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Rinkhals
- noun - highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
Rinsings
- noun - the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
Riot Act
- noun - a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
- a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act"
Riot Gun
- noun - a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death
Riotings
- noun - a state of disorder involving group violence
Rip Cord
- - A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent.
Riparian
- adjective - of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"
Ripcords
- noun - a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent
- a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend
Ripeness
- noun - the state of being ripe
Ripening
- verb - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
- coming to full development; becoming mature
- grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"