| Rip Van Winkle |
in a nineteenth-century short story by Washington Irving, the title character, who sleeps for twenty years and awakens to find a greatly changed world. [2 definitions] |
| rise |
to move, extend, or project upward. [24 definitions] |
| rise above |
to ignore or feign indifference to. |
| risen |
past participle of rise. |
| riser |
one who rises, esp. after sleep. [2 definitions] |
| rise to the occasion |
to deal successfully with a difficult situation. |
| risibility |
(often pl.) the ability or tendency to laugh or to see the humorous absurdity in something. |
| risible |
able or inclined to laugh. [2 definitions] |
| rising |
ascending, increasing, or advancing. [5 definitions] |
| risk |
the possibility of suffering injury or loss; dangerous chance. [6 definitions] |
| riskless |
combined form of risk. |
| risky |
full of or involving risk; potentially dangerous; hazardous. |
| Risorgimento |
the movement to liberate and unify Italy, or the period from 1750 to 1870, in which this movement occurred. |
| risotto |
an Italian dish of rice cooked in broth, to which grated cheese, other flavorings, and vegetables may be added. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| ritard |
a ritardando. [2 definitions] |
| ritardando |
gradually becoming slower (used as a musical direction). [2 definitions] |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial ritual prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. [2 definitions] |
| rite of passage |
a formal, often religious ceremony or procedure that marks a transition from one stage of life to another, such as marriage. [2 definitions] |
| ritornello |
an instrumental interlude between stanzas, arias, scenes, or the like, esp. in early seventeenth-century operas. [2 definitions] |
| ritual |
an established and prescribed procedure for a ceremony, esp. a religious one. [4 definitions] |