Synonyms
bombastic, gaseous, grandiloquent, oratorical, windy; also elevated, florid, flowery, grandiose, highfalutin, high-flown, high-sounding, inflated, lofty, pompous, pretentious, stilted; overdone, verbose, wordy
rheum noun : a watery discharge from the mucous membranes esp. of the eyes or nose
— rheumy adjective
rheu·mat·ic fever noun : an acute disease chiefly of children and young adults that is characterized by fever, by inflammation and pain in and around the joints, and by inflammation of the membranes surrounding the heart and the heart valves
rheu·ma·tism noun : any of various conditions marked by stiffness, pain, or swelling in muscles or joints
2 : RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
— rheu·mat·ic adjective
rheu·ma·toid arthritis noun : a usu. chronic progressive autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation and swelling of joint structures
rheu·ma·tol·o·gy noun : a medical science dealing with rheumatic diseases
— rheu·ma·tol·o·gist noun
Rh factor noun [ORIGIN: rhesus monkey (in which it was first detected)]
: any of one or more inherited substances in red blood cells that may cause dangerous reactions in some infants or in transfusions
rhine·stone noun : a colorless imitation stone of high luster made of glass, paste, or gem quartz
rhi·no noun, plural rhinos also rhino : RHINOCEROS
rhi·noc·er·os noun, plural -noc·er·os·es also -noc·er·os or -noc·eri [ORIGIN: ME rinoceros, fr. AF, fr. L rhinoceros, fr. Gk rhinokerōs, fr. rhin-, rhis nose + keras horn]
: any of a family of large thick-skinned mammals of Africa and Asia with one or two upright horns of keratin on the snout and three toes on each foot
rhi·zome noun : a fleshy, rootlike, and usu. horizontal underground plant stem that forms shoots above and roots below
— rhi·zom·a·tous adjective
Rh–neg·a·tive adjective : lacking Rh factors in the red blood cells
rho noun : the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet — Ρ or ρ
rho·di·um noun : a rare hard ductile metallic chemical element
rho·do·den·dron noun : any of a genus of shrubs or trees of the heath family with clusters of large bright flowers
rhom·boid noun : a parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides and angles that are not right angles
— rhomboid or rhom·boi·dal adjective
rhom·bus noun, plural rhom·bus·es or rhom·bi : a parallelogram having all four sides equal
Rh–pos·i·tive adjective : containing one or more Rh factors in the red blood cells
rhu·barb noun [ORIGIN: ME rubarbe, fr. AF reubarbe, fr. ML reubarbarum, alter. of rha barbarum, lit., barbarian rhubarb]
: a garden plant related to the buckwheat having leaves with thick juicy edible pink and red stems
1rhyme noun 1 : a composition in verse that rhymes; also : POETRY
2 : correspondence in terminal sounds (as of two lines of verse)
2rhyme verb rhymed; rhym·ing 1 : to make rhymes; also : to write poetry
2 : to have rhymes : be in rhyme
rhythm noun 1 : regular rise and fall in the flow of sound in speech
2 : a movement or activity in which some action or element recurs regularly
— rhyth·mi·cal·ly adverb
Synonyms
beat, cadence, measure, meter; also accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress; drum, throb; lilt, movement, sway; hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, trimeter
rhythm and blues noun : popular music based on blues and black folk music
rhyth·mic or rhyth·mi·cal adjective : marked by or moving in pronounced rhythm
Synonyms
cadenced, measured, metrical; also even, regular, steady, uniform; musical, swaying
Antonyms
unmeasured, unrhythmic
rhythm method noun : birth control by refraining from sexual intercourse during the time when ovulation is most likely to occur
RI abbreviation Rhode Island
1rib noun 1 : any of the series of curved bones of the chest of most vertebrates that are joined to the backbone in pairs and help to support the body wall and protect the organs inside
2 : something resembling a rib in shape or function
3 :