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Ricinine
- - A bitter white crystalline alkaloid (C8H8N2O2) extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communalis). Called also ricidine. Ingestion may cause vomiting and various other toxic reactions, including liver and kidney damage, convulsions, hypotension, and death.
Ridicule
- noun - Derided
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Rigidify
- verb - become rigid; "The body rigidified"
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
Rigidity
- noun - the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
Sibilant
- adjective - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Sibilate
- verb - express or utter with a hiss
- make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
- pronounce with an initial sibilant
- utter a sibilant
Sibilous
- - Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Sicilian
- adjective - a resident of Sicily
- of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily; "the Sicilian Mafia"
Silicate
- noun - a salt or ester derived from silicic acid