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  • English Word Rhachis Definition The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.
  • English Word Rhachis Definition The central cord in the stem of a crinoid.
  • English Word Rhachis Definition The median part of the radula of a mollusk.
  • English Word Rhachis Definition A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.
  • English Word Rhachises Definition of Rhachis
  • English Word Rhachitis Definition See Rachitis.
  • English Word Rhadamanthine Definition Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.
  • English Word Rhadamanthus Definition One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.
  • English Word Rhamadan Definition See Ramadan.
  • English Word Rhamnaceous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus).
  • English Word Rhamnus Definition A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
  • English Word Rhamphorhynchus Definition A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
  • English Word Rhamphotheca Definition The horny covering of the bill of birds.
  • English Word Rhamphothecae Definition of Rhamphotheca
  • English Word Rhaphe Definition The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.
  • English Word Rhaphides Definition Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.
  • English Word Rhaponticine Definition Chrysophanic acid.
  • English Word Rhapsode Definition A rhapsodist.
  • English Word Rhapsoder Definition A rhapsodist.
  • English Word Rhapsodic Definition Alt. of Rhapsodic
  • English Word Rhapsodic Definition Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.
  • English Word Rhapsodies Definition of Rhapsody
  • English Word Rhapsodist Definition Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
  • English Word Rhapsodist Definition Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore.
  • English Word Rhapsodist Definition One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.
  • English Word Rhapsodize Definition To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody
  • English Word Rhapsodize Definition To utter rhapsodies.
  • English Word Rhapsodized Definition of Rhapsodize
  • English Word Rhapsodizing Definition of Rhapsodize
  • English Word Rhapsodomancy Definition Divination by means of verses.