Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 13
Ravine (n.) A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
Ravine (n.) A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water).
Ravine, PA -- U.S. Census Designated
Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 629
Housing Units (2000): 281
Land area (2000): 1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63536
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.567729 N, 76.392063 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Raving (a.) Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. -- Rav"ing*ly, adv.
Raving (adv.) In a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: raving, ravingly].
Raving (n.) Declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs".
Ravished (imp. & p. p.) of Ravish.
Ravishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravish.
Ravish (v. t.) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. -- Shak.
This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. -- Dryden.
Ravish (v. t.) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." -- Chaucer.
Thou hast ravished my heart. -- Cant. iv. 9.
Ravish (v. t.) To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. -- Shak.
Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflower; force.
Ravish (v.) Force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage].
Ravish (v.) Hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion].
Ravisher (n.) One who ravishes (in any sense).
Ravisher (n.) Someone who assaults others sexually [syn: violator, debaucher, ravisher].
Ravisher (n.) A very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish].
Ravishing (a.) Rapturous; transporting.
Ravishing (a.) Stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde".
Ravishingly (adv.) In a ravishing manner.
Ravishingly (adv.) In a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree; "she was ravishingly beautiful".
Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. -- Blackstone.
Ravishment (n.) The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. -- Spenser.
In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. -- Milton.
Ravishment (n.) The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
Ravishment (n.) A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment [syn: entrancement, ravishment].
Ravishment (n.) The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault,
ravishment].
Ravishment, () crim. law. This word has several meanings. 1. It is an unlawful taking of a woman, or an heir in ward. 2. It is sometimes used synonymously with rape.
Ravissant (a.) [F.] (Her.) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
Raw (a.) 生的，未煮過的；未加工的；處於自然狀態的 Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
Raw (a.) Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. -- De Quincey.
Raw (a.) Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically:
Raw (a.) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Raw (a.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
Raw (a.) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
Raw (a.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.
Raw (a.) Not tanned; as, raw hides.
Raw (a.) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
Raw (a.) Not covered; bare. Specifically:
Raw (a.) Bald. [Obs.] "With skull all raw." -- Spenser
Raw (a.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
Raw (a.) Sore, as if by being galled.
And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. -- Spenser.
Raw (a.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind. "A raw and gusty day." -- Shak.
{Raw material}, Material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry.
{Raw pig}, Cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
Raw (n.) 擦傷處；紅腫發炎部分 [C]；不戴手套的雙拳 [the P] A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. -- De Quincey.
Raw (a.) (Used especially of commodities) Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: {natural}, {raw(a)}, {rude(a)}].
Raw (a.) Having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound".
Raw (a.) Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant: {cooked}].
Raw (a.) Not processed or refined; "raw sewage".
Raw (a.) Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" [syn: {naked}, {raw}].
Raw (a.) Brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal".
Raw (a.) Not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: {crude}, {raw}].
Raw (a.) Untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty".
Raw (a.) Hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: {sensitive}, {sore}, {raw}, {tender}].
Raw (a.) Unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}, {raw}].
Raw (a.) Used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: {raw(a)}, {unsanded}].
Raw (a.) Lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: {raw}, {new}].
Raw (a.) (Used informally) Completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass}, {in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {raw}, {peeled}, {naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}].
Raw (n.) Informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw}, {altogether}, {birthday suit}].
Rawbone (a.) Rawboned.
Rawboned (a.) Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.
Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.
Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
Rawish (a.) Somewhat raw.
Rawly (adv.) In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
Rawly (adv.) Without proper preparation or provision.
Rawness (n.) The quality or state of being raw.
Ray (v. t.) To array.
Ray (v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
Ray (n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
Ray (n.) One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.
Ray (n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
Ray (n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
Ray (n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
Ray (n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.
Ray (n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.
Ray (n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
Ray (n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.
Rayed (imp. & p. p.) of Ray.
Raying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ray.
Ray (n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.
Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
Ray (v. i.) To shine, as with rays.
Ray (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
Ray (n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.
Rayah (n.) A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
Ray grass () A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.
Rayless (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.
Rayon (n.) Ray; beam.
Rayonnant (a.) Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.
Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Razed (imp. & p. p.) of Raze.
Razing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raze.
Raze (v. t.) To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
Razed (a.) Slashed or striped in patterns.
Razee (v. t.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.
Razeed (imp. & p. p.) of Razee.
Razeeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Razee.
Razee (v. t.) To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.
Razor (v. t.) A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.
Razor (v. t.) A tusk of a wild boar.
Razorable (a.) Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved.
Razorback (n.) The rorqual.
Razor-backed (a.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.
Razorbill (n.) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
Razorbill (n.) See Cutwater, 3.
Razure (n.) The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure.
Razure (n.) An erasure; a change made by erasing.
Razzia (n.) A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
Razzmatazz (n.) 【口】狂歡；興奮；華麗炫耀；噱頭 1 : A confusing or colorful often gaudy action or display : razzle-dazzle. 2 : Inflated, involved, and often deliberately ambiguous language : double-talk. 3 : Vim, zing.
// We were disappointed by the candidate's speech, which offered plenty of razzmatazz but little substance.
Razzmatazz (n.) [ U ] (Also Razzamatazz) 令人眼花繚亂的活動；熱鬧喧囂的宣傳 Noisy and noticeable activity, intended to attract attention.
// The new car was launched with great razzmatazz: champagne, food, free gifts, and dancers.
Razzmatazz (n.) 活潑，興奮，反話，華麗堂皇 Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent [syn: {razzle-dazzle}, {razzle}, {razzmatazz}, {razmataz}].
Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.
Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.
Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.
Reabsorption (n.) The act or process of reabsorbing.
Reaccess (n.) A second access or approach; a return.
Reaccuse (v. t.) To accuse again.
Reach (v. i.) To retch. -- Cheyne.
Reach (n.) An effort to vomit. [R.]
Reached (imp. & p. p.) of Reach.
Raught () of Reach.
Reaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reach.
Reach (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten. -- Rom. of R.
Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. -- John xx. 27.
Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs. -- Milton.
Reach (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
He reached me a full cup. -- 2 Esd. xiv. 39.
Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the beast. -- Dryden.
Reach (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. -- Locke.
Reach (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. -- Milton.
Reach (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
Before this letter reaches your hands. -- Pope.
Reach (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. -- Cheyne.
Reach (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
Do what, sir? I reach you not. -- Beau. & Fl.