| rya | (n) a shag rug made in Sweden, Syn. rya rug |
| rydberg | (n) a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element, Syn. rydberg constant, rydberg unit |
| rydberg's penstemon | (n) plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado, Syn. Penstemon rydbergii |
| rye | (n) the seed of the cereal grass |
| rye | (n) hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement, Syn. Secale cereale |
| rye | (n) whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt, Syn. rye whisky, rye whiskey |
| rye bread | (n) any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour |
| rye ergot | (n) a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium |
| rye grass | (n) any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses, Syn. ryegrass |
| rynchopidae | (n) coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers, Syn. family Rynchopidae |
| Ryal | a. Royal. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ryal | n. See Rial, an old English coin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ryder | n. |
| Rye | n. [ OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. råg, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr.
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| Rynd | n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ryot | n. [ Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah. ] A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ] The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world. The Nation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rypophagous | a. [ Gr. |
| Rys | n. A branch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rysh | n. Rush, a plant. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rysimeter | n. See Rhysimeter. [ 1913 Webster ] |