| rip | A wicker fish basket. Origin: Cf. Icel. Hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. Corb. Cf. Ripier. 1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; commonly used with up, open, off. 2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. "He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart." (Granville) 3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up. "They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion." (Clarendon) "For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . Is neither wise nor comely." (Milton) 4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fibre. Ripping chisel See Ripsaw. To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. See To rap out, under Rap. Origin: Cf. AS. R<ymac/pan, also Sw. Repa to ripple flax, D. Repelen, G. Reffen, riffeln, and E. Raff, raffle. Cf. Raff, Ripple of flax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Rip1 peroxidase | <enzyme> Isolated from rhizobium; do not confuse with rip1 gene product Registry number: EC 1.11.1.- Synonym: rip1 gene product, peroxidase, rhizobium-induced peroxidase rip1 (26 Jun 1999) |
| riparian | Relating to a ripa; marginal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| riparian area | An area of land directly influenced by water. An ecosystem that is transitional between land and water ecosystems. Riparian areas usually have visible vegetative or physical characteristics reflecting the influence of water. River sides, lake borders, and marshes are typical riparian areas. (05 Dec 1998) |
| riparian buffer | Riparian areas that are managed to protect the aquatic and riparian ecosystem. A riparian buffer protects water quality and temperature, habitat along the banks, upland habitat for aquatic and riparian species, and some or all of the floodplain. (05 Dec 1998) |
| riparian wetland | <ecology> Riparian vegetation composed primarily of woody hydrophytes (for example, such as willows, alders, cottonwoods, sycamores, box elders, aspens, etc.). (09 Oct 1997) |
| Ripault's sign | <clinical sign> A sign of death, consisting in a permanent change in the shape of the pupil produced by unilateral pressure on the eyeball. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ripault, Louis | <person> French physician, 1807-1856. See: Ripault's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ripe | 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. "So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap." (Milton) 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." "He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one." (Shak) 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; said of sores, tumours, etc. 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. "While things were just ripe for a war." (Addison) "I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies." (Burke) 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. "Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip." (Shak) 7. Intoxicated. "Reeling ripe." Synonym: Mature, complete, finished. See Mature. Origin: AS. Ripe; akin to OS. Ripi, D. Rijp, G. Rief, OHG. Rift; cf. AS. Rip harvest, ripan to reap. Cf. Reap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ripe cataract | A cataract in which both the nucleus and cortex are opaque. Synonym: complete cataract, ripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ripen | 1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. 2. To approach or come to perfection. Origin: Ripened; Ripening. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ripening | Denoting progressive oxidation of dye solutions, as in the ripening of haematoxylin solutions to haematein or of methylene blue to azure dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ripidolite | <chemical> A translucent mineral of a green colour and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron. Synonym: clinochlore. Origin: Gr. . Fan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ripost | 1. In fencing, a return thrust after a parry. 2. A quick and sharp refort; a repartee. Origin: F. Riposte. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ripper | One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. "But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper of his fish." (Beau & Fl) Origin: Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |