Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 62
Rhapsodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rhapsodize.
Rhapsodize (v. t.) 把……寫成狂想詩文；狂熱地吟誦 To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody -- Sterne.
Rhapsodize (v. i.) 狂熱地寫（或說）；寫（或吟誦）狂想詩文 To utter rhapsodies.
Rhapsodize (v.) Recite a rhapsody [syn: rhapsodise].
Rhapsodize (v.) Say (something) with great enthusiasm [syn: rhapsodise].
Rhea (n.) (Bot.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
Rhea (n.) (Zool.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.
Note: The common rhea, or nandou (Rhea Americana), ranges from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea (Pterocnemia Darwinii), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs feathered below the knee.
Rhea (n.) Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor.
Rhea (n.) Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan [syn: nandu, Pterocnemia pennata].
Rhea (n.) Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia [syn: Rhea americana].
Rheae (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.
Reebok (n.) (Zool.) The peele. [Written also rehboc and rheeboc.]
Rheeboc (n.) (Zool.) The peele. [Written also reebok.]
Rheic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum). [Obs.]
Rhein (n.) (Chem.) Chrysophanic acid.
Rhein (n.) A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea [syn: Rhine, Rhine River].
Rheinberry (n.) (Bot.) One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself.
Rhematic (a.) (Gram.) Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives.
Rhematic (n.) The doctrine of propositions or sentences.
Rhemish (a.) Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.
Rhemish Testament, The English version of the New Testament used by Roman Catholics. See Douay Bible.
Rhenish (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.
Rhenish (n.) Rhine wine.
Rhenish (a.) Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet."
Rhenish (n.) Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) [syn: Rhine wine, hock].
Rheochord (n.) (Elec.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit.
Rheometer (n.) [Written also reometer.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.
Rheometer (n.) (Physics) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.
Rheometric (a.) Of or pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry.
Rheometry (n.) The measurement of the force or intensity of currents.
Rheometry (n.) (Math.) The calculus; fluxions. [R.]
Rheomotor (n.) (Elec.) Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated. [R.]
Rheophore (n.) (Elec.) (a) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current.
Rheophore (n.) (Elec.) (b) One of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.
Rheoscope (n.) (Physics) An instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of electricity.
Rheostat (n.) (Elec.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. -- Wheatstone. -- Rhe*o*stat*ic a.
Rheostat (n.) Resistor for regulating current [syn: variable resistor].
Rheotome (n.) (Elec.) An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current.
Rheotrope (n.) (Elec.) An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. [Written also reotrope.]
Rhesus (n.) (Zool.) A monkey; the bhunder.
Rhesus (n.) Of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta].
Rhetian (a.) Pertaining to the
ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to
Rhetic (a.) (Min.) Same as Rhaetic.
Compare: Rhaetic
Rhaetic (a.) (Geol.) Pertining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.
Rhetizite (n.) Same as Rhaetizite.
Compare: Rhaetizite
Rhaetizite (n.) (Min.) A variety of the mineral cyanite.
Rhetor (n.) A rhetorician.
Compare: Rhetorician
Rhetorician (a.) Suitable to a master of rhetoric. “With rhetorician pride.”
Rhetorician (n.) One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.
The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. -- F. W. Robertson.
Rhetorician (n.) A teacher of rhetoric.
The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. -- Bacon.
Rhetorician (n.) An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
Rhetorician (n.) A person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, public speaker, speechifier].
Rhetoric (n.) [U] 修辭；修辭學；修辭學著作；雄辯（術）；辯才 The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
Rhetoric (n.) Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force. -- Locke.
Rhetoric (n.) Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.
Rhetoric (n.) Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.
Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. -- Daniel.
Rhetoric (n.) Using language effectively to please or persuade.
Rhetoric (n.) High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" [syn: {grandiosity}, {magniloquence}, {ornateness}, {grandiloquence}, {rhetoric}].
Rhetoric (n.) Loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: {palaver}, {hot air}, {empty words}, {empty talk}, {rhetoric}].
Rhetoric (n.) Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking).
Rhetoric (n.) [ U ] 雄辯言辭；煽動性語言 Speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people.
// How far the president will be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen.
// I was swayed by her rhetoric into donating all my savings to the charity.
Rhetoric (n.) [ U ] (specialized) (language) 修辭（學）；雄辯（術） The study of the ways of using language effectively.
Rhetoric (n.) [ U ] (Disapproving) 浮誇之詞 Clever language that sounds good but is not sincere or has no real meaning.
// In reply to the question, he just produced a lot of empty (= meaningless) rhetoric.
Rhetorical (a.) 修辭學的；華麗的；誇張的 Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. -- M. Arnold. -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness}, n.
Rhetorical (a.) Of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation" -- Lewis Mumford.
Rhetorical (a.) Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" [ant: {unrhetorical}].
Rhetorical (a.) 詞藻華麗的；浮誇的；修辭的 Rhetorical speech or writing is intended to seem important or influence people.
// Repetition, that tedious rhetorical device.
Rhetoricate (v. i.) To play the orator.
Rhetorication (n.) Rhetorical amplification. [Obs.]
Rhetorician (a.) Suitable to a master of rhetoric. “With rhetorician pride.”
Rhetorician (n.) One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.
The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. -- F. W. Robertson.
Rhetorician (n.) A teacher of rhetoric.
The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. -- Bacon.
Rhetorician (n.) An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
Rhetorician (n.) A person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, public speaker, speechifier].
Rhetorized (imp. & p. p.) of Rhetorize.
Rhetorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rhetorize.
Rhetorize (v. t.) To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
Rhetorize (v. i.) To play the orator.
Rheum (n.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.
I have a rheum in mine eyes too. -- Shak.
Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.
Rheum (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
Compare: Rhubarb
Rhubarb (n.) (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
Rhubarb (n.) (Med.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk.
Turkey rhubarb (Med.) The roots of Rheum Emodi.
Rheum (n.) A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose).
Rheum (n.) Rhubarb [syn: genus Rheum].
Rheumatic (a.) Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. [Obs.]
Rheumatic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day.
That rheumatic diseases do abound. -- Shak.
Rheumatic (n.) One affected with rheumatism.
Rheumatic (a.) Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky, rheumatoid, rheumy].
Rheumatic (n.) A person suffering with rheumatism.
Rheumatism (n.) (Med.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.
Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.) Acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful.
Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf.
Rheumatism (n.) Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues.
Rheumatism (n.) A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint [syn: rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis].
Rheumatismal (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism.
Rheumatismoid (a.) (Med.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.
Rheumic (a.) (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum.
Rheumic diathesis. See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.
Rheumides (n. pl.) (Med.) The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous.
Rheumy (a.) Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.
His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. -- Dryden.
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. -- Shak.
Rheumy (a.) Moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and theumy damp of night air."
Rheumy (a.) Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid].
Rhigolene (n.) (Chem.) A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant.
Rhime (n.) See Rhyme. [Obs.]
Compare: Rhyme
Rhyme (n.) [The Old English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note under Prime.] An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language. “Railing rhymes.”
A ryme I learned long ago. -- Chaucer.
He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. -- Milton.
Rhyme (n.) (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.
For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has right to govern sense. -- Prior.
Rhyme (n.) Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
Rhyme (n.) A word answering in sound to another word.
Female rhyme. See under Female.
Male rhyme. See under Male.
Rhyme or reason, Sound or sense.
Rhyme royal (Pros.) A stanza of seven decasyllabic verses, of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.
Rhyme (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Rhymed p. pr. & vb. n. Rhyming.] To make rhymes, or verses. “Thou shalt no longer ryme.”
There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side, Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride. -- Pope.
Rhyme (v. i.) To accord in rhyme or sound.
And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. -- Dryden.
Rhyme, (v. t.) To put into rhyme.
Rhyme, (v. t.) To influence by rhyme.
Hearken to a verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good. -- Herbert.
Rhyme (n.) Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) [syn: rime].
Rhyme (n.) A piece of poetry [syn: verse].
Rhyme (v.) Compose rhymes [syn: rime].
Rhyme (v.) Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" [syn: rime].
Rhinal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.
Rhinal (a.) Of or in or relating to the nose; "nasal passages" [syn: nasal].
Rhinaster (n.) (Zool.) The borele.
Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch. [Written also rean.] [Prov. Eng.]
Rhine (n.) United States parapsychologist (1895-1980) [syn: J. B. Rhine, Joseph Banks Rhine].
Rhine (n.) A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea [syn: Rhine River, Rhein].
Rhinencephalic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.
Rhinencephala (n. pl. ) of Rhinencephalon.
Rhinencephalon (n.) (Anat.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
Note: The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural being used for the two taken together.
Rhinencephalon (n.) A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior [syn: olfactory brain] [also: rhinencephala (pl.)].
Rhinencephala, () See rhinencephalon.
Rhinestone (n.) A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.
Rhinestone (n.) An imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste.
Rhinitis (n.) (Med.) Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils.
Rhinitis (n.) An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge) [syn: coryza].
Rhino (n.) Gold and silver, or money. [Cant]
As long as the rhino lasted. -- Marryat.
Rhino (n.) Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhinoceros].
Rhino- () A combining form from Greek //, ///, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.
Rhino (n.) Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhinoceros].
Rhinocerial (a.) Alt. of Rhinocerical.
Rhinocerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.
Compare: Pachyderm
Pachyderm (n.) (Zool.) 【動】厚皮動物；厚臉皮的人；遲鈍的人 Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin, including the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus, one of the Pachydermata.
Pachyderm (n.) Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus.
Rhinoceros (n.) (Zool.) 犀牛 [C]；名詞複數：Rhinoceroses (n.) (Zool.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.
Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses ({Rhinoceros Indicus and Rhinoceros Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa.
Rhinoceros auk (Zool.), An auk of the North Pacific ({Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill.
Rhinoceros beetle (Zool.), A very large beetle of the genus Dynastes, having a horn on the head.
Rhinoceros bird. (Zool.) (a) A large hornbill ({Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See Hornbill.
Rhinoceros bird. (Zool.) (b) An African beefeater ({Buphaga Africana). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.
Rhinoceros (n.) Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhinoceros, rhino].
Rhinoceros (n.) (Zool.) Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin, including the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus, one of the Pachydermata.
Compare: Umhofo
Umhofo (n.) (Zool.) An African two-horned rhinoceros ({Atelodus simus or Rhinoceros simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.
White rhinoceros (n.) Large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros [syn: white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus].
White rhinoceros (n.) 白犀牛 The white rhinoceros, white rhino, broad-lipped rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, [3] and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed left in 2018 (two females: Fatu, 18 and Najin, 29), both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male Northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya on 19 March 2018 at age 45. [4]
Rhinocerote (n.) A rhinoceros. [Obs.]
Rhinocerotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [R.]
Rhinolite (n.) Alt. of Rhinolith.
Rhinolith (n.) (Med.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.
Rhinological (a.) Of or pertaining to rhinology.
Rhinologist (n.) One skilled in rhinology.
Rhinology (n.) The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.
Rhinolophid (n.) (Zool.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.
Rhinolophine (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.
Rhinophore (n.) (Zool.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.
Rhinoplastic (a.) (Surg.) Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.
Rhinoplasty (n.) Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.
Rhinoplasty (n.) Cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose [syn: nose job].
Rhinopome (n.) (Zool.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.
Rhinoscleroma (n.) (Med.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.
Rhinoscope (n.) A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscope (n.) Medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx).
Rhinoscopic (a.) (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscopy (n.) (Physiol.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.
Rhinoscopy (n.) Examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx).
Rhinothecae (n. pl. ) of Rhinotheca.
Rhinotheca (n.) (Zool.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.