| rhythmical |
having to do with rhythm. [2 definitions] |
| RI |
abbreviation of "Rhode Island." |
| rib1 |
Your ribs are bones in your body. They are inside your chest and they cover and protect your heart and lungs. Your ribs are attached to the set of bones that go down the middle of your back. From your back, your ribs curve around your chest to the front. [3 definitions] |
| ribbon |
A ribbon is a long, narrow piece of material used to tie things. Ribbons are often shiny and colorful. They are often used in tying or decorating hair, gifts, and other things. [3 definitions] |
| rice |
Rice is a kind of grass that grows in warm, wet areas of the world. People grow it on farms because people can eat the seeds of this grass. We call these seeds rice too. Rice is a very important food in countries such as China, India, and Japan. [2 definitions] |
| rich |
When someone is rich, they have a lot of money or valuable things. When someone is rich, they can buy many things. [5 definitions] |
| riches |
a large amount of money and property. [2 definitions] |
| Richmond |
the capital of Virginia. |
| rickety |
likely to fall over or fall apart; shaky. [2 definitions] |
| rid |
If you rid a place of things you don't want, you make those things go away somehow. If someone rids their house of mice, they make the mice go away. Then they don't have mice in their house anymore. |
| ridden |
"Ridden" is the past participle of "ride." |
| riddle1 |
A riddle is a puzzling, tricky, and often funny question. People ask a riddle as a game or as a test of someone's thinking skills. [2 definitions] |
| riddle2 |
to pierce with a large number of holes. |
| ride |
When you ride in something, you are in it and it moves you along. You ride in a car or a truck. You can ride on a thing too, such as on a train or airplane or bus. [5 definitions] |
| rider |
A rider is a person who is carried in a vehicle or by animal. |
| ridge |
A ridge is a long, narrow, raised section that goes along the top of something. [3 definitions] |
| ridicule |
talk or actions that make unkind fun of someone or something. [2 definitions] |
| ridiculous |
When something is ridiculous, it makes no sense, or people think it is crazy or stupid. People often laugh at things that are ridiculous. People usually don't like to do things that make them look ridiculous. They don't want other people to laugh at them. |
| rifle1 |
A rifle is a long gun that is held next to the shoulder when shooting. |
| rig |
to make ready for use by attaching sails, lines, and rope. [5 definitions] |
| rigging |
all the ropes, wires, and chains used on a boat or ship to hold up the masts and work the sails. [2 definitions] |