English words starting with rap

Meanings of Rap:

verb

Strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention.

Usage examples:

He stood up and rapped the table

noun

A quick, sharp knock or blow.

Usage examples:

There was a confident rap at the door

Meanings of Rap-over-the-knuckles:

idiom

To speak officially to someone in a severe or angry way because you disapprove of their actions

Usage examples:

He was rapped over the knuckles by the management.

Meanings of Rapacious:

adjective

Aggressively greedy or grasping.

Usage examples:

Rapacious landlords

Meanings of Rapaciously:

adverb

In a way that has or shows a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

Usage examples:

The company has rapaciously increased its high charges., their economy has been growing rapaciously.

Meanings of Rapaciousness:

noun

The quality of having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

Usage examples:

The rapaciousness of the regime has not changed., he was conscious of the rapaciousness of his own …

Meanings of Rapacity:

noun

Aggressive greed.

Usage examples:

The rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit from their property

Meanings of Rape:

noun

The crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will.

Usage examples:

He denied two charges of rape

verb

(typically of a man) force (another person) to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will.

Usage examples:

The woman was raped at knifepoint

Meanings of Raped:

noun

The crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will.

Usage examples:

He denied two charges of rape

verb

(typically of a man) force (another person) to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will.

Usage examples:

The woman was raped at knifepoint

Meanings of Rapeful:

adjective

Given to, or characterized by, rape or violence.

Meanings of Raper:

noun

A person who commits rape; a rapist.

Meanings of Rapers:

noun

A person who commits rape; a rapist.

Meanings of Rapes:

noun

The crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will.

Usage examples:

He denied two charges of rape

verb

(typically of a man) force (another person) to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will.

Usage examples:

The woman was raped at knifepoint

Meanings of Rapeseed:

noun

Seeds of the rape plant, used chiefly for oil.

Usage examples:

Unprocessed rapeseed

Meanings of Raphae:

noun

A groove, ridge, or seam in an organ or tissue, typically marking the line where two halves fused in the embryo.

Usage examples:

If the variant is bilateral the deviant muscle plate has a raphe in the median line.

Plural of raphe specialized

Meanings of Raphael:

proper noun

(in the bible) one of the seven archangels in the apocryphal book of enoch. he is said to have ‘healed’ the earth when it was defiled by the sins of the fallen angels.

Meanings of Raphaelesque:

adjective

After the style of raphael; characteristic or imitative of the artist or his work.

Meanings of Raphaelic:

adjective

Of, related to, or resembling raphael or his work.

Meanings of Raphaelism:

noun

The artistic principles introduced by raphael; the style or method associated with raphael.

Meanings of Raphaelite:

noun

An artist who adopts the principles or style of raphael; a follower of raphael. compare "pre-raphaelite [noun]", post-raphaelite .

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of raphael or his style of painting.

Meanings of Raphaelitism:

noun

= raphaelism .

Meanings of Raphania:

noun

A disease occurring in epidemics and characterized by fever, delirium, and seizures or muscle spasms, originally attributed to the contamination of grain with seeds of the wild radish, raphanus raphanistrum.

Meanings of Raphanus:

noun

Originally: †the root of the cultivated radish; (also) the root of the turnip (obsolete). in later use (in form raphanus): a genus of plants of the family brassicaceae, the members of which include the cultivated radish, r. sativus, and the wild radish, r. raphanistrum; (also raphanus) any plant of this genus.

Meanings of Raphe:

noun

A groove, ridge, or seam in an organ or tissue, typically marking the line where two halves fused in the embryo.

Usage examples:

If the variant is bilateral the deviant muscle plate has a raphe in the median line.

Meanings of Raphia:

noun

Originally: the palm raphia farinifera, which is native to madagascar and tropical africa and is a principal source of the fibre raffia. in later use: (in form raphia) a genus of tropical african and american palms which are noted for their enormous leaves and are a source of fibre, wax, wine, beads, and other products; (also raphia) any palm of this genus.

Meanings of Raphias:

noun

Originally: the palm raphia farinifera, which is native to madagascar and tropical africa and is a principal source of the fibre raffia. in later use: (in form raphia) a genus of tropical african and american palms which are noted for their enormous leaves and are a source of fibre, wax, wine, beads, and other products; (also raphia) any palm of this genus.