Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In biology, an opening, as a fissure or cleft; a long or narrow aperture.
- n. In conchology, the fissure or aperture between the valves of a bivalve shell when the hymen is removed.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
- n. astronomy A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts
Examples
“It is called rima in Spanish, the name by which it was perhaps known throughout Polynesia.”
“I have a friend who has undertaken to translate "Inferno" into English, keeping to the terza rima.”
“You arnot elite, Obama – I probably helped pay for your education as a hard-working American and I am not impressed! rima”
“McCain is considered a war hero for commiting treason while in uniform which doesn't surprise me since he is a republican. rima”
Campaigns reject Bloomberg, ABC offer for televised town hall
“Tucker flirts with classic forms like the sonnet and, in “The Woman in the Faraway House,” terza rima (while avoiding its overlapping rhymes):”
“April 30, 2008 at 12: 09 pm que massa quando vaum colocar pra baixar me add no msn joao_samonte@hotmail.com rima says:”
“May 1, 2008 at 10: 03 pm rima oh god, i cant wait to watch the full episode. i really2 love jensen and jared. supernatural the best show ever!!!!”
“That is why I will support him with my last breath. rima”
“Oh, and whilst I'm at it, please: no more terza rima!”
“Douglas Dunn employs terza rima, the Dantean innovation, to hold the formal mastery and the still raw emotion in suspension, and ends his summons with a dawning exclamation.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rima’.
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phrontistery-r
from phrontistery.info
rya, rutilant, ruthful, rutherford, ruth, rusticity, rusticate, Russophobia, Russophile, russet, russel, rushlight and 514 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Thresholds
we are all just passing through.
(boundaries, portals and liminal spaces/times)cockcrow, interface, thin line, portal, postern, littoral, interstice, port, membrane, skin, crepuscule, dawn and 304 more...
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be-tween the wings
monoplane, wheatear, synallaxine, fritillary, nightjar, morning-a-jar, evening-jarred, fieldfare, centre, accipiter, motmot, geometrid and 43 more...
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bliss forest
satyr, fawnlike, eglantine, apricot, amaranthine, pixie, white rabbit, terebinthine, nymph, fluttering, ephemeral, labyrinth and 8 more...
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Fissure (noun)
Word related to fissure (noun).
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Fissure
Words related to fissure.
fissure, scissure, rima, rima vocalis, rima glottidis, rima vestibuli, rima palpebrarum
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