Richards

Definition: Richards

Richards

Noun

1. English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979).

Date "Richards" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Synonyms: Richards

Synonyms: I. A. Richards (n), Ivor Armstrong Richards (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Arms	Small arms; musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut; pistol, postolet; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut, shooter, shooting iron , six-shooter, shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, KalashnikoVerb:
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Richards

English words defined with "Richards": Basic English ♦ C. K. Ogden, Charles Kay Ogden ♦ I. A. Richards, Ivor Armstrong Richards ♦ Ogden. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Richards": BCPL ♦ INTCODE ♦ OCODE. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The points are like Keith Richards to a vampire. (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; writing credit: Dan Patterson; Mark Leveson)
Movie/TV Titles	A Year in the Death of Jack Richards (2002) The Michael Richards Show (2000) Richards Korkbein (1993) Star Cuts 34: Keli Richards (1986) Rod Stewart & Faces & Keith Richards (1977)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Richards Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	6 artists paint a landscape : Walter Du Bois Richards, Stevan Dohanos, Hardie Gramatky, John Pellew, Hans Walleen, Alexander Ross (reference) Claytie and the Lady: Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics in Texas (reference) Eugene Richards (Phaidon 55s) (reference) Richard Meier: Architect (Rizzoli Monographs on Richards Meier, Volume 3) (reference) Richards Complete Bible Dictionary (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos: Live at the Hollywood Paladium: December 15, 1988 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Emblem of Unity: The Music of J. J. Richards (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Lieutenant Gene Richards, C&GS, and Bill Love.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Ensign Gene Richards, C&GS.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Figure 14. Ekman piezometer (laboratory model) - In parallel with measurements made in the sea deployed from the PRINCESS ALICE, Vagn Ekman devised a piezometer for use in the laboratory which he most probably used at Christiana at the Central Laboratory using methods recommended by Thomas William Richards.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		ARS plant pathologist Scott Abney (left) and research assistant Tom Richards check the growth of soybeans inoculated with field isolates of Phytophthora sojae. Disease reactions involving specific genes help identify the 45 races of P. sojae that have been reported in the United States. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Medical College of Georgia drawn by R. Hinshelwood from a sketch by T. Addison Richards.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		[Evangeline discovering her affianced in the hospital] / Samuel Richards.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Architectural drawing for a hotel ("Hotel Lake Geneva") for Arthur L. Richards, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.Credit: Library of Congress.		John H. Rock, colored counselor / photographed by Richards, Philadelphia. Incident on board the "Octorara," January 26, 1865 ; Negro quarters, Army of the James / sketched by Captain L.L. Langdon.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Two images of Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in performance, drummer Keith Richards in background.Credit: Library of Congress.		Hog house erected by tenant Al Richards on farm owned by absentee owner. Three hundred twelve acres near Wallingford, Iowa. Buildings on farm were insufficient for hog raising so he built this himself.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Stephen L. Richards	Genius is little more than the capacity for sustained work.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Richards FO, Jr., Kovacs JA, Luft BJ. Preventing toxoplasmic encephalitis in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. (references)
Business		This group caters to the youthful and trendy consumer, and stores include Miss Selfridges, Richards, Wallis and Warehouse. (references)
Economic History	South Africa	Trade support services such as cargo inspection, standards information and certification, and credit insurance have been improved, and the country's major ports (Durban, Cape Town, Richards Bay, and Port Elizabeth) are well-equipped to move cargo of all types. (references)
	South Africa	The trends in fixed investment spending suggest that areas of potential investment include water management; power/renewable energy; health care services, particularly service delivery; the promotion of tourism and other service-related industries; airport expansion and ground support equipment and port operations such as the Richards Bay dry dock as well as information technology. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Richards" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.90% of the time. "Richards" is used about 1,090 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	98.9%	1,078	6,975
Noun (plural)	1.1%	12	101,599
Total	100.00%	1,090	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Richards" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Richards	Last name	49,000	212
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Richards Plc
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1. Richards, MO (town, FIPS 61364)
Location: 37.90983 N, 94.55718 W
Population (1990): 106 (40 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 64778
Country: USA

2. Richards, TX
Zip Code(s): 77873
Country: USA

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Expressions: Richards

Expressions using "Richards": I. A. Richards ♦ Ivor Armstrong Richards ♦ Westley Richards rifle. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Richards": richards-for-vice-president, richards-style.
	Ending with "Richards": Lee-richards.
	Containing "Richards": Eliot-richards-leavis.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Richards

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
richards realm	24,253	poor richards almanac	82
richards realm.com	1,422	kim richards	76
pc richards	1,233	denise richards nude pic	72
p.c richards	829	rhelm richards	67
pc richards and son	324	realm.com richards thumbnail	64
richards realm thumbnail	313	realm richards tgp	63
keith richards	284	richards group	55
relm richards	265	denisse richards	54
richards	253	brooke richards pic	52
richards realm thumbnail page	168	richards realm com	50
denise richards pic	157	sp richards	48
c p richards	137	jurassic park richards	48
denise richards wild things	111	brooke richards gallery	47
brook richards	111	richards realm xxx	45
denise richards picture	109	ann richards	42
michael richards	100	denise richards wallpaper	42
ariana richards	99	denise richards nude picture	42
choice realm richards	98	mpeg realm richards	42
adult realm richards	94	cliff richards	41
richards realm thumb	89	swinging richards	41
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Richards

Misspellings
	"Richards" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Brichard, Ichard, Rechard, Reichhardt, Ricards, Ricchar, Ricciarda, Ricciardi, richard, Richardi, Richardt, Richardus, Richart, Richartz, Richelda, Richeldas, Richildis, Rikaard, Rychard. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Richards

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-i-r-r-s"
	-2 letters: cairds, chadri, chairs, chards, charrs, chirrs, darics, rachis, radish, shaird, sirdar, sirrah.
	-3 letters: acids, acrid, arris, asdic, cadis, caids, caird, cards, carrs, chads, chair, chard, charr, chars, chias, chirr, crash, daric, dashi, hairs, hards, raids, shard, shirr, sirra.
	-4 letters: acid, aids, airs, arch, arcs, arid, asci, cadi, cads, caid, card, carr, cars, cash.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-h-i-r-r-s"
	+2 letters: discharger, orchardist.
	+3 letters: dischargers, harpsichord, orchardists.
	+4 letters: birdwatchers, cardiographs, discographer, harpsichords, merchandiser, predischarge, scrimshander.
	+5 letters: achlorhydrias, discographers, handicrafters, merchandisers, predischarged, predischarges, scrimshanders, trisaccharide, trisoctahedra.
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