Dictionary: RF – RHZ

• R.F.
n. a practical joke …1960s Amer. sl.

• RHAA
n. hungry, ravenous …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RHAATID
adj. used as an intensifier that implies anger or strong disapproval …1994 Black British usage

• RHEA
adj. of a horse: frisky, unmanageable …1891 Amer. dial.

• RHETORCULIST
n. 1607 obs. rare – a petty or mediocre orator

• RHEUM
n. 1. 1879 Eng. dial. – a cold in the head  
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – rheumatism; an attack of rheumatism  

• RHEUMATIC
n. 1835 Amer. dial. – rheumatism; a rheumatic attack or pain  

• RHEUMATICS
n. rheumatism …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.

• RHEUMATISMED
adj. afflicted with rheumatism …c1938 Amer. dial.

• RHEUMATISM IN THE SHOULDERS
n. arrest …Bk1903 sl.

• RHEUMATIST
adj. afflicted with rheumatism or stiff joints …1804 Sc. obs.

• RHEUMATIZ
n. rheumatism; a rheumatic attack or pain …1844 Amer. dial.

• RHEUMS
n. rheumatism …1886 Sc.

• THE RHEUMS
n. rheumatism; an attack of rheumatism …1966 Amer. dial.

• RHEUMY
adj. running with cold …1896 Eng. dial.

• RHINELAND
n. Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• RHINO
n. 1. money; spec. ready money …1688 sl.
n. 2. a rhinoceros …1884 sl.

• RHINOCERAL
adj. rich …M19 sl.

► RHINOCERICAL adj. 1. having plenty of ‘the rhino’; rich; wealthy; full of money → 1688 sl. obs.
adj. 2. heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros; huge, large → 1689 obs.
adj. 3. of a nose: like a rhinoceros’ horn, turned up → 1710 obs.

• RHINO-FAT
adj. rich …Bk1903 sl.

• RHINY
adj. 1. miserly, close-fisted; too stingy to be clean …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. thin; lean; hungry-looking …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RHODO
n. E20 – a rhododendron (colloq.)

• RHODY
n. 1. M19 – a rhododendron (colloq.)
n. 2. Bk1903 – the state of Rhode Island (Amer. sl.)

► RHONCHISONANT
adj. that sounds like snoring; snorting → 1656 obs.

• RHUBARB
n. 1. 1934 – a word repeated to give the impression of the murmur of conversation (theatrical sl.)
n. 2. 1943 – a low-level strafing raid (sl.)
n. 3. M20 – nonsense, worthless stuff (sl.)
n. 4. 1943 – a noisy dispute or row; an argument on the field of play in baseball (US sl.)

• RHUME
n. scurf on the scalp of the head …1876 Eng. dial.

• RHYME
vb. 1. to compose …1888 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to reiterate …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to talk nonsense …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to tell lies …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RHYMELESS
adj. unreasonable; reckless, regardless …Bk1904 Sc.

• RHYME-SLINGER
n. a poet …Bk1903 sl.

• RHYMING-WARE
n. compositions in rhyme; poetry …1785 Sc. obs.