All English words - page 5003

Meanings of Rhos:

noun

The seventeenth letter of the greek alphabet ( ρ, ρ ), transliterated as ‘r’ or (when written with a rough breathing) ‘rh’.

Meanings of Rhotacism:

noun

The changing of another sound, especially the phoneme/s/, into the phoneme/r/, and thus often also the changing of the spelling.

Meanings of Rhotacismus:

noun

The changing of another sound, especially the phoneme/s/, into the phoneme/r/, and thus often also the changing of the spelling.

Meanings of Rhotacize:

verb

To change (a sound, especially the phoneme/s/) into the phoneme/r/. also: to alter the form and pronunciation of (a word) by changing one of its sounds, especially the phoneme/s/, into the phoneme/r/.

Meanings of Rhotic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a dialect or variety of english (e.g. in most of the us and south-western england) in which r is pronounced before a consonant (as in hard ) and at the ends of words (as in far ).

Usage examples:

Rhotic and non-rhotic speakers

Meanings of Rhubarbs:

noun

The thick reddish or green leaf stalks of a cultivated plant of the dock family, which are eaten as a fruit after cooking.

Usage examples:

Rhubarb pie

Meanings of Rhubarby:

adjective

Suggestive of or resembling rhubarb in colour, taste, appearance, etc.; rhubarb-like.

Meanings of Rhumb:

noun

An imaginary line on the earth's surface cutting all meridians at the same angle, used as the standard method of plotting a ship's course on a chart.

Usage examples:

Then, we'll sail on a rhumb line straight in and hope the only ships we meet are ours.

Meanings of Rhumba:

noun

A rhythmic dance with spanish and african elements, originating in cuba.

Usage examples:

To see an authentic rumba you must go to havana

verb

Dance the rumba.

Usage examples:

You once taught two boys to rumba

Meanings of Rhumbaed:

verb

Dance the rumba.

Usage examples:

You once taught two boys to rumba

noun

A rhythmic dance with spanish and african elements, originating in cuba.

Usage examples:

To see an authentic rumba you must go to havana

Meanings of Rhumbaing:

verb

Dance the rumba.

Usage examples:

You once taught two boys to rumba

noun

A rhythmic dance with spanish and african elements, originating in cuba.

Usage examples:

To see an authentic rumba you must go to havana

Meanings of Rhumbas:

noun

A rhythmic dance with spanish and african elements, originating in cuba.

Usage examples:

To see an authentic rumba you must go to havana

verb

Dance the rumba.

Usage examples:

You once taught two boys to rumba

Meanings of Rhumbatron:

noun

Each of two cavity resonators in a klystron, the first of which uses a high-frequency voltage to cause bunching of an electron beam, and the second of which uses this beam to induce a larger high-frequency voltage.

Meanings of Rhumbs:

noun

An imaginary line on the earth's surface cutting all meridians at the same angle, used as the standard method of plotting a ship's course on a chart.

Usage examples:

Then, we'll sail on a rhumb line straight in and hope the only ships we meet are ours.

Meanings of Rhus:

noun

Originally: the sumac, rhus coriaria, of southern europe. in later use: any of numerous small trees, shrubs, and climbers constituting the genus rhus (family anacardiaceae), which are characterized by milky, often irritant, latex and which include many allergenic plants as well as the sumac and the staghorn sumac, r. hirta (formerly r. typhina), grown as an ornamental. also (in form rhus): the genus itself.

Meanings of Rhuses:

noun

Originally: the sumac, rhus coriaria, of southern europe. in later use: any of numerous small trees, shrubs, and climbers constituting the genus rhus (family anacardiaceae), which are characterized by milky, often irritant, latex and which include many allergenic plants as well as the sumac and the staghorn sumac, r. hirta (formerly r. typhina), grown as an ornamental. also (in form rhus): the genus itself.

Meanings of Rhyacolite:

noun

A feldspar occurring chiefly as white or colourless crystals in volcanic rocks, subsequently identified with sanidine.

Meanings of Rhyme:

noun

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Usage examples:

Poetic features such as rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration

verb

(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.

Usage examples:

Balloon rhymes with moon

Meanings of Rhymed:

verb

(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.

Usage examples:

Balloon rhymes with moon

noun

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Usage examples:

Poetic features such as rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration

Meanings of Rhymelet:

noun

A short piece of rhyme or poetry.

Meanings of Rhymery:

noun

The making of rhymes; versifying.

Meanings of Rhymes:

noun

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Usage examples:

Poetic features such as rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration

verb

(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.

Usage examples:

Balloon rhymes with moon

Meanings of Rhymester:

noun

A person who composes rhymes, especially simple ones.

Usage examples:

I apologise to any purists in case the following suggestion is seen as something of a sacrilege, bu…

Meanings of Rhymesters:

noun

A person who composes rhymes, especially simple ones.

Usage examples:

I apologise to any purists in case the following suggestion is seen as something of a sacrilege, bu…

Meanings of Rhymic:

noun

Rhythmic.

adjective

Of or relating to the science or theory of rhythm.