Index of English words, starting with "ra"

(1) - Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.

(1) - Raft () of Reave
(2) - Raft (v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
(3) - Raft (n.) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
(4) - Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.
(5) - Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.
(6) - Raft () imp. & p. p. of Reave.

(1) - Rafter (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
(2) - Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house.
(3) - Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber.
(4) - Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.
(5) - Rafter (n.) A raftsman.

(1) - Raftsman (n.) A man engaged in rafting.

(1) - Rag (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
(2) - Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
(3) - Rag (v. i.) To become tattered.
(4) - Rag (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
(5) - Rag (n.) A ragged edge.
(6) - Rag (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
(7) - Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
(8) - Rag (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
(9) - Rag (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
(10) - Rag (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.