| ravin |
see "raven2." |
| ravine |
a deep, steep-sided cut in the land, esp. one carved by the flow of water. |
| raving |
wild and unrestrained; frenzied; delirious. [3 definitions] |
| ravioli |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) small pouches of pasta filled with ground meat, cheese, or the like. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. [3 definitions] |
| ravishing |
causing great delight, esp. by beauty. |
| raw |
being in an uncooked state. [8 definitions] |
| rawboned |
having a bony, thinly fleshed body; gaunt; lean. |
| rawhide |
untanned leather, esp. cattle skin. [2 definitions] |
| rawin |
the monitoring of upper-air wind currents using a balloon fitted with radar or a radio direction-finding device (acronym for "radio/wind"). |
| raw material |
material or a product in its natural or original state, before processing or assembling. |
| raw silk |
silk that has been taken directly from the cocoon. |
| ray1 |
a thin beam of radiation, esp. light. [3 definitions] |
| ray2 |
any of various fishes having cartilaginous skeletons, flattened bodies, large pectoral fins, and long narrow tails. |
| rayed |
having, or being in the form of, rays or raylike extensions. |
| ray flower |
any of the flowers around the border of the head of a composite plant such as the daisy. |
| Rayleigh wave |
a wave on the surface of a solid, such as that caused on the surface of the earth by an earthquake. |
| Raynaud's disease |
a vascular disease causing numbness and discoloration of the tips of the hands and feet, often caused by exposure to cold or by stress. |
| rayon |
a thread made by converting a solution of a natural pulp, usu. cellulose, into filament by extruding through spinnerets. [2 definitions] |
| raze |
to knock down or tear down (a structure); level. |
| razor |
an instrument that has a very sharp, replaceable blade or blades and is used for shaving away body or facial hair. [4 definitions] |