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- English Word Ribes Definition A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
- English Word Ribibe Definition A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.
- English Word Ribibe Definition An old woman; -- in contempt.
- English Word Ribibe Definition A bawd; a prostitute.
- English Word Ribible Definition A small threestringed viol; a rebec.
- English Word Ribless Definition Having no ribs.
- English Word Ribroast Definition To beat soundly.
- English Word Ribwort Definition A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
- English Word Rice Definition A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.
- English Word Rice-shell Definition Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
- English Word Ricebird Definition The Java sparrow.
- English Word Ricebird Definition The bobolink.
- English Word Rich Definition 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.
- English Word Rich Definition Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.
- English Word Rich Definition Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
- English Word Rich Definition 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.
- English Word Rich Definition 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.
- English Word Rich Definition Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
- English Word Rich Definition Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.
- English Word Rich Definition Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.
- English Word Rich Definition Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.
- English Word Rich Definition To enrich.
- English Word Riches Definition That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.
- English Word Riches Definition That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.
- English Word Richesse Definition Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.
- English Word Richly Definition In a rich manner.
- English Word Richness Definition The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
- English Word Richweed Definition An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.
- English Word Ricinelaidic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.
- English Word Ricinelaidin Definition The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.