rain buckets
         v 1: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring
               outside!" [syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {stream}, {rain cats and
               dogs}, {rain buckets}]

English Dictionary: rumbustious	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rainbow cactus n a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rainbow seaperch n Pacific coast fish [syn: rainbow seaperch, {rainbow perch}, Hipsurus caryi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rainbow shower n deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream- colored to orange and red Synonym(s): rainbow shower, Cassia javonica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rainbow smelt n common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska [syn: American smelt, rainbow smelt] important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska Synonym(s): rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ramification n the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: branching, ramification, fork, forking] a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" Synonym(s): branch, leg, ramification a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" Synonym(s): complication, ramification an arrangement of branching parts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampage n violently angry and destructive behavior [syn: rampage, violent disorder] v act violently, recklessly, or destructively
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampageous adj displaying raging violence; often destructive; "the hot rampageous horses of my will"- W.H.Auden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ramphastidae n toucans Synonym(s): Ramphastidae, family Ramphastidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
re-emphasise v emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" Synonym(s): re-emphasise, re-emphasize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
re-emphasize v emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" Synonym(s): re-emphasise, re-emphasize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reimpose v impose anew; "The fine was reimposed"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reimposition n imposition again
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reinvigorate v impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" Synonym(s): invigorate, reinvigorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reinvigorated adj with restored energy [syn: fresh, invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reunification n the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" Synonym(s): reunion, reunification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhombic adj resembling a rhombus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhombus n a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram Synonym(s): rhombus, rhomb, diamond
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rima vestibuli n the opening between the false vocal folds [syn: {rima vestibuli}, rima respiratoria, false glottis, glottis spuria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rima vocalis n the space between the two true vocal folds [syn: {rima glottidis}, rima vocalis, true glottis, glottis vera]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumbustious adj noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" Synonym(s): boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rump steak n a steak cut from the rump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumpus n the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult] v cause a disturbance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumpus room n a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) Synonym(s): rumpus room, playroom, game room
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
run bases v run around the bases, in baseball
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rambutan \Ram*bu"tan\, n. [Malay ramb[umac]tan, fr. rambut hair       of the head.] (Bot.)       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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rambooze \Ram"booze\, n.       A beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc. [Obs.]       --Blount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramification \Ram`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ramification. See       {Ramify}.]       1. The process of branching, or the development or offshoots             from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.          2. A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or             channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or             nerve.          3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads,             or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as,             the ramifications a subject or scheme.          4. The production of branchlike figures. --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampacious \Ram*pa"cious\, a.       High-spirited; rampageous. [Slang] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampage \Ramp"age\, v. i.       To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to       rage. [Prov. or Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampage \Ramp"age\, n. [See {Ramp}, v.]       Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion,       or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage. [Prov. or Low.]       --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampageous \Ram*pa"geous\, a.       Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.       [Prov. or Low]                   In the primitive ages of a rampageous antiquity.                                                                               --Galt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ariel \A"ri*el\, n., [or] Ariel gazelle \A"ri*el ga*zelle"\ [Ar.       aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A variety of the gazelle ({Antilope, [or] Gazella,             dorcas}), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.       (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of             {Petaurus}.       (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan {Ramphastos ariel}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toco \To"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A toucan ({Ramphastos toco}) having a very large beak. See       Illust. under {Toucan}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampion \Ram"pi*on\, n. [Cf. F. raiponce, Sp. ruiponce,       reponche, L. raperonzo, NL. rapuntium, fr. L. rapum, rapa, a       turnip, rape. Cf. {Rape} a plant.] (Bot.)       A plant ({Campanula Rapunculus}) of the Bellflower family,       with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called {ramps}.          Note: The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus                {Phyteuma}, herds of the Bellflower family, and to the                American evening primrose ({Enothera biennis}), which                has run wild in some parts of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reimpose \Re`im*pose"\ (r?`?m*p?z), v. t.       To impose anew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinfect \Re`in*fect"\ (r?`?n*f?kt), v. t. [Pref. re- + infect:       cf. F. r[82]infecter.]       To infect again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinfectious \Re`in*fec"tious\ (-f?k"sh?s), a.       Capable of reinfecting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinvest \Re`in*vest"\ (r?`?n*v?st"), v. t.       To invest again or anew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinvestigate \Re`in*ves"ti*gate\ (-v?s"t?*g?t), v. t.       To investigate again. -- {Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion}       (-g[?]"sh[?]n), n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinvestigate \Re`in*ves"ti*gate\ (-v?s"t?*g?t), v. t.       To investigate again. -- {Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion}       (-g[?]"sh[?]n), n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinvestment \Re`in*vest"ment\ (-v?st"ment), n.       The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinvigorate \Re`in*vig"or*ate\ (-v?g"?r*?t), v. t.       To invigorate anew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Renavigate \Re*nav"i*gate\ (r?-n?v"?-g?t), v. t.       To navigate again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhomb spar \Rhomb" spar`\ (Min.)       A variety of dolomite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhombic \Rhom"bic\, a.       1. Shaped like a rhomb.          2. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhomboganoid \Rhom`bo*ga"noid\, n. [Rhomb + ganoid.] (Zo[94]l.)       A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the       Rhomboganoidei.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhombogene \Rhom"bo*gene\, n. [Rhomb + root of Gr. [?][?][?] to       be born.] (Zo[94]l.)       A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed       to nematogene. See {Dicyemata}. [Written also {rhombogen}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhombogene \Rhom"bo*gene\, n. [Rhomb + root of Gr. [?][?][?] to       be born.] (Zo[94]l.)       A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed       to nematogene. See {Dicyemata}. [Written also {rhombogen}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhombus \Rhom"bus\, n. [L.]       Same as {Rhomb}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith       streaked, speckled.] (Zo[94]l.)       A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed       in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}.       See {Bret}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,       and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly             esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to             forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish             with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.             The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock             fluke}.       (b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less             related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or             summer flounder (see {Flounder}), the halibut, and the             diamond flounder ({Hypsopsetta guttulata}) of California.       (c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.       (d) The trigger fish.          {Spotted turbot}. See {Windowpane}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the       fish.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); --       called also {carter}, and {whiff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topknot \Top"knot`\, n.       1. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a             bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as             by women.                         A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as                      her topknot.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A small Europen flounder ({Rhoumbus             punctatus}). The name is also applied to allied species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rimbase \Rim"base`\, n. (Mil.)       A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a       cannon. See Illust. of {Cannon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rompish \Romp"ish\, a.       Given to rude play; inclined to romp. --- {Romp"ish}, adv. --       {Romp"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rompish \Romp"ish\, a.       Given to rude play; inclined to romp. --- {Romp"ish}, adv. --       {Romp"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rump \Rump\, n. [OE. rumpe; akin to D. romp trunk, body, LG.       rump, G. rumpf, Dan. rumpe rump, Icel. rumpr, Sw. rumpa rump,       tail.]       1. The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts             adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.          2. Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and             the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of {Beef}.          3. Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.          {Rump Parliament}, [or] {The Rump} (Eng. Hist.), the remnant             of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in             1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved             by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions,             ending finally in 1659.                         The Rump abolished the House of Lords, the army                      abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints                      Cromwell governed.                              --Swift.          {Rump steak}, a beefsteak from the rump. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumpus \Rum"pus\, n.       A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[?]ger, from [?]igan       to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.]       1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a             different level; -- commonly applied to those within a             building.          2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a             house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but             originally used in the singular only. [bd]I a winding             stair found.[b8] --Chaucer's Dream.          {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house,             where the servants are.          {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of             a story.          {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this             phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n.,             1.          {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of             a stairway, from one platform to the next.          {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair             carpet to its place.          {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rainbow City, AL (city, FIPS 63288)       Location: 33.92975 N, 86.08737 W       Population (1990): 7673 (3172 housing units)       Area: 62.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Reinbeck, IA (city, FIPS 66315)       Location: 42.32223 N, 92.59850 W       Population (1990): 1605 (727 housing units)       Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50669
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rhinebeck, NY (village, FIPS 61346)       Location: 41.92869 N, 73.90753 W       Population (1990): 2725 (1345 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 12572
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rainbow series n.   Any of several series of technical manuals    distinguished by cover color.   The original rainbow series was the    NCSC security manuals (see {Orange Book}, {crayola books}); the term    has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see    {Red Book}, {Green Book}, {Blue Book}, {White Book}).   Which books    are meant by "`the' rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on    one's local technical culture.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rainbow series          Any of several series of technical manuals       distinguished by cover colour.   The original rainbow series       was the NCSC security manuals (see {Orange Book}, {crayola       books}); the term has also been commonly applied to the       PostScript reference set (see {Red Book}, {Green Book}, {Blue       Book}, {White Book}).   Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow       series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical       culture.          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-12-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Rambus DRAM          A high bandwidth {DRAM}, designed by {Rambus, Inc.}       of Mountain View, CA.          RDRAM is used mainly for {video accelerators}, and also in the       {Ultra 64} from {Nintendo}.   It offers sustained {transfer       rates} of around 1000 Mbps, compared to 200 Mbps for ordinary       DRAM.   Although it cannot be used as a direct replacement for       existing memory, it is likely that it will replace DRAM and       {SDRAM} as the main memory system in {personal computers} as       the {bus} speeds required by these machines increase.   SDRAM       can operate up to around 100MHz, but RDRAM has been       demonstrated by the manufacturers running at 600MHz.          The memory is also only 8 or 9 {bit}s wide, so the bandwidth       would increase enormously if it were used in parallel to give       32 or 64-bit memory.          (1996-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Rambus, Inc.          The company which designed {Rambus DRAM}.          {Home (http://www.rambus.com/)}.          Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.          (1996-12-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ROM BIOS          {Basic Input/Output System}