Webster's Dictionary 1913

3700

Rhadamanthine

Rhad′a‐man″thine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.

3701

Rhadamanthus

Rhad′a‐man″thus (?), n.(Greek Mythol.) One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.

3702

Rhætian

Rhæ″ti‐an (?), a & n. Rhetain.

3703

Rhætic

Rhæ″tic (?), a. [L. Rhaeticus Rhetian.] (Geol.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the T...

3704

Rhætizite

Rhæ″ti‐zite (?), n. [So called from L. Rhaetia, Raetia, the Rhetian Alps, where it is found.] (Min.) A variety of the mineral cyanite.

3705

Rhamadan

‖Rham′a‐dan″ (?), n. See Ramadan.

3706

Rhamnaceous

Rham‐na″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceæ, or Rhamneæ) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the Ne...

3707

Rhamnus

‖Rham″nus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. ρἅμνοσ a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the ...

3708

Rhamphorhynchus

‖Rham′pho‐rhyn″chus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ρἅμφοσ a beak + ���� snout.] (Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.

3709

Rhamphotheca

‖Rham′pho‐the″ca (?), n.; pl.Rhamphothecæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr ρἅμνοσ a beak + �� a case.] (Zoöl.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.

3710

Rhaphe

Rha″phe (?), n.(Bot.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written also raphe.] Gray.

3711

Rhaphides

‖Rhaph″i‐des (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ���, ���, a needle, F. raphides.] (Bot.) Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants. [Written also r...

3712

Rhaponticine

Rha‐pon″ti‐cine (�), n. [L. rhaponticum rhubarb. See Rhubarb.] (Chem.) Chrysophanic acid.

3713

Rhapsode

Rhap″sode (răp″sōd), n. [Gr. ραψᾡδόσ. See Rhapsody.] (Gr. Antiq.) A rhapsodist. Grote.

3714

Rhapsoder

Rhap″so‐der (?), n. A rhapsodist.

3715

Rhapsodic

{ Rhap‐sod″ic (?), Rhap‐sod″ic (?) }, a. [Gr. ραψᾡδικόσ: cf. F. rhapsodique.] Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected. — Rhap‐sod″ic‐a...

3716

Rhapsodist

Rhap″so‐dist (?), n. [From Rhapsody.] 1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic po...

3717

Rhapsodize

Rhap″so‐dize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rhapsodized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rhapsodizing.] To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody Sterne.

3718

Rhapsodize (2)

Rhap″so‐dize, v. i. To utter rhapsodies. Jefferson.

3719

Rhapsodomancy

Rhap″so‐do‐man′cy (?), n. [Rhapsody + -mancy.] Divination by means of verses.

3720

Rhapsody

Rhap″so‐dy (?), n.; pl.Rhapsodies (#). [F. rhapsodie, L. rhapsodia, Gr. ραψᾡδία, fr. ραψᾡδόσ a rhapsodist; ρἅπτειν to sew, stitch together, unite + ᾠδή a song. See Ode.] 1. A re...

3721

Rhatany

{ Rhat″a‐ny, Rhat″an‐hy } (?), n. [Sp. ratania, rataña, Peruv. rataña.] The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medici...

3722

Rhea

Rhe″a (?), n.(Bot.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.

3723

Rhea (2)

Rhe″a, n.(Zoöl.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.☞ The common rhea, or na...

3724

Rheæ

‖Rhe″æ (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.

3725

Rheeboc

Rhee″boc (?), n. [D. reebok roebuck.] (Zoöl.) The peele. [Written also reebok.]

3726

Rheic

Rhe″ic (?), a. [NL. Rheum rhubarb, Gr. ��� See Rhubarb.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum).