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   rabble-rouser
         n 1: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to
               popular passions and prejudices [syn: {demagogue},
               {demagog}, {rabble-rouser}]

English Dictionary: rivalry by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabble-rousing
adj
  1. arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble- rousing, seditious]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rappeller
n
  1. a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point
    Synonym(s): abseiler, rappeller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ray floret
n
  1. small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
    Synonym(s): ray flower, ray floret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ray flower
n
  1. small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
    Synonym(s): ray flower, ray floret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reveler
n
  1. a celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen"
    Synonym(s): reveler, reveller, merrymaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reveller
n
  1. a celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen"
    Synonym(s): reveler, reveller, merrymaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revelry
n
  1. unrestrained merrymaking
    Synonym(s): revel, revelry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rifle range
n
  1. the distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range"
    Synonym(s): rifle range, rifle shot
  2. a range where people can practice shooting rifles; "during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rivalrous
adj
  1. eager to surpass others
    Synonym(s): emulous, rivalrous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rivalry
n
  1. the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
    Synonym(s): competition, contention, rivalry
    Antonym(s): cooperation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de
      Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the
      city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried
      grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving
      the name from its resemblance to that grape.]
      1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,
            chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
  
      2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common
            red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
  
      3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus
            {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the
            {Ribes rubrum}.
  
      {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R.
            floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.
  
      {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a
            strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.
  
      {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores
            into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the
            larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria
            tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus
            supernotatus}).
  
      {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the
            leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the
            currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from
            Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit
            worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a
            spanworm ({Eupithecia}).
  
      {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes}
            ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rabble-rout \Rab"ble-rout`\, n.
      A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rabblor \Rab"blor\, n. [See 2d {Rabble}.] (Mech.)
      A scraping tool for smoothing metal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raffler \Raf"fler\, n.
      One who raffles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raveler \Rav"el*er\, n. [Also raveller.]
      One who ravels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray,
      staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.]
      1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common
            point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of
            six rays.
  
      2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the
            marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a
            sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other
            circular flower cluster; radius. See {Radius}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting
                  the fins of fishes.
            (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of
                  the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  
      4. (Physics)
            (a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or
                  reflecting point; a single element of light or heat
                  propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized
                  ray.
            (b) One of the component elements of the total radiation
                  from a body; any definite or limited portion of the
                  spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust.
                  under {Light}.
  
      5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of
            vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the
            eye to the object seen.
  
                     All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn
                     coxcombs as they gaze.                        --Pope.
  
      6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through
            a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both
            directions. See {Half-ray}.
  
      {Bundle of rays}. (Geom.) See {Pencil of rays}, below.
  
      {Extraordinary ray} (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray
            divided by double refraction which does not follow the
            ordinary law of refraction.
  
      {Ordinary ray} (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray
            divided by double refraction which follows the usual or
            ordinary law of refraction.
  
      {Pencil of rays} (Geom.), a definite system of rays.
  
      {Ray flower}, [or] {Ray floret} (Bot.), one of the marginal
            flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the
            aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an
            elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the
            disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.
  
      {Ray point} (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays.
  
      {R[94]ntgen ray}(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very
            highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge.
            It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to
            light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects
            by which means pictures showing the internal structure of
            opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray,
      staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.]
      1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common
            point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of
            six rays.
  
      2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the
            marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a
            sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other
            circular flower cluster; radius. See {Radius}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting
                  the fins of fishes.
            (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of
                  the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  
      4. (Physics)
            (a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or
                  reflecting point; a single element of light or heat
                  propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized
                  ray.
            (b) One of the component elements of the total radiation
                  from a body; any definite or limited portion of the
                  spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust.
                  under {Light}.
  
      5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of
            vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the
            eye to the object seen.
  
                     All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn
                     coxcombs as they gaze.                        --Pope.
  
      6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through
            a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both
            directions. See {Half-ray}.
  
      {Bundle of rays}. (Geom.) See {Pencil of rays}, below.
  
      {Extraordinary ray} (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray
            divided by double refraction which does not follow the
            ordinary law of refraction.
  
      {Ordinary ray} (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray
            divided by double refraction which follows the usual or
            ordinary law of refraction.
  
      {Pencil of rays} (Geom.), a definite system of rays.
  
      {Ray flower}, [or] {Ray floret} (Bot.), one of the marginal
            flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the
            aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an
            elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the
            disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.
  
      {Ray point} (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays.
  
      {R[94]ntgen ray}(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very
            highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge.
            It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to
            light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects
            by which means pictures showing the internal structure of
            opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rebeller \Re*bel"ler\, n.
      One who rebels; a rebel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reflorescence \Re`flo*res"cence\ (r?`fl?*r?s"sens), n. (Bot.)
      A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased
      blossoming for the season.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reflourish \Re*flour"ish\ (r?*fl?r"?sh), v. t. & i.
      To flourish again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reflower \Re*flow"er\ (r[emac]*flou"[etil]r), v. i. & t.
      To flower, or cause to flower, again. --Sylvester.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repealer \Re*peal"er\ (-?r), n.
      One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an
      advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between
      Great Britain and Ireland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repeller \Re*pel"ler\ (-l?r), n.
      One who, or that which, repels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Replier \Re*pli"er\ (r?-pl?"?r), n.
      One who replies. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Replyer \Re*ply"er\ (-?r), n.
      See {Replier}. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revealer \Re*veal"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, reveals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reveler \Rev"el*er\, n. [Written also reveller.]
      One who revels. [bd]Moonshine revelers.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revel-rout \Rev"el-rout`\, n. [See {Rout}.]
      1. Tumultuous festivity; revelry. [Obs.] --Rowe.
  
      2. A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reviler \Re*vil"er\, n.
      One who reviles. --1. Cor. vi. 10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Riffler \Rif"fler\, n. [See {Riffle}.]
      A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rifler \Ri"fler\, n.
      One who rifles; a robber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or
      {Riparian}.] (O.E. Law)
      One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland
      towns. [Obs.]
  
               But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper
               of his fish.                                          --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rivalry \Ri"val*ry\, n.; pl. {Rivalries}.
      The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a
      competition. [bd]Keen contention and eager rivalries.[b8]
      --Jeffrey.
  
      Syn: Emulation; competition. See {Emulation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rivalry \Ri"val*ry\, n.; pl. {Rivalries}.
      The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a
      competition. [bd]Keen contention and eager rivalries.[b8]
      --Jeffrey.
  
      Syn: Emulation; competition. See {Emulation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rubblework \Rub"ble*work`\, n.
      Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in
      size and shape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruffler \Ruf"fler\, n.
      1. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
  
                     Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by
                     that crew of rufflers.                        --Milton.
  
      2. That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine
            attachment for making ruffles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rupellary \Ru"pel*la*ry\, n. [From L. rupes a rock.]
      Rocky. [Obs.] [bd]This rupellary nidary.[b8] --Evelyn.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rafael Herna]ndez, PR (comunidad, FIPS 68599)
      Location: 18.47332 N, 67.07949 W
      Population (1990): 1374 (469 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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