Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Mythology The ancient Egyptian sun god, the supreme deity represented as a man with the head of a hawk crowned with a solar disk and uraeus.
- The symbol for the element radium.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry Symbol for radium.
- n. Egyptian mythology The Egyptian god of the sun.
- n. geology Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A roe; a deer.
Examples
“The 5th Dynasty witnessed the rise of the Heliopolitan priesthood of Ra: its nine kings regularly assumed the title son of Ra and built obelisk temples dedicated to the sun god.”
c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties)
“Nine, mistress of Ra, it who has its dwelling fixed, because they cause that _Mihtimsaouf Mirini_ may be as _Ra, in its name of the”
“She-Ra is a fictional character and the heroine in the Filmation cartoon and series of toys produced by Mattel called She-Ra: Princess of Power.”
“I believe Sun Ra is sending the signal from Saturn.”
“I thought this was the first peak at Mum-Ra from the live action "Thundercats" movie.”
“These themes of interpretation and communication continue to play an integral role in Raúl's artwork, as evidenced by two of his latest projects that explore written languages.”
“Of course, if we confirm predictive theories about blind processes that explain evolution and the OOL, we will not have ruled out all possibility of ID, but we will have made ID no more plausible as an explanation of life than Ra is an explanation of solar transit.”
“The name Ra is associated with kings of earlier dynasties.”
“The word Ra, sun, might be written in letters only, or be also followed by the ikonograph, the _solar disk_ (which if alone would still have the same meaning -- Ra, the sun).”
“The name Ra, forming part of the king's name at this period, is very unusual.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Ra’.
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gods (1 syllable)
A list of mythological gods that people have worshipped throughout history (includes primordial deities).
They can be animate or inanimate (male or female). 1 syllable
Please C...Zeus, Nyx, Sun, Set, Mars, Pax, Nox, Bat, Pan, Sol, Ops, Dis and 6 more...
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Rillons of Random Palavery
A list for terms and phrases that I haven't (yet) entered into themed lists, including my series of various 151-word Random Palavery lists. Constructions that catch my eye, ring in my ears, tease m...
ridge cucumber, co-CEO, debt worry, jackalope bustiere, gimblette, ring-biscuit, cobnut, poussoir, praire, coque rayée, rigadelle, coing and 1459 more...
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hernesheir Reed boats Ra I and II, constructed for Thor Heyerdahl by builders from Lake Chad in 1969 and 1970, based on drawings and models from ancient Egypt, in which he and his team attempted to cross the Atlantic from Morocco. Jun 17, 2010