Words That Start With RH

rhetoric

Adjective : Synonym of rhetorical.

Noun : The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

Noun : Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

rhyme

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)

Noun : A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

Noun : (countable) A word that rhymes with another.

rhythm

Noun : The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

Noun : A specifically defined pattern of such variation.

Noun : A flow, repetition or regularity.

rhetorical

Adjective : Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

Adjective : Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

Noun : (education, dated) A study or exercise in rhetoric.

rhino

Noun : (slang, now rare) Money.

Noun : (colloquial) A rhinoceros.

rhea

Noun : A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.

Noun : Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

Noun : (Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.

rhapsody

Noun : (Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : (sometimes with a negative connotation) An exaggeratedly enthusiastic or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.

rhubarb

Noun : Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).

Noun : (often attributive) The leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc.

Noun : The dried rhizome and roots of Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan rhubarb), from China, used as a laxative and purgative.

rheum

Noun : (uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.

Noun : Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.

Noun : (poetic) Tears.

rhizome

Noun : (botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.

Noun : (philosophy, critical theory) A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities.

rhombus

Noun : (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.

Noun : The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).

Noun : In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.

rhinoceros

Noun : Any of several large herbivorous ungulates native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

Noun : (paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.

rhyming

Noun : rhyme

rhonchi

Noun : (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.

rhinitis

Noun : (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose.

rheumatism

Noun : (pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

Noun : (pathology) atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

rho

Noun : The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient.

Noun : (finance) The sensitivity of the option value to the risk-free interest rate.

Noun : (biochemistry) Any of a family of GTP-binding proteins

rhymes

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)

Noun : A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

Noun : (countable) A word that rhymes with another.

rhue

Noun : A surname.

rhine

Noun : A river in western Europe, that flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.

Noun : (UK, dialect) A watercourse; a ditch for water.

rhinestone

Noun : An artificial diamond, strass.

Adjective : Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.

Verb : (transitive) To decorate with rhinestones.

rhone

Noun : A river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.

Noun : (Scotland) A horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.

rhinorrhea

Noun : (medicine) A persistent discharge of watery mucus from the nose; typical of the common cold.

rhabdomyolysis

Noun : (medicine) The rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine.

rhomb

Noun : A rhombus.

Noun : A rhombohedron.

rheumy

Adjective : Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery.

Adjective : Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.

Adjective : (literary, poetic, obsolete) Especially of the air: damp, moist.

rhodes

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An island in the Dodecanese, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.

Noun : A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

rhesus

Noun : A macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.

Noun : (medicine, attributive, also without cap.) Denotes a system for categorising human blood types based on the presence or absence of various antigens, especially Rhesus factor D.

Noun : (medicine) Alternative form of Rhesus. [(medicine, attributive, also without cap.) Denotes a system for categorising human blood types based on the presence or absence of various antigens, especially Rhesus factor D.]

rheostat

Noun : An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.

rheology

Noun : (physics) The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.

rhime

Noun : Obsolete form of rhyme. [(countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)]

rhodium

Noun : A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.

Noun : (countable) A single atom of this element.

rhetorical question

Noun : A question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.

Noun : (colloquial) A question to which the asker does not expect an answer.

rhythmic

Adjective : Of or relating to rhythm.

Adjective : Characterized by rhythm.

Adjective : Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.

rhett

Noun : An American surname from Dutch.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

rheumatic

Adjective : Resembling or relating to rheumatism.

Adjective : Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

Noun : (rare) A person suffering from rheumatism

rhenium

Noun : A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

Noun : (countable) A single atom of this element.

rhododendron

Noun : (obsolete) Oleander (Nerium oleander).

Noun : Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, especially

Noun : (UK) Pontic rhododendron, common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

rhinoplasty

Noun : (medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.

Noun : (countable) An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure).

rh

Noun : (medicine) Abbreviation of Rhesus factor. [An antigen of the Rhesus system; understood unless otherwise specified to refer to Rhesus factor D (RhD), which appears on the surface of the red blood cells of most (85%) humans. An incompatibility between the Rh-blood types of a mother and her baby may cause serious disease for the baby.]

Noun : (medicine) Abbreviation of Rhesus. [(medicine, attributive, also without cap.) Denotes a system for categorising human blood types based on the presence or absence of various antigens, especially Rhesus factor D.]

Noun : Initialism of relative humidity. [(meteorology) The ratio of the actual amount of water vapor (absolute humidity) present in the air to the saturation point at the same temperature, usually expressed as a percentage.]

rhomboid

Noun : A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle

Noun : Any of several muscles that control the shoulders

Noun : A solid shape which has rhombic faces

rhotacism

Noun : An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.

Noun : (countable, phonology) A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos becoming florem in the accusative case; rhotacization.

Noun : Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.

rhabdocoele

rhema

Noun : (Christianity) A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos.

rhetorician

Noun : An expert or student of rhetoric.

Noun : An orator or eloquent public speaker.

rhumb

Noun : (navigation) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle

Noun : (navigation) One of the 32 points of the compass (compass points)

Noun : (navigation) A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°

rheme

Noun : (linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

Noun : (Peircean semiotics) A sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark; sumisign.

rhathymia

Noun : (psychology) A carefree and extroverted personality factor.

rhetor

Noun : (archaic) A rhetorician.

rhein

Noun : (organic chemistry) An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.

rheumatology

Noun : (medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

rheumatoid

Adjective : (medicine, usually) Involving or pertaining to rheumatism, especially rheumatoid arthritis.

Adjective : (medicine, dated) Presenting analogies with rheumatism.

Noun : (medicine, dated) A person with rheumatoid arthritis.

rhapsodic

Adjective : highly emotional; rapturous

Adjective : Of or relating to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody

Adjective : (by extension) confused, unconnected

rhinal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the nose; nasal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to those parts of the brain concerned with the sense of smell

rhus

Noun : deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical north america, south africa, eastern asia and northeastern australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus toxicodendron

rhoda

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek.

rhenish

Adjective : Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.

Adjective : Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.

Noun : A wine from the area around the Rhine.

rhys

Noun : A male given name.

Noun : A surname.

rheumatologist

Noun : A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

rhymester

Noun : A rhymer; a poetaster

rhee

Noun : A surname.

rhythmical

Adjective : rhythmic

rhodamine

Noun : (chemistry) Any of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone dyes.

rhumba

Noun : Alternative spelling of rumba [A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of rumba [To dance the rumba.]

rhum

Noun : (Philippines) rum

Noun : Alternative spelling of Rùm [An island of the Inner Hebrides, in Highland council area, Scotland.]

rhodesia

Noun : (historical) A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes.

Noun : (historical) A historical region in Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Noun : A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680).

rhebok

Noun : A medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.

rhonchus

Noun : (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.

rhodocyte

Noun : (rare) erythrocyte; red blood cell

rhexis

Noun : (medicine, especially ophthalmology) The rupture of an organ.

rhabdophobia

Noun : (rare) The fear of being beaten with a rod.

rhinovirus

Noun : Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold.

rhizomic

Adjective : Relating to a rhizome.

rhythming

Adjective : Writing rhythm or verse.

rhapsodize

Verb : (intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).

Verb : (transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.

Verb : (transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.

rhythmic pattern

Noun : (prosody) a system of versificatio

rheological

Adjective : (physics) of, or relating to rheology

rhaetic

Noun : Alternative form of Raetic [An extinct language once spoken in Rhaetia]

rhetorically

Verb : In a rhetorical manner.

Verb : With reference to rhetoric.

rhythmically

Verb : in a rhythmical manner

Verb : with reference to rhythm

rheims

Noun : Dated spelling of Reims.

rheumatoid arthritis

Noun : (pathology) A chronic and progressive disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. It is characterised by pain, inflammation and swelling of the joints, stiffness, weakness, loss of mobility and deformity. Tissues throughout the body can be affected, including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles.

rhizotomy

Noun : (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms.

rhapsodist

Noun : A rhapsode.

Noun : One who reads or interprets poetry aloud; one who rhapsodizes.

rheo

rhin

rhymer

Noun : (archaic) A minstrel.

Noun : One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.

Noun : A surname.

rheometer

Noun : A device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable viscosity.

Noun : (obsolete) A device used to measure the flow of electric current: an ammeter.

Noun : (now rare) A flowmeter, especially for water or blood.

rhotic

Adjective : (linguistics, of an English accent) That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent.

Adjective : (linguistics, phonetics, of a phoneme) Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/.

Noun : (phonetics) A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel).

rhymed

Adjective : having corrnesponding sounds especially terminal sound

rhombi

Noun : (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.

Noun : The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).

Noun : In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.

rhyton

Noun : A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.

Noun : A Thracian drinking horn.

rhodora

Noun : Rhododendron canadense, a deciduous flowering shrub native to northeastern North America.

rhadamanthine

Adjective : Strictly and uncompromisingly just.

Adjective : Inflexibly rigorous or severe.

rhizobium

Noun : (biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen.

Noun : (biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes.

rhizoid

Noun : (botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

Adjective : Resembling the root of a plant.

rhigosis

rhematic

Noun : (linguistics) The provision of new information regarding the current theme.

Noun : (chiefly linguistics, obsolete, rare) In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a rheme.

rhachis

Noun : Alternative spelling of rachis [(obsolete, zoology, anatomy) The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.]

rhatany

Noun : The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria lappacea, syn. Krameria triandra), used in medicine and to colour port wine.

Noun : Any of the species in genus Krameria.

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