Index of English words, starting with "ra"

(1) - Rat (v. i.) To catch or kill rats.
(2) - Rat (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.
(3) - Rat (n.) One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.
(4) - Rat (n.) A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
(5) - Rat (n.) One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.

(1) - Ratability (n.) The quality or state of being ratable.

(1) - Ratable (a.) Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.
(2) - Ratable (a.) Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.
(3) - Ratable (a.) Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.

(1) - Ratafia (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.