ringster - n. a person who participates in a political or commercial ring (see RING(1) ...

ricky - prob. f. the surname Rickey]...

ricochet - n. & v. 1 the action of a projectile, esp. a shell ...

rickey - prob. f. the surname Rickey]...

rival - n. & v. 1 a person competing with another for the same objective. 2 a

rifling - n. the arrangement of grooves on the inside of a gun's barrel. ...

riddig - adj. expressed in riddles; puzzling. riddlingly adv....

ricshaw - n. (also ricksha) a light two-wheeled hooded vehicle drawn by one ...

riding - adj. expressed in riddles; puzzling. riddlingly adv....

ritual - n. & adj. 1 a prescribed order of performing rites. 2 a procedure regularly followed....

rise - v. & n. intr. (past rose; past part. risen) 1 move from a lower position to a higher...

ribon - n. 1 a a narrow strip or band of fabric, used esp. for trimming or decoration ....

rigger - n. 1 a person who rigs or who arranges rigging. 2 (of a rowing-boat) = OUTRIGGER...

ringtail - n. 1 a ring-tailed opossum, lemur, or phalanger. 2 a golden eagle up to its third...

risky - adj. (riskier, riskiest) 1 involving risk. 2 = RISQU. riskily adv. riskiness...

riddling - adj. expressed in riddles; puzzling. riddlingly adv....

rinse - v. & n. tr. (often foll. by through, out) 1 wash with clean water. 2 apply liquid...

ringworm - n. any of various fungous infections of the skin causing circular inflamed patches,...

rinbow - n. & adj. 1 an arch of colours (conventionally red, orange, yellow ,...

riqweor - n. any of several strong sweet alcoholic spirits, variously flavoured, usu. drunk...

ringing - adj. (in full wringing wet) so wet that water can be wrung out. ...

rille - n. (also rill) Astron. a cleft or narrow valley on the moon's surface. [G (as RILL)]...

riot - n. & v. 1 a a disturbance of the peace by a crowd; an occurrence of public disorder....

riffle - v. & n. 1 tr. a turn (pages) in quick succession. b shuffle (playing-cards) esp....

RICS - abbr. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. ...

right - the rights and wrongs of the case). 2 (often foll. by to, or to + infin.) a justification...

riason - n. & v. 1 a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this;

ridling - adj. expressed in riddles; puzzling. riddlingly adv....

ribcage - n. the wall of bones formed by the ribs round the chest. ...

ridcule - n. & v. subjection to derision or mockery. tr. make fun of; subject to ridicule;...

riesling - n. 1 a kind of dry white wine produced in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere. 2 the...

riable - predic.adj. 1 legally bound. 2 (foll. by to) subject to (a tax or penalty). 3 (foll....

rickets - orig. uncert., but assoc. by medical writers with Gk...