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Ra

Definitions: Ra

Ra

Noun

1. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

2. (astronomy) the angular distance eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through the body; expressed in hours and minutes and second; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees".

3. Ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god; a universal creator.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Ra" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the sun".

Date "Ra" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Ra

DomainDefinitions

Space

Right Ascension. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Ra

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ra (sometimes spelled Re or Rah -- also Atum) was the sun-god of Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. From the fifth dynasty (ca. 2400 BC) onward he was combined with the Theban god Amon to become the foremost deity of the Egyptian pantheon. He remained paramount for centuries except for a brief suspension during the time of Akhenaten (1350-1334 BC) when direct and exclusive worship of Aten, the sun disk itself, was imposed on the kingdom of Egypt. In later times, he was associated with Heryshaf.

Ra was, with Nephthys, the father of Anubis. He was also the father of Heget.

Ra was a self-creating god, fashioning himself from Mehturt, a mound (see Ogdoad) that came from the waters of Nun, or a lotus flower. He also created Shu and Tefnut out of his semen or mucus, Hu and Sia from the blood from his penis and humanity from his tears.

The sun was either the entire body of Ra, or just his eye. In Heliopolis (the capital of his cult), Ra was worshipped as Atum (the setting sun), Re-Harachte (Venus) and Khepri ("the rising sun"). He was later associated with Horus.

Though Ra and Atum ("he who completes or perfects") were the same god, Atum was used in distinctive fashions. He was primarily the symbol of the setting sun and was also a substitute for Ra as the creator of Shu and Tefnut from either masturbatory semen, (perhaps via autofellatio) or mucus. Atum was himself created by Ptah in some mythologies. Atum was the father of Hike.

Atum was the head of the Ennead and was represented by Mnewer, the black bull. He was associated with the snake, lizard, beetle, mangust, lion, bull, and ichneumon (mongoose).

Ra traveled through the underworld every night in a ship, and was protected (such as from the monster Apep) by Set and Mehen. During this journey, he was known as Auf or Efu Ra.

Hathor and Ra once argued, and she left Egypt. Ra quickly decided he missed her, but she changed into a cat that destroyed any man or god that approached. Thoth, disguised, eventually succeeds in convincing her to return.

Amon-Ra's identity with Zeus or Jupiter was acknowledged by the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks even gave the name Diospolis, City of Zeus, to Thebes. He was also associated with the Phoenix.

The symbol of Ra is the circumpunct.

See also: Khepri

Alternative: Re

External links

In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Society Islands), Ra is an alternate spelling for Roua.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ra."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ra

 

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

ra

DanishRadiatusGeography

Ra

EnglishRelative activity valuesN/A

RA

FinnishRefraktaarinen anemiaMedicine

RA

FrenchRhinite allergiqueMedicine

RA

GermanRechtsanwaltLaw, Language

RA

Greekπεδίο πληροφορίας αίτησης τυχαίου τρόπουN/A

RA

ItalianAnemia refrattariaN/A
RA extentEnglishRandom access extentComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Ra

Synonyms: atomic number 88 (n), celestial longitude (n), radium (n), right ascension (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Ra

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Jupiter

Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Ra

English words defined with "Ra": Amen-Ra, Amon-RaEye of Ra. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Ra": 97760BirdsEnforceable RequirementsReceptors, Purinergic P1, Revenue AssuranceScratchpad I. (references)
Etymologies containing "Ra": Ceriferous. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Ra" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Breton (it does), Dutch (aerial, antenna, Ra, Re, yard), Frisian (yard), Scottish (q.v.), Sotho (we), Tahitian (or, then).

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Modern Usage: Ra

DomainUsage

Screenplays

No, because it's the Egyptian goddess Bast, the goddess who comprehends all goddesses, eye of Ra, protector, avenger, destroyer, giver of life who lives forever. (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra)

Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra! (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark)

Yes. But the defining event, the death of Ra, took place in both worlds. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

Lyrics

RA RA RASPUTIN ("Rasputin"; performing artist: BONEY M)

Ra gale hamay va ser ("Mana Vu"; performing artist: Brave Combo)

La ra ra ra ra ra... ("This Is How We Do It"; performing artist: Montell Jordan)

Movie/TV Titles

Ra (1971)

Vao nam ra bac (2000)

Bad ma ra khahad bord (1999)

Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra (1991)

Chidaobas ra unda (1986)

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Commercial Usage: Ra

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Ra

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Photo Album: Ra

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Volunteer installs interpetive sign at McGowen Creek, McKenzie RA.Credit: Jill Williams.

Volunteers install interpretive sign at McGowen Creek, McKenzie RA.Credit: Jill Williams.

Volunteer installs bird box at McGowen Creek, McKenzie RA.Credit: Jill Williams.

Baker RA.Credit: John Craig.

Old wind mill and cattle. Immigrant Flats, Baker City RA.Credit: John Craig.

Immigrant Flats, Baker City RA. Black dog and cattle.Credit: John Craig.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ra

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Saag MS, Graybill JR, Larsen RA, et al. Practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease. (references)

Klontz KC, Lieb S, Schreiber M, Janowski HT, Baldy LM, Gunn RA. Syndromes of Vibrio vulnificus infections. (references)

Kalish RA, Leong JM, Steere AC. Association of treatment-resistant chronic Lyme arthritis with HLA-DR4 and antibody reactivity to OspA and OspB of Borrelia burgdorferi. (references)

Business

According to the law, President of Lithuania appoints the Director and the members of the RA for a 5-year period. (references)

The Department of Communications under the Ministry of Transportation is temporarily authorized by Government Decree to fulfill the RA function prescribed by the law until the RA will be established. (references)

The institutions in charge of telecommunication regulation in Lithuania are the Department of Information and Informatics (DII), the National Regulatory Agency (RA), the State Radio Administration Authority, the State Competition and Consumer Protection Office and the Permanent Information Society Commission. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Ra

"Ra" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 53.21% of the time. "Ra" is used about 265 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)53.21%14126,682
Unclassified Items26.79%7139,674
Noun (singular)13.96%3756,631
Preposition "of"5.28%1493,893
Interjection0.75%2245,945
                    Total100.00%265N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Ra

The following table summarizes the usage of "Ra" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
RaLast name30028,459
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Ra

"Ra" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the sun".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Ra."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
RamesesMaleAncient EgyptianRa
RaMaleEgyptian MythologyN/A
ReMaleEgyptian MythologyRa
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Expressions: Ra

Expressions using "Ra": Crooked River Ra eye of Ra. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Ra": ra-mah, Ra-moses, Ra-ra, Ra-rah, ra-regulated, ra-treated.

Ending with "Ra": ta-ra.

Containing "Ra": ca-ra-van, da-da-da-da-da-ra-da-dada-da-ra-da-ta-ta-ta, ly-ra-ta, retro-spi-ra-lis, spi-ra-lis.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ra

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ra

1,735

she ra

287

jang na ra

183

the winged dragon of ra

164

eye ra

148

lyrics ra

141

sun ra

79

mp3 ra

68

ra salvatore

60

band ra

55
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Modern Translations: Ra

Language Translations for "Ra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

da 226 Ra hovedsageligt udsender alfastraaler, er bestraalingen af gonaderne og knoglemarven uvaesentlig (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Re (Department of Réunion, Re, Reynolds number), Ra (aerial, antenna, Re, spars, yard, yardarm). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

Rao (Re). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

خدای افتاب مصریان قدیم . (various references)

   

French

  

Jupe (Ra-ra). (various references)

   

German

  

da das Ra 226 vorwiegend Alphastrahlen aussendet, ist die Strahlenbelastung von Gonaden und Knochenmark nicht nennenswert (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επειδή η ακτινοβολία που εκπέμπεται από το Rα 226 είναι κυρίως α,η ακτινοβόληση των γονάδων και του μυελού των οστών είναι αμελητέα (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha). (various references)

   

Italian

  

poiche' il Ra 226 emette soprattutto raggi alfa, l'irradiazione delle gonadi e del midollo osseo e' trascurabile (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

uma vez que o Ra-226 emite sobretudo radiação alfa,a irradiação das gónadas e da medula óssea tem pouco significado (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Real Academia De Bellas Artes. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Ra

LanguageDateSourceNumbers Chapter 7, Verse 69
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMoscon ena ek bown krion ena amnon ena eniausion eiV olokautwma
Latin405VulgateBovem de armento et arietem et agnum anniculum in holocaustum
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd an oxe a ra and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges
Jacobean English1611King JamesOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Victorian English1833WebsterOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering:
Basic English1964OgdenOne young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

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Matched Bible Translations: Ra

LanguageNumbers Chapter 7, Verse 69
Bulgarianедин юнец, един овен, едно едногодишно агне за всеизгаряне;
CebuanoUsa ka nating vaca nga lake, usa ka carnero, usa ka lakeng nati sa carnero nga may usa ka tuig ang kagulangon, alang sa halad-nga-sinunog;
Chinese一 隻 公 牛 犢 、 一 隻 公 綿 羊 、 一 隻 一 歲 的 公 羊 " 、 作 " 祭 。
Croatianjedan junac, jedan ovan, jedno janje od godinu dana za paljenicu;
Danishen ung Tyr, en Væder, et årgammelt Lam til Brændoffer,
DutchEen var, een jong rund, een ram, een lam, dat eenjarig was, ten brandoffer;
Finnishmullikka, oinas ja vuoden vanha karitsa polttouhriksi,
Frenchun jeune taureau, un bélier, un agneau d`un an, pour l`holocauste;
Germaneinen jungen Farren, einen Widder, ein jähriges Lamm zum Brandopfer;
Haitian CreoleLi ofri menm bagay ak Nakchon.
HungarianEgy fiatal tulok, egy kos, egy esztendõs bárány egészen égõáldozatul.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari(7:12)
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamadan seekor anak lembu atau lembu muda dan seekor domba jantan dan seekor anak domba yang umur setahun akan korban bakaran,
Italianun giovenco, un ariete, un agnello dell'anno per l'olocausto,
Korean또 번 물 로 수 송 아 지 하 나 와, 수 양 하 나 와, 일 년 된 어 린 수 양 하 나 이 며
MaoriKotahi puru, he kuao, kotahi hipi toa, kotahi reme toa, he tau tahi, hei tahunga tinana:
Modern Greekεις μοσχος εκ βοων, εις κριος, εν αρνιον ενιαυσιον, εις ολοκαυτωμα·
Norwegianen ung okse, en vær og et årsgammelt lam til brennoffer,
Portugueseum novilho, um carneiro, um cordeiro de um ano, para holocausto;   
Rumanianun viyel, un berbece, un miel de un an, pentru arderea de tot;
RussianП"ЙО ФЕМЕ", П"ЙО ПЧЕО, П"ЙО П"ОПМЕФОЙК БЗОЕ", ЧП ЧУЕУПЦЦЕОЙЕ,
Spanishun novillo, un carnero y un cordero de un año para el holocausto;
Swedishvidare en ungtjur, en vädur och ett årsgammalt lamm till brännoffer
Thaiวัวหนุ่มตัวหนึ่ง แกะผู้ตัวหนึ่ง ลูกแกะอายุหนึ่งขวบตัวหนึ่ง เป็นเครื่องเผาบูชา
Ukrainianодне теля, один баран, одне однорічне ягня на цілопалення,

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Derivations: Ra

Derivations

Words beginning with "Ra": rabat, rabato, rabatos, rabats, rabbet, rabbeted, rabbeting, rabbets, rabbi, rabbies, rabbin, rabbinate, rabbinates, rabbinic, rabbinical, rabbinically, rabbinism, rabbinisms, rabbins, rabbis, rabbit, rabbitbrush, rabbitbrushes, rabbited, rabbiter, rabbiters, rabbiting, rabbitries, rabbitry, rabbits, rabbity, rabble, rabbled, rabblement, rabblements, rabbler, rabblers, rabbles, rabbling, rabboni, rabbonis, rabic, rabid, rabidities, rabidity, rabidly, rabidness, rabidnesses, rabies, rabietic, raccoon, raccoons, race, racecourse, racecourses, raced, racehorse, racehorses, racemate, racemates, raceme, racemed, racemes, racemic, racemism, racemisms, racemization, racemizations, racemize, racemized, racemizes, racemizing, racemoid, racemose, racemous, racer, racers, races, racetrack, racetracker, racetrackers, racetracks, racewalker, racewalkers, racewalking, racewalkings, raceway, raceways, rachet, rachets, rachial, rachides, rachilla, rachillae, rachis, rachises, rachitic, rachitides, rachitis, racial, racialism, racialisms, racialist, racialistic, racialists, racially, racier, raciest, racily, raciness, racinesses, racing, racings, racism, racisms, racist, racists, rack, racked, racker, rackers, racket, racketed, racketeer, racketeered, racketeering, racketeers, racketier, racketiest, racketing, rackets, rackety, rackful, rackfuls, racking, rackingly, rackle, racks, rackwork, rackworks, raclette, raclettes, racon, racons, raconteur, raconteurs, racoon, racoons, racquet, racquetball, racquetballs, racquets, racy, rad, radar, radars, radarscope, radarscopes, radded, radding, raddle, raddled, raddles, raddling, radiable, radial, radiale, radialia, radially, radials, radian, radiance, radiances, radiancies, radiancy, radians, radiant, radiantly, radiants, radiate, radiated, radiately, radiates, radiating, radiation, radiational, radiationless, radiations, radiative, radiator, radiators, radical, radicalise, radicalised, radicalises, radicalising, radicalism, radicalisms, radicalization, radicalizations, radicalize, radicalized, radicalizes, radicalizing, radically, radicalness, radicalnesses, radicals, radicand, radicands, radicate, radicated, radicates, radicating, radicchio, radicchios, radicel, radicels, radices, radicle, radicles, radicular, radii, radio, radioactive, radioactively, radioactivities, radioactivity, radioallergosorbent, radioautograph, radioautographic, radioautographies, radioautographs, radioautography, radiobiologic, radiobiological, radiobiologically, radiobiologies, radiobiologist, radiobiologists, radiobiology, radiocarbon, radiocarbons, radiochemical, radiochemically, radiochemist, radiochemistries, radiochemistry, radiochemists, radiochromatogram, radiochromatograms, radioecologies, radioecology, radioed, radioelement, radioelements, radiogenic, radiogram, radiograms, radiograph, radiographed, radiographic, radiographically, radiographies, radiographing, radiographs, radiography, radioimmunoassay, radioimmunoassayable, radioimmunoassays, radioing, radioisotope, radioisotopes, radioisotopic, radioisotopically, radiolabel, radiolabeled, radiolabeling, radiolabelled, radiolabelling, radiolabels, radiolarian, radiolarians, radiologic, radiological, radiologically, radiologies, radiologist, radiologists, radiology, radiolucencies, radiolucency, radiolucent, radiolyses, radiolysis, radiolytic, radioman, radiomen, radiometer, radiometers, radiometric, radiometrically, radiometries, radiometry, radiomimetic, radionuclide, radionuclides, radiopaque, radiopharmaceutical, radiopharmaceuticals, radiophone, radiophones, radiophoto, radiophotos, radioprotection, radioprotections, radioprotective, radios, radiosensitive, radiosensitivities, radiosensitivity, radiosonde, radiosondes, radiostrontium, radiostrontiums, radiotelegraph, radiotelegraphies, radiotelegraphs, radiotelegraphy, radiotelemetric, radiotelemetries, radiotelemetry, radiotelephone, radiotelephones, radiotelephonies, radiotelephony, radiotherapies, radiotherapist, radiotherapists, radiotherapy, radiothorium, radiothoriums, radiotracer, radiotracers, radish, radishes, radium, radiums, radius, radiuses, radix, radixes, radome, radomes, radon, radons, rads, radula, radulae, radular, radulas, radwaste, radwastes, raff, raffia, raffias, raffinose, raffinoses, raffish, raffishly, raffishness, raffishnesses, raffle, raffled, raffler, rafflers, raffles, rafflesia, rafflesias, raffling, raffs, raft, rafted, rafter, raftered, rafters, rafting, rafts, raftsman, raftsmen, rag, raga, ragamuffin, ragamuffins, ragas, ragbag, ragbags, rage, raged, ragee, ragees. (additional references)

Words ending with "Ra": abracadabra, acciaccatura, agora, algebra, ambulacra, amphora, anaphora, angora, antidora, antisera, antra, appoggiatura, archentera, aspidistra, aura, aurora, baccara, bandora, begorra, bora, bra, bravura, buckra, bura, bursera, caesura, caldera, calyptra, camera, camorra, candelabra, capybara, caracara, carbonara, carbora, carnivora, cascara, cataphora, cathedra, centra, cerebra, cesura, chakra, chaulmoogra, chelicera, chimaera, chimera, cholera, ciguatera, cithara, claustra, clepsydra, cobra, cocinera, coelentera, coleoptera, coloratura, contra, coppra, copra, cordillera, corpora, crura, curara, datura, decahedra, demerara, deodara, dhoora, dhourra, diaspora, dicentra, dichondra, diptera, dobra, dodecahedra, doura, drosera, dura, durra, elytra, entera, ephedra, ephemera, era, etcetera, exedra, extra, eyra, fatshedera, fedora, femora, fenestra, fioritura, flora, fora, foraminifera, fulcra, genera, gerbera, glomera, grandiflora, guayabera, habanera, haftara, haphtara, hegira, hejira, hemelytra, hetaera, hetaira, hexahedra, hora, hydra, hymenoptera, icosahedra, infra, involucra, ixora, jagra, jura, kalyptra, kithara, kookaburra, labara, labra, laura, lempira, lepidoptera, libra, lira, lustra, macrolepidoptera, madeira, mandragora, mantra, maquiladora, marinara, mascara, mbira, mesentera, micra, microflora, microlepidoptera, mikra, moira, mojarra, monstera, mora, mudra, mura, murra, mycoflora, naira, neurospora, octahedra, okra, omnivora, opera, ora, orchestra, orra, orthoptera, ovipara, oxymora, pachysandra, palabra, palaestra, palestra, palmyra, palpebra, pandora, pandura, panjandra, para, pareira, parura, pellagra, pentahedra, penumbra, philodendra, philtra, phylloxera, picara, pignora, plectra, plethora, pleura, podagra, polyhedra, primavera, primipara, pronephra, purpura, rasbora, remora, rhodora, rhombohedra, riviera, rostra, sabra, sacra, samara, samsara, satara, sayonara, sclera, scolopendra, senhora, senora, sequestra, sera, sierra, signora, simulacra, sirra, sistra, solfatara, sora, spectra, spirogyra, subgenera, supra, sura, surra, sutra, synura, tamboura, tambura, tantara, tantra, tapadera, tempera, tempura, tephra, terra, tessera, tessitura, tetra, tetrahedra, tiara, tora, trapezohedra, trihedra, trisoctahedra, tuatara, tuatera, tundra, ultra, umbra, urethra, vara, vera, vertebra, vinifera, viscera, vivipara, wirra, womera, wommera, woomera, yantra, zamarra, zebra, zingara. (additional references)

Words containing "Ra": aberrance, aberrances, aberrancies, aberrancy, aberrant, aberrantly, aberrants, aberrated, aberration, aberrational, aberrations, abfarad, abfarads, abjuration, abjurations, aboral, aborally, abracadabras, abrachia, abrachias, abradable, abradant, abradants, abrade, abraded, abrader, abraders, abrades, abrading, abrasion, abrasions, abrasive, abrasively, abrasiveness, abrasivenesses, abrasives, abstract, abstractable, abstracted, abstractedly, abstractedness, abstractednesses, abstracter, abstracters, abstractest, abstracting, abstraction, abstractional, abstractionism, abstractionisms, abstractionist, abstractionists, abstractions, abstractive, abstractly, abstractness, abstractnesses, abstractor, abstractors, abstracts, accelerando, accelerandos, accelerant, accelerants, accelerate, accelerated, accelerates, accelerating, acceleratingly, acceleration, accelerations, accelerative, accelerator, accelerators, acciaccaturas, acculturate, acculturated, acculturates, acculturating, acculturation, acculturational, acculturations, acculturative, accuracies, accuracy, accurate, accurately, accurateness, accuratenesses, acerate, acerated, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterases, acierate, acierated, acierates, acierating, acquirable, acrasia, acrasias, acrasin, acrasins, adenoviral, adjuration, adjurations, adjuratory, administrable, administrant, administrants, administrate, administrated, administrates, administrating, administration, administrations, administrative, administratively, administrator, administrators, administratrices, administratrix, admirabilities, admirability, admirable, admirableness, admirablenesses, admirably, admiral, admirals, admiralties, admiralty, admiration, admirations, adorabilities, adorability, adorable, adorableness, adorablenesses, adorably, adoration, adorations, adulterant, adulterants, adulterate, adulterated, adulterates, adulterating, adulteration, adulterations, adulterator, adulterators, adumbral, adumbrate, adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating, adumbration, adumbrations, adumbrative, adumbratively, aerate, aerated, aerates, aerating, aeration, aerations, aerator, aerators, aerobrake, aerobraked, aerobrakes, aerobraking, aerogram, aerogramme, aerogrammes, aerograms, affray, affrayed, affrayer, affrayers, affraying, affrays, afraid, ageratum, ageratums, agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerates, agglomerating, agglomeration, agglomerations, agglomerative, aggradation, aggradations, aggrade, aggraded, aggrades, aggrading, aggrandise, aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandising, aggrandize, aggrandized, aggrandizement, aggrandizements, aggrandizer, aggrandizers, aggrandizes, aggrandizing, aggravate, aggravated, aggravates, aggravating, aggravation, aggravations, agorae, agoraphobe, agoraphobes, agoraphobia, agoraphobias, agoraphobic, agoraphobics, agoras, agrafe, agrafes, agraffe, agraffes, agranulocyte, agranulocytes, agranulocytoses, agranulocytosis, agrapha, agraphia, agraphias, agraphic, agrarian, agrarianism, agrarianisms, agrarians, agravic, agricultural, agriculturalist, agriculturalists, agriculturally, aircraft, airframe, airframes, algebraic, algebraically, algebraist, algebraists, algebras, aliteracies, aliteracy, aliterate, aliterates, alliterate, alliterated, alliterates, alliterating, alliteration, alliterations, alliterative, alliteratively, allograft, allografted, allografting, allografts, allograph, allographic, allographs, allotetraploid, allotetraploidies, allotetraploids, allotetraploidy, alterabilities, alterability, alterable, alterably, alterant, alterants, alteration, alterations, altostrati, altostratus, amaranth, amaranthine, amaranths, ambulacral, ameerate, ameerates, ameliorate, ameliorated, ameliorates, ameliorating, amelioration, ameliorations, ameliorative, ameliorator, ameliorators, amelioratory, aminotransferase, aminotransferases, amirate, amirates, amoral, amoralism, amoralisms, amoralities, amorality, amorally, amperage, amperages, amphibrach, amphibrachic, amphibrachs, amphorae, amphoral, amphoras, amtrac, amtrack, amtracks, amtracs, anagram, anagrammatic, anagrammatical, anagrammatically, anagrammatization, anagrammatizations, anagrammatize, anagrammatized, anagrammatizes, anagrammatizing, anagrammed, anagramming, anagrams, anaphoras, ancestral, ancestrally, anchorage, anchorages, andradite, andradites, anemograph, anemographs, anfractuosities, anfractuosity, anfractuous, angiocardiographic, angiocardiographies, angiocardiography, angiogram, angiograms, angiographic, angiographies, angiography, angoras, anorak, anoraks, answerable, antheral, anthracene, anthracenes, anthraces, anthracite, anthracites, anthracitic, anthracnose, anthracnoses, anthranilate, anthranilates, anthraquinone, anthraquinones, anthrax, antiadministration, antiaircraft, antiaircrafts, antiaristocratic, antibureaucratic, anticholinesterase, anticholinesterases, anticonglomerate, anticorporate, anticrack, anticultural, antidemocratic, antidraft, antifederalist, antifederalists, antifraud, antigravities, antigravity, antihierarchical, antiliberal, antiliberalism, antiliberalisms, antiliberals, antiliterate, antiliterates, antinarrative. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Ra

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ar.

 Words containing the letters "a-r"
 

+1 letter: air, arb, arc, are, arf, ark, arm, ars, art, bar, bra, car, ear, era, far, gar, jar, lar, mar, oar, ora, par, rad, rag, rah, raj, ram, ran, rap, ras, rat, raw, rax, ray, ria, rya, tar, var, war, yar.

 

+2 letters: abri, acre, aero, aery, afar, agar, ager, airn, airs, airt, airy, ajar, alar, amir, aper, arak, arbs, arch, arco, arcs, area, ares, arfs, aria, arid, aril, arks, arms, army, arse, arts, arty, arum, arvo, aryl, aura, aver, awry, barb, bard, bare, barf, bark, barm, barn, bars, bear, boar, bora, brad, brae, brag, bran, bras, brat, braw, bray, bura, carb, card, care, cark, carl, carn, carp, carr, cars, cart, char, crab, crag, cram, crap, craw, czar, darb, dare, dark, darn, dart, dear, drab, drag, dram, drat, draw, dray, dura, earl, earn, ears, eras, eyra, fair, fard, fare, farl, farm, faro, fart, fear, fiar, fora, frae, frag, frap, frat, fray, garb, gars, gaur, gear, gnar, grab, grad, gram, gran, grat, gray, guar, haar, hair, hard, hare, hark, harl, harm, harp, hart, hear, hoar, hora, izar, jarl, jars, jura, karn, kart, kbar, knar, kyar, lair, lard, lari, lark, lars, lear, liar, lira, maar, mair, marc, mare, mark, marl, mars, mart, mora, mura, narc, nard, nark, nary, near, oars, okra, orad, oral, orca, orra, osar, pair, para, pard, pare, park, parr, pars, part, pear, pram, prao, prat, prau, pray, proa, race, rack, racy, rads, raff, raft, raga, rage, ragi, rags, raia, raid, rail, rain, raja, rake, raki, rale, rami, ramp, rams, rand, rang, rani, rank, rant, rape, raps, rapt, rare, rase, rash, rasp, rate, rath, rato, rats, rave, raws, raya, rays, raze, razz, read, real, ream, reap, rear, rhea, rial, rias, road, roam, roan, roar, rota, ruga, ryas, sard, sari, sark, scar, sear, sera, soar, sora, spar, star, sura, tahr, tare, tarn, taro, tarp, tars, tart, tear, tora, trad, tram, trap, tray, tsar, tzar, urea, ursa, vair, vara, vars, vary, vera, wair, ward, ware, wark, warm, warn, warp, wars, wart, wary, waur, wear, wrap, yard, yare, yarn, year, zarf.

 

+3 letters: aargh, abhor, abler, abort, abris, acari, acerb, acorn, acred, acres, acrid, actor, adder, adore, adorn, aerie, afars, afire, afore, afrit, after, agars, agers, agger, aggro, agora, agree, agria, aider, aimer, aired, airer, airns, airth, airts, aiver, alarm, alary, alder, alert, algor, altar, alter, amber, ambry, ameer, amirs, amort, amour, anear, anger, angry, antra, antre, aorta, apart, apers, apery, aport, apres, apron, apter, araks, arbor, arced, arcus, ardeb, ardor, areae, areal, areas, areca, areic, arena, arete, argal, argil, argle, argol, argon, argot, argue, argus, arhat, arias, ariel, arils, arise, arles, armed, armer, armet, armor, aroid, aroma, arose, arpen, arras, array, arris, arrow, arses, arsis, arson, artal, artel, artsy, arums, arval, arvos, aryls, asker, asper, aster, astir, atria, atrip, attar, auger, augur, aurae, aural, aurar, auras, aurei, aures, auric, auris, aurum, avers, avert, award, aware, azure, bairn, baker, baler, barbe, barbs, barde, bards, bared, barer, bares, barfs, barge, baric, barks, barky, barms, barmy, barns, barny, baron, barre, barye, baser, bazar, beard, bears, blare, blear, board, boars, boart, bolar, boral, boras, borax, boyar, brace, brach, bract, brads, braes, brags, braid, brail, brain, brake, braky, brand, brank, brans, brant, brash, brass, brats, brava, brave, bravi, bravo, brawl, brawn, braws, braxy, brays, braza, braze, bread, break, bream, briar, broad, buran, buras, bursa, caber, cadre, cager, caird, cairn, caner, caper, carat, carbo, carbs, cards, cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, cargo, carks, carle, carls, carns, carny, carob, carol, carom, carpi, carps, carrs, carry, carse, carte, carts, carve, cater, caver, cedar, ceria, chair, chard, chare, chark, charm, charr, chars, chart, chary, cigar, circa, claro, clary, clear, cobra, copra, coral, coria, craal, crabs, crack, craft, crags, crake, cramp, crams, crane, crank, crape, craps, crash, crass, crate, crave, crawl, craws, craze, crazy, creak, cream, croak, crura, curia, cymar, czars, dairy, damar, darbs, dared, darer, dares, daric, darks, darky, darns, darts, dater, deair, dears, deary, debar, denar, derat, deray, derma, dewar, diary, dinar, dobra, dorsa, doura, drabs, draff, draft, drags, drail, drain, drake, drama, drams, drank, drape, drats, drave, drawl, drawn, draws, drays, dread, dream, drear, dryad, dural, duras, durra, dwarf, eager, eagre, eared, earls, early, earns, earth, eater, eggar, embar, erase, erica, escar, eskar, extra, eyras, facer, fader, faery, fairs, fairy, faker, fakir, faqir, farad, farce, farci, farcy, fards, fared, farer, fares, farle, farls, farms, faros, farts, favor, fears, feral, feria, feuar, fiars, filar, flair, flare, flora, foram, foray, frags, frail, frame, franc, frank, fraps, frass, frats, fraud, frays, freak, frena, friar, furan, gager, gamer, gaper, garbs, garni, garth, gator, gaurs, gayer, gazar, gazer, gears, gerah, glair, glare, glary, gnarl, gnarr, gnars, goral, graal, grabs, grace, grade, grads, graft, grail, grain, grama, gramp, grams, grana, grand, grans, grant, grape, graph, grapy, grasp, grass, grate, grave, gravy, grays, graze, great, groan, groat, guard, guars, gular, gyral, haars, hairs, hairy, haler, hards, hardy, hared, harem, hares, harks, harls, harms, harps, harpy, harry, harsh, harts, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heard, hears, heart, herma, hilar, hoard, hoars, hoary, horah, horal, horas, hydra, hyrax, ihram, inarm, infra, invar, irade, irate, ixora, izars, jager, jagra, japer, jarls, joram, jowar, jural, jurat, kabar, kafir, karat, karma, karns, karoo, karst, karts, kauri, kaury, kbars, kebar, knars, knaur, korai, korat, kraal, kraft, krait, kraut, krona, kurta, kyars, laari, labor, labra, lacer, lader, lager, lahar, laird, lairs, laker, lamer, larch, lards, lardy, laree, lares, large, largo, laris, larks, larky, larum, larva, laser, later, laura, laver, laxer, layer, lazar, learn, lears, leary, liard, liars, libra, lidar, liras, lobar, loral, loran, lunar, lyard, lyart, maars, macer, macro, madre, mairs, major, makar, maker, malar, manor, march, marcs, mares, marge, maria, marks, marls, marly, marry, marse, marsh, marts, marvy, maser, mater, mayor, mazer, mbira, micra, mikra, mirza, moira, molar, morae, moral, moras, moray, mudra, mural, muras, murra, nacre, nadir, naira, namer, narco, narcs, nards, nares, naric, naris, narks, narky, navar, nears, noria, oared, oater, ocrea, okras, opera, orach, orals, orang, orate, orcas, oread, organ, ottar, ovary, pacer, padre, padri, pager, pairs, paler, paper, parae, paras, parch, pardi, pards, pardy, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, pargo, paris, parka, parks, parle, parol, parrs, parry, parse, parts, party, parve, parvo, pater, paver, pawer, payer, payor, pearl, pears, peart, perea, pilar, polar, praam, prahu, prams, prang, prank, praos, prase, prate, prats, praus, prawn, prays, presa, prima, proas, pruta, purda, pyran, quare, quark, quart, rabat, rabbi, rabic, rabid, raced, racer, races, racks, racon, radar, radii, radio, radix, radon, raffs, rafts, ragas, raged, ragee, rages, raggy, ragis, raias, raids, rails, rains, rainy, raise, rajah, rajas, rajes, raked, rakee, raker, rakes, rakis, rales, rally, ralph, ramee, ramen, ramet, ramie, rammy, ramps, ramus, rance, ranch, rands, randy, ranee, range, rangy, ranid, ranis, ranks, rants, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, rapid, rared, rarer, rares, rased, raser, rases, rasps, raspy, ratal, ratan, ratch, rated, ratel, rater, rates, rathe, ratio, ratos, ratty, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, ravin, rawer, rawin, rawly, raxed, raxes, rayah, rayas, rayed, rayon, razed, razee, razer, razes, razor, reach, react, readd, reads, ready, realm, reals, reams, reaps, rearm, rears, reata, reave, rebar, recap, recta, redan, redia, regal, regma, regna, rehab, relax, relay, reman, remap, renal, repay, reran, resaw, resay, retag, retax, retia, rewan, rewax, rheas, rhyta, rials, riant, riata, rioja, rival, riyal, roach, roads, roams, roans, roars, roast, roman, rotas, rowan, royal, ruana, rugae, rugal, rumba, rural, saber, sabir, sabra, sabre, sacra, safer, sager, saker, saner, sapor, saran, sards, saree, sarge, sarin, saris, sarks, sarky, sarod, saros, satyr, saury, saver, savor, sawer, sayer, scare, scarf, scarp, scars, scart, scary, scaur, scrag, scram, scrap, sears, serac, serai, seral, sewar, shard, share, shark, sharn, sharp, shear, simar, sirra, sitar, sizar, smarm, smart, smear, snare, snark, snarl, soars, sofar, solar, sonar, soras, sowar, spare, spark, spars, spear, sprag, sprat, spray, stair, stare, stark, stars, start, strap, straw, stray, stria, sugar, supra, surah, sural, suras, surra, sutra, sward, sware, swarf, swarm, swart, swear, taber, tabor, tahrs, taker, talar, taler, tamer, taper, tapir, tardo, tardy, tared, tares, targe, tarns, taroc, tarok, taros, tarot, tarps, tarre, tarry, tarsi, tarts, tarty, tatar, tater, tawer, taxer, tears, teary, terai, terga, terra, tetra, tharm, thraw, tiara, tolar, torah, toras, trace, track, tract, trade, tragi, traik, trail, train, trait, tramp, trams, trank, tranq, trans, traps, trapt, trash, trass, trave, trawl, trays, tread, treat, triac, triad, trial, troak, trona, tryma, tsars, tzars, ulnar, ultra, umbra, unarm, unary, unbar, uraei, urare, urari, urase, urate, urban, urbia, ureal, ureas, urial, ursae, vairs, valor, vapor, varas, varia, varix, varna, varus, varve, velar, vicar, viral, virga, volar, wader, wafer, wager, wairs, waker, waler, wards, wared, wares, warez, warks, warms, warns, warps, warts, warty, water, waver, waxer, wears, weary, wharf, wirra, wrack, wrang, wraps, wrapt, wrath, wreak, yager, yaird, yards, yarer, yarns, yearn, years, yerba, yurta, zaire, zarfs, zebra, ziram.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ra


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5267

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Abbreviations
17. Acronyms
18. Derivations
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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