Name Report For First Name RENA:
RENA
First name RENA's origin is Greek. RENA means "peaceful". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with RENA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of rena.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with RENA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with RENA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming RENA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES RENA AS A WHOLE:
serenata irena pyrena renata serena cyrena darena larena laurena lorena renae sirena trenade calogrenant renaldo renato arena verena renardNAMES RHYMING WITH RENA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ena) - Names That Ends with ena:
abena makena zena zwena alhena nena bozena methena athena celena philomena polyxena yalena kalena adena jardena meena allena elena filomena marilena jelena kwabena aghadreena aleena alena almundena analena andena angellena arleena arlena ashleena asucena aurkena autena azucena azusena bena birdena breena buena charleena charlena cholena christeena christena collena correena cullodena daena dalena darleena darlena deena defena dena doreena dreena duena earlena eilena eleena ellena elvena ena fineena francena galena helena ilena jaena jeena jena jimena jolena jonathena jovena judeena kareena kathleena kemena kolena kristalena kristeena kristena leena lena lucena madalena maddalena madelena madena magdalena magena maitena marlena marteena nareena noreenaNAMES RHYMING WITH RENA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ren) - Names That Begins with ren:
ren rendall rendell rendor rene renee reneigh renenet renfield renfred renfrid renjiro renke renne renneil rennie renny reno renshaw renton renweard renzoRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (re) - Names That Begins with re:
re'uven re-harakhty read reade reading readman reagan reaghan reaghann reave reaves reba rebecca rebecka rebekah recene rechavia reda redamann redd redding redfor redford redley redman redmond redmund redwald reece reed reeford reem reema reese reeve reeves reeya regan regenfr regenfrithu regenweald reggie reghan regina reginald reginberaht reginhard reginheraht rehema rei reid reidhachadh reign reigne reileigh reilley reilly reina reine reiner reinh reinha reinhard reizo relia remedios remi remington remo remy reod reshef resi reta reto retta reuben reuelNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RENA:
First Names which starts with 'r' and ends with 'a':
radella radhiya radhwa radwa raedbora raena rafa rafela raimunda raina rainaa raissa raja rakanja raluca rama ramira ramla ramona rana ranica raniesha ranita raphaella rasha rasheeda rashida rashmika ratna rawdha rawiella rayya raziya reva reveka reya rhaxma rhea rheanna rheda rhesa rheta rhianna rhoda rhonda ria rica ricadonna ricarda ricca ricwea rida ridha rihana riikka rikka rilla rilletta rillia rima rimona rina rinna riona risa rita ritsa ritza riva rivka roana robena roberta robertia robina robinetta roderica roderiga roderika rodica rodika roesia roka rolanda roldana roma romana romanitza romhilda romia romilda romina rona ronia rosa rosalia rosalinda rosamaria rosana rosemariaEnglish Words Rhyming RENA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES RENA AS A WHOLE:
| adrenal | adjective (a.) Suprarenal. |
| aforenamed | adjective (a.) Named before. |
| arena | noun (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. |
| noun (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. | |
| noun (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys. |
| arenaceous | adjective (a.) Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone. |
| arenarious | adjective (a.) Sandy; as, arenarious soil. |
| arenation | noun (n.) A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. |
| bicrenate | adjective (a.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate. |
| crenate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Crenated |
| crenated | adjective (a.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops. |
| crenation | noun (n.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf. |
| noun (n.) The condition of being crenate. |
| crenature | noun (n.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle. |
| noun (n.) The state of being crenated or notched. |
| cyrenaic | noun (n.) A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. |
| effrenation | noun (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness. |
| eirenarch | noun (n.) A justice of the peace; irenarch. |
| forename | noun (n.) A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. |
| verb (v. t.) To name or mention before. |
| forenamed | adjective (a.) Named before; aforenamed. |
| grenade | noun (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies. |
| grenadier | noun (n.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc. |
| noun (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish. | |
| noun (n.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black. |
| grenadillo | noun (n.) A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony. |
| grenadine | noun (n.) A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear. |
| noun (n.) A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine. |
| grenado | noun (n.) Same as Grenade. |
| hepatorenal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament. |
| imprenable | adjective (a.) Impregnable. |
| interrenal | noun (n.) The interrenal body. |
| adjective (a.) Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. |
| irenarch | noun (n.) An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. |
| marena | noun (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus. |
| prenasal | adjective (a.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers. |
| prenatal | adjective (a.) Being or happening before birth. |
| prorenal | adjective (a.) Pronephric. |
| pyrena | noun (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. |
| renable | adjective (a.) Reasonable; also, loquacious. |
| renaissance | noun (n.) A new birth, or revival. |
| noun (n.) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries. | |
| noun (n.) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. |
| renaissant | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Renaissance. |
| renal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys. |
| renard | noun (n.) A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. |
| renardine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned. |
| renascence | noun (n.) The state of being renascent. |
| noun (n.) Same as Renaissance. |
| renascency | noun (n.) State of being renascent. |
| renascent | adjective (a.) Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced. |
| adjective (a.) See Renaissant. |
| renascible | adjective (a.) Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being. |
| renate | adjective (a.) Born again; regenerate; renewed. |
| serenade | noun (n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies. |
| noun (n.) A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times. | |
| verb (v. t.) To entertain with a serenade. | |
| verb (v. i.) To perform a serenade. |
| serenading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serenade |
| serenader | noun (n.) One who serenades. |
| serenata | noun (n.) Alt. of Serenate |
| serenate | noun (n.) A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade. |
| suprarenal | noun (n.) A suprarenal capsule. |
| adjective (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. |
| trenail | noun (n.) Same as Treenail. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RENA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ena) - English Words That Ends with ena:
| amphisbaena | noun (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. |
| noun (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| antilegomena | noun (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. |
| avena | noun (n.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses. |
| cantilena | noun (n.) See Cantabile. |
| catena | noun (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other. |
| coralligena | noun (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa. |
| dracaena | noun (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. |
| dreissena | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. |
| galena | noun (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. |
| noun (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. |
| helena | noun (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint. |
| homologoumena | noun (n. pl.) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena. |
| hyaena | noun (n.) Same as Hyena. |
| hyena | noun (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. |
| ingena | noun (n.) The gorilla. |
| lagena | noun (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. |
| lena | noun (n.) A procuress. |
| melaena | noun (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood. |
| melena | noun (n.) See Melaena. |
| modena | noun (n.) A certain crimsonlike color. |
| molybdena | noun (n.) See Molybdenite. |
| muraena | noun (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. |
| ozena | noun (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose. |
| patena | noun (n.) A paten. |
| noun (n.) A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon. |
| phagedena | noun (n.) A canine appetite; bulimia. |
| noun (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration. |
| phalaena | noun (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general. |
| philopena | noun (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. |
| scena | noun (n.) A scene in an opera. |
| noun (n.) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. |
| subpena | noun (n. & v. t.) See Subpoena. |
| subpoena | noun (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. |
| verb (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. |
| vena | noun (n.) A vein. |
| verbena | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RENA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ren) - Words That Begins with ren:
| ren | noun (n.) A run. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) See Renne. |
| rencontre | noun (n.) Same as Rencounter, n. |
| rencountering | noun (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounter |
| rencounter | noun (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement. |
| noun (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties. | |
| verb (v. t.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter. | |
| verb (v. t.) To attack hand to hand. | |
| verb (v. i.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish. |
| rending | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rend |
| render | noun (n.) One who rends. |
| noun (n.) A surrender. | |
| noun (n.) A return; a payment of rent. | |
| noun (n.) An account given; a statement. | |
| verb (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore. | |
| verb (v. t.) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. | |
| verb (v. t.) To give up; to yield; to surrender. | |
| verb (v. t.) Hence, to furnish; to contribute. | |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure. | |
| verb (v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English. | |
| verb (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner. | |
| verb (v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow. | |
| verb (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath. | |
| verb (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession. | |
| verb (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. |
| rendering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Render |
| noun (n.) The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. | |
| noun (n.) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. | |
| noun (n.) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. | |
| noun (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. | |
| noun (n.) The coat of plaster thus laid on. | |
| noun (n.) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat. |
| renderable | adjective (a.) Capable of being rendered. |
| renderer | noun (n.) One who renders. |
| noun (n.) A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered. |
| rendezvous | noun (n.) A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. |
| noun (n.) Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. | |
| noun (n.) A meeting by appointment. | |
| noun (n.) Retreat; refuge. | |
| verb (v. i.) To assemble or meet at a particular place. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. |
| rendezvousing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rendezvous |
| rendible | adjective (a.) Capable of being rent or torn. |
| adjective (a.) Capable, or admitting, of being rendered. |
| rendition | noun (n.) The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. |
| noun (n.) Translation; rendering; version. |
| rendrock | noun (n.) A kind of dynamite used in blasting. |
| renegade | noun (n.) One faithless to principle or party. |
| noun (n.) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith. | |
| noun (n.) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter. | |
| noun (n.) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow. |
| renegado | noun (n.) See Renegade. |
| renegat | noun (n.) A renegade. |
| renegation | noun (n.) A denial. |
| renewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renew |
| renewability | noun (n.) The quality or state of being renewable. |
| renewable | adjective (a.) Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. |
| renewal | noun (n.) The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty. |
| renewedness | noun (n.) The state of being renewed. |
| renewer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, renews. |
| reng | noun (n.) A rank; a row. |
| noun (n.) A rung or round of a ladder. |
| renidification | noun (n.) The act of rebuilding a nest. |
| reniform | adjective (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf. |
| renitence | noun (n.) Alt. of Renitency |
| renitency | noun (n.) The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. |
| renitent | adjective (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. |
| adjective (a.) Persistently opposed. |
| renner | noun (n.) A runner. |
| rennet | noun (n.) A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. |
| verb (v.) The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. |
| renneted | adjective (a.) Provided or treated with rennet. |
| renneting | noun (n.) Same as 1st Rennet. |
| rennin | noun (n.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme. |
| renning | noun (n.) See 2d Rennet. |
| renomee | noun (n.) Renown. |
| renouncing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renounce |
| renounce | noun (n.) Act of renouncing. |
| verb (v. t.) To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. | |
| verb (v. t.) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make renunciation. | |
| verb (v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. |
| renouncement | noun (n.) The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. |
| renouncer | noun (n.) One who renounces. |
| renovation | noun (n.) The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. |
| renovator | noun (n.) One who, or that which, renovates. |
| renovelance | noun (n.) Renewal. |
| renowme | noun (n.) Renown. |
| renowmed | adjective (a.) Renowned. |
| renowned | adjective (a.) Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. |
| renowner | noun (n.) One who gives renown. |
| renownful | adjective (a.) Having great renown; famous. |
| renownless | adjective (a.) Without renown; inglorius. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RENA:
English Words which starts with 'r' and ends with 'a':
| raca | adjective (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless." |
| rachialgia | noun (n.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic. |
| rachilla | noun (n.) Same as Rhachilla. |
| racoonda | noun (n.) The coypu. |
| radiata | noun (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere. |
| radiolaria | noun (n. pl.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina. |
| radula | noun (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore. |
| raffia | noun (n.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia. |
| rafflesia | noun (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet. |
| raghuvansa | noun (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty. |
| raia | noun (n.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate. |
| raja | noun (n.) Same as Rajah. |
| ramayana | noun (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita. |
| ramenta | noun (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. |
| rana | noun (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs. |
| ranula | noun (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland. |
| rata | noun (n.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs. |
| ratafia | noun (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc. |
| ravenala | noun (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana. |
| razzia | noun (n.) A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid. |
| reata | noun (n.) A lariat. |
| redia | noun (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| redowa | noun (n.) A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use. |
| regalia | noun (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc. | |
| noun (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies. | |
| noun (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed. |
| regatta | noun (n.) Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races. |
| regma | noun (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle. |
| regularia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins. |
| rejectamenta | noun (n. pl.) Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. |
| remora | noun (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance. |
| noun (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. | |
| noun (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. |
| replica | noun (v. & n.) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original. |
| noun (v. & n.) Repetition. |
| reptantia | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata. |
| reptilia | noun (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. |
| reseda | noun (n.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette. |
| noun (n.) A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette. |
| respondentia | noun (n.) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. |
| reticularia | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell. |
| reticulosa | noun (n. pl.) Same as Reticularia. |
| retina | noun (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye. |
| retinophora | noun (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium. |
| retinula | noun (n.) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium. |
| rhabdocoela | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine. |
| rhabdophora | noun (n. pl.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities. |
| rhabdopleura | noun (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata |
| rhachialgia | noun (n.) See Rachialgia. |
| rhachiglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append. |
| rhachilla | noun (n.) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses. |
| rhamphotheca | noun (n.) The horny covering of the bill of birds. |
| rhea | noun (n.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. |
| noun (n.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich. |
| rhinoscleroma | noun (n.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. |
| rhinotheca | noun (n.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird. |
| rhipidoglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| rhizocephala | noun (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix. |
| rhizoma | noun (n.) SAme as Rhizome. |
| rhizophaga | noun (n. pl.) A division of marsupials. The wombat is the type. |
| rhizophora | noun (n.) A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove. |
| rhizopoda | noun (n. pl.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa. |
| rhizostomata | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| rhopalocera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae. |
| rhusma | noun (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides. |
| rhynchobdellea | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type. |
| rhynchocephala | noun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia. |
| rhynchocoela | noun (n. pl.) Same as Nemertina. |
| rhynchonella | noun (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil. |
| rhynchophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils. |
| rhynchota | noun (n. pl.) Same as Hemiptera. |
| rhytina | noun (n.) See Rytina. |
| rima | noun (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure. |
| robinia | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia). |
| rocoa | noun (n.) The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto. |
| rodentia | adjective (a.) An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order. |
| romanza | noun (n.) See Romance, 5. |
| rondeletia | noun (n.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers. |
| rosalia | noun (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence. |
| rosella | noun (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. |
| roseola | noun (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash. |
| rostra | noun (n. pl.) See Rostrum, 2. |
| (pl. ) of Rostrum |
| rostrifera | noun (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile. |
| rota | noun (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members. |
| noun (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament. | |
| noun (n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta. |
| rotatoria | noun (n. pl.) Same as Rotifera. |
| rotella | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas. |
| rotifera | noun (n.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits. |
| rotta | noun (n.) See Rota. |
| rotula | noun (n.) The patella, or kneepan. |
| rotunda | adjective (a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. |
| rubella | noun (n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles. |
| rubeola | noun (n.) the measles. |
| noun (n.) Rubella. |
| ruga | noun (n.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach. |
| rugosa | noun (n. pl.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid. |
| ruminantia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies. |
| rupia | noun (n.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust. |
| rupicola | noun (n.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock. |
| rusma | noun (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma. |
| russia | noun (n.) A country of Europe and Asia. |
| russophobia | noun (n.) Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence. |
| rytina | noun (n.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. |
| rancheria | noun (n.) A dwelling place of a ranchero. |
| noun (n.) A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts, esp. for Indians. | |
| noun (n.) Formerly, in the Philippines, a political division of the pagan tribes. |
| residencia | noun (n.) In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor. |
| rudbeckia | noun (n.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows. |
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