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Ribibe
- - A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.
Ribose
- noun - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
Riddle
- noun - a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- a difficult problem
- explain a riddle
- pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
- speak in riddles
- spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
Riffle
- noun - a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
Rimose
- adjective - having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"
Rimple
- - A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.
Rindle
- - A small water course or gutter.
Ripple
- noun - (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Risque
- adjective - suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"