Name Report For First Name RAN:

RAN

First name RAN's origin is Other. RAN means "water lily". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with RAN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ran.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with RAN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with RAN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming RAN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES RAN AS A WHOLE:

saran tarana raniyah siran frantiska francisca durandana frangag geranium urania abarrane dharani indrani kerani rana rudrani speranza trandafira barrani sahran shoukran imran omran antranig dickran brangore escorant adiran corann morfran pendaran taran franta krany frans randolph rans ransey ransford ransley baran frang errando franz hildebrand uranus ranit lorant brando trang amaranta barran berangari branda brandee brandelyn brandi brandice brandie brandilyn brandy brandyce branwyn farran ferran france francena francene francesca franci francia francie francille francina francine francoise franki frankie gorane granuaile karan keran kiran laurana loranna maranda meranda miranda ranait ranalt randi ranica ranice raniesha ranita sharanya teiran abran aranck armstrang beltran bertrand bran brand brandan branddun brandeles brandelis branden brandin brandubh branduff brandyn branhard branigan brannan brannen brannon branor bransan branson brant branton brantson ciaran coltrane corcoran corran crandell cranleah cranly crannog cranstun curran cyrano daran darrance derrance doran dorran durane durango efran eran feran francisco franco francois franklin franklyn frantz garran grangere grant grantley hildbrand hildehrand jaran jarran jeran jerande joran keiran kieran kyran leodegrance loran lorance moran odhran odran oran orran pranav pranay queran raedanoran ranald rand randal randale randall randel randell randkin randon randson randy rane ranell ranen rang rangey rangford rangley rangy rani ranier strang terran terrance torrance torrans bertrando ranon turannos frannsaidh ranger granville ransom ransy rankin ranfield grantland grantham granger cranston cranley crandall brantley brandon brann laudegrance brangorre dikran faran franciska aranka amarande brande branwen amarantha franziska brandeis amarante berangaria esperanza orane warrane ocvran brangaine grania bendigeidfran dorrance duran durand durant durante durrant frank franky garan toran torran

NAMES RHYMING WITH RAN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (an) - Names That Ends with an:

achan ayan iman lishan loiyan nishan anan hanan janan rukan sawsan wijdan shoushan morgan regan nuallan jolan yasiman siobhan papan teyacapan tonalnan shuman lilian bian tan abdiraxman aman hassan labaan sultan taban aidan germian nechtan willan al-asfan aswan bourkan farhan ferhan foursan lahthan lamaan ramadan shaaban aban abdul-rahman arfan ayman burhan ghassan hamdan ihsan irfan luqman ma'n marwan nabhan nu'man othman rahman rayhan ridwan safwan salman sofian sulaiman yaman bedrosian hovan izmirlian karayan korian vartan ban laodegan leodegan alan condan duncan fiallan gelban hafgan mynogan pulan siman dehaan deman geldersman van woudman zeeman lukman uthman ackerman raedeman whiteman syman ahriman

NAMES RHYMING WITH RAN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Begins with ra:

ra'idah raad raanan raananah rabab rabah rabbani rabhartach rabi rabiah rabican rachael rachel rachele rachelle rachid rad radbert radbou radbourne radburn radburt radbyrne radcliff radcliffe radclyf radeliffe radella radeyah radford radhiya radhwa radi radite radley radmund radnor radolf radolph radu radwa rae raed raedan raedbora raedburne raedc raedclyf raedford raedleah raedmund raedpath raedself raedwald raedwolf raegan raelynn raena rafa rafael rafal rafas rafe rafela raff rafferty rafi rafik rafiki rafiq raghallach raghd ragheb raghib raghnall ragnall ragnar ragnorak rahi rahil rahimah rahimat rahimateh rahni rahul rai raibeart raicheal raid raidon raidyn raighne raimond raimunda raimundo raina rainaa rainan rainart rainer

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RAN:

First Names which starts with 'r' and ends with 'n':

raison rajan rakin ralston ramon ramsden raven ravin ravyn rawgon rawson rayburn raydon rayhurn raylen rayman raymon rayyan razvan re'uven readman reagan reaghan reaghann redamann redman reghan reign remington ren renton reuben reuhen rexton reyburn reyhurn reylynn rhearn rhiannon rhyannon riagan rian richlynn richman rickman ricman rilynn rinan rioghbhardan rion riordain riordan riston rivalen rivalin roan robbin robertson robin rodman rogan rohan rohon roibin roldan rollan romain roman ron ronan rondalyn ronn ronson rosaleen roselin roselyn roshan roshin rosiyn roslin roslyn rosselin rosselyn rosston rousskin rouvin rowan rowen roweson rowin rowson rowyn royan royden rozhin ruadhagan ruadhan ruadson ruben rueban

English Words Rhyming RAN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES RAN AS A WHOLE:

abearancenoun (n.) Behavior.

aberrancenoun (n.) Alt. of Aberrancy

aberrancynoun (n.) State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

aberrantadjective (a.) Wandering; straying from the right way.
 adjective (a.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

abranchialadjective (a.) Abranchiate.

abranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

abranchiateadjective (a.) Without gills.

accelerandoadjective (a.) Gradually accelerating the movement.

acranianoun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
 noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

acranialadjective (a.) Wanting a skull.

administrantnoun (n.) One who administers.
 adjective (a.) Executive; acting; managing affairs.

admirancenoun (n.) Admiration.

adulterantnoun (n.) That which is used to adulterate anything.
 adjective (a.) Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.

adumbrantadjective (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

aegicranianoun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

affranchisementnoun (n.) The act of making free; enfranchisement.

aggrandizableadjective (a.) Capable of being aggrandized.

aggrandizationnoun (n.) Aggrandizement.

aggrandizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggrandize

aggrandizementnoun (n.) The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

aggrandizernoun (n.) One who aggrandizes, or makes great.

alcorannoun (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).

alcoranicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Koran.

alcoranistnoun (n.) One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

aldebarannoun (n.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.

alkorannoun (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

alkoranicadjective (a.) Same as Alcoranic.

alkoranistnoun (n.) Same as Alcoranist.

allurancenoun (n.) Allurement.

alterantnoun (n.) An alterative.
 adjective (a.) Altering; gradually changing.

amarantnoun (n.) Amaranth, 1.

amarantaceousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

amaranthnoun (n.) An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
 noun (n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
 noun (n.) A color inclining to purple.

amaranthineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to amaranth.
 adjective (a.) Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
 adjective (a.) Of a purplish color.

amaranthusnoun (n.) Alt. of Amarantus

amarantusnoun (n.) Same as Amaranth.

andranatomynoun (n.) The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.

anomurannoun (n.) One of the Anomura.
 adjective (a.) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans.

anteprandialadjective (a.) Preceding dinner.

anthobranchianoun (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

appearancenoun (n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
 noun (n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
 noun (n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
 noun (n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
 noun (n.) The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
 noun (n.) Probability; likelihood.
 noun (n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.

apterannoun (n.) One of the Aptera.

araneidanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Araneoidea

araneoideanoun (n. pl.) See Araneina.

araneidannoun (n.) One of the Araneina; a spider.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.

araneiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a spider.

araneinanoun (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

araneoseadjective (a.) Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

araneousadjective (a.) Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RAN (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (an) - English Words That Ends with an:


abderianadjective (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abecedariannoun (n.) One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
 noun (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Abecedary

abeliannoun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

abeloniannoun (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

absinthiannoun (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.

abyssiniannoun (n.) A native of Abyssinia.
 noun (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

academiannoun (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college.

academiciannoun (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
 noun (n.) A collegian.

acadiannoun (n.) A native of Acadie.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.

acalephannoun (n.) One of the Acalephae.

acanthopterygiannoun (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

acaridannoun (n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

accadianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.

acephalannoun (n.) Same as Acephal.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

achaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Achaian

achaiannoun (n.) A native of Achaia; a Greek.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

acheannoun (a & n.) See Achaean, Achaian.

achilleanadjective (a.) Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

acousticiannoun (n.) One versed in acoustics.

acritannoun (n.) An individual of the Acrita.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Acrita.

acroceraunianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.

acrolithanadjective (a.) Alt. of Acrolithic

acropolitanadjective (a.) Pertaining to an acropolis.

adamanteanadjective (a.) Of adamant; hard as adamant.

adessenariannoun (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

adoneanadjective (a.) Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.

adrianadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

aegeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

aeolianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.

aeonianadjective (a.) Eternal; everlasting.

aesculapianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

aestheticannoun (n.) One versed in aesthetics.

afghannoun (n.) A native of Afghanistan.
 noun (n.) A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

africannoun (n.) A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Africa.

agrariannoun (n.) One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
 noun (n.) An agrarian law.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.
 adjective (a.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

ahrimannoun (n.) The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

alabastrianadjective (a.) Alabastrine.

alannoun (n.) A wolfhound.

albannoun (n.) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

albaniannoun (n.) A native of Albania.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.

albigensianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

aldermannoun (n.) A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
 noun (n.) One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

aleutianadjective (a.) Alt. of Aleutic

alexandrianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
 adjective (a.) Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.

algeriannoun (n.) A native of Algeria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Algeria.

allophylianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.

alloxannoun (n.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

almannoun (n.) A German.
  (adj.) German.
  (adj.) The German language.
  (adj.) A kind of dance. See Allemande.

almsmannoun (n.) A recipient of alms.
 noun (n.) A giver of alms.

alogiannoun (n.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RAN (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ra) - Words That Begins with ra:


raashnoun (n.) The electric catfish.

rabnoun (n.) A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.

rabatnoun (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
 noun (n.) A clerical linen collar.
 noun (n.) A kind of clerical scarf fitted to a collar; as, a black silk rabat.

rabatinenoun (n.) A collar or cape.

rabatonoun (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.

rabbatenoun (n.) Abatement.
 verb (v. t.) To abate or diminish.

rabbetingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabbet

rabbetnoun (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
 noun (n.) Same as Rabbet joint, below.
 verb (v. t.) To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
 verb (v. t.) To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.

rabbinoun (n.) Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.

rabbinnoun (n.) Same as Rabbi.

rabbinicnoun (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Rabbinical

rabbinicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins.

rabbinismnoun (n.) A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.
 noun (n.) The teachings and traditions of the rabbins.

rabbinistnoun (n.) One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.

rabbinitenoun (n.) Same as Rabbinist.

rabbitnoun (n.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.

rabbitingnoun (n.) The hunting of rabbits.

rabbitrynoun (n.) A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.

rabblenoun (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.
 verb (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
 verb (v. i.) To speak in a confused manner.
 verb (v. i.) A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
 verb (v. i.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
 verb (v. t.) To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate.
 verb (v. t.) To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.
 verb (v. t.) To rumple; to crumple.

rabblingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabble

rabblementnoun (n.) A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.

rabblernoun (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.

rabdoidaladjective (a.) See Sagittal.

rabdologynoun (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.

rabdomancynoun (n.) Divination by means of rods or wands.

rabidnoun (n.) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
 noun (n.) Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
 noun (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
 noun (n.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.

rabiditynoun (n.) Rabidness; furiousness.

rabidnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rabid.

rabiesnoun (n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

rabinetnoun (n.) A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.

rabiousadjective (a.) Fierce.

rabotnoun (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.

racaadjective (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless."

racahoutnoun (n.) A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.

raccoonnoun (n.) A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

racenoun (n.) A root.
 noun (n.) The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
 noun (n.) Company; herd; breed.
 noun (n.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.
 noun (n.) Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.
 noun (n.) Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.
 noun (n.) A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
 noun (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
 noun (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
 noun (n.) Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
 noun (n.) A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
 noun (n.) The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
 noun (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To raze.
 verb (v. i.) To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
 verb (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.
 verb (v. t.) To run a race with.
  () A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests.

racingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Race
  () a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i.

racematenoun (n.) A salt of racemic acid.

racemationnoun (n.) A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.
 noun (n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.

racemenoun (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

racemedadjective (a.) Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes.

racemicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.

racemiferousadjective (a.) Bearing racemes, as the currant.

racemiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a raceme.

racemoseadjective (a.) Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme.

racemousadjective (a.) See Racemose.

racemulenoun (n.) A little raceme.

racemuloseadjective (a.) Growing in very small racemes.

racernoun (n.) One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.
 noun (n.) The common American black snake.
 noun (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.

rachnoun (n.) Alt. of Rache

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RAN:

English Words which starts with 'r' and ends with 'n':

rachidianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.

racoviannoun (n.) One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.

radiannoun (n.) An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.

radiationnoun (n.) The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.
 noun (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.

radicationnoun (n.) The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.
 noun (n.) The disposition of the roots of a plant.

radiolariannoun (n.) One of the Radiolaria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria.

raftsmannoun (n.) A man engaged in rafting.

ragamuffinnoun (n.) A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
 noun (n.) A person who wears ragged clothing.
 noun (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.

raglannoun (n.) A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general.

ragmannoun (n.) A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
 noun (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull.

rainnoun (n. & v.) Reign.
 noun (n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
 noun (n.) To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
 noun (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
 verb (v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
 verb (v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

raisinnoun (n.) A grape, or a bunch of grapes.
 noun (n.) A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.

ramadannoun (n.) The ninth Mohammedan month.
 noun (n.) The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

rambutannoun (n.) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.

rameannoun (n.) A Ramist.

ramekinnoun (n.) See Ramequin.
 noun (n.) = Ramequin.

ramequinnoun (n.) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.
 noun (n.) The porcelian or earthen mold in which ramequins are baked and served, by extension, any dish so used.

ramificationnoun (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
 noun (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.
 noun (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
 noun (n.) The production of branchlike figures.

ramoonnoun (n.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.

rampalliannoun (n.) A mean wretch.

rampionnoun (n.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps.

ramsonnoun (n.) A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.

rannoun (n.) Open robbery.
 noun (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
  () imp. of Run.
  (imp.) of Run

ranchmannoun (n.) An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.

randannoun (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
 noun (n.) A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.

randonnoun (n.) Random.
 verb (v. i.) To go or stray at random.

rapscallionnoun (n.) A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.

rarefactionnoun (n.) The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.

rarificationnoun (n.) See Rarefaction.

rascallionnoun (n.) A low, mean wretch.

ratannoun (n.) See Rattan.

rataplannoun (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

ratificationnoun (n.) The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.

ratihabitionnoun (n.) Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.

ratiocinationnoun (n.) The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.

rationnoun (n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
 noun (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
 verb (v. t.) To supply with rations, as a regiment.

rationalizationnoun (n.) The act or process of rationalizing.

ratonnoun (n.) A small rat.

ratoonnoun (n.) Same as Rattoon, n.
 noun (n.) A rattan cane.
 verb (v. i.) Same as Rattoon, v. i.

rattannoun (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

ratteennoun (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.

rattoonnoun (n.) One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
 verb (v. i.) To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting.

raunsounnoun (n.) Ransom.

ravelinnoun (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon.

ravennoun (n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
 noun (n.) Rapine; rapacity.
 noun (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
 adjective (a.) Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
 verb (v. t.) To obtain or seize by violence.
 verb (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
 verb (v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

ravinnoun (n.) Alt. of Ravine
 adjective (a.) Ravenous.
 verb (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Ravine

rayonnoun (n.) Ray; beam.

reabsorptionnoun (n.) The act or process of reabsorbing.

reactionnoun (n.) Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
 noun (n.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.
 noun (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
 noun (n.) The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.
 noun (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.
 noun (n.) A regular or characteristic response to a stimulation of the nerves.
  () A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli, causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.

readeptionnoun (n.) A regaining; recovery of something lost.

readmissionnoun (n.) The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

reaffirmationnoun (n.) A second affirmation.

reafforestationnoun (n.) The act or process of converting again into a forest.

reaggravationnoun (n.) The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.

realizationnoun (n.) The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

reamputationnoun (n.) The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.

reanimationnoun (n.) The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.

reannexationnoun (n.) Act of reannexing.

reapplicationnoun (n.) The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.

reascensionnoun (n.) The act of reascending; a remounting.

reasonnoun (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.
 noun (n.) The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.
 noun (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
 noun (n.) Ratio; proportion.
 noun (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
 noun (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
 noun (n.) To converse; to compare opinions.
 verb (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.
 verb (v. t.) To support with reasons, as a request.
 verb (v. t.) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
 verb (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.
 verb (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.

reassertionnoun (n.) A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.

rebaptizationnoun (n.) A second baptism.

reboationnoun (n.) Repetition of a bellow.

rebullitionnoun (n.) The act of boiling up or effervescing.

recalcitrationnoun (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.

recantationnoun (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

recapitulationnoun (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

recaptionnoun (n.) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.

recensionnoun (n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
 noun (n.) Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
 noun (n.) The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

receptionnoun (n.) The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
 noun (n.) The state of being received.
 noun (n.) The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
 noun (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
 noun (n.) A retaking; a recovery.

recessionnoun (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
 noun (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

recidivationnoun (n.) A falling back; a backsliding.

reciprocationnoun (n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.
 noun (n.) Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.

recisionnoun (n.) The act of cutting off.

recitationnoun (n.) The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
 noun (n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
 noun (n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

reclamationnoun (n.) The act or process of reclaiming.
 noun (n.) Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.

reclinationnoun (n.) The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
 noun (n.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
 noun (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.

reclusionnoun (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.

recoctionnoun (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.

recognitionnoun (n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

recognizationnoun (n.) Recognition.

recollectionnoun (n.) The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
 noun (n.) The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.
 noun (n.) That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
 noun (n.) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

recolonizationnoun (n.) A second or renewed colonization.

recombinationnoun (n.) Combination a second or additional time.

recommendationnoun (n.) The act of recommending.
 noun (n.) That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.
 noun (n.) The state of being recommended; esteem.

recompensationnoun (n.) Recompense.
 noun (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

recompilationnoun (n.) A new compilation.

recompositionnoun (n.) The act of recomposing.

reconciliationnoun (n.) The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.
 noun (n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.

recondensationnoun (n.) The act or process of recondensing.

reconsecrationnoun (n.) Renewed consecration.

reconsiderationnoun (n.) The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

reconsolidationnoun (n.) The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.

reconstructionnoun (n.) The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
 noun (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.

reconventionnoun (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.

reconversionnoun (n.) A second conversion.

recorporificationnoun (n.) The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body.

recreationnoun (n.) The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

recriminationnoun (n.) The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.