v. t.) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Ride (v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
Ride (n.) The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
Ride (n.) A saddle horse.
Ride (n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Riden () imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride.
Rident (a.) Laughing.
Rider (n.) One who, or that which, rides.
Rider (n.) Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
Rider (n.) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
Rider (n.) A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
Rider (n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
Rider (n.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
Rider (n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
Rider (n.) A robber.
Riderless (a.) Having no rider; as, a riderless horse.
Ridge (n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest.
Ridge (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
Ridge (n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
Ridged (imp. & p. p.) of Ridge
Ridging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ridge
Ridge (v. t.) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
Ridge (v. t.) To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
Ridge (v. t.) To wrinkle.
Ridgeband (n.) The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.