{ "RHB":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "right halfback":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131135", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "Rhine wine":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a usually white wine produced in the Rhine valley":[], ": a wine similar to Rhine wine produced elsewhere":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u012bn-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103045", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Rhineura":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a genus of limbless burrowing lizards (family Amphisbaenidae) that includes solely the thunderworm":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from rhin- + Greek eurys broad":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "r\u012b\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105419", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Rhodobacteriinae":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a suborder of Pseudomonadales comprising bacteria that contain bacteriochlorophyll or a related green pigment and carry on a form of photosynthesis not resulting in release of free oxygen but requiring extraneous oxidizable material (as hydrogen, reduced sulfur compounds, or alcohols) which is dehydrogenated with concurrent reduction of carbon dioxide to form water as a metabolic end product":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Rhodobacterium + -inae":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-r\u0113\u02c8\u012b(\u02cc)n\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125716", "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "Rhodomelaceae":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large family of filamentous red algae (order Rhodymeniales ) characterized by a much-branched thallus in which the main axis and branches consist of a polysiphonic arrangement of filaments":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Rhodomela , type genus (from rhod- + Greek melas black) + -aceae":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "r\u014d\u02ccd\u00e4m\u0259\u02c8l\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110114", "type":[ "adjective", "plural noun" ] }, "Rhodomicrobium":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a genus of reddish nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria (family Hyphomicrobiaceae)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from rhod- + microbium":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6r\u014d(\u02cc)d\u014d+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102433", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Rhodope":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "mountains in southern Bulgaria and northeastern Greece":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "r\u014d-\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113", "\u02c8r\u00e4-d\u0259-(\u02cc)p\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080924", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Rhodophyceae":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a class of chiefly marine multicellular algae (division Rhodophyta ) comprising algae in which red phycoerythrin and sometimes blue phycocyanin mask the chlorophyll, in which no motile form or stage exists, and in which there is a well-marked and often complex alternation of generations \u2014 compare red alga":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from rhod- + -phyceae":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccr\u014dd\u0259\u02c8f\u012bs\u0113\u02cc\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010436", "type":[ "adjective", "plural noun" ] }, "Rhodophyta":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a division or other category of algae coextensive with the class Rhodophyceae":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from rhod- + -phyta":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "r\u014d\u02c8d\u00e4f\u0259t\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115758", "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "Rhyl":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "town and port on the Irish Sea in northeastern Wales population 25,000":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ril" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114039", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "rhapsodic":{ "antonyms":[ "depressed" ], "definitions":{ ": extravagantly emotional : rapturous":[], ": resembling or characteristic of a rhapsody":[] }, "examples":[ "the jingle used in the commercial is a humorously rhapsodic celebration of fast food", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That also goes for one-night stands and moody outbursts and rhapsodic pledges of eternal affection. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022", "Among those who love to chase trout with flies made of feathers, just the mention of a certain seven-mile stretch of Utah\u2019s Green River can turn a hardened man rhapsodic . \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 18 June 2022", "Bantering back and forth on a joint Zoom call with EW, the two actors alternate between waxing rhapsodic about history and morality and cracking wise at every opportunity. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2022", "The cadenza in the first movement was arrestingly rhapsodic , and the second movement was gorgeously shaped and juicy with portamento. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022", "Instead, Brown\u2019s delirious, rhapsodic mass of bodies come together and move apart through messier, more quotidian movements like stumbling and falling, even as every slip is meticulously choreographed. \u2014 Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022", "The character\u2019s rhapsodic soliloquies on why baseball is better than democracy and on the poetry of the home run trot are odes in which Ferguson exults. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022", "Because there\u2019s a kind of rhapsodic freedom when they are stranded. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 17 Jan. 2022", "The season ended with a rhapsodic portrayal of her relapse. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "rap-\u02c8s\u00e4-dik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "elevated", "enrapt", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "intoxicated", "rapt", "rapturous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095659", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "rhapsodical":{ "antonyms":[ "depressed" ], "definitions":{ ": extravagantly emotional : rapturous":[], ": resembling or characteristic of a rhapsody":[] }, "examples":[ "the jingle used in the commercial is a humorously rhapsodic celebration of fast food", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That also goes for one-night stands and moody outbursts and rhapsodic pledges of eternal affection. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022", "Among those who love to chase trout with flies made of feathers, just the mention of a certain seven-mile stretch of Utah\u2019s Green River can turn a hardened man rhapsodic . \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 18 June 2022", "Bantering back and forth on a joint Zoom call with EW, the two actors alternate between waxing rhapsodic about history and morality and cracking wise at every opportunity. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2022", "The cadenza in the first movement was arrestingly rhapsodic , and the second movement was gorgeously shaped and juicy with portamento. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022", "Instead, Brown\u2019s delirious, rhapsodic mass of bodies come together and move apart through messier, more quotidian movements like stumbling and falling, even as every slip is meticulously choreographed. \u2014 Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022", "The character\u2019s rhapsodic soliloquies on why baseball is better than democracy and on the poetry of the home run trot are odes in which Ferguson exults. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022", "Because there\u2019s a kind of rhapsodic freedom when they are stranded. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 17 Jan. 2022", "The season ended with a rhapsodic portrayal of her relapse. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "rap-\u02c8s\u00e4-dik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "elevated", "enrapt", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "intoxicated", "rapt", "rapturous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004456", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "rhapsodize":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner":[ "rhapsodize about a new book" ] }, "examples":[ "rhapsodized about the food so as not to hurt their host's feelings", "Recent Examples on the Web", "At the university campuses on the edge of town, scholars of ancient China were put forward to rhapsodize about new gains in governance, diplomacy, and intellectual life. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022", "Cars will likely crash, odometers will reach their maximum setting, quips will be made and Vin Diesel will almost invariably rhapsodize about the importance of family. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 14 Dec. 2021", "All these practices corrupt the information processing of market institutions about which neoliberal ideologues like Friedrich Hayek love to rhapsodize . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 25 Oct. 2021", "Kids rhapsodize about bug-eyed dolls with raspy mini boom boxes inside them, light-up teapots that giggle out tinny tunes. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 4 Nov. 2021", "CinemaCon is traditionally an opportunity not just to rhapsodize about the magic of movies, but to openly bash streaming services. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Aug. 2021", "When workers rhapsodize about the benefits of the four-day week, their statements can sound suspiciously like testimonials from an infomercial. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 17 June 2021", "Ricks doesn\u2019t rhapsodize the ancients, but there are plenty of people who do, often in grotesquely ignorant ways. \u2014 Charles King, Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020", "Postal stans rhapsodize about its sprawling history, its enduring enrichment of our daily lives. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1787, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8rap-s\u0259-\u02ccd\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "drool", "effuse", "enthuse", "fuss", "gush", "rave", "slobber" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033901", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rhapsody":{ "antonyms":[ "depression" ], "definitions":{ ": a highly emotional literary work":[], ": a highly emotional utterance":[], ": a miscellaneous collection":[], ": a musical composition of irregular form having an improvisatory character":[], ": a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation":[], ": effusively rapturous or extravagant discourse":[], ": rapture , ecstasy":[] }, "examples":[ "The mayor launched into a long rhapsody about his plans for the city.", "listening to Mozart always left him in a rhapsody that lingered for the remainder of the evening", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Thump: Now that\u2019s a New York rhapsody if there ever was one. \u2014 Mark Jacobson, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021", "He\u2019s perhaps most famous (and lauded) for films like the Patricia Highsmith adaptation Carol or Far From Heaven, his rhapsody on the themes of Douglas Sirk. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Oct. 2021", "There was rhapsody in these musical seductions \u2014 and the calculation that the way to theater lovers\u2019 hearts was through their cast albums. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021", "Following a bellowing sax solo during the sixth movement, the symphony\u2019s brass and strings cascade in lilting rhapsody . \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2021", "Houellebecq harbors Balzacian ambitions as well as Lovecraftian rhapsodies . \u2014 Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic , 21 Jan. 2020", "Khatia Buniatishvili, a French-Georgian pianist, recalled hearing Ms Argerich\u2019s performance of a Brahms rhapsody in a piece for the New York Times in 2017. \u2014 E.h., The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019", "Which brings Jepsen to an impassioned rhapsody on a favorite hairstyle: the mullet. \u2014 Brennan Kilbane, Allure , 18 July 2019", "This generally tranquil, pastoral rhapsody was sincerely played by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, with notable contributions from oboist Carol Rothrock and flutist Joey Payton. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin rhapsodia , from Greek rhaps\u014didia recitation of selections from epic poetry, rhapsody, from rhaps\u014didos rhapsodist, from rhaptein to sew, stitch together + aidein to sing \u2014 more at ode":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8rap-s\u0259-d\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "paradise", "rapture", "seventh heaven", "swoon", "transport" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225116", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhason":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a long loose cloak worn over the rhason":[], ": an ecclesiastical garment resembling the cassock":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle Greek rhason , a napless woolen cloth, rhason, perhaps from Latin rasus , past participle of radere to scrape, scratch, shave":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201930", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhasophore":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a member of a monastic order who has not yet passed through the novitiate : novice":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle Greek rhasophoros from rhason + Greek -phoros -phore":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035230", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhathymia":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the state of being carefree : light-heartedness":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek, from rhathymos lighthearted, easy-tempered, carefree (from rha easy, ready + thymos spirit, mind, courage) + -ia -y":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "r\u0259\u02c8th\u012bm\u0113\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193148", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhetoric":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": skill in the effective use of speech":[], ": the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as":[], ": the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times":[], ": the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion":[], ": verbal communication : discourse":[] }, "examples":[ "The media almost never discuss what the sweeping dismantling of public services inherent in the rhetoric of the antigovernment movement would mean in practice. \u2014 E. J. Dionne, Jr. , Commonweal , 20 Nov. 2009", "What they are in reality are the romantic words of a man who needs glorious rhetoric to cover up murderous reality. \u2014 Pete Hamill , Cosmopolitan , April 1976", "No speech could have been more thoroughly honest in its intention: the frigid rhetoric at the end was as sincere as the bark of a dog, or the cawing of an amorous rook. \u2014 George Eliot , Middlemarch , 1872", "Otherwise he might have been a great general, blowing up all sorts of towns, or he might have been a great politician, dealing in all sorts of parliamentary rhetoric ; but as it was, he and the Court of Chancery had fallen upon each other in the pleasantest way, and nobody was much the worse \u2026 \u2014 Charles Dickens , Bleak House , 1852-53", "a college course in rhetoric", "the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric , since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program", "Recent Examples on the Web", "And for all of their rhetoric about strictly interpreting the Constitution, this Supreme Court\u2019s conservative justices seem perfectly willing to apply the Constitution in selective ways that serve their ideological purposes. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 30 June 2022", "Having backed themselves into a corner with their earlier rhetoric , China's leaders feel unable to change tack -- even in the light of more transmissible coronavirus variants like Omicron -- without an acute loss of face. \u2014 Tara John, CNN , 29 June 2022", "Republicans amped up their anti-Madigan rhetoric in hopes that Democrats tied even tangentially to the ex-speaker would suffer politically from any association with him. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022", "Taken with his bellicose rhetoric , these actions demonstrated that the world could no longer assume that the United States was committed to defending the geopolitical status quo. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022", "But his rhetoric and self-regard have long exceeded France\u2019s power and Mr. Macron\u2019s skills and instincts in foreign affairs. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 June 2022", "The more DeSantis appeared on Fox and similarly strident platforms, the more polarizing his rhetoric became. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022", "Soon after Thiel escalated his anti-China rhetoric , Zuckerberg did an about-face. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022", "Soon after Thiel escalated his anti-China rhetoric , Zuckerberg did an about-face. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post , 19 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English rethorik , from Anglo-French rethorique , from Latin rhetorica , from Greek rh\u0113torik\u0113 , literally, art of oratory, from feminine of rh\u0113torikos of an orator, from rh\u0113t\u014dr orator, rhetorician, from eirein to say, speak \u2014 more at word":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8re-t\u0259-rik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bombast", "fustian", "gas", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "oratory", "verbiage", "wind" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011524", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhetorical":{ "antonyms":[ "unrhetorical" ], "definitions":{ ": given to rhetoric : grandiloquent":[], ": of, relating to, or concerned with rhetoric":[], ": verbal":[] }, "examples":[ "McKinney made her name in Georgia politics as a rhetorical bomb-thrower. Colleagues in the statehouse dubbed her \"Hanoi Cynthia\" after a 1991 speech denouncing the Persian Gulf War. \u2014 Bill Turque , Newsweek , 29 Nov. 1993", "Clinton's acceptance speech evidenced some of the classical rhetorical devices such as paronomasia, or punning, and anaphora, or repetition of key words or phrases. \u2014 Leo McManus , English Today , October 1993", "\"Take that river down there, for instance. It conforms pretty much to the map, doesn't it?\" I assumed he was asking a rhetorical question and kept my mouth shut. \u2014 Marshall Harrison , A Lonely Kind of War , 1989", "\u2026 he [Thomas Wolfe] crammed his novels with lavish apostrophes to Life and Death and Loneliness and Sorrow, covering page after page with grandiose rhetorical flourishes \u2026 , pseudo-Homeric epithets \u2026 , wooden dialogue and pious homilies about \"the brevity of our days.\" \u2014 James Atlas , New York Times Book Review , 2 Dec. 1979", "My question was rhetorical . I wasn't really expecting an answer.", "you can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The dismal maternal and child health outcomes in many of these states suggest this is merely a rhetorical question, and a bitterly laughable one at that. \u2014 Amanda Allen, ELLE , 24 May 2022", "Charlotte Valuer, Founder of the Institute of Neurodiversity, asked this rhetorical question recently in a panel. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 1 May 2022", "Given the current situation in Belarus, a prudent approach may be to provide financial, rhetorical , and organizational support to the leaders of the pro-democracy movement beyond the borders of the country. \u2014 Alexander Vindman And Andrei Sannikov, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021", "Her question is urgent, but for the reader, entirely rhetorical . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2021", "While discussing the atrocity in Uvalde from the White House on Tuesday evening, President Biden indulged himself in a cynical rhetorical game. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 27 May 2022", "The Los Angeles mayor\u2019s race has seemingly devolved in recent days into a rhetorical brawl between two of the city\u2019s richest men, Benjamin Oreskes wrote. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022", "Liberals have been losing the rhetorical battle over guns for decades. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 26 May 2022", "The Chinese have given the Russians all kinds of rhetorical and political support. \u2014 CBS News , 22 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "see rhetoric":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "ri-\u02c8t\u022fr-i-k\u0259l", "-\u02c8t\u00e4r-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bombastic", "flatulent", "fustian", "gaseous", "gassy", "grandiloquent", "oratorical", "orotund", "windy" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235157", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "rhinion":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a point at the lower end of the median suture joining the nasal bones":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek, diminutive of rhin-, rhis nose":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8rin\u0113\u02cc\u00e4n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104512", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhinitis":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Ablation of the posterior nasal nerves is a new treatment for vasomotor rhinitis , which is characterized by a runny nose after eating or with changes in temperature. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022", "My concern is the ablation procedure may alleviate the rhinitis problem but create another problem. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022", "The Department of Veterans Affairs has since launched a review of particulate matter pollution and added three conditions as presumptions \u2014 asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis \u2014 while continuing to review health outcomes for veterans. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Mar. 2022", "In November, the White House announced that soldiers exposed to burn pits who developed any of three specific ailments \u2014 asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis \u2014 within 10 years can receive disability benefits. \u2014 Kevin Freking, ajc , 3 Mar. 2022", "Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs decides these exposure claims on a case-by-case basis, with the exception of those filed for asthma, rhinitis or sinusitis. \u2014 Mariam Khan, ABC News , 3 Mar. 2022", "ENHYPEN\u2018s Sunghoon is taking a break from his duties with the group to recover from surgery for rhinitis . \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 3 Feb. 2022", "Veterans diagnosed with asthma, rhinitis or sinusitis within 10 years of returning from Iraq, Afghanistan or certain other foreign deployments are now presumed to have suffered respiratory damage during their service and are eligible for benefits. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022", "The Department of Veterans Affairs has since launched a review of particulate matter pollution and added three conditions as presumptions: asthma, rhinitis , and sinusitis, while continuing to review health outcomes for veterans. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1829, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "r\u012b-\u02c8n\u012bt-\u0259s", "r\u012b-\u02c8n\u012b-t\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112808", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhodochrosite":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rose-red mineral consisting essentially of manganese carbonate":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1823, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from German Rhodochrosit, from Greek rhod\u00f3chr\u014ds or rhod\u00f3chroos \"rose-colored\" (from rhodo- rhodo- + -chr\u014ds, -chroos, adjectival derivatives of chr\u1e53s \"skin, flesh, complexion, color\") + German -it -ite entry 1 \u2014 more at -chrome":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccr\u014d-d\u0259-\u02c8kr\u014d-\u02ccs\u012bt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225753", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhododendron":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The rhododendron family of plants included showy flowers in yellows, purples, pale pinks, and snowy whites pop against deep green shiny leaves. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022", "Even the matchbooks were lovely, a bright neon red ornamented with a rhododendron blossom. \u2014 Joy Callaway, WSJ , 2 June 2022", "Last fall my neighbor was getting rid of a large rhododendron . \u2014 Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com , 8 May 2022", "At the Bald Hills of Redwood National Park, an eruption of lupine and rhododendron typically runs from mid-May through June and blankets the area in purple undulations. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022", "Yes, your rhododendron looks about the same as mine. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2022", "Then, to help conserve soil moisture, whether naturally occurring or supplemental, add a 3-inch-deep mulch of bark chips throughout the rhododendron planting. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Apr. 2022", "The rhododendron should not be affected by Port Orford cedar root disease, but may be influenced by drought and heat. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Feb. 2022", "Rather than big, billowy petals like a magnolia or rhododendron , witch hazel flowers are made up of tiny, threadlike petals that can be up to an inch long but not much more than about one-eight-inch wide. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 7 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1657, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from New Latin ( linnaeus ), going back to Latin, \"oleander, a plant of the Black Sea region described by Pliny whose honey is toxic (probably Rhododendron ponticum ),\" borrowed from Greek rhod\u00f3dendron, from rhodo- rhodo- + d\u00e9ndron \"tree\" \u2014 more at dendro-":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccr\u014d-d\u0259-\u02c8den-dr\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204307", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhodolite":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a pink or purple garnet used as a gem":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1897, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "rhodo- + -lite":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u014d-d\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211648", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhodomontade":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a bragging speech":[], ": vain boasting or bluster : rant":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020715", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhodonite":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a pale red triclinic mineral that consists essentially of manganese silicate and is used as an ornamental stone":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1823, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from German Rhodonit, from Greek rh\u00f3don \"rose\" + German -it -ite entry 1 \u2014 more at rhodo-":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u014d-d\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060401", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhodonite pink":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a dark purplish pink that is redder and less strong than clover pink or Persian lilac":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004738", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhubarb":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a heated dispute or controversy":[], ": the dried rhizome and roots of any of various rhubarbs (such as Rheum officinale and R. palmatum ) grown chiefly in temperate parts of China and used in folk medicine especially as a laxative, diuretic, and ulcer treatment":[], ": the tart, succulent, usually pink or red petioles of rhubarb used especially in pies and preserves":[] }, "examples":[ "The coach got into a rhubarb with the umpire.", "a basketball coach whose ranting rhubarbs with officials are the stuff of legend", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Add the rhubarb and its juices to the pan, then pour in 3 Tbsp. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 May 2022", "Here a person might find the Kurdish alchemilla, the Syrian rhubarb and the Iranian onion sharing a single clearing. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022", "This cake looks like a traditional birthday cake on the outside, but keeps things interesting with a strawberry- rhubarb filling. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 14 Apr. 2022", "Place the rhubarb , onion, figs, wine and sugar in a saucepan and simmer gently for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 May 2021", "These delicacies\u2014wild-cherry-and- rhubarb pasties, plump whortleberry pies, potato-and-mushroom turnovers\u2014make an appearance at every feast, and in every traveller\u2019s knapsack. \u2014 Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker , 19 Nov. 2021", "Sour cherries and rhubarb dominate the tart, pleasing palate on this bright, crisp wine. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021", "Chopped rhubarb makes a nice, slightly tart addition, as well. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021", "My sister-in-law offered us ALL the rhubarb from her garden. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 16 June 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English rubarbe , from Anglo-French reubarbe , from Medieval Latin reubarbarum , alteration of rha barbarum , literally, barbarian rhubarb":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u00fc-\u02ccb\u00e4rb" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210556", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhyme":{ "antonyms":[ "differ (from)", "disagree (with)" ], "definitions":{ ": a composition in verse that rhymes":[], ": alliteration":[], ": correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)":[], ": correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as":[], ": internal rhyme":[], ": one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound":[], ": poetry":[], ": rhyming verse":[], ": rhythm , measure":[], ": to be in accord : harmonize":[], ": to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme":[], ": to compose (verse) in rhyme":[], ": to end in syllables that are rhymes":[], ": to put into rhyme":[], ": to relate or praise in rhyming verse":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "She used \u201cmoon\u201d as a rhyme for \u201cJune.\u201d", "He couldn't think of a rhyme for \u201corange.\u201d", "They're learning about meter and rhyme .", "Verb", "Please find the two lines that rhyme .", "She rhymed \u201cmoon\u201d with \u201cJune.\u201d", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Kehlani shows off their ability to rhyme on the second verse, surrounded by an unforgettable vocal performance throughout the track. \u2014 Quincy Green, Billboard , 24 May 2022", "In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme . \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022", "Costly signaling explains human aesthetic judgments; complex rhyme schemes constrain rap lyricists, making expert verses that much more impressive. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022", "With her slippery smooth-like butter vocal runs, nimbly sensual rhyme schemes, and emotive storytelling, Muni deserves to feel the love under her solo spotlight. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022", "Talking with friends There\u2019s no particular rhyme or rhythm to how the show books its guests, Leach said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022", "In a new adaptation by Martin Crimp, the production strips the story down, using rap, rhyme , and poetry to distill the tale of passion into something rapturous in its simplicity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022", "Tuesday\u2019s child, the old rhyme says, is full of grace. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022", "Confidence is, indeed, a foundational tenet of hip-hop, arguably as important as the beat or the rhyme because it is so irrevocably intertwined with both. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Willie D, a 21-year-old Golden Gloves champ raised by two alcoholic and abusive parents in the Fifth Ward, and known to fight audience members at open mics, was signed on sight, told to act monstrous and rhyme reckless. \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022", "Spears is a heart-first performer, who makes Juicy\u2019s moments of anguish rhyme with his shady asides, pointing out how both attitudes flow from a deep deposit of frustrated affection for the sensual world, and a hope for a life of his own making. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022", "Born Russell Jones in 1968 in Brooklyn, NY, ODB developed a unique persona and rhyme style that set him apart from his contemporaries. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022", "Yet Earnest's words seem to rhyme with Faulkner's fundamental point. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022", "Seeing all of those weird, warped houses and reading those Dr. Seuss stories with crazy characters and nothing but rhyme \u2026it\u2019s like the intersection of hip-hop and Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022", "Carlos Santana and Stewart Copeland follow \u2013 the latter reprising his Police service with the Oregon Symphony \u2013 while Koffee spins rhyme and rhythm to taste. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022", "My rhyme style with the echo is from a girl, Sha Rock, the first greatest female MC ever, who\u2019s better than 99% of the dudes rappin\u2019 today. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 4 Jan. 2022", "And nature writes poems in the lives of her creatures, with lines that echo and rhyme through the generations. \u2014 Janet Barber, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English rime , from Anglo-French":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u012bm" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "accord", "agree", "answer", "check", "chord", "cohere", "coincide", "comport", "conform", "consist", "correspond", "dovetail", "fit", "go", "harmonize", "jibe", "sort", "square", "tally" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110801", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "rhyme scheme":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Pardi also changed the rhyme scheme at the end of verse two. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022", "James closed the song with his verse, each new line reversing the rhyme scheme of the last, words folding in and out like a lyrical Mo\u0308bius strip . . . \u2014 Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone , 23 Jan. 2022", "The ghazal is an M.C.\u2019s form: repeating words, a rhyme scheme , the self-referential last line that signals the end of the bars. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2021", "Besides being delicious, Pappadeaux is simply easy to throw in a rhyme scheme . \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 19 Apr. 2021", "So many of the 140 lyricists who entered, some of them with a dozen or more songs each, offered songs that cleverly echoed the originals, and matched or even improved on the originals\u2019 rhyme scheme . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2021", "The sketch took on a rhyme scheme in order to play on an Edgar Allan Poe poem, as Carrey\u2019s Biden used the classic structure to parody modern politics. \u2014 Danielle Turchiano, chicagotribune.com , 1 Nov. 2020", "Her slant rhyme schemes inspired generations of female writers to break boundaries, personally and creatively. \u2014 Molly Lambert, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Nov. 2019", "And replacing Shakespearean scansion with looser Seuss-ish rhyme schemes would add to the comedy and make the long bouts of exposition at the beginning and end of the play less tedious. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 19 Aug. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1889, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114440", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rhymes":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": rhyming verse":[], ": poetry":[], ": a composition in verse that rhymes":[], ": correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)":[], ": one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound":[], ": correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as":[], ": alliteration":[], ": internal rhyme":[], ": rhythm , measure":[], ": to relate or praise in rhyming verse":[], ": to put into rhyme":[], ": to compose (verse) in rhyme":[], ": to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme":[], ": to end in syllables that are rhymes":[], ": to be in accord : harmonize":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u012bm" ], "synonyms":[ "accord", "agree", "answer", "check", "chord", "cohere", "coincide", "comport", "conform", "consist", "correspond", "dovetail", "fit", "go", "harmonize", "jibe", "sort", "square", "tally" ], "antonyms":[ "differ (from)", "disagree (with)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "She used \u201cmoon\u201d as a rhyme for \u201cJune.\u201d", "He couldn't think of a rhyme for \u201corange.\u201d", "They're learning about meter and rhyme .", "Verb", "Please find the two lines that rhyme .", "She rhymed \u201cmoon\u201d with \u201cJune.\u201d", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Kehlani shows off their ability to rhyme on the second verse, surrounded by an unforgettable vocal performance throughout the track. \u2014 Quincy Green, Billboard , 24 May 2022", "In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme . \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022", "Costly signaling explains human aesthetic judgments; complex rhyme schemes constrain rap lyricists, making expert verses that much more impressive. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022", "With her slippery smooth-like butter vocal runs, nimbly sensual rhyme schemes, and emotive storytelling, Muni deserves to feel the love under her solo spotlight. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022", "Talking with friends There\u2019s no particular rhyme or rhythm to how the show books its guests, Leach said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022", "In a new adaptation by Martin Crimp, the production strips the story down, using rap, rhyme , and poetry to distill the tale of passion into something rapturous in its simplicity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022", "Tuesday\u2019s child, the old rhyme says, is full of grace. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022", "Confidence is, indeed, a foundational tenet of hip-hop, arguably as important as the beat or the rhyme because it is so irrevocably intertwined with both. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Willie D, a 21-year-old Golden Gloves champ raised by two alcoholic and abusive parents in the Fifth Ward, and known to fight audience members at open mics, was signed on sight, told to act monstrous and rhyme reckless. \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022", "Spears is a heart-first performer, who makes Juicy\u2019s moments of anguish rhyme with his shady asides, pointing out how both attitudes flow from a deep deposit of frustrated affection for the sensual world, and a hope for a life of his own making. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022", "Born Russell Jones in 1968 in Brooklyn, NY, ODB developed a unique persona and rhyme style that set him apart from his contemporaries. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022", "Yet Earnest's words seem to rhyme with Faulkner's fundamental point. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022", "Seeing all of those weird, warped houses and reading those Dr. Seuss stories with crazy characters and nothing but rhyme \u2026it\u2019s like the intersection of hip-hop and Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022", "Carlos Santana and Stewart Copeland follow \u2013 the latter reprising his Police service with the Oregon Symphony \u2013 while Koffee spins rhyme and rhythm to taste. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022", "My rhyme style with the echo is from a girl, Sha Rock, the first greatest female MC ever, who\u2019s better than 99% of the dudes rappin\u2019 today. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 4 Jan. 2022", "And nature writes poems in the lives of her creatures, with lines that echo and rhyme through the generations. \u2014 Janet Barber, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English rime , from Anglo-French":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142021" }, "rhymester":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an inferior poet":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u012bm(p)-st\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "bard", "minstrel", "muse", "poet", "poetaster", "versifier" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "reading doggerel by some rhymester", "Recent Examples on the Web", "By contrast, the French word for scarcity, raret\u00e9, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engag\u00e9, \u00e9cart\u00e9, and retard\u00e9 leading the pack. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1589, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144334" }, "rhyme-tag":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a word or phrase used primarily to produce a rhyme":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145135" }, "Rhyacophilidae":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a large and widely distributed family of caddis flies":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)r\u012b\u02ccak\u0259\u02c8fil\u0259\u02ccd\u0113", "\u02ccr\u012b\u0259k\u014d\u02c8f-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Rhyacophila , type genus (from Greek rhyak-, rhyax stream + New Latin -phila ) + -idae":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152037" } }