Name Report For First Name RANKIN:

RANKIN

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

Rhymes with RANKIN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming RANKIN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES RANKŻN AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH RANKŻN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (ankin) - Names That Ends with ankin:

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (nkin) - Names That Ends with nkin:

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (kin) - Names That Ends with kin:

akin aiekin aikin anakin deakin hellekin kin perekin perkin randkin rousskin rushkin tomkin parkin makin katakin rakin jokin

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

fatin yasmin brengwain camarin maolmin delbin kristin adin gin ixcatzin tepin tlazohtzin xochicotzin yoltzin zeltzin ihrin adwin alafin din kayin yerodin abbudin abdul-muhaimin aladdin amin husain mazin muhsin yasin agravain alain custennin erbin mabonagrain pheredin taliesin tortain txomin zadornin fiamain rivalin ashlin garvin quentin guerin bain banain bealantin cerin coinleain giollanaebhin guin nevin slevin constantin nopaltzin ollin tepiltzin zolin alin calin catalin codrin cosmin costin dorin florentin sorin armin pirmin quirin pin tin airrin aislin aubrin bevin brin cailin caitlin catlin charmain

NAMES RHYMING WITH RANKŻN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (ranki) - Names That Begins with ranki:

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (rank) - Names That Begins with rank:

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ran) - Names That Begins with ran:

ran rana ranait ranald ranalt rand randal randale randall randel randell randi randolph randon randson randy rane ranell ranen ranfield rang ranger rangey rangford rangley rangy rani ranica ranice ranier raniesha ranit ranita raniyah ranon rans ransey ransford ransley ransom ransy

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 raedanoran raedbora raedburne raedc raedclyf raedeman raedford raedleah raedmund raedpath raedself raedwald raedwolf raegan raelynn

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RANKŻN:

First Names which starts with 'ra' and ends with 'in':

ravin

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

rahman raidon raidyn rainan raison rajan ralston ramadan ramon ramsden raven ravyn rawgon rawson rayburn raydon rayhan rayhurn raylen rayman raymon rayyan razvan re'uven readman reagan reaghan reaghann redamann redman regan reghan reign remington ren renton reuben reuhen rexton reyburn reyhurn reylynn rhearn rhiannon rhyannon riagan rian richlynn richman rickman ricman ridwan rilynn rinan rioghbhardan rion riordain riordan riston rivalen 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 rouvin rowan rowen roweson rowin rowson rowyn royan royden rozhin

English Words Rhyming RANKIN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES RANKŻN AS A WHOLE:

crankinessnoun (n.) Crankness.

frankingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frank
 noun (n.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

frankincensenoun (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.

prankingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prank

rankingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rank

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (ankin) - English Words That Ends with ankin:



Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (nkin) - English Words That Ends with nkin:


algonkinnoun (n.) One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

punkinnoun (n.) A pumpkin.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (kin) - English Words That Ends with kin:


akinadjective (a.) Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
 adjective (a.) Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

baudekinnoun (n.) The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad.

bearskinnoun (n.) The skin of a bear.
 noun (n.) A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.
 noun (n.) A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.

birdikinnoun (n.) A young bird.

bodkinnoun (n.) A dagger.
 noun (n.) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
 noun (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
 noun (n.) A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
 noun (n.) A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
 noun (n.) See Baudekin.

boomkinnoun (n.) Same as Bumkin.

bootikinnoun (n.) A little boot, legging, or gaiter.
 noun (n.) A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

boydekinnoun (n.) A dagger; a bodkin.

brodekinnoun (n.) A buskin or half-boot.

buckskinnoun (n.) The skin of a buck.
 noun (n.) A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
 noun (n.) A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
 noun (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.

bumkinnoun (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

bumpkinnoun (n.) An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.

buskinnoun (n.) A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.
 noun (n.) A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.

calfskinnoun (n.) The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

calkinnoun (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

canakinnoun (n.) A little can or cup.

cannikinnoun (n.) A small can or drinking vessel.

catkinnoun (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

ciderkinnoun (n.) A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.

cuskinnoun (n.) A kind of drinking cup.

damaskinnoun (n.) A sword of Damask steel.

deerskinnoun (n.) The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.

devilkinnoun (n.) A little devil; a devilet.

dodkinnoun (n.) A doit; a small coin.

doeskinnoun (n.) The skin of the doe.
 noun (n.) A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

dogskinnoun (n.) The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.

doitkinnoun (n.) A very small coin; a doit.

elfkinnoun (n.) A little elf.

finikinadjective (a.) Precise in trifles; idly busy.

finnikinnoun (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse.

firkinnoun (n.) A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
 noun (n.) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc.

fishskinnoun (n.) The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
 noun (n.) See Ichthyosis.

foreskinnoun (n.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

gherkinnoun (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.
 noun (n.) See Sea gherkin.

girkinnoun (n.) See Gherkin.

goatskinnoun (n.) The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.
 adjective (a.) Made of the skin of a goat.

grimalkinnoun (n.) An old cat, esp. a she-cat.

griskinnoun (n.) The spine of a hog.

hogskinnoun (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

jerkinnoun (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
 noun (n.) A male gyrfalcon.

kilderkinnoun (n.) A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.

kinnoun (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
 noun (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
 noun (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
 adjective (a.) Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
  () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
  () Alt. of Kine

kipskinnoun (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

ladkinnoun (n.) A little lad.

ladykinnoun (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.

lakinnoun (n.) See Ladykin.

lambkinnoun (n.) A small lamb.

lambskinnoun (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
 noun (n.) A kind of woolen.

latterkinnoun (n.) A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.

libkinnoun (n.) A house or lodging.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (ranki) - Words That Begins with ranki:



Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (rank) - Words That Begins with rank:


ranknoun (n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
 noun (n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
 noun (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
 noun (n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
 noun (n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
 noun (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
 superlative (superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
 superlative (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
 superlative (superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
 superlative (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
 superlative (superl.) Strong to the taste.
 superlative (superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
 adverb (adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.
 verb (v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.
 verb (v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
 verb (v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.
 verb (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
 verb (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

rankernoun (n.) One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.

ranklingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rankle

rankleadjective (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
 adjective (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.

ranknessnoun (n.) The condition or quality of being rank.


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ran) - Words That Begins with ran:


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

rananoun (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.

ranaladjective (a.) Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.

rancenoun (n.) A prop or shore.
 noun (n.) A round between the legs of a chair.

rancescentadjective (a.) Becoming rancid or sour.

ranchnoun (n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
 verb (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

rancheronoun (n.) A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
 noun (n.) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.

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

ranchonoun (n.) A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
 noun (n.) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.

rancidadjective (a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

ranciditynoun (n.) The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.

rancidnessnoun (n.) The quality of being rancid.

rancornoun (n.) The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

rancorousadjective (a.) Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

randnoun (n.) A border; edge; margin.
 noun (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
 noun (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
 noun (n.) Rim; egde; border.
 verb (v. i.) To rant; to storm.

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.

randingnoun (n.) The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.
 noun (n.) A kind of basket work used in gabions.

randomnoun (n.) Force; violence.
 noun (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
 noun (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
 noun (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.
 adjective (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.

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

ranedeernoun (n.) See Reindeer.

raneenoun (n.) Same as Rani.

ranforcenoun (n.) See Re/nforce.

rangingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Range

rangenoun (n.) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
 noun (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
 noun (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.
 noun (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
 noun (n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
 noun (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
 noun (n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
 verb (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
 verb (v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
 verb (v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
 verb (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
 verb (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
 verb (v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
 verb (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
 verb (v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.
 verb (v.) A kitchen grate.
 verb (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
 verb (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
 verb (v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
 verb (v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
 verb (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
 verb (v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
 verb (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
 verb (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
 verb (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
 verb (v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
 verb (v.) See Range of cable, below.

rangementnoun (n.) Arrangement.

rangernoun (n.) One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
 noun (n.) That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
 noun (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
 noun (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.
 noun (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc.

rangershipnoun (n.) The office of the keeper of a forest or park.

raninoun (n.) A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.

ranineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.

rannelnoun (n.) A prostitute.

rannynoun (n.) The erd shrew.

ransackingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransack

ransacknoun (n.) The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
 verb (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
 verb (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage completely.
 verb (v. t.) To violate; to ravish; to defiour.
 verb (v. i.) To make a thorough search.

ransomnoun (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
 noun (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.
 noun (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
 noun (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
 noun (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

ransomingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransom

ransomableadjective (a.) Such as can be ransomed.

ransomernoun (n.) One who ransoms or redeems.

ransomlessadjective (a.) Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom.

rantingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rant

rantnoun (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.
 verb (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.

ranternoun (n.) A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
 noun (n.) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker.
 noun (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.

ranterismnoun (n.) The practice or tenets of the Ranters.

rantipolenoun (n.) A wild, romping young person.
 adjective (a.) Wild; roving; rakish.
 verb (v. i.) To act like a rantipole.

rantismnoun (n.) Ranterism.

rantyadjective (a.) Wild; noisy; boisterous.

ranulanoun (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

ranunculaceousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.

ranunculusnoun (n.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.

rancherianoun (n.) A dwelling place of a ranchero.
 noun (n.) A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts, esp. for Indians.
 noun (n.) Formerly, in the Philippines, a political division of the pagan tribes.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RANKŻN:

English Words which starts with 'ra' and ends with 'in':

rabbinnoun (n.) Same as Rabbi.

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

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.

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.

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.

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