Ramist (n.) A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.
Ramline (n.) A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel.
Rammel (n.) Refuse matter.
Rammer (n.) One who, or that which, rams or drives.
Rammer (n.) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity
Rammer (n.) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod
Rammer (n.) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
Rammish (a.) Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.
Rammishness (n.) The quality of being rammish.
Rammy (a.) Like a ram; rammish.
Ramollescence (n.) A softening or mollifying.
Ramoon (n.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.
Ramose (a.) Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
Ramous (a.) Ramose.
Ramped (imp. & p. p.) of Ramp
Ramping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramp
Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
Ramp (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
Ramp (v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
Ramp (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
Ramp (n.) A highwayman; a robber.
Ramp (n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.
Ramp (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
Ramp (n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Rampacious (a.) High-spirited; rampageous.
Rampage (v.) Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage.
Rampage (v. i.) To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage.
Rampageous (a.) Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.
Rampallian (n.) A mean wretch.
Rampancy (n.) The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.
Rampant (v.) Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious.
Rampant (v.) Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.
Rampant (v.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left.
Rampantly (adv.) In a rampant manner.
Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
Rampart (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.
Ramparted (imp. & p. p.) of Rampart
Ramparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rampart
Rampart (v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.
Rampe (n.) The cuckoopint.
Rampier (n.) See Rampart.
Rampion (n.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps.
Rampire (n.) A rampart.
Rampire (v. t.) To fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire.
Rampler (n.) A rambler.
Rampler (a.) Roving; rambling.
Ramrod (n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
Ramson (n.) A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.
Ramsted (n.) A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.
Ramulose (a.) Having many small branches, or ramuli.
Ramulous (a.) Ramulose.
Ramuli (pl. ) of Ramulus
Ramulus (n.) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
Rami (pl. ) of Ramus
Ramus (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.
Ramuscule (n.) A small ramus, or branch.
Ran () imp. of Run.
Ran (n.) Open robbery.
Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
Rana (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
Ranal (a.) Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.
Rance (n.) A prop or shore.
Rance (n.) A round between the legs of a chair.
Rancescent (a.) Becoming rancid or sour.
Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.
Ranch (n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
Rancheros (pl. ) of Ranchero
Ranchero (n.) A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
Ranchero (n.) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.
Ranchmen (pl. ) of Ranchman
Ranchman (n.) An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.
Ranchos (pl. ) of Rancho
Rancho (n.) A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
Rancho (n.) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
Rancid (a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.
Rancidity (n.) The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.
Rancidly (adv.) In a rancid manner.
Rancidness (n.) The quality of being rancid.
Rancor (n.) The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
Rancorous (a.) Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.
Rancorously (adv.) In a rancorous manner.
Rand (n.) A border; edge; margin.
Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
Rand (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
Rand (v. i.) To rant; to storm.
Randall grass () The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.
Randan (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
Randan (n.) A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
Randing (n.) The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.
Randing (n.) A kind of basket work used in gabions.
Random (n.) Force; violence.
Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
Random (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.
Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.
Randomly (adv.) In a random manner.
Randon (n.) Random.