Ricebird () The bobolink.

Rice-shell () Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.

Rich () 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 () Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.

Rich () Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

Rich () 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.

Rich () 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.

Rich () Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

Rich () Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

Rich () Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

Rich () Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.

Rich () To enrich.

Riches () That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.

Riches () That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.

Richesse () Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.

Richly () In a rich manner.

Richness () The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

Richweed () An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.

Ricinelaidic () Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.

Ricinelaidin () The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.

Ricinic () Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.

Ricinine () A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.

Ricinoleate () A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.

Ricinoleic () 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 () The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.

Ricinolic () Ricinoleic.

Ricinus () 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 () A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

Rick () To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

Ricker () A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.

Ricketish () Rickety.

Rickets () 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 () Affected with rickets.

Rickety () Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.

Rickrack () A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

Rickstand () A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.

Ricochet () 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 () of Ricochet

Ricochetting () of Ricochet

Ricochet () To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.

Ricochet () 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 () Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles.

Ricture () A gaping.

Rictus () 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 () of Rid

Ridded () of Rid

Ridding () of Rid

Rid () To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.

Rid () To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.

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