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- English Word Riser Definition A shaft excavated from below upward.
- English Word Riser Definition A feed head. See under Feed, n.
- English Word Rish Definition A rush (the plant).
- English Word Risibility Definition The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species.
- English Word Risible Definition Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
- English Word Risible Definition Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.
- English Word Risible Definition Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.
- English Word Rising Definition of Rise
- English Word Rising Definition Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.
- English Word Rising Definition Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.
- English Word Rising Definition Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation.
- English Word Rising Definition More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age.
- English Word Rising Definition The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).
- English Word Rising Definition That which rises; a tumor; a boil.
- English Word Risk Definition Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
- English Word Risk Definition Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
- English Word Risk Definition To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
- English Word Risk Definition To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
- English Word Risked Definition of Risk
- English Word Risker Definition One who risks or hazards.
- English Word Riskful Definition Risky.
- English Word Risking Definition of Risk
- English Word Risky Definition Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.
- English Word Risorial Definition Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.
- English Word Risotto Definition A kind of pottage.
- English Word Risse Definition imp. of Rise.
- English Word Rissoid Definition Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water.
- English Word Rissole Definition A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.
- English Word Rist Definition 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth.
- English Word Rit Definition 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth.