English words: ringsider to rise above

300 English words, part 72 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words ringsider to rise above

ringsider noun: A person occupying a ringside seat
ringspot noun: A symptom of various viral infections in plants, taking the form of rings or spots of damaged tissue.
ringspun adjective: Manufactured by ring spinning.
ringstand noun: Alternative form of ring stand.
Ringsted proper noun: A city and municipality in central Zealand, Denmark.
ringstem noun: Any of the flowering species of the genus Anulocaulis.
ringster noun: Member of a (political or economic) ring
ringstone noun: A carved, contoured, donut-shaped stone object in early Indian art.
ringstraked adjective: striped with differently colored rings
ringtail noun: A North American ringtail, Bassariscus astutus
ringtail cat noun: Synonym of ringtail, species Bassariscus astutus
ringtail civet noun: Synonym of ringtail, species Bassariscus astutus
ringtail possum noun: Alternative form of ringtailed possum.
ringtailed adjective: Alternative form of ring-tailed.
ringtailed possum noun: A possum of most genera in the family Pseudocheiridae, native to Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea.
ringtaw noun: Alternative form of ring-taw.
ringtone noun, verb /ˈɹɪŋˌtəʊn/: The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
ringtone rap noun: Synonym of snap music.
ringtoss noun: Alternative form of ring toss.
ringularity noun: An annular cosmic singularity, a ring with zero thickness and infinite density.
Ringwald proper noun: A surname.
ringwalk noun: The glamorous entrance of a boxer or wrestler into the ring shortly before the fight.
ringwall noun: A circular rampart.
ringway noun: A ring road.
ringwing noun: Alternative form of ring wing.
ringwise adjective, adverb: Laid out or moving in a ring.
ringwood noun: An Australian tree, Syzygium anisatum.
ringwoodite noun: A cubic form of olivine produced under very high pressure, (Mg, Fe²⁺)₂SiO₄.
ringwork noun: A fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape, essentially a motte-and-bailey castle minus the motte.
ringworld noun: An artificial megastructure in space, consisting of a rotating ring encircling a star and having an inhabitable inner surface with gravity produced through...
ringworm noun /ˈɹɪŋˌwɝm/: A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
ringwormed adjective: Infected with ringworm.
ringwraith noun: A person who is loyal, as if bound or entranced, to a band, group or organization.
ringxiety noun /ɹɪŋzˈaɪəti/: The anxiety resulting from the mistaken belief that one's cell phone or mobile is ringing or vibrating.
ringy adjective, noun: Having a ringing or reverberating sound.
ringy dingy noun: A telephone ring.
Rini proper noun: A surname.
rink noun, verb /ɹɪŋk/: A man, especially a warrior or hero.
rink rash noun: Skin injury caused by abrasion against the floor of the rink.
rink rat noun: A person who hangs around ice rinks (hockey rinks).
rink skate noun: A roller skate intended for indoor use.
Rinke proper noun: A surname.
Rinkeby proper noun: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden.
Rinkeby Swedish noun: A variety of the Swedish language used by immigrants in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, especially in the suburb of Rinkeby.
rinker noun: One who skates at a rink.
rinkhals noun: Any of species Hemachatus haemachatus of venomous elapids found in parts of southern Africa.
rinking noun, verb: skating in a rink
rinkite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
rinkman noun: A man who skates on a rink.
rinkmaster noun: A manager of an ice rink.
rinkolite noun: Synonym of mosandrite.
rinkomania noun: A passion for roller skating on indoor rinks.
rinkside noun: The side of an ice rink, where spectators can sit.
rinktum ditty noun: An American variant of Welsh rarebit, consisting of a cheese-and-tomato sauce on toast.
rinky-dink adjective, noun /ˈɹɪŋ.kɪ.dɪŋk/: An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
rinky-dinky adjective: Alternative form of rinky-dink.
rinky-tink noun: Synonym of honky-tonk (“musical style”).
Rinman's green noun: zinc green
rinmanite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, antimony, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.
Rinmann's green noun: Alternative form of Rinman's green.
Rinn proper noun: A surname.
Rinne proper noun: A surname.
Rinne test noun: A hearing test, used primarily for evaluating the loss of hearing in one ear, by comparing the perception of sounds transmitted by air conduction to those...
rinneite noun: An evaporite, consisting of mixed potassium, sodium and ferrous chloride, K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆.
Rinnemann's green noun: Synonym of cobalt green.
rinnenkarren noun: A form of karren with small channels or grooves.
rinner noun: A runner.
RINO noun: Acronym of Republican in name only, typically used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe liberal Republicans or Republicans seen...
-rinone suffix /ɹɪn.əʊn/: Used to form names of amrinone derivatives used as cardiac stimulants.
rinpoche noun: A title warranting great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.
rinsability noun: Alternative form of rinseability.
rinsable adjective: Alternative form of rinseable.
rinsate noun: water, containing low concentrations of contaminants, resulting from the cleaning of containers etc.
rinse noun, verb /ɹɪns/: To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
rinse aid noun: A cleaning product containing surfactants, said to improve the finish of items in dishwashers, especially glassware.
rinse and repeat phrase: Alternative form of lather, rinse, repeat.
rinse down verb: To rinse (something) completely from top to bottom.
rinse off verb: To clean by rinsing.
rinse out noun, verb: To clean (as the inside of a container) by washing it to remove residue.
rinse-pitcher noun: A drunkard.
rinse-repeat phrase: Alternative form of lather, rinse, repeat.
rinseability noun: The quality of being rinseable.
rinseable adjective: Suitable for rinsing.
rinser noun: One who, or that which, rinses.
rinsibility noun: Alternative form of rinseability.
rinsible adjective: Alternative form of rinseable.
rinsing noun, verb /ˈɹɪnsɪŋ/: The act by which something is rinsed.
rinsta noun /ˈɹɪn.stə/: A primary personal Instagram account on which one posts publicly (typically under their real name).
RINT noun: Acronym of radiation intelligence.
rintatolimod noun: A medication for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.
Rintoul proper noun: A surname.
Rinzai proper noun: A school of Zen buddhism in Japan, based on sudden enlightenment though koans and for that reason also known as the "sudden school".
rinzu noun: A Japanese silk satin damask.
rio noun: Alternative form of ryō (“Japanese ounce”).
Rio Grande disease noun: The disease of yellows in lettuce.
Riobamba proper noun: A city, the capital of Chimborazo province, Ecuador.
riociguat noun /ˌɹaɪ.oʊˈsɪɡ.juˌæt/: A drug that is a stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), used to treat pulmonary hypertension.
riodinid noun: Any member of the Riodinidae.
Riograndense noun: A native or inhabitant of Rio Grande.
rioja noun /ɹiˈɒxə/: The wine (mostly red) of that region.
Riojan adjective, noun /ɹiˈɒxən/: of or relating to Rioja in Spain, or to its wine
Riolo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
riomarinaite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
riometer noun: An instrument used to quantify the amount of electromagnetic wave ionospheric absorption in the atmosphere.
Rion proper noun: A male given name.
Riopelle proper noun: A surname.
Rioplatense adjective /ˌɹiːəʊpləˈtɛnseɪ/: Platine; belonging to the River Plate
Riordan proper noun: A surname.
riot noun, verb /ˈɹaɪ.ət/: A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
riot booster noun: One who engages in riot boosting.
riot boosting noun: Protest activities that encourage rioting.
riot gear noun: All the protective clothing, shields and weaponry worn or carried by a force attempting to control a riot.
riot girl noun: Alternative form of riot grrrl.
riot grrl noun: Alternative spelling of riot grrrl.
riot grrrl noun: An underground feminist punk movement and subculture that began in the early 1990s.
riot mask noun: A hard protective helmet with a face visor, forming part of riot gear.
riot money noun: Additional pay given to soldiers for serving against their fellow citizens, for example in quashing civil disorder.
riot police noun: A unit of the police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds. They use special equipment for personal defense as well as for crowd control and...
riot police officer noun: A member of a riot police.
riot shield noun: A lightweight handheld protection device, generally used in riot control.
riot stairs noun: A flight of stairs that is constructed to deliberately disrupt the natural strides of people walking or running on them.
rioter noun /ˈɹaɪətə/: One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
rioting noun, verb: A riot.
riotintoite noun: A colourless triclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur.
riotise noun /ˈɹʌɪətʌɪz/: Wild excess; revelry, riotousness.
riotist noun: A rioter.
riotless adjective: Without riots or rioting.
riotous adjective /ˈɹaɪətəs/: Having the characteristics of a riot.
riotously adverb /ˈɹaɪ.ət.əs.li/: In a riotous manner.
riotousness noun: The state or condition of being riotous.
riotproof adjective: Resistant to rioting.
riotry noun: The act or practice of rioting.
rip interjection, noun, verb /ɹɪp/: To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
rip a page out of someone's book verb: Alternative form of take a leaf out of someone's book.
rip a page out of someone's playbook verb: Alternative form of take a leaf out of someone's book.
rip along verb: To rush headlong.
rip and dip noun, verb: A viral food trend where hot, whole, uncut bagels are torn apart by hand and dunked into flavored creams or sauces instead of being sliced and spread.
rip-and-tear adjective: Violently unrestrained, especially when committing a crime.
rip apart verb: To be destroyed due to the malevolent actions of others.
rip box noun: A high end computer used for "ripping" (decoding) DVDs and converting them into various formats, using ripping and encoding software.
rip cord noun: Alternative form of ripcord.
rip current noun: A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
rip down verb: To dismantle or demolish (something).
rip entry noun: A type of entry into the water when diving from a platform or springboard where no splash results after the entire body has entered the water (the splash...
rip fence noun: In a table saw, a fence or guide running from the front of the table (the side nearest the operator) to the back, parallel to the cutting plane of the blade.
RIP in peace interjection: Alternative form of RIP.
rip into verb: To verbally attack or criticise.
rip it up verb: To perform spectacularly.
rip off noun, verb: To pull off by ripping.
rip-off merchant noun: One who charges excessively high prices.
rip off the band-aid verb: To perform a painful or unpleasant, but necessary, action quickly so as to minimize the pain or fear associated with it.
rip off the bandage verb: To deal with a difficult situation by sudden difficult action.
rip on verb: To mock; to ridicule.
rip one verb: To fart audibly.
rip out verb: To remove by ripping
rip rap noun: Alternative form of riprap.
rip-roaring adjective: Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.
rip-roaringly adverb: In a rip-roaring manner.
rip-roarious adjective: Alternative form of riproarious.
rip saw noun, verb: Alternative spelling of ripsaw.
rip-snorting mad adjective: extremely angry
rip someone a new one verb: Synonym of tear someone a new one.
rip someone's head off verb: To castigate someone very angrily.
rip the band-aid off verb: Alternative form of rip off the band-aid.
rip tide noun: Alternative spelling of riptide.
rip to shreds verb: To tear apart, so that only shreds remain.
RIP troll noun: An Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
RIP trolling noun: The actions of an RIP troll, leaving deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
rip up verb: To destroy by ripping.
Rip Van Winkleish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Rip Van Winkle.
Rip Van Winklesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Rip Van Winkle.
Ripa proper noun: A surname.
ripamatic noun: A mockup advertisement assembled from portions of existing advertisements.
riparial adjective /ɹaɪˈpɛəɹi.əl/: riparian
riparian adjective, noun /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/: Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
riparian buffer noun /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən ˈbʌfə(ɹ)/: An area of vegetation around a body of water that gives benefits to the ecosystem in the body of water. It can provide shade, a food source, and a buffer...
riparian right noun: The right of a person who owns the land by a river, stream or creek to have access to and use of the shore and water.
riparianism noun: A doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river,...
riparianness noun: Quality of being riparian.
riparious adjective /rɪˈpɛəɹi.əs/: Growing or living along the banks of rivers
riparium noun /ɹɪˈpɛəɹi.əm/: A type of vivarium that mimics a shoreline or riverbank, featuring a large water area with minimal land, usually represented by semi-aquatic plants emerging...
ripasudil noun: A drug derived from fasudil and used to treat glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
ripazepam noun /ɹɪˈpæzɪpæm/: A pyrazolodiazepinone derivative with anxiolytic effects, structurally related to certain benzodiazepine drugs.
ripcord noun: A cord to release a parachute from its sack.
ripe adjective, noun, verb /ɹaɪp/: Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
ripe for the picking adjective: Ready to be taken or exploited.
ripe for the plucking adjective: Synonym of ripe for the picking.
ripe old age phrase: A very old age
ripeck noun: Alternative form of rypeck.
ripeish adjective: Somewhat ripe.
ripely adverb: In a ripe way.
ripen verb /ˈɹaɪpən/: Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
ripen up verb: to ripen; become ripe
ripener noun: Any chemical compound used to promote ripening.
ripeness noun: The characteristic of being ripe.
ripening noun, verb: The process of becoming ripe.
ripeningly adverb: While, or as if, ripening.
Riperton proper noun: A surname.
ripgut noun: Alternative form of ripgut brome.
ripgut brome noun: A type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.
ripgut fence noun: A type of fence made of criss-crossed pairs of wood poles, which was fairly common in western rangeland before the introduction of barbed wire.
ripgut grass noun: Alternative form of ripgut brome.
Riphaean adjective /ˈɹɪfɪən/: Designating a range of mountains once thought to be located in northern Europe, later considered mythological or identified with the Urals.
Riphean adjective: Alternative form of Riphaean.
ripicolous adjective: Synonym of riparian.
ripidolite noun: A translucent green chlorite mineral of micaceous structure; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron.
ripienist noun: A musician in the ripieno portion of an orchestra, especially as opposed to a soloist or concertino section.
ripieno noun /ɹiːpiˈeɪnəʊ/: The part of a concerto grosso in which the ensemble plays together; contrasted with the concertino.
ripiphorid noun: Any beetle in the family Ripiphoridae.
Ripka proper noun: A surname.
Ripley proper noun /ˈɹɪpli/: A surname from Old English.
riplock noun: A deliberate slowdown in the transfer rate when reading data from a DVD, so as to reduce the amount of noise from the drive.
ripoff noun: Alternative spelling of rip-off.
Ripoll proper noun: The capital of Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
ripomatic noun: Alternative form of ripamatic.
ripon noun: A spur (goad for a horse etc.).
ripoptosome noun: An intracellular signalling complex formed in response to genotoxic stress
ripost noun: A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
riposte noun, verb /ɹɪˈpəʊst/: A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
Ripp proper noun: A surname.
rippa rugby noun: A version of rugby union where the players must remove a flag, worn around the waist, from the ball carrier instead of tackling.
rippability noun: The ease or difficulty with which a rock or earth material can be broken into pieces; the degree to which such material is rippable.
rippable adjective: Capable of being ripped (in various senses).
rippchen noun: A German form of spare ribs
ripped adjective, verb /ɹɪpt/: Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.
Rippel proper noun: A surname.
ripper adjective, noun /ˈɹɪpə/: Something that rips something else.
Ripperological adjective: Relating to Ripperology.
Ripperologist noun: One with an interest in Ripperology.
Ripperology noun: The study of Jack the Ripper, an unidentified serial killer active around the Whitechapel district of London in the late 19th century.
ripperoni interjection: Used to express sympathy over a loss, setback, or difficulty.
Rippetoe proper noun: A surname.
Rippey proper noun: A surname.
rippier noun: Alternative form of ripper (“one who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns”).
rippin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of ripping.
ripping adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/: That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
ripping iron noun: A caulker's claw-like tool for tearing oakum out of a seam, or stripping copper or sheathing from a ship's bottom.
rippingly adverb: splendidly; very well
rippingness noun: Quality of being ripping.
ripple noun, verb /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/: A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
ripple box noun: A kind of box placed in water to collect heavier particles that could later be panned for gold.
ripple carry noun: The situation where a logic circuit uses multiple full adders to add n-bit numbers, with each full adder taking the output of the previous one as an input.
ripple effect noun: The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
ripple mark noun: A sedimentary structure indicating agitation by water or wind.
ripple strip noun: The striped kerb at the edge of a racetrack.
ripple voltage noun: A small, regular variation in a direct current voltage that remains after rectification and filtering of an alternating current voltage.
rippleless adjective /ˈɹɪp.əl.(l)əs/: Without ripples.
rippler noun: One who uses a ripple (toothed instrument) to remove the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
ripplet noun: A small ripple.
rippling adjective, noun, verb: Moving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind.
ripplingly adverb: With a rippling motion.
ripplon noun: A quantized capillary-tension wave at the surface of a liquid
ripplonic adjective: Relating to ripplons.
ripply adjective /ˈɹɪp.liː/: Having ripples.
rippon noun: Alternative form of ripon (“a spur”).
Ripponden proper noun: A village and civil parish in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0319).
rippy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
riprap noun, verb /ˈɹɪpɹap/: An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
ripretinib noun: A drug for the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
riproarious adjective /ˌɹɪpˈɹɔːɹi.əs/: Full of hilarity.
riproximin noun: A protein that inactivates certain ribosomes and may have anticancer uses
ripsack noun: The gray whale.
ripsaw noun, verb: A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
ripsawyer noun: One who uses a ripsaw.
ripsnorter noun: a violently energetic or noisily outspoken person; someone using slambang methods
ripsnorting adjective: Strong; intense.
ripsnortingly adverb: In a ripsnorting manner; excellently or intensely.
ripstick noun: A two-wheeled, human-powered land vehicle consisting of two narrow platforms or decks that are joined by a torsion bar containing a spring. It is controlled...
ripstop noun: A thick reinforcement thread woven into fabric to provide resistance against tearing.
riptide noun /ˈɹɪp.taɪd/: A particularly strong tidal current.
Ripton proper noun: A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
Ripuarian adjective, noun /ˌɹɪp.juˈɛə.ɹɪən/: Any of the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed to the...
riq noun: Radio-intermediate quasar.
riq'a noun /ɹɪˈkɑː/: A simple style of Arabic calligraphy, common in everyday handwriting.
riqq noun: Alternative spelling of riq.
Riquelme proper noun: A surname.
RIR noun: Initialism of regional Internet registry.
RIRO phrase: Acronym of rubbish in, rubbish out.
riroriro noun: A grey warbler, of the species Gerygone igata.
RIS noun: Initialism of research information system.
RISA noun: Initialism of radioiodinated serum albumin.
Risako proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
risala noun: Alternative form of ressala.
risalah noun: Alternative form of ressala.
risalahdar noun: Alternative form of ressaldar.
risaldar noun: Alternative form of ressaldar.
risallah noun: Alternative form of ressala.
Risan proper noun: coastal town in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
risankizumab noun: A monoclonal antibody used to treat psoriasis and similar conditions
risban noun: Alternative form of risbank.
risbank noun: A piece of ground upon which a fort is constructed to defend a post.
risberm noun: A glacis in jetties to withstand the violence of the sea.
Risborough proper noun: A surname from Old English.
RISC noun /ɹɪsk/: Acronym of reduced instruction set computer.
Risca proper noun: A town in Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2490).
Risch proper noun /ɹɪʃ/: A surname.
risdiplam noun /ˈɹɪsdɪplæm/: A drug for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.
Risdon proper noun: A surname.
rise noun, suffix, verb /ɹaɪz/: To move upwards.
rise above verb: To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate.

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.