Himself ravished with the contemplation of the idea of good, and delighting in solid geometry (Rep. vii. 528 ), he has no difficulty in imagining that a lifetime might be passed happily in such pursuits. — from The Republic of Plato by Plato
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it is generally covered with a short grass resembling very much the blue grass.—the miniral appearances still continue; considerable quantities of bitumenous water, about the colour of strong lye trickles down the sides of the hills; this water partakes of the taste of glauber salts and slightly of allumn.—while the party halted to take dinner today Capt Clark killed a buffaloe bull; it was meagre, and we therefore took the marrow bones and a small proportion of the meat only. — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
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n. setting in a row Rheiad, n. a radiating Rheian, n. a streak, a stripe Rheianu, v. to streak, to stripe Rheio, v. to radiate, to gleam Rheibes, n. a witch, a charmer Rheibiad, n. a bewitching Rheibiadaeth, n. witchery Rheibiadu, v. to fascinate Rheidiadus, a. fascinating Rheibiaeth, n. rapacity Rheibiant, n. a forcible possessing Rheibiedig, a. seized; fascinated Rheibio, v. to seize, to snatch, to captivate, to bewitch Rheibiol, a. seizing; bewitching Rheibioldeb, n. a seized state Rheibog, n. power of digestion Rheibus, a. rapacious, greedy Rheidedd, n. necessity, want Rheidiannu, v. to necessitate Rheidiant, n. necessity, need Rheidio, v. to necessitate; to need Rheidiol, a. necessary, needful Rheidioldeb, n. necessariness Rheidioli, v. to render needful Rheidus, a. necessitous, needy Rheidusni, n. neediness, need Rheiduso, v. to render needy Rheiddin, a. radiating; profuse Rheiddio, v. to radiate; to dart Rheiddyn, n. a dart, a glance Rheiniad, n. a throwing a lance Rheinio, v. to throw a lance Rheitheg, n. canon of speech Rheithfawr, a. greatly just Rheithiad, n. a regulation Rheithiadol, a. canonical Rheithiadur, n. a regulalor Rheithio, v. to fix a law Rheithiol, a. established as law Rheithioreg, n. rhetoric Rheithiwr, n. a juryman Rhelyw, n. a trail; a residue, the rest Rhem, n. what runs out Rhemiad, n. a running out: n. a muttering Rhemmwth, n. a gorbelly; a glutton Rhemp, n. an excess; frenzy: a. bewitched: crazy Rhempiad, n. an infatuation Rhempian, v. to snatch greedily Rhempio, v. to run to excess Rhen, n. the supreme, the Lord Rhenc, n. a row, rank Rhenciad, n. placing in a row Rhencio, v. to place in a row Rhent, n. an income; a rent Rhentu, v. to get income, to rent Rheol, n. a rule, an order Rheolaidd, a. orderly, regalar Rheoledigaeth, n. regulation Rheoli, v. to order, to sway Rheolus, a. orderly, regular Rheolwr, n. ruler Rhes, n. a row, a rank Rhesel, n. a rack, a grate Rheselu, v. to form a rack Rhesio, v. to set in a row Rhestog, n. plaited work; mat Rhestr, n. array, order, rank Rhestredigaeth, n. arrangement Rhestriad, n. an arranging Rhestrig, n. a row, a range Rhestrog, a. rowed; plaited, matted Rhestrol, a. ordinal; arrayed Rhrestru, v. to range, to marshal Rhesu, v. to place in a row Rheswm, n. reason, sense Rhesymeg, n. logic; reasoning Rhesymiad, n. a reasoning Rhesymol, a. rational; tolerable Rhesymoldeb, n. rationality Rhesymu, v. to reason, to argue Rheth, n. a pervading quality Rhrethren, n. a pike, a lance Rhëu, v. to run about; to move Rheuedd, n. activity, agility Rhew, n. what is slippery; frost Rhewi, v. to freeze; to be ice Rhewiad, n. a freezing Rhewlyd, a. freezing, frosty Rhewyn, n. a drain, a gutter Rhewys, a wanton, lusting Rhi, n. what is specific; a chief Rhiaidd, a. notable, pre-eminent Rhial, n. an original lineage Rhiallu, n. hundred thousand Rhian, n. a dame, a lady Rhianaidd, a. feminine; female Rhianon, n. a goddess, a nymph Rhiaint, n. a parent, a source Rhiol, a. noble, royal Rhib, n. a streak; a dribblet Rhibin, n. scanty row, streak Rhibio, v. to streak; to dribble Rhibib, n. a reed pipe; a hautboy Rhic, n. a notch; to groove Rhicio, v. to notch; to groove Rhiciol, a. notching; grooving Rhid, n. a drain; semen Rhidio, v. to drain; to secrete Rhidyll, n. a riddle, a sieve Rhydyllio, v. to riddle, to sift Rhidys, n. a drain; a rill Rhidysio, v. to flow dribbling Rhidd, n. a centre; an obstacle Rhiddio, v. to centre; to repel Rhieddu, v. to act as a chief Rhieniol, a. feminine Rhieni, n. ancestry, parents Rhieniaeth, n. parentage Rhieniol, a. parental Rhies, n. a dame, a lady Rhif, n. what divides; number Rhifadwy, a. numerable Rhifedigaeth, n. numeration Rhifedydd, Rhifiedydd, n. a numerator Rhifedd, n. numerousness Rhifiad, n. a numbering Rhifiannol, a. numerary Rhifiannu, v. to numerate Rhifiog, a. numerous, many Rhifnod, n. a numeral Rhifnodol, a. numerical Rhifnodiad, n. numeration Rhifo, Rhifnodi, v. to numerate, to number, to count, to reckon Rhifol, a. numeral, numerical Rhifyddeg, n. arithmetic Rhifyn, n. a single number Rhifyddiaeth, n. numeration Rhiff, n. what divides or parts Rhifft, n. what is divided, a rift Rhig, n. a notch, a groove; the pillory Rhign, n. a notch, a groove Rhignedd, n. a notched part Rhigo, v. to notch, to groove Rhigod, n. a pillory Rhigol, n. a groove; trench Rhigoliad, n. a grooving; a trenching Rhigolydd, n. groove plane Rhilgwm, n. a long row; rote Rhigymu, v. to say by rote Rhing, n. a creak, a clink Rhingwar, n. a clamp Rhyngyll, n. a serjeant Rhingyllaeth, n. serjeantship Rhil, n. an interstice Rhill, n. a row; trench; drill Rhilio, v. to row; to drill Rhim, n. a rim, an edge Rhimio, v. to rim, to edge Rhimp, a rim, an extremity Rhimpyn, n. an extremity; a rhyme Rhimyn, n. a rim, an edge Rhimynu, v. to form a rim Rhin, n. what pervades; a channel; a virtue, a secret; a charm Rhinc, n. a creak; a gnash; a quail Rhincio, v. to creak; to gnash Rhinciol, a. creaking; clacking Rhincyn, n. a creak, a clink, a gnash, a clack Rhinfawr, a. greatly endowed Rhiniad, n. an using of mystery Rhinio, v. to endure with a virtue; to use mystery Rhiniol, a. mysterious, secret Rhint, n. a notch, a groove Rhintach, a. notched, grooved Rhinwedd, n. virtue; mystery Rhinweddol, a. virtuous Rhip, n. a skip, an over-skip Rhipai, n. a hatchel Rhipio, v. to pass or skip over Rhis, n. what is broken into points Rhisellt, n. a grater; a rasp Rhisg, n. bark, rind Rhisgen, n. a dish or bowl of bark Rhisgl, n. bark, coat or rind Rhisglad, n. a barking Rhisglo, v. to bark, to strip bark Rhisglog, a. having bark Rhisglyn, n. a piece of bark Rhisgo, v. to bark, to strip of bark, to peel Rhith, n. guise, appearance, semblance, an embryo Rhithedd, n. apparentness Rhithiant, n. appearance Rhithio, v. to appear, to seem Rhithiol, a. appearing, apparent Rhithiogaeth, a. appearance Rhithiogi, v. to give appearance Rhiw, n. a drift; a slope Rho, n. what is put off; a gift Rhoc, n. a rocking, a shake Rhocas, n. a lad, a youth Rhocian, v. to keep rocking Rhocos, n. broken particles Rhoch, n. a grunt, a groan Rhochain, v. to keep grunting Rhochiad, n. a grunting Rhochi, v. to grunt, to growl Rhôd, n. an orb; a wheel; the ecliptic Rhodell, n. a whirl, a spindle Rhoden, n. a switch, a whip Rhodfa, n. a circular course Rhodiana, v. to stroll about Rhodienai, n. a gadding gossip Rhodienol, a. ambulatory Rhodio, v. to walk about Rhodl, n. a paddle; a scull Rhodle, n. a course, a range Rhodli, v. to paddle, to scull Rhodol, a. wheeling; wandering Rhodres, n. ostentation; pomp Rhodresgar, Rhodresol, a. ostentatious, pompous Rhodresu, v. to swagger Rhodreswr, n. a boaster, a swaggerer Rhodwedd, n. an orbit, a course Rhodwydd, n. an open course Rhodd, n. a gift, a present Rhoddedigaeth, n. a donation Rhoddi, v. to give, to bestow Rhoddiannol, a. donative Rhoddiant, n. a donation Rhoddol, a. giving, bestowing Rhoddwyr, n. a giver, a bestower Rhogl, n. scent, odour, smell Rhoi, v. to give to bestow Rhol, n. a roll, a cylinder Rholbren, n. a rolling-pin Rholen, n. a roll, a roller Rholiad, n. a rolling Rholian, v. to be rolling about Rholio, v. to roll or turn about Rholyn, n. a roll, a roller, a chub Rhon, n. a tail; a pike, a lance Rhonc, n. a sinking Rhonca, a. sinking Rhoncian, v. to sink, to become hollow Rhonell, n. a tail; hair of a tail Rhonellog, a. having a tail Rhonos, small broken particles Rhont, n. a frisk, to gambol Rhonta, v. to frisk, to gambol Rhonten, n. a merry frisker Rhontyn, n. a frisker Rhos, n. moist land, a moor: n. rose Rhosb, n. a whim, a trick; a doggerel Rhosbai, n. a doggerel rhymster Rhosdir, n. fenny ground Rhoslyd, a. fenny, marshy Rhost, a. dried, browned, over roasted Rhostio, v. to brown over, to roast Rhostog, n. the plover Rhoth, a. loose; hollow Rhu, n. a loud utterance, a roar Rhuad, n. a roaring; loquacity Rhuadol, a. roaring Rhuadu, v. to make a roaring Rhaudwy, a. roaring Rhuch, n. a film; a husk Rhuchion, n. husks Rhuchioni, v. to clear of husks Rhuchionyn, n. a husk; a film Rhud, n. a cast or drive forward Rhudd, a. ruddy hue, crimson: a. ruddy, crimson; callow Rhuddain, a. crimson Rhuddo, v. to make crimson Rhuddog, n. the redbreast Rhudded, n. a red streak; a path Rhuddel, n. a ruddy hue; a glow Rhuddeli, n. a red slave Rhuddell, n. ruddle, red ochre to mark sheep Rhuddellen, n. one of a ruddy hue Rhuddellu, v. to stain with crimson Rhuddem, n. a ruby Rhudden, n. a red streak Rhuddfa, Rhuddfan, n. parched spot Rhuddfelyn, n. orange yellow Rhuddgoch, a. pink red Rhuddiad, n. a turning to crimson Rhuddin, n. heart of timber Rhuddion, n. husks Rhuddlas, a. crimson blue Ruddlwyd, a. russet colour Rhuddos, n. the marigold Rhuddwern, n. bird cherry tree Rhuddugl, n. the radish Rhuf, n. what breaks out; a flush Rhufell, n. the fish roach Rhufon, n. a reddened one; a warrior Rhug, n. what has breaks or points Rhugl, a. free, ready; fluent; rife Rhugledd, n. quick motion, fluency Rhuglen, n. a drum Rhuglgroen, n. a rattle made of dry skin with stones in it Rhugliad, n. friction; clearance Rhuglo, v. to clear, to smooth, to rub Rhull, a. rife; frank; rash; hasty Rhum, n. what projects or swells Rhumen, n. a paunch Rhumog, a. rotund: n. paunch Rhumwth, n. a greedy-gut Rhun, n. a lavish one Rhuo, v. to roar; to talk Rhuol, a. roaring, loquacious Rhuor, a. roaring, blustering Rhus, a start, a recoil; reynard Rhuso, v. to start; to hesitate Rhusol, a. starting; hesitating Rhusgar, a. apt to start; restive Rhusiad, n. a starting from Rhuth, n. breaking out or from Rhuthr, n. a gust, a rush, an assault, an attack; a good while Rhuthro, v. to rush; to assault Rhuthrol, a. rushing; assailing Rhuthriad, n. a rushing on Rhuwch, n. exterior coat; a rug Rhuwchen, n. a rough coat; a rug Rhwb, n. a rub, a chafe Rhwbiad, n. rubbing; friction Rhwbio, v. to rub, to chafe Rhwch, n. what is rough; a grunt Rhwchiad, n. a grunting Rhwchial, n. a shrill grunting Rhwchiala, v. to grunt Rhwchiawl, a. grunting Rhwchws, n. a ray, a skate Rhwd, n. sediment; smut; rust Rhwdog, a. covered with rust Rhwf, n. what swells or puffs out Rhwg, n. what projects; a ruff Rhwgn, n. a rub, a friction Rhwng, n. an intermediacy Rhwmp, n. a borer, an anger Rhwn, what covers over Rhwnc, n. snore; rattle Rhwnciad, n. a rattling, guggling Rhwncian, v. to rattle, to guggle Rhwnen, n. a single pear Rhwnsi, n. a rough coated horse Rhwnt, n. what covers over Rhwnyn, n. pears Rhws, n. cultivated region Rhwtio, v. to corrode; to fret Rhwtion, n. dregs Rhwtioni, v. to produce dregs Rhwtws, n. broken parts; dregs Rhwth, a. wide, gaping, yawing Rhwy, n. excess, superfluity Rhywol, a. excessive superfluity Rhwych, n. whaf extends Rhwyd, n. a net, a snare Rhwyden, n. a small net; a caul Rhwydiad, n. a reticulation Rhwydo, v. to net, to ensnare Rhwydog, a. reticulated, netted Rhwydd, a. free, easy, tolerable Rhwyddâd, n. a making easy Rhwyddâu, v. to facilitate Rhwydd-deb, n. facility; success Rhwyddineb, n. easy, free state Rhwyddoli, v. to facilitate Rhwyddyni, v. to facilitate Rhwyf, n. what impels; ambition; a ruler; an oar Rhwyfadain, n. a directing fin Rhwyfadur, n. a swayer Rhwyfain, v. to be swaying Rhwyfan, n. impulse; sway: v. to sway; to lead Rhwyfaniad, n. domination Rhwyfanu, v. to dominate Rhwyfanus, a. imperious Rhwyfiad, n. a swaying; a rowing Rhwyfiant, n. domination Rhwyfo, v. to sway; to row Rhwyfol, a. swaying; rowing Rhwyfolaeth, n. dictatorship Rhwyfoldeb, n. a state of sway Rhwyfus, apt to sway; haughty Rhwyg, n. a rent, a rupture Rhwygo, v. to rend, to tear Rhwygol, a. rending tearing Rhwyll, n. a ring-fence; a paddock: n. an interstice, fret work; a casement Rhwyllo, v. to form insterstices Rhwyllog, a. fretted; cross-barred; grated Rhwym, n. a bond, a tie: a. bound, tied, fastened Rhwymedigaeth, n. restriction Rhwymedigol, a. restrictive Rhwymtdd, n. restraint; bondage Rhwymiad, n. a binding, a tying Rhwymiant, n. restriction Rhwymo, v. to bind, to tie Rhwymyn, n. a band: a swathe Rhwymynu, v. to swaddle Rhwyn, n. a wind, a twist Rhwyno, v. to bind, to tie Rhwyoli, v. to render excessive Rhwys, n. vigour; wantonness; luxurance Rhwysedd, n. vigourousness Rhwysg, n. a carreer; sway Rhwysglo, v. to run headlong Rhwysglyd, a. froward, restive Rhwysgol, a. swaying; risking Rhwysiad, n. invigoration Rhwysog, a. vigorous, luxuriant Rhwysol, a. invigorating Rhwysogi, v. to luxuriate Rhwysoldeb, n. vigour Rhwysoli, v. to invigorate Rhwystr, n. hinderance; let Rhwystredig, a. hindering Rhwystri, n. hindrance; let Rhwystro, to hinder, to obstruct Rhwystrusi, n. hindrance Rhwyth, n. what pervades; juice Rhwytho, v. to pervade, to ooze Rhy, n. excess, superfluity Rhyado, v. to leave utterly Rhyaddo, v. to promise overmuch Rhyal, n. a procreation Rhybarch, n. extreme regard Rhybed, n. a clinched state Rhybediad, n. a clinching Rhyborthi, v. to support fully Rhybrynu, v. to purchase fully Rhybuch, n. earnest longing Rhybudd, n. notice, warning Rhybuddio, v. to give notice Rhybuddiol, a. warning Rhyburo, v. to purify fully Rhybwyso, v. to over-weigh Rhybwyth, n. a retort; over-play Rhych, n. a trench, a furrow Rhychio, Rhychu, v. to trench, to furrow Rhychwant, n. a span length Rhychwantu, v. to span Rhychware, n. excess of play Rhyd, n. a course; a ford Rhydaf, n. an overspreading Rhydain, n. a young deer, a fawn Rhydalu, v. to over-pay Rhydanu, v. to spread greatly Rhydarf, n. excessive rout Rhydeddu, v. to render supreme Rhyderig, a. barren, as to breeding Rhydgoch, a. of a russet colour Rhydio, v. to ford, to pass Rhydle, n. a fording place Rhydlyd, a. apt to rust, rusty Rhydni, n. rustiness, rust Rhydöi, v. to overspread Rhydollt, n. sawdust Rhydres, n. arrogance Rhydresol, a. supercilious Rhydu, v. to rust, to grow rusty Rhydweli, n. an artery Rhydwf, n. exuberance Rhydwng, n. an anathema Rhydyllu, v. to perforate Rhydyn, a. overstrained Rhydd, n. liberty, freedom: a. at large; free; liberal Rhyddâd, n. a liberating Rhyddadlu, v. to dispute overmuch Rhyddail, n. second leaves Rhyddaol, a. loosening, freeing Rhyddâu, v. to free, to liberate Rhydd-did, Rhyddid, n. liberty Rhydderchafu, v. to over exalt Rhyddewyllys, n. freewill Rhyddiaith, n. free language; prose Rhyddiant, n. relaxation liberation Rhyddineb, n. freedom, facility Rhyddogni, v. to over-supply Rhyddonio, v. to gift greatly Rhyddrent, n. gavelkind Rhyerchi, v. to ask earnestly Rhyfion, n. currants Rhyfael, n. excessive gain Rhyfai, n. an extreme fault Rhyfail, n. a prepossession Rhyfaint, n. an excess Rhyfalu, v. to grind extremely Rhyfanu, v. to impress Rhyfarnu, v. to pre-judge Rhyfawrth, n. March wind Rhyfedd, a. surprising, wonderful Rhyfeddod, n. a surprise, a wonder Rhyfeddol, a. surprising, wonderful Rhyfeddu, v. to wonder, to be surprised Rhyfel, n. war, warfare Rhyfela, v. to wage war, to war Rhyfelog, a. belligerent. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
Grimwig received very
In fact, as he threw himself at one dexterous dive into his former seat, Mr. Brownlow returned, accompanied by Oliver, whom Mr. Grimwig received very graciously; and if the gratification of that moment had been the only reward for all her anxiety and care in Oliver's behalf, Rose Maylie would have been well repaid. — from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
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In olden time the order of planting operations was as follows:—First, the elders had to hold a consultation with the Pawang; then the date was fixed; then Maulud 190 prayers were read over the ‘mother-seed,’ and benzoin, (incense) supplied by the Pawang , was burned; then all the requisites for rice-planting were got ready, viz.:— [ 220 ] “(1) A strong buffalo (to pull the plough). — from Malay Magic
Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat
The tens of thousands of junks engaged in the coasting trade and on the great rivers vary from five to five hundred tons capacity, while every town upon ocean river or canal has its house boats, flower boats, or floating restaurants and music halls, passenger boats, fishing boats, trading boats, etc. — from China by Blake, Henry Arthur, Sir
Dr. Thurnam, in producing fifteen of the above examples, remarks: “Altogether, they decidedly confirm the generally received view of the connection between size of brain and mental power and intelligence”; and he adds his conviction that if the examination of the brain in the upper ranks of society, and in men whose mental endowments are well known, were more generally available, further confirmation would be given to this conclusion. — from The Lost Atlantis and Other Ethnographic Studies by Wilson, Daniel, Sir
@Kenya:Geography Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania Geographic coordinates: 1 00 N, 38 00 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 582,650 sq km land: 569,250 sq km water: 13,400 sq km Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Nevada Land boundaries: total: 3,446 km border countries: Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km Coastline: 536 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior Terrain: low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m Natural resources: gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower Land use: arable land: 7% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 37% forests and woodland: 30% other: 25% (1993 est.) — from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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