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Rashidi The Rashidi () were a historic house of the Arabian Peninsula, the most formidable enemies of the House of Saud. They were centered in Ha'il, a city in Najd that derived its wealth from being on the route of the Hajj.
Rashidi Kawawa Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (born 27 May 1926 or 1929) was the prime minister of Tanzania in 1972-77. He was the effective ruler of the country from January to December 1972 while Julius Nyerere toured the countryside.
Rashidun The Rightly Guided Caliphs or The Righteous Caliphs ( ) is a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four caliphs that ruled after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. The Rashidun were chosenly appointed; either council's or predecessor's.
Rashied Ali Rashied Ali (born Robert Patterson on 1 July 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life. His brother, Muhammad Ali, is also a drummer, who played with Albert Ayler, among others.
Rashim Rashim is a well known children's game in Djibouti, it often played using three sticks and a mango. It is a popular pastime for both adults and children alike although the majority of players average between the ages of 5 and 12.
Rashkind balloon atrial septostomy The Rashkind balloon atrial septostomy is a medical procedure, performed during cardiac catheterization (heart cath), in which a balloon catheter is used to enlarge a foramen ovale, patent foramen ovale (PFO), or atrial septal defect (ASD) in order to increase oxygen saturation in patients with cyanotic congenital heart defects (CHDs). It was developed in 1966 by American surgeons William Rashkind and William Miller at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Rashomon Gate The Rashōmon (羅生門 or 羅城門 Rajōmon or Raseimon; "the castle gate") was formerly the grandest of the two city gates of the Japanese city of Kyoto during the Heian period. Built in 789, it was 106 feet wide by 26 feet high, with a 75-foot stone wall and topped by a ridge-pole.
Rasht Valley The Rasht Valley (Tajik: Водии Рашт) is an administrative and geographic unit of Tajikistan comprising the six districts of Jirgital, Garm, Ragoun, Tavildara, Tajikabad and Nurabad. Historically the Rasht Valley has been called Karotegin or Karategin.
Rashtrakuta The Rastrakutas (Sanskrit:राष्ट्रकूट, Kannada: ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕೂಟ) were a dynasty which ruled the southern and the central parts or the Deccan, India during the 8th - 10th century.
Rashtrapati Bhavan Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi for President House / Presidential Palace) is the official residence of the President of India, located in New Delhi, Delhi. Until 1950 it was known as "Viceroy's House" and served as the residence of the Governor-General of India.
Rashtrapati Nilayam Rashtrapati Nilayam (Rashtrapati is a Hindi word which means - President, Nilayam is a Telugu word which means - Place) is the official Retreat Residence of the President of India in Hyderabad. It indicative of the integrative role of the Office of the President of India in the country.
Rashtrawadi Kisan Sanghatan Rashtrawadi Kisan Sanghatan (Nationalist Farmers Organization), a political party founded by the landlord paramilitary group Ranvir Sena, in Bihar, India. RKS was formed by the Sena in order to make it possible for it to contest elections.
Rashtriya Dal Rashtriya Dal (National Party), a political formation formed by a group of teachers' representatives in the Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh, India. RD was formed in 1960, and was recognized by the speaker.
Rashtriya Democratic Alliance Rashtriya Democratic Alliance (National Democratic Alliance), was a front of five political parties contesting the 2001 state legislative assembly elections in the Indian state of Assam. RDA included Nationalist Congress Party, Asom Jatiya Sanmilan, Asom Gana Sangram Parishad, Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad and Janata Dal (Secular).
Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) (National People's Party (Democratic)), political party in India, formed when a group of five MPs (three Lok Sabha, two Rajya Sabha) broke away from Rashtriya Janata Dal 2001. RJD(D) joined National Democratic Alliance and RJD(D) leader Nagmani became a minister in the government of Vajpayee 2003.
Rashtriya Jantantrik Dal Rashtriya Jantantrik Dal (National Democratic Party), a political party in India, former when former Union minister and NCP Chhattisgarh state president Vidhya Charan Shukla broke away from the Nationalist Congress Party on February 5 2004. Shukla was the party president.
Rashtriya Swabhiman Manch Rashtriya Swabhiman Manch (National Prestige Forum) is a forum established by some Indian opposition leaders to oppose the policies of ruling UPA front headed by Sonia Gandhi. They are of the view that national security and national sovereignty had come under threat under the United Progressive Alliance Government.
Rasch model Rasch models are probabilistic measurement models which currently find their application primarily in psychological and attainment assessment, and are being increasingly used in other areas, including the health profession and market research. Rasch models provide a foundation for the measurement of quantitative attributes and traits on a continuum, based on categorical data derived from interactions between persons and items.
Rasch model estimation Various techniques are employed in order to estimate parameters of the Rasch model from matrices of response data. The most common approaches are methods of maximum likelihood estimation, such as joint and conditional maximum likelihood estimation.
Raschig process The Raschig process (named after the German chemist Friedrich Raschig) is a chemical process for producing hydroxylamine (used for making caprolactam for nylon manufacture). The process converts ammonium carbonate to ammonium nitrite, and this is converted to hydroxylamine disulfonate and thence to hydroxylamine sulfate.
Raschig ring Raschig rings are a form of random packing and are used in commercial fractional distillation columns to reduce pressure loss (versus using trays), while maintaining good efficiency and economy. Typically the change in pressure (also called "delta p") is lower than in the case of trays but slightly higher than for structured packing.
Rasik Krishna Mallick Rasik Krishna Mallick (Bengali:রসিককৃষ্ণ মল্লিক) (also spelt as Rasik-Krishna Mallik) (1810 - 8 January 1858) was one of the brilliant students of Hindu College, Kolkata, a leading Derozian and journalist, who shocked the court in British India in the 1820s with the statement that he did not believe in the sacredness of the Ganges.
Rasika A rasika, in Carnatic Music terminology is a person who has some knowledge of Carnatic Music and is able to appreciate carnatic music. In carnatic music concerts (or katcheri, as they are called), the audience is usually called rasikas.
Rasina River The Rasina (Serbian Cyrillic: Расина) is a river in south central Serbia. The 92 km long river flows through the Rasina region, gives its name to the modern Rasina District of Serbia, and flows into the Zapadna Morava near the city of Kruševac.
Rasiowa-Sikorski lemma In axiomatic set theory, the Rasiowa-Sikorski lemma is one of the most fundamental facts used in the technique of forcing. In the area of forcing, a subset D of a forcing notion (P, ≤) is called dense in P if for any p ∈ P there is d ∈ D with d ≤ p.
Rasipalayam Rasipalayam is a village Panchayat among under the villages in Sulur Town in [Coimbatore] District. This village is named "Kutti Japan" by the local peoples because of their Political participation and various small level group of peoples own business, this village have many brands like "Kuile" in beedies.
Raskol Raskol (Russian: раско́л IPA: meaning 'split' or 'schism') was the event of splitting of the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement in mid-17th century, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653, aiming to establish uniformity between the Greek and Russian church practices.
Raskol gangs Raskol gangs are gangs in Papua New Guinea, primarily in the larger cities (including Port Moresby and Lae). "Raskol" is a Tok Pisin (a pidgin that is a lingua franca in Papua New Guinea and, along with Motu and English, recognized as one of the three official languages of the country) word for "rascal".
Rasmus (Swedish musician) Rasmus (real name Rasmus Gardell) is a Swedish electronica & breakbeat music producer who is sometimes mistaken for the Finnish band of the band of the same name (this led to The Rasmus adding a 'The' at the start of their name) Rasmus released the impressive 1998 album 'Mass Hysteria', an impressive breakbeat record which was released on the Bolshi label. the band is best known for the song Punk Shock which appears mistitled Tonto's Release on Liam Howlett's Dirtchamber Sessions Volume 1 album and was featured alongside a few more of his tracks on the first two SSX games.
Rasmus B. Anderson Rasmus Björn Anderson (January 12, 1846 - March 2, 1936) was a Norwegian-American author, professor, and diplomat, and the originator of the movement to honor Leif Erikson with a holiday in the United States. Through efforts he started and led, Leif Erikson Day became an official observance in his native Wisconsin and other U.
Rasmus Fleischer Rasmus Fleischer (born 19 April 1978 in Halmstad) is a Swedish journalist who currently works as one of the spokespersons for PiratbyrĂĄn, the pro-piracy movement formerly linked to BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay. He uses the aliases "Rsms" and "mumma".
Rasmus Hardiker Rasmus Hardiker (born February 1985 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands) is an English actor of partial Danish descent. He is best known for his roles as Philip Chase in the BBC's adaptation of The Rotters' Club and as Raymond in Steve Coogan's sitcom Saxondale, as well as appearing in the Jack Dee comedy Lead Balloon.
Rasmus Holmen Rasmus Holmen is the founder of Nirvana Fan Club (1997 - Present; often referred to as the NFC) which is arguably the most widely known and visited Nirvana fan site on the Internet. The website has been referenced in numerous publications, including Rolling Stone Magazine.
Rasmus Klump Rasmus Klump is the name of a comic strip series created in 1951 by the Danish wife and husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen. The series was translated into a number of foreign languages, in some of which the title character Rasmus was renamed Petzi, Pol, Rasmus Nalle or other variations.
Rasmus Malling-Hansen Rasmus Malling-Hansen, born 1835, died 1890, Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th century. He possessed a great urge to bring forward new ideas and new inventions, and to reveal the secrets of unknown connections in nature.
Rasmus Midgett Rasmus s. Midgett (1851-1926) was a United States Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla and was thereafter awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal from the Secretary of the Treasury on October 18, 1899.
Rasmus Pedersen Thu Rasmus Pederson Thu (January 7 1864 in Klepp - January 8, 1946 in Stavanger) was a Norwegian photographer noted for documenting life along the coast of Norway and among Norwegian Americans in the late 19th century. He worked for some time with Anders Beer Wilse and traveled to the United States several times.
Rasmus Sørnes Rasmus Jonassen Sørnes, 1893-1967, inventor, clockmaker and radio technician is most famous for his astronomical clocks, but also designed in his lifetime a large variety of agricultural, radio-technical and mechanical devices, only a few of them patented.
Rasmussen College Rasmussen College is a private, for-profit, two-year and four-year degree-granting college with five campuses in Minnesota including Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Mankato, and St. Cloud in Minnesota; one campus in Rockford, Illinois; and an Online Division.
Rasmussen Reports Rasmussen Reports is an American public opinion polling firm. Founded by pollster Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports was identified as one of most accurate polling firm for the 2004 United States presidential election The company updates its President's job approval rating daily and publishes at least one poll a month for each United States Senate] and state governor race on its website.
Rasmussen's encephalitis Rasmussen's encephalitis, also Chronic Focal Encephalitis (CFE), is a rare, progressive neurological disorder, characterized by frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor skills and speech, hemiparesis (paralysis on one side of the body), encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), dementia, and mental deterioration. The disorder, which affects a single cerebral hemisphere, generally occurs in children under the age of 10.
Rasmussen, Queensland Rasmussen is a suburb in the City of Thuringowa it is the second suburb on Riverway Drive and is between the suburbs of Condon and Kelso, like all the suburbs in the Upper Ross and Riverway area they are named after the early settlers.
RasMol RasMol is a computer program written for molecular graphics visualization intended and used primarily for the depiction and exploration of biological macromolecule structures, such as those found in the Protein Data Bank. It was originally developed by Roger Sayle.
Raso Lark The Raso Lark or Razo Lark (Alauda razae) is a small passerine bird with a highly restricted range, being found only on the island of Razo in the Cape Verde Islands. This critically endangered member of the Alaudidae lives in highly arid terrain, and is considered one of the least known birds in the western Palaearctic region, due to its remoteness and the lack of much ornithological study on the archipelago as a whole.
Rasol Rasol is a Romanian dish made from meat, potatoes, and several other vegetables, boiled together. The meat can be both from a bird (usually a chicken, but also duck, goose or turkey; all are traditionally domesticated in Romania) or may be pork or bovine meat.
Rasolo Rasolo was the second son of Niumataiwalu, founder of the Vuanirewa dynasty or noble clan of the Lau Islands in Fiji. He became the third Roko Sau of the Lau Islands and first installed holder of the title Tui Nayau.
Rason RasĹŹn (formerly Rajin-SĹŹnbong) is a Directly Governed City in North Korea, which borders with Jilin province of China and Primorsky Krai of Russia. The region was split from North HamgyĹŹng Province in 1993 under the name "Rajin-SĹŹnbong;" the name was shortened to "RasĹŹn" in 2000.
Rasool Sayyaf Abdul Rabb Rasoul Sayyaf (b. 1946, Paghman Valley, Afghanistan, full name: Ustad {Professor} Abdul Rabb al-Rasuul Sayyaf, also Abdur Rab Rasul Sayyaf) is a factional fundamentalist leader in the Afghan Northern Alliance government that took over Afghanistan in December, 2001, and a hard-line Wahhabi Islamic Fundamentalist supported closely by Saudi Arabia in its attempts at proselytisation of their version of Islam, although this alienated most other Sunni Muslim Afghans, who follow the far more moderate Hanafi sect, as well as the Afghan Shi'ites, such as the Hazaras.
Raspall The Raspall (Catalan for "scraping") is a Valencian pilota modality featuring a singular relevant trait such as the ball is allowed to bounce as many times as desired, this carries a bigger effort for players since they'll be stooping to hit the ball on the ground. Also, this sport may be played on the streets or in a trinquet (the most renowned is El Zurdo of Gandia.
Raspberry The Raspberry or Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit in summer or early autumn. In proper botanical language, it is not a berry at all, but instead an aggregate fruit of numerous drupelets around a central core.
Raspberry Cordial Raspberry Cordial were a hip-hop group from Melbourne, Australia, made up of John Safran (vocals) and Chris Lumsden (keyboards). George Weinberg played drums on the first rehearsal, but was quickly replaced with a drum machine.
Rasptooth dogfish The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m. Its maximum length is unknown.
Rasputin - Miracles Lie in the Eye of the Beholder Rasputin - Miracles Lie in the Eye of the Beholder is a rock opera about the mysterious and infamous Russian peasant, Grigori Rasputin. Written by Michael Rapp, a popular rock-artist who has written several musicals and movie scores, this musical features Ted Neeley (of Jesus Christ Superstar fame) as Rasputin, the British actor John Hurt as the Narrator, Amanda McBroom as the Tsarina Alexandra, and others.
Rasputin's penis When "The Mad Monk" Grigori Rasputin was murdered in 1916, some claim he was also castrated. Another America article on Rasputin Since then, a number of people boasting to be in possession of his severed penis and testicles have come forth, although none of them have been able to come up with convincing evidence.
Rasputina Rasputina is a varying collection of cellists playing alternative rock. The band officially began in Brooklyn, New York in 1992, when Melora Creager put out an advertisement requesting members to form an all-cello band.
Rasputitsa The rasputitsa () is the twice annual flooding of Belarus, western Russia and Ukraine. The word translates as "mud season" and during this period the large flat steppe becomes extremely muddy and marshy, and all non-paved roads become impassable.
Rasquache Rasquache is a Spanish term common in Latin America which originally had a negative connotation as being an attitude that was lower class or impoverished. This definition was later reversed by the Chicano arts movement which transformed the have-not sensibility into a style.
Rass (rapper) Rass (born Rahsaan T. Rousseau) is a African American rapper of a underground hip hop group INI, which he performed with Grap Luva, Rob-O and Pete Rock with 1996 single "Fakin Jax", which it was featured on Center of Attention and Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics.
Rassemblement DĂ©mocratique pour le Rwanda The Rassemblement DĂ©mocratique pour le Rwanda (RDR) was an insurgent group operating in the eastern region of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) against the government of Rwanda from 1995 to 1996. It was composed almost entirely of members of the former Rwandan army (ex-FAR) and Interahamwe responsible for the 1994 Rwandan Genocide who had been forced to flee after the mainly-Tutsi Rwandese Patriotic Army (RPA) invaded.
Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste The Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste or RAP originated as the Rassemblement pour l'alternative politique, a social movement founded in 1996 as an attempt to unite the progressive and leftist forces in Quebec, Canada. It formally became a political party in 2000, although it presented seven independent candidates (including former trade union leader Michel Chartrand) in the 1998 Quebec provincial election.
Rassina Rassina is a small town in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, in the Casentino valley on the left bank of the River Arno. The comune of which Rassina is the seat is called Castel Focognano, the name of a village on the slopes of the Alpe di Catenaia.
Rastafarian vocabulary Rastafarian vocabulary, or Iyaric, is part of an intentionally created dialect of English. The adherents of Rastafari teachings believe that their original African languages were stolen from them when they were taken into captivity as part of the slave trade, and that English is an imposed colonial language.
Rastakhiz Rastakhiz (Resurrection) is an Iranian monarchist party that was founded on March 2, 1975 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, under the government of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda. The few political parties that were able to continue functioning during this era were also forced to become part of Rastakhiz.
Rastapopoulos Roberto Rastapopoulos from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé, is a Greek American tycoon (also known under the fake name Marquis di Gorgonzola); he was apparently partly inspired by the Greek shipping tycoon Onassis.
Rastelli procedure The Rastelli procedure is an open heart surgical procedure developed by Italian physician and cardiac surgery researcher Giancarlo Rastelli, which is used to correct certain combinations of congenital heart defects (CHDs):
Raster bar The raster bar (also referred to as rasterbar or copperbar) is an effect used in demos that displays animated horizontal bars of colour that extend into the overscan area of the display. The effect was very common in demos on the Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum.
Raster graphics A raster graphics image, digital image, or bitmap, is a data file or structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, on a computer monitor, paper, or other display device. The color of each pixel is individually defined; images in the RGB color space, for instance, often consist of colored pixels defined by three bytes—one byte each for red, green and blue.
Raster graphics editor A raster graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to paint and edit pictures interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many popular "bitmap" or "raster" formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF.
Raster passes Raster passes refer to the most basic of all machining strategies for the finishing or semi-finishing of a part during computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). In raster passes machining the milling cutter moves along curves on the cutter location surface (CL surface) obtained by intersecting the CL surface with vertical, parallel planes.
Raster scan A Raster scan, or raster scanning, is the pattern of image detection and reconstruction in television, and is the pattern of image storage and transmission used in most computer image systems. The word raster comes from the Latin word for a rake, as the pattern left by a rake resembles the parallel lines of a scanning raster.
Raster-Noton Raster-Noton is a German electronic music record label founded in 1996 by Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider. Based in Chemnitz, Germany, Raster-Noton merged in 1999 from separate labels Rastermusik and Noton (Archiv fĂĽr Ton und Nichtton).
RasterMaster RasterMasteris an imaging SDK] and toolkit enabling developers to incorporate imaging capabilities into their product or application including viewing, conversion, manipulation, annotation, printing, scanning. The software supports a wide variety of formats including [[AFP, PCL, PDF, MS Word, JPEG and TIFF.
Rastila metro station The Rastila metro station (Finnish Rastilan metroasema / Swedish Metrostationen Rastböle) is a ground-level station on the eastern branch (Itäkeskus - Vuosaari) of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the residential areas of Meri-Rastila and Rastila in the district of Vuosaari, in East Helsinki.
Rastislav Stana Rastislav Stana (born January 10, 1980 in Kosice, Slovakia) is a Slovakian ice hockey goaltender who was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 193rd overall. He currently plays for Sodertalje SK formerly of Sweden's Elitserien, having suffered relegation from the league in 2005-06.
Rastoke Rastoke is part of the Croatian municipality of Slunj, very famous for its well-preserved old mills (dating back to the 18. century), which are still functioning and the picturesque little waterfalls along the Korana and SlunjÄŤica rivers that flow together at this place.
Rastrick High School The Rastrick High School (and Sixth Form College) is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school in Rastrick, West Yorkshire. It was formed in 1985 following the merger of Rastrick Grammar and Reins Wood Secondary School.
Rastus Rastus is a given name associated with African Americans in the United States. During the period of American slavery, it was common practice for owners to give their slaves historical, and particularly Biblical, names.
Rasu Kami Rasu Kami is a small Tripuri village situated on the foot-hills of Boromura hill range in Sadar sub-division of West Tripura. It lies 3 km west of Champaknagar from the Assam-Agartala highway and 4 km north of Jirania.
Rasual Butler Rasual Butler (born May 23 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was raised in South Philadelphia in the Point Breeze area, one of the toughest sections of the city, notorious for crime.
Rasul Makasharipov Rasul Makasharipov was a Dagestani Islamist rebel leader. He led a pro-Chechen group Shariat Jamaat, which sought to unite Caucasian Muslims under Islamic rule, until he was killed during a shootout with the Russian troops on July 6, 2005.
Rasuna Said Hajjah Rangkayo Rasuna Said (Maninjau, Agam, 14 September 1910–Jakarta, 2 November 1965) was a Minangkabau woman who fought for the freedom of Indonesia and became a national heroine. Like Raden Ayu Kartini, she also fought for equality between men and women.
Rasuwa District Rasuwa district, a part of Bagmati zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Dhunche as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,544 sq km and has a population (2001) of 44,731.
Rat Rat is the term generally and indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches (Smaller thin-tailed rodents are just as often indiscriminately referred to as mice).Encyclopædia Britannica In scientific usage, a rat is any one of about 56 different species of small, omnivorous rodents belonging to the genus Rattus.
Rat (zodiac) The Rat ( 子 ) was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. It is an animal associated with tenacity, fighting spirit, self-preservation, aggression, charm, charisma and yet also associated with death, the occult, torture, crimes, poverty, and disease.
Rat bite fever Rat bite fever is a syndrome caused by a zoonotic agent after a bite with a (laboratory) animal. The causal bacteria can be Streptobacillus moniliformis (streptobacillary rat-bite fever) or Spirillum minus (spirillary rat-bite fever).
Rat Burana Rat Burana () is one of the 50 districts (Khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by (clockwise from east to north) Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province, Thung Khru, Chom Thong and Thon Buri districts of Bangkok while its north to east is Chao Phraya River with (clockwise) Bang Kho Laem and Yan Nawa districts across the river.
Rat Catching Rat Catching (ISBN 0962299707) is a book by Crispin Glover, who starred in the movie Willard, about a man who controls rats. The book is actually a form of collage, reworked from Studies in the Art of Rat Catching, a 19th-century non-fiction book.
Rat excitation There was no official designation for this procedure, thus the appellation "rat excitation," which was chosen so as not to conflict with the names of any extant articles. The prisoner was bound face upward to the rack, and an inverted lentiform drum of iron, filled with rats, was placed atop their belly.
Rat genome database The Rat Genome Database (also known as RGD) is a collection of genetic and genomic information on the rat. Development and maintenance of RGD is funded by the United States National Institutes of Health and hosted at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Rat Islands The Rat Islands is a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska, between Buldir Island and the Near Islands group to its west, and Amchitka Pass and the Andreanof Islands group to its east, at about .
Rat king Rat kings are mythological beasts said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at the tails, and additionally stuck to each other with blood, dirt, and excrement. Consequently, the animals grow together, joined at the tails, which are often broken.
Rat King The bandage-and-rag-covered Rat King' is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. He was created by Mirage Studio's staff artist Jim Lawson and has appeared in the original Mirage comics, the 1987 and 2003 television series and the Archie TMNT Adventures comics.
Rat Parties "Rat Parties" were held in Sydney, Australia during the 1980s and marked the emergence of a consciousness that was fashion-aware, gay-friendly, hip to dance music and open, outrageous celebration. Along with the groundswell of acceptance Sydney's gay & lesbian community and the twice yearly public parties produced by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this period and these events contributed greatly to Sydney's maturity in the last two decades of the 20th century into a world-class sophisticated city.
Rat Race (film) Rat Race is a 2001 comedy film (not to be confused with The Rat Race of 1960) directed by Jerry Zucker. The story is about six teams of people given a task of racing from a Las Vegas casino to a train station in New Mexico, where a storage locker contains a large amount of money; the first team to reach the locker wins and gets to keep the money.
Rat Run A "rat run" is a colloquial term for a short cut that traffic takes, usually on residential side streets in a urban area. Drivers familar with the local geography will often take such short cuts, to avoid busy main roads and junctions, even at the expense of having to negotiate traffic calming measures that may be in place to discourage them.
Rat snake Rat snakes are a large, polyphyletic, group of snakes from the Colubrid subfamily Colubrinae. There is considerable variation between different types of rat snake but most are medium to large, rodent eating snakes.
Rat Salad "Rat Salad" is a two-and-a-half minute instrumental by Black Sabbath, from their 1970 album Paranoid. The song is structured very similarly to Led Zeppelin's " Moby Dick" or Cream's "Toad" in that the most prominent feature is a drum solo by Bill Ward, bookended by guitar riffs by Tony Iommi.
Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail is a book written by Christopher Dawes and published in 2005 by Thunder’s Mouth Press in the US (ISBN 1-56025-678-8) and by Sceptre Books in the UK (ISBN 0-340-83211-8). It is a gonzo-esque quest to find the Holy Grail by punk rock legend Rat Scabies, the one-time drummer of The Damned, with whom Dawes strikes up a friendship when the two become neighbours in the London suburb of Brentford.
Rat Terrier The Rat Terrier is an American dog breed with a rich and varied background as an all-around farm dog. Traditionally more of a type than a breed they share much ancestry with the tough little mixed breed dogs known as 'feists.
Rat-Man (comic) Rat-Man is an Italian comic about an inept superhero of the same name, created by Leo Ortolani in 1990. Although it was initially meant to be a satire of other superheroes, most prominently Batman, since then it has evolved into an independent comic sporting a complex, evolving continuity.

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