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Ray
- noun - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
- a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
- cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
- emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
- expose to radiation; "irradiate food"
- extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"
- John Ray FRS (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was an English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists.
His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum, was an imp
Rb
- noun - a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite
RBC
- noun - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
Rbi
- noun - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season"
Re
- noun -
- the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Re-
- - A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.
Red
- adjective - (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
- characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last yea
Ref
- noun - (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play