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- English Word Rhabdosphere Definition A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
- English Word Rhachialgia Definition See Rachialgia.
- English Word Rhachides Definition of Rhachis
- English Word Rhachidian Definition Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.
- English Word Rhachiglossa Definition A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
- English Word Rhachilla Definition A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
- English Word Rhachiodont Definition Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.
- English Word Rhachis Definition The spine.
- English Word Rhachis Definition The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.
- English Word Rhachis Definition The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.
- 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).