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Raids
- noun - a sudden short attack
- an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
- enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
- search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
- take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
Rails
- noun - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- complain bitterly
- convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
- criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
- enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
- lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
- provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
- separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
Rains
- noun - anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
- drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
- precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
- water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Rakes
- noun - a dissolute man in fashionable society
- a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
- examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
- level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
- move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
- scrape gently; "graze the skin"
- sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"
Rales
- noun - a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
Ramps
- noun - a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
- an inclined surface connecting two levels
- be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"
- furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"
- North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
- stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
Ramus
- noun - The barb of a bird's feather
- the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
Rands
- unknown - Monetary unit; South Africa
Ranis
- noun - (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja
Ranks
- noun - a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
- assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
- position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
- relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
- take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"