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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

right triangle
right-angled triangle noun a triangle with one right angle

right ventricle
noun the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk

right whale
noun large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right` whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil

right-angled
adjective forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles; `a right-angled bend`

right-down
adverb positively; `a regular right-down bad `un`--Charles Dickens

right-eyed
adjective having only the right eye

right-hand
adjective most helpful and reliable; `my right-hand man`

right-hand man
chief assistant noun the most helpful assistant

right-hand(a)
adjective located on or directed toward the right; `a right-hand turn`

right-handed
adjective using or intended for the right hand; `a right-handed batter`; `right-handed scissors`

right-handed pitcher
noun (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand

right-handedness
dextrality noun preference for using the right hand

right-hander
right hander noun a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left

right-minded
adjective disposed toward or having views based on what is right; `respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have`- Bertrand Russell

right-side-out(p)
adjective of fabric or clothing

right-side-up(p)
adjective of objects having a top and bottom

right(a)
right-hand(a) adjective intended for the right hand; `a right-hand glove`

righteous
adjective morally justified; `righteous indignation`

righteously
adverb in a righteous manner; `righteously indignant`

righteousness
noun adhering to moral principles

righteye flounder
righteyed flounder noun flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head

rightful(a)
adjective legally valid; `a rightful inheritance`

rightfully
adverb by right; `baseball rightfully is the nation`s pastime`

rightfulness
noun anything in accord with principles of justice; `he feels he is in the right`; `the rightfulness of his claim`

rightish
adjective tending toward the political right

rightism
noun the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right

rightist
right-wing adjective believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

rightly
justly 1 justifiedly adverb with honesty; `he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time`

rightmost
adjective farthest to the right; `in the rightmost line of traffic`

rightness
noun according with conscience or morality

rightness
noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; `it was performed with justness and beauty`

rights offering
rights issue noun an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later; `the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders`

rigid
strict adjective incapable of compromise or flexibility

rigidity
rigidness noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

rigidly
adverb in a rigid manner; `the body was rigidly erect`; `he sat bolt upright`

rigmarole
rigamarole noun a long and complicated and confusing procedure; `all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time`

rigor mortis
noun muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and last for about 4 days

rigorous
strict adjective rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; `rigorous application of the law`; `a strict vegetarian`

rigorously
adverb in a rigorous manner; `he had been trained rigorously by the monks`

rigout
noun a person`s costume (especially if bizarre); `What a queer rigout!`

rijsttaffel
rijstaffel noun dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice

Riley
James Whitcomb Riley noun United States poet (1849-1916)

rim
noun the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

rim
lip noun the top edge of a vessel or other container

rim blight
noun a disease of tea plants

rima
noun a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts

rima glottidis
rima vocalis noun the space between the two true vocal folds

rima vestibuli
rima respiratoria noun the opening between the false vocal folds

Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud noun French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891)

rimed
rimy adjective covered with frost; `a frosty glass`; `hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost`-Wm.Faulkner

rimless
adjective lacking a rim or frame; `rimless glasses`

rimmed
adjective having a rim or a rim of a specified kind; `do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?`

rimose
adjective having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; `a tree with rimose bark`

Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908)

rimu
imou pine noun tall New Zealand timber tree

rind
noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

rind
noun the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)

rinderpest
cattle plague noun an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

ring
ringing noun the sound of a bell ringing; `the distinctive ring of the church bell`; `the ringing of the telephone`; `the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells`--E. A. Poe

ring
noun an association of criminals; `police tried to break up the gang`; `a pack of thieves`

ring containment
noun a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them; `ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic`

ring finger
annualry noun the third finger (especially of the left hand)

ring girl
noun a young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights

ring of color
noun small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite

ring ouzel
ring blackbird noun European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck

ring rot bacteria
Pseudomonas solanacearum noun causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc

ring vaccination
noun administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization

ring-around-the-rosy
ring-around-a-rosy noun a children`s game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat

ring-binder
noun holds loose papers or magazines

ring-necked parakeet
Psittacula krameri noun African parakeet

ring-necked pheasant
Phasianus colchicus noun common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring

ringdove
noun greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged

ringed
adjective wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married; `a ringed wife`- Tennyson

ringer
noun (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

ringer
clone noun a person who is almost identical to another

Ringer`s solution
Ringer solution noun an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations

ringgit
noun the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen

ringhals
rinkhals noun highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet

ringing
noun the giving of a ring as a token of engagement

ringleader
noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)

ringlet
ringlet butterfly noun any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae

ringleted
adjective of hair in ringlets

ringlike
adjective having the shape of a ring

Ringling
Charles Ringling noun United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)

ringmaster
noun the person in charge of performances in a circus ring

ringneck snake
ring-necked snake noun any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

rings
noun gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises; `the rings require a strong upper body`

ringside
ringside seat noun first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring

ringworm bush
ringworm shrub noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

rink
skating rink noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating

rinse
noun washing lightly without soap

rinse
noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

rinsing
noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

Rio de Janeiro
Rio noun the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction

Rio de la Plata
La Plata noun an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay

Rio Grande
Rio Bravo noun a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico

Rioja
noun dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain

riot
public violence noun a public act of violence by an unruly mob

Riot Act
noun a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them

riot control
riot control operation noun the measures taken to control a riot