| right of way |
the right by law or custom for one vehicle, vessel, person, or the like to move ahead of or in front of another. [3 definitions] |
| right-to-life |
of or pertaining to a belief, organization, political party, or the like that is opposed to artificially induced abortion, esp. legalized abortion; anti-abortion. |
| right-to-work law |
a state law that forbids an employer from refusing employment to a person on the basis of his or her not being a union member. |
| right triangle |
a triangle in which two of the sides form a right angle. |
| rightward |
toward or on the right. |
| right whale |
any of several large whales lacking a dorsal fin, having a smooth throat, and having eyes set near the corners of the mouth. |
| right wing |
those within a political group who are the most conservative or reactionary. (Cf. left wing.) |
| rigid |
difficult or impossible to bend; not flexible; stiff. [4 definitions] |
| rigidify |
to make or become stiff or inflexible. |
| rigidity |
the state or quality of being stiff or difficult to bend. [3 definitions] |
| rigidly |
stiffly; without any bending. [2 definitions] |
| rigmarole |
a complicated, unnecessarily involved procedure or process. [2 definitions] |
| rigor |
strictness, severity, inflexibility, or harshness, as of manner, judgment, or law. [6 definitions] |
| rigor mortis |
the stiffening of the body muscles shortly after death. |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. [3 definitions] |
| Rig-Veda |
a collection of over one thousand Hindu hymns dating from the second century B.C. |
| rijsttafel |
an Indonesian meal in which a variety of fresh and cooked meats, seafood, vegetables, and condiments, each served in a separate dish, are added to a bed of rice. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. [2 definitions] |
| rill1 |
a small brook or creek. |
| rill2 |
any of numerous long narrow valleys or trenches on the moon's surface. |
| rillettes |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a meat or fish spread, esp. of pork, in which minced, seasoned bits are cooked, mashed, or shredded and then preserved in animal fat. |