Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 64
Rhynchophore (n.) (Zool.) One of the Rhynchophora.
Rhynchota (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Hemiptera. [Written also Rhyncota.]
Rhyolite (n.) (Min.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. -- Rhy`o*lit"ic, a.
Rhyolite (n.) Very acid volcanic rock.
Rhyparography (n.) In ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures.
Rhysimeter (n.) An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc.
Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like.
Rhythm (n.) (Mus.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent. -- Moore (Encyc.)
Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables.
Rhythm (n.) The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.
Rhythm (n.) The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" [syn: rhythm, beat, musical rhythm].
Rhythm (n.) Recurring at regular intervals [syn: rhythm, regular recurrence].
Rhythm (n.) An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle, rhythm, round].
Rhythm (n.) The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry" [syn: rhythm, speech rhythm].
Rhythm (n.) Natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) [syn: rhythm method of birth control, rhythm method, rhythm, calendar method of birth control, calendar method].
Rhythmer (n.) One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter. [R.]
One now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet. -- Fuller. Rhythmic
Rhythmic (a.) Alt. of Rhythmical.
Rhythmical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm.
Day and night I worked my rhythmic thought. -- Mrs. Browning.
Rhythmical accent. (Mus.) See Accent, n., 6 (c) .
Rhythmical (a.) Recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" [syn: rhythmical, rhythmic] [ant: unrhythmic, unrhythmical].
Rhythmically (adv.) In a rhythmical manner.
Rhythmically (adv.) In a rhythmic manner; "the chair rocked rhythmically back and forth."
Rhythmics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.
Rhythming (a.) Writing rhythm; verse making. "The rhythming monk." -- Fuller.
Rhythmless (a.) Being without rhythm. -- Coleridge.
Rhythmometer (n.) An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.
Rhythmus (n.) [L.] Rhythm.
Compare: Rytina
Rytina (n.) (Zool.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ({Rytina Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow, stellerine and steller. [Written also Rhytina.]
Note: It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Bering's Island, near Bering's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh.
Rhytina (n.) (Zool.) See Rytina.
Rial (n.) A Spanish coin. See Real. [Obs.]
Rial (a.) Royal. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Rial (n.) A gold coin formerly
current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of
Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of
Rial (n.) The basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils [syn: Yemeni rial, rial].
Rial (n.) The basic unit of money in Oman [syn: riyal-omani, Omani rial, rial].
Rial (n.) The basic unit of money in Iran [syn: Iranian rial, rial].
Riant (a.) Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape.
In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant. -- Burke.
Riant (a.) Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children" [syn: laughing(a), riant].
Rib (n.) (Anat.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
Note: In man there are twelve ribs on each side, of which the upper seven are directly connected with the sternum by cartilages, and are called sternal, or true, ribs. The remaining five pairs are called asternal, or false, ribs, and of these each of the three upper pairs is attached to the cartilage of the rib above, while the two lower pairs are free at the ventral ends, and are called floating ribs. See Thorax.
Rib (n.) That which resembles a rib in form or use. Specifically:
Rib (n.) (Shipbuilding) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.
Rib (n.) (Mach. & Structures) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
Rib (n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
Rib (n.) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.
Rib (n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
Rib (n.) (Bot.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
Rib (n.) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.
Rib (n.) (Arch.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.
Rib (n.) (Arch.) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.
Rib (n.) (Mining) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
Rib (n.) (Mining) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
Rib (n.) A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib. [Familiar & Sportive]
How many have we known whose heads have been broken with their own rib. -- Bp. Hall.
Chuck rib, A cut of beef immediately in front of the middle rib. See Chuck.
Fore
ribs, A cut of
beef immediately in front of the sirloin.
Middle rib, A cut of beef between the chuck rib and the fore
ribs.
Rib grass. (Bot.) Same as Ribwort.
Ribbed (imp. & p. p.) of Rib.
Ribbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rib.
Rib (v. t.) To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
It
[lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
-- Shak.
To rib land, To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the
furrows in plowing.
Rib (n.) Support resembling the rib of an animal.
Rib (n.) Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) [syn: rib, costa].
Rib (n.) Cut of meat including one or more ribs.
Rib (n.) A teasing remark.
Rib (n.) A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant.
Rib (n.) A projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural.
Rib (v.) Form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater."
Rib (v.) Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun].
Ribald (a.) Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.
The busy day, Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows. -- Shak.
Ribald (n.) A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow. -- Spenser. Pope.
Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal. -- Earle.
Ribald (a.) Humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language" [syn: bawdy, off-color, ribald].
Ribald (n.) A ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language.
Ribaldish (a.) Like a ribald. -- Bp. Hall.
Ribaldrous (a.) Of a ribald quality. [R.]
Ribaldry (n.) 下流；粗鄙；猥褻的話 The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.
The ribaldry of his conversation moved astonishment even in that age. -- Macaulay.
Ribaldry (n.) Ribald humor.
Ribaldry (n.) Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn: gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness].
Ribaldry (n.) Censorious language by another concerning oneself.
Riban (n.) See Ribbon. [Obs.]
-- Piers Plowman.
Riband (n.) See Ribbon.
Riband jasper (Min.), A variety of jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.
Riband (n.) (Naut.) See Rib-band. -- Totten.
Compare: Ribbon
Ribbon (n.) [Written also riband, ribband.] 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.
Ribbon (n.) pl. Driving reins. [Cant] -- London Athenaeum.
Ribbon
(n.)
(Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon (n.) (Spinning) A silver.
Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See Blue ribbon, under Blue.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola,
having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout. Called also band fish.
Ribbon grass (Bot.), A variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.
Ribbon seal (Zool.), A North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.
Ribbon snake (Zool.), A common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown.
Ribbon Society, A society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) (a) A tapeworm.
Ribborn
worm. (Zool.)
(b) A nemertean.
Riband (n.) A ribbon used as a decoration [syn: riband,
ribband].
Ribanded (a.) Ribboned. -- B. Jonson.
Ribaud (n.) A ribald. [Obs.] --
P. Plowman.
Ribaud. () A rogue; a vagrant. It is not used.
Ribaudequin (n.) [F.] An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon.
Ribaudequin (n.) A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins. Ribaudred
Ribaudred (a.) Alt. of Ribaudrous.
Ribaudrous (a.) Filthy; obscene; ribald. [Obs.]
Ribaudry (n.) Ribaldry. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Ribaudy (n.) Ribaldry. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ribauld (n.) A ribald. [Obs.] --
Spenser.
Compare: Ribbon
Ribbon (n.) [Written also
riband, ribband.] A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for
trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative
purposes.
Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium
ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.
Ribbon (n.) pl. Driving reins. [Cant] -- London Athenaeum.
Ribbon (n.) (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon (n.) (Spinning) A silver.
Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See Blue ribbon, under Blue.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout.
Called also band fish.
Ribbon grass (Bot.), A variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.
Ribbon seal (Zool.), A North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.
Ribbon snake (Zool.), A common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with
bright yellow and dark brown.
Ribbon Society, A society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) (a) A tapeworm.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) (b) A nemertean.
Ribband (n.) A ribbon. -- Pope.
Ribband (n.) (Shipbuilding) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework.
Rib-band lines, Oblique longitudinal sections of the hull of a vessel. -- Knight.
Ribband (n.) A ribbon used as a decoration [syn: riband, ribband].
Ribbed (a.) Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.
Ribbed (a.) (Mining) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal. -- Raymond.
Ribbed (a.) Furnished or strengthened with ribs [ant: ribless].
Ribbed (a.) (Of the surface) Having a rough, riblike texture [syn: costate, ribbed].
Ribbing (n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.
Ribbing (n.) A framework of ribs.
Ribbing (n.) The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization].
Ribbon (n.) A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.
Ribbon (n.) pl. Driving reins. [Cant] -- London Athenaeum.
Ribbon (n.) (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon (n.) (Spinning) A silver.
Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See Blue ribbon, under Blue.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola,
having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout. Called also band fish.
Ribbon grass (Bot.), A variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.
Ribbon seal (Zool.), A North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.
Ribbon snake (Zool.), A common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown.
Ribbon Society, A society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) (a) A tapeworm.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) (b) A nemertean.
Ribboned (imp. & p. p.) of Ribbon.
Ribboning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ribbon.
Ribbon (v. t.) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) Any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" [syn: ribbon, thread].
Ribbon (n.) An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon].
Ribbon (n.) A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon].
Ribbon (n.) Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming.
Ribbonism (n.) The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
-men (n. pl. ) of Ribbonman
Ribbonman (n.) A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonwood (n.) (Bot.) A malvaceous tree ({Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.
Ribbonwood (n.) Deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton [syn: ribbon tree, ribbonwood, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus].
Ribbonwood (n.) Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage [syn: lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea]
Ribes (n.) (Bot.) A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
Ribes (n.) A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere [syn: Ribes, genus Ribes].
Ribibe (n.) A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Ribibe (n.) An old woman; -- in contempt. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ribibe (n.) A bawd; a prostitute. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Ribible (n.) A small threestringed viol; a rebec. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music).
All can be play on gittern or ribible. -- Chaucer.
Ribless (a.) Having no ribs.
Ribless (a.)Having no ribs or no visible ribs [ant: ribbed].
Ribroast (v. t.) To beat soundly. [Slang]
Ribwort (n.) (Bot.) A species of plantain ({Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
Ribwort (n.) An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions [syn: English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata].
-ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority.
Rice (n.) (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.
Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
Indian rice., A tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Mountain rice, Any species of an American genus ({Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
Rice bunting. (Zool.) Same as Ricebird.
Rice hen (Zool.), The Florida gallinule.
Rice mouse (Zool.), A large dark-colored field mouse ({Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
Rice paper, A kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper.
Rice troupial (Zool.), The bobolink.
Rice water, A drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.
Rice-water discharge (Med.), A liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.
Rice
weevil (Zool.),
A small beetle ({Calandra oryzae"> Rice weevil (Zool.), aaA small
beetle ({Calandra oryzae, or Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.
Rice (n.) Grains used as food either unpolished or more often
polished.
Rice (n.) Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper.
Rice (n.) English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944) [syn: Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice].
Rice (n.) United States playwright (1892-1967) [syn: Rice, Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein].
Rice (v.) Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes."
Rice -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 10761
Housing Units (2000): 4609
Land area (2000): 726.577760 sq. miles (1881.827679 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.718168 sq. miles (4.450034 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 728.295928 sq. miles (1886.277713 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.349411 N, 98.217441 W
Headwords:
Rice
Rice, KS
Rice County
Rice
County, KS
Rice -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 56665
Housing Units (2000): 20061
Land area (2000): 497.568836 sq. miles (1288.697315 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 18.557216 sq. miles (48.062967 sq. km)
Total
area (2000): 516.126052 sq. miles (1336.760282 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.348087 N, 93.283024 W
Headwords:
Rice
Rice, MN
Rice County
Rice
County, MN
Rice, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 798
Housing Units (2000): 371
Land area (2000): 2.705666 sq. miles (7.007642 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.091787 sq. miles (0.237728 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.797453 sq. miles (7.245370 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61736
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.234563 N, 96.494670 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75155
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rice, TX
Rice
Rice, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 711
Housing Units (2000): 250
Land area (2000): 5.985750 sq. miles (15.503020 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.111547 sq. miles (0.288906 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.097297 sq. miles (15.791926 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53998
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.752847 N, 94.222980 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56367
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rice, MN
Rice
Compare: Java
Java (n.) One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.
Java (n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
Java (n.) (Computers) [all capitals] an object-oriented computer programming language, derived largely from C++, used widely for design and display of web pages on the world-wide web. It is an interpreted language, and has been suggested as a platform-independent code to allow execution of the same progam under multiple operating systems without recompiling. The language is still (1997) under active development, and is evolving.
Java cat (Zool.), The musang.
Java sparrow (Zool.), A species of finch ({Padda oryzivora), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also ricebird, and paddy bird. In the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also kept as a cage bird.
Ricebird (n.) (Zool.) The Java sparrow.
Ricebird (n.) (Zool.) The bobolink.
Compare: Bobolink
Bobolink (n.). (Zool.) An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. -- W. Irving. Bobsled
Ricebird (n.) Migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus].
Ricebird (n.) Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields [syn: Java sparrow, Java finch, ricebird, Padda oryzivora].
Rice-shell (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
Rich (v. t.) To enrich. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Rich (a.) Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor. "Rich merchants." -- Chaucer.
The rich [person] hath many friends. -- Prov. xiv. 20.
As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher. -- Milton.
Rich (a.) Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.
If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute shall be rich in some great action. -- Rowe.
The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. -- Milton.
Rich (a.) Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
Rich (a.) Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.
Like to rich and various gems. -- Milton.
Rich (a.) Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.
Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India. -- Baker.
Rich (a.) Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
Rich (a.) Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.
Rich (a.) Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.
Rich (a.) Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced, rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.
Syn: Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant; plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious; generous; luscious.
Rich (a.) Possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" [ant: poor].
Rich (a.) Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources); "blessed with a land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with cultural interest" [ant: poor].
Rich (a.) Of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques."
Rich (a.) Marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich].
Rich (a.) Strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" [syn: deep, rich].
Rich (a.) Very productive; "rich seams of coal."
Rich (a.) High in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture" [ant: lean].
Rich (a.) Suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display" [ant: poor].
Rich (a.) Containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; "rich desserts"; "they kept gorging on rich foods."
Rich (a.) Marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: full-bodied, racy, rich, robust].
Rich (a.) Pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice."
Rich (a.) Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich].
Rich (n.) People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); "only the very rich benefit from this legislation" [syn: rich people, rich] [ant: poor, poor people].
Rich (a.) Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.
Rich -- U.S. County in Utah
Population (2000): 1961
Housing Units (2000): 2408
Land area (2000): 1028.534533 sq. miles (2663.892098 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 57.759876 sq. miles (149.597387 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1086.294409 sq. miles (2813.489485 sq. km)
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.667569 N, 111.269717 W
Headwords:
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Rich, UT
Rich County
Rich County, UT
Riches (a.) That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.
Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors. -- Locke.