Index of English words, starting with "ra"

(1) - Raskolnik (n.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.

(1) - Rasorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like.

(1) - Rasp (v.) The raspberry.
(2) - Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
(3) - Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
(4) - Rasp (v. t.) To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.

(1) - Raspatory (v.) A surgeon's rasp.

(1) - Raspberry (n.) The shrub bearing this fruit.
(2) - Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.