English dictionary: words starting with rif

Meanings of Rifacimenti:

noun

A new version or remodelling of a literary or artistic work; a reworking.

Meanings of Rifacimento:

noun

A new version or remodelling of a literary or artistic work; a reworking.

Meanings of Rifampicin:

noun

A reddish-brown antibiotic used chiefly to treat tuberculosis and leprosy.

Usage examples:

For the more commonly encountered methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci, a combina…

Meanings of Rifampin:

noun

A reddish-brown antibiotic used chiefly to treat tuberculosis and leprosy.

Usage examples:

For the more commonly encountered methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci, a combina…

Meanings of Rifart:

noun

The root of the horseradish, armoracia rusticana; the plant itself. also (in later use chiefly scottish): radish, raphanus sativus.

Meanings of Rife:

adjective

(especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.

Usage examples:

Male chauvinism was rife in medicine

adverb

In an unchecked or widespread manner.

Usage examples:

Speculation ran rife that he was an arms dealer

Meanings of Rife-with:

phrase

Full of something unpleasant

Usage examples:

The office was rife with rumours., this government is rife with cronyism., it seems to me that this…

Meanings of Rifely:

adverb

Commonly, frequently; customarily.

Meanings of Riff:

noun

A short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.

Usage examples:

A brilliant guitar riff

verb

Play riffs.

Usage examples:

The other horns would be riffing behind him

Meanings of Riff-raff:

noun

People with a bad reputation or of a low social class

Usage examples:

She says that charging high prices will keep the riff-raff out.

Meanings of Riffed:

verb

Play riffs.

Usage examples:

The other horns would be riffing behind him

noun

A short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.

Usage examples:

A brilliant guitar riff

Meanings of Riffian:

noun

A member of the berber people of the rif region of morocco.

adjective

Of, belonging to, or associated with this people; belonging to this region.

Meanings of Riffing:

verb

Play riffs.

Usage examples:

The other horns would be riffing behind him

noun

A short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.

Usage examples:

A brilliant guitar riff

Meanings of Riffle:

verb

Turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually.

Usage examples:

He riffled through the pages

noun

An act or sound of riffling through something.

Usage examples:

Just a riffle through the books

Meanings of Riffled:

verb

Turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually.

Usage examples:

He riffled through the pages

noun

An act or sound of riffling through something.

Usage examples:

Just a riffle through the books

Meanings of Riffler:

noun

A narrow elongated tool with a curved file surface at each end, used in filing concave surfaces.

Usage examples:

The tools used for more refined work include gouges, drills, various types of chisel, a mallet, ras…

Meanings of Rifflers:

noun

A narrow elongated tool with a curved file surface at each end, used in filing concave surfaces.

Usage examples:

The tools used for more refined work include gouges, drills, various types of chisel, a mallet, ras…

Meanings of Riffles:

verb

Turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually.

Usage examples:

He riffled through the pages

noun

An act or sound of riffling through something.

Usage examples:

Just a riffle through the books

Meanings of Riffling:

verb

Turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually.

Usage examples:

He riffled through the pages

noun

An act or sound of riffling through something.

Usage examples:

Just a riffle through the books

Meanings of Riffraff:

noun

Disreputable or undesirable people.

Usage examples:

I saw the sort of riff-raff that had been invited

Meanings of Riffs:

noun

A short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.

Usage examples:

A brilliant guitar riff

verb

Play riffs.

Usage examples:

The other horns would be riffing behind him

Meanings of Rifian:

noun

A member of the berber people of the rif region of morocco.

adjective

Of, belonging to, or associated with this people; belonging to this region.

Meanings of Rifle:

noun

A gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance.

Usage examples:

A hunting rifle

verb

Make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance.

Usage examples:

There are four basic ways to rifle a gun barrel

Meanings of Rifled:

adjective

(of a gun or its barrel) having a bore with spiral grooves.

Usage examples:

From the mid-19th century all military weapons had rifled barrels

verb

Make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance.

Usage examples:

There are four basic ways to rifle a gun barrel

Meanings of Rifledom:

noun

The practice or art of using a rifle; the world of rifles.