English words: ribose 5-phosphate to rickettsia

300 English words, part 67 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.

English words ribose 5-phosphate to rickettsia

ribose 5-phosphate noun: A biochemical that is important for the metabolic process called pentose phosphate pathway. It can form when ribulose 5-phosphate isomerizes.
ribose nucleic acid noun: ribonucleic acid
riboside noun: Any glycoside of ribose
ribosidic adjective: Characteristic of a riboside, especially of the link between ribose and a sugar moiety
ribosilation noun: The addition of one or more ribose molecules to a protein.
ribosomal adjective: Of or relating to ribosomes.
ribosomal ribonucleic acid noun: Synonym of ribosomal RNA (the structural backbone of a ribosome)
ribosomal RNA noun: the structural backbone of ribosomes, which is composed of RNA (ribonucleic acid)
ribosomally adverb: In a ribosomal manner.
ribosome noun /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/: A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
ribosomic adjective: Of or pertaining to ribosomes.
ribosomically adverb: By means of ribosomes
ribosomopathy noun: Any disease or malfunction of ribosomes
ribospecies noun: A species identified or characterized by ribotyping
ribostamycin noun: A particular aminoglycoside antibiotic.
ribosugar noun: Any sugar derived from ribose or deoxyribose
riboswitch noun: A segment within the leading end of a messenger RNA transcript that is able to gauge the cell's need for the protein encoded by the rest of the message,...
ribosyl noun: any univalent radical derived from ribose
ribosylase noun: An enzyme that catalyses ribosylation.
ribosylate verb: To modify by means of ribosylation.
ribosylated adjective: Modified by addition of one or more ribosyl groups
ribosylation noun: The attachment of a ribose or ribosyl group to a molecule, especially to a polypeptide or protein
ribosylhydrolase noun: Any of a class of hydrolase enzymes that remove ribose moieties
ribosyltransferase noun: Any transferase that transfers ribosyl groups
Ribot's law noun: the hypothesis that there exists a time gradient in retrograde amnesia, where recent memories are more likely to be lost than more remote ones
ribothymidine noun: 5-methyluridine, a pyrimidine nucleoside that is the ribonucleoside counterpart to the deoxyribonucleoside thymidine.
ribotide noun: Synonym of ribonucleotide.
ribotoxic adjective: toxic because of interference with the function of RNA
ribotoxicity noun: The condition of being ribotoxic
ribotoxin noun: Any of a class of toxic ribonucleases
ribotransferase noun: Alternative form of ribosyltransferase.
ribotype noun, verb: The RNA complement of a biological entity
ribotypic adjective: Relating to a ribotype
ribotyping noun, verb: The analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism of rRNA genes in order to differentiate between species etc.
ribovanadyl adjective: Relating to a ribonucleoside-vanadyl complex (that inhibits ribonucleases)
riboviral adjective: Relating to a ribovirus
ribovirus noun: An RNA virus other than a retrovirus
ribozymatic adjective: Relating to ribozymes
ribozyme noun /ˈɹaɪbə(ʊ)ˌzaɪm/: A fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme.
ribozymic adjective: Relating to ribozymes
ribozymology noun: The study of ribozymes.
ribroast noun, verb: A cut of beef from the main rib.
ribroaster noun: A blow to the side of the body.
ribspare noun /ˈɹɪbspɛə(ɹ)/: Sparerib.
ribsteak noun: A beefsteak cut from the primal rib area of a bovine, with the rib bone attached to the steak cut. A bone-in rib steak.
Ribston noun: A Ribston pippin.
Ribston pippin noun: A triploid cultivar of winter apple with firm flesh and a yellow skin streaked with red.
ribstone noun: A petroglyph in the form of an animal's rib cage.
Ribstone pippin noun: Alternative form of Ribston pippin.
ribuck adjective: Alternative form of ryebuck.
ribulokinase noun: A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + L(or D)-ribulose ⇌ ADP + L(or D)-ribulose 5-phosphate.
ribulose noun: a ketopentose whose phosphate derivatives participate in photosynthesis
ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase noun: The enzyme that allows plants, algae, and some bacteria to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into organic compounds during...
riburamycin noun: Any of a group of antibiotics that are simplified analogues of liposidomycin.
ribwich noun: A boneless rib sandwich, usually with BBQ sauce and deboned pork ribs.
ribwork noun: The use of ribs in architecture or construction.
ribwort noun: ribgrass; Old World plantain, Plantago lanceolata.
ribwort plantain noun: A plant of species Plantago lanceolata
RIC noun, suffix: A termination denoting jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised.
Ricœurian adjective: Of or relating to Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics.
Rican adjective, noun: Clipping of Puerto Rican.
ricaniid noun: Any member of the family Ricaniidae of planthoppers.
Ricardian adjective, noun /ɹɪˈkɑːdɪən/: Someone who believes King Richard III was a just king, misrepresented by Tudor propaganda; a supporter of Richard III.
Ricardian equivalence noun: The idea that consumers are forward-looking and so internalize the government's budget constraint when making their consumption decisions, so that, for a...
Ricardianism noun: The economic theories of David Ricardo (1772–1823), British political economist.
Ricardo proper noun /ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/: A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.
ricasso noun /rɪˈkæsoʊ/: The base of a sword or knife blade where it joins the tang.
Ricca proper noun: A surname.
Riccardi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
riccardin noun: Any of a group of macrocyclic phenolic bisbenzyls present in several plants
Riccarton proper noun: A village and parish in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4335).
Riccati equation noun: Any first-order ordinary differential equation that is quadratic in the unknown function.
Ricci calculus noun: A formal system in which index notation is used to define tensors and tensor fields and the rules for their manipulation; the theory of tensor calculus as...
Ricci flow noun: A process that deforms the metric of a Riemannian manifold in a way formally analogous to the diffusion of heat, smoothing out irregularities in the metric.
ricciaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Ricciaceae.
Ricciardi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Ricciardo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Riccio proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Ricco proper noun: A surname.
rice noun, verb /ɹaɪs/: Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
rice and beans noun: A simple, widely eaten dish made from cooked rice and cooked beans served together.
rice and peas noun /ˈraɪs ən(d)ˈpiːz/: A West Indian dish of rice and most commonly kidney beans.
rice bag noun: A Christian, especially one who has just embraced Christianity.
rice ball noun: A Chinese, Japanese and Korean snack food made from white rice formed into a triangular or oval shape, usually with a filling.
rice bean noun: A bean plant of the species Vigna umbellata, a food and fodder crop of Asia.
rice beer noun: A beer or beerlike alcoholic drink made with rice as a main ingredient.
rice biscuit noun: A sweet biscuit made of flour mixed with rice.
rice blast noun: A disease of rice caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea.
rice bowl noun: A small bowl from which rice is typically eaten.
rice box noun: Synonym of RICE table.
rice burner noun: An ordinary automobile, especially a Japanese one, made to look fast or special by adding aftermarket parts.
rice cake noun: A food item made from puffed rice congealed in a wafer, usually circular and palm-sized.
rice car noun: rice burner
RICE chart noun: Synonym of RICE table.
rice Christian noun: A person who has formally converted to Christianity for material benefits rather than for religious reasons.
rice congee noun: Synonym of congee.
rice cooker noun: A kitchen appliance which is designed to cook rice, by either boiling or steaming it, and may also be used for other foods.
rice cracker noun: Any of various types of cracker made from rice flour rather than wheat flour.
rice cutgrass noun: Leersia oryzoides
Rice distribution noun: The probability distribution of the magnitude of a circular bivariate normal random variable with potentially non-zero mean.
rice eater noun: One whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain.
rice field noun: Alternative form of ricefield.
rice flakes noun: Synonym of flattened rice.
rice flour noun: Flour milled from rice.
rice flower noun: The flower of the rice plant
rice glue noun: An adhesive made by simmering rice in water.
rice grass noun: Alternative form of ricegrass
rice growing adjective, noun: rice-growing; which grows or is capable of growing rice.
rice hat noun: Synonym of Asian conical hat.
rice hen noun: The common American gallinule.
rice hull noun: The hard protecting covering of a grain of rice.
rice huller noun: Synonym of rice mill.
rice husk noun: A rice hull.
rice husker noun: Synonym of rice mill.
rice king noun: A non-Asian man (usually white) who has a sexual fetish for Asian women.
Rice Krispie square noun: a light snack consisting of Rice Krispies packed tightly together into a cube or cuboid by caramel or other sticky edible substances.
rice malt noun: The lees produced while sake brewing. It is often used in Japanese cuisine.
rice milk noun: A milky liquid made from rice and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage.
rice mill noun: A rice huller, a device for removing the outer husks of raw grains of rice.
rice moth noun: Corcyra cephalonica, a pyralid moth whose caterpillars feed on dry plantstuffs such as rice.
rice noodle noun: A noodle made of rice (usually from rice flour).
rice out verb: To modify a car to make it appear faster or more sporty; to turn a car into a rice burner.
rice paddle noun: A kitchen utensil used to stir and serve rice.
rice paddy noun: A paddy field where rice is grown.
rice paddy herb noun: An herb in the family Plantaginaceae used in Southeast Asian cooking, Limnophila aromatica
rice paper noun: A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.
rice-paper plant noun: A species of plant, Tetrapanax papyrifer
rice porridge noun: Synonym of congee (“Asian porridge or soup”).
rice pounder noun: Synonym of rice mill.
rice pudding noun: A milk pudding made from rice, milk, sugar and nutmeg.
rice queen noun: A non-Asian man who is mostly attracted to East Asian men.
rice rat noun: A New World rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail.
rice rocket noun: A Japanese high-performance sport motorcycle or street-racing car.
Rice's whale noun: Balaenoptera ricei, a species of rorqual.
rice sheath mite noun: Steneotarsonemus spinki
rice shell noun: Any of numerous species of sea snails of the genus Olivella of dwarf olives.
rice-spirit noun: An alcoholic drink distilled from fermented rice.
rice steamer noun: Synonym of rice cooker
rice stick noun: A single stick of rice vermicelli.
rice stitch noun: An embroidery stitch resembling grains of rice.
rice swift noun: A species of hesperiid butterfly, Borbo cinnara, of south and east Asia through to northern Australia.
RICE table noun: An ICE table with the first row containing the reaction being labelled with R (but otherwise identical in function).
rice tenrec noun: Either of the two species in the Malagasy genus Oryzorictes.
rice vermicelli noun: Synonym of rice noodle
rice vinegar noun: A type of vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cooking.
rice water noun: A weak gruel obtained by draining boiled rice in water until it dissolves, used as food for invalids or as a hair treatment.
rice weevil noun: A pest of species Sitophilus oryzae, that attacks several crops, including wheat, rice, and maize.
rice wine noun: An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.
Ricean fading noun: Alternative form of Rician fading.
riceball noun: Alternative spelling of rice ball.
riceberry noun: A variety of brown rice with a deep purple color that was created by Rice Science Center, Kasetsart University, Thailand.
ricebird noun: A Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora).
ricebowl noun: A bowl for serving rice.
riceburger noun: An Asian snack food based on the hamburger, with rice patties instead of a bun.
ricecracker noun: Alternative form of rice cracker.
riced adjective, verb: Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice
ricefield noun: A field where rice is grown.
ricefield mouse noun: rice rat
ricefish noun: Any of the family Adrianichthyidae of about 27 species of small ray-finned fish, many of which are found in Japanese rice paddies.
riceflour noun: Alternative form of rice flour.
ricegrass noun: Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.
ricegrower noun: One who grows rice.
ricegrowing adjective, noun: That grows rice
riceland noun: An area of land where rice is grown.
riceless adjective: Containing no rice
ricelessness noun: Absence of rice.
ricelike adjective: Resembling rice or some aspect of it.
ricemeal noun: Meal milled from rice.
ricepaper noun: Alternative spelling of rice paper.
ricer noun: A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.
ricercar noun /ˌriːt͡ʃəɹˈkɑːɹ(eɪ)/: An instrumental musical composition, fugal in style but in a more serious character and with longer notes.
ricercare noun /ˌriːt͡ʃəɹˈkɑːɹ(eɪ)/: Alternative form of ricercar.
ricercata noun: A very elaborate form of fugue.
riceroot noun: Any of various fritillaries (genus Fritillaria) traditionally used for food by Native Americans.
ricey adjective /ˈɹaɪsi/: Containing rice.
rich adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/: Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
rich as Croesus adjective: Very wealthy.
rich client noun: Synonym of fat client.
rich for one's blood adjective: Alternative form of too rich for one's blood.
rich gold noun: Physical gold that functions as an income-generating asset, yielding a return in ounces of gold rather than devaluing fiat currency.
rich Internet application noun: A Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, like domain logic.
rich kid adjective, noun /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ ˌkɪd/: A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.
rich man noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rich, man. (This entry is a translation hub.)
rich media noun: A type of online advertising that uses text, music, video, and animations to attract a user's attention.
rich tea biscuit noun: A sweet biscuit whose ingredients generally include wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and malt extract, often dunked into tea or coffee.
rich text noun: Text that has been enhanced with formatting, multimedia, etc., such as Microsoft's Rich Text Format or the enriched text format used in electronic mail.
Richard of York gave battle in vain phrase: A mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the seven colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
Richard Roe noun: Synonym of John Doe.
Richard's pipit noun: Anthus richardi, a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in the East Palearctic.
Richard Snary noun: A dictionary.
richardia noun: Any of the genus Richardia of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
richardiid noun: Any fly of the family Richardiidae.
Richards proper noun: An English and Welsh patronymic surname from the given name Richard.
richardsollyite noun: A grey-black monoclinic mineral containing astatine, lead, sulphur and thallium.
Richardson proper noun /ˈɹɪt͡ʃɚdsən/: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
Richardson number noun: A dimensionless number expressing the ratio of buoyancy to flow shear in a fluid flow.
Richardson's ground squirrel noun: Any member of the species Urocitellus richardsonii of ground squirrels.
Richardson's grouse noun: Dendragapus obscurus richardsonii, a subspecies of the dusky grouse.
Richardson's jaeger noun: Synonym of Arctic skua.
Richardson's owl noun: Synonym of Tengmalm's owl.
Richardson's vole noun: water vole, North American vole (Microtus richardsoni)
Richardsonian adjective: Of or relating to Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), American architect, or the Romanesque style that he popularised.
Richborough proper noun: A settlement in Ash parish and Sandwich parish, Dover district, Kent, England, which includes Richborough Port (OS grid ref TR3361).
Richburg proper noun: A village in Allegany County, New York, United States.
richdom noun /ˈɹɪt͡ʃdəm/: Wealth; riches; richness; prosperity.
Riche proper noun: A surname.
Richebourg noun: A kind of red wine from the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy.
Richelieu proper noun: A river, the Richelieu River, in Quebec, Canada, which flows from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River, and named after Cardinal Richelieu.
richellite noun: A tetragonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
richelsdorfite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, arsenic, calcium, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
richen verb /ˈɹɪt͡ʃən/: To make or render rich or richer.
Richerson proper noun: A surname.
Richert proper noun: A surname.
richery noun: High-quality, ostentatious items that attract attention.
riches noun /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/: Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
riches to rags noun: From exceptional wealth to poverty.
Richeson proper noun: A surname.
richesse noun: wealth or riches
richetite noun: A triclinic black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
Richey proper noun: A surname.
Richfield proper noun: A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.
Richian adjective: Of or relating to Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet, essayist and feminist.
Richie proper noun /ˈɹɪt͡ʃi/: A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
richish adjective: reasonably rich, quite rich.
Richland proper noun /ˈɹɪtʃlənd/: A city in Stewart County, Georgia.
Richlands proper noun: A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Richler proper noun: A surname.
richlet noun: A small Java program that creates all the necessary components for a given page in response to a user's request.
richling noun: One who is rich.
richly adverb /ˈɹɪt͡ʃli/: In an attractive or manner; full of colour or detail.
Richmal proper noun: A female given name.
Richman proper noun: A surname.
Richmond proper noun /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənd/: A town in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Richmond birdwing noun: Ornithoptera priamus richmondia, a butterfly endemic to Australia.
Richmonder noun: A native or inhabitant of Richmond, Virginia.
Richmondshire proper noun: A former local government district in North Yorkshire, England, abolished without replacement on 1 April 2023.
Richner-Hanhart syndrome noun: Tyrosinemia type II.
richness noun /ˈɹɪt͡ʃnəs/: The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
Richter noun /ˈɹɪkt.ə/: (Followed by a decimal number): A Richter scale magnitude to indicate the severity of an earthquake. "Richter" is prefixed to the magnitude value. This has...
Richter scale noun /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ skeɪl/: A value on the Richter scale.
Richterian adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person bearing the surname Richter.
richterite noun: A basic silicate mineral of sodium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, and calcium belonging to the amphibole group
richteritic adjective: Characteristic of, or containing richterite.
Richton proper noun: A surname.
richweed noun: Pilea pumila, a herb of the nettle family with a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem.
Richwine proper noun: A surname.
Richwood proper noun: An unincorporated community in Dooly County, Georgia.
Richy proper noun: A diminutive of the male given name Richard. Alternative form of Richie.
Rician adjective /ɹaɪsiːən/: Relating to Stephen O. Rice, American electrical and telecommunications engineer.
Rician fading noun: Fading due to multipath propagation where there is one dominant line-of-sight signal component.
ricin noun /ˈɹaɪsɪn/: An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
ricine noun: Dated form of ricin.
ricinelaidate noun: Any salt or ester of ricinelaidic acid.
ricinelaidic acid noun: The trans isomer of the fatty acid ricinoleic acid.
ricinelaidin noun: The glycerol salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.
ricing noun, verb: (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.
ricinic adjective: Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil.
ricinic acid noun: Synonym of ricinoleic acid.
ricinine noun: An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant, chemical formula C₈H₈N₂O₂
ricininic acid noun: An organic compound obtained from ricinine by hydrolysis.
ricinism noun: ricin poisoning
ricinium noun: A mantle worn, mainly by women, in Ancient Rome.
ricinolamide noun: The amide or ricinoleic acid, C₃₆H₃₅NO₄
ricinolate noun: Any salt or ester of ricinolic acid.
ricinoleate noun: Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid.
ricinoleic adjective: Of or pertaining to ricinoleic acid or its derivatives.
ricinoleic acid noun /ˌɹʌɪ.sɪ.nəʊˌliː.ɪk ˈas.ɪd/: A crystalline unsaturated hydroxy fatty acid C₁₈H₃₄O₃ that yields esters important as plasticizers and whose glyceride (ricinolein) is the main component of...
ricinolein noun: The glyceride of ricinoleic acid, present in castor oil.
ricinolic adjective: Alternative form of ricinoleic.
ricinosome noun: A plant organelle associated with programmed cell death
ricinostearic acid noun: The fatty acid 9-hydroxystearic acid found in castor oil
ricinuleid noun: Any member of the Ricinulei (hooded tickspiders).
ricinus noun: Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant.
ricinus oil noun: Synonym of castor oil
rick noun, verb /ɹɪk/: Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
rick cloth noun: A sheet of waterproof material typically used to protect a rick.
rick-roll noun, verb: Alternative form of rickroll.
Rickaby proper noun: A surname.
Rickard proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
rickardite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing copper and tellurium.
Rickards proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
rickburner noun: An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks.
Ricke proper noun: A surname.
Rickel proper noun: A surname.
Rickels proper noun: A surname.
Rickenbacker proper noun: An electric guitar (of the Rickenbacker brand).
ricker noun: A thick pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
Rickert proper noun: A surname.
ricket adjective, noun, verb: Unsteady, rickety.
ricketed adjective, verb: Rickety, shaky, unsteady.
ricketily adverb: In a rickety manner.
ricketiness noun: The state or condition of being rickety.
ricketish adjective: Having rickets.
rickets noun, verb /ˈɹɪkɪts/: A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.
Ricketson proper noun: A surname.
Rickett proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Ricketts proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
rickettsemia noun: The presence of rickettsia bacteria in the blood
rickettsemic adjective: Relating to rickettsemia
rickettsia noun: Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.