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Audio Help [rahys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, riced, ric·ing.

–noun

1.	the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.

2.	the grass itself.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to reduce to a form resembling rice: to rice potatoes.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME ris, rys < OF < It riso, risi (in ML risium) < MGk orýzion, deriv. of Gk óryza

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1.	Anne, born 1941, U.S. novelist.

2.	Dan (Daniel McLaren), 1823–1900, U.S. circus clown, circus owner, and Union patriot.

3.	Elmer, 1892–1967, U.S. playwright.

4.	Jerry Lee, born 1962, U.S. football player.

5.	Grant·land Audio Help [grant-luhnd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1880–1954, U.S. journalist.

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n.

A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world.

tr.v. riced, ric·ing, ric·es
To sieve (food) to the consistency of rice.

[Middle English, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, from Latin oryza, from Greek oruza, of Indo-Iranian origin.]

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American political scientist who was appointed U.S. secretary of state in 2005. She previously served as national security advisor under George W. Bush (2001-2005).

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American playwright noted for his expressionist plays, including The Adding Machine (1923) and Street Scene (1929).

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Rice, Jerry Lee Born 1962.
American football player. A wide receiver who joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1985, he held 13 National Football League records by 1997, including career receptions and career yardage.

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1234, from O.Fr. ris, from It. riso, from L. oriza (cf. It. riso), from Gk. oryza "rice," via an Indo-Iranian language (cf. Pashto vrize, O.Pers. brizi), ult. from Skt. vrihi-s "rice." The Gk. word is the ult. source of all European words (cf. Welsh reis, Ger. reis, Lith. rysai, Serbo-Cr. riza, Pol. ryz). Introduced 1647 in the Carolinas. Rice paper (1822) is made from a reed found in Taiwan.

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noun
1.	grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
2.	annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
3.	English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
4.	United States playwright (1892-1967)
verb
1.	sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"

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rice [rais] noun

a plant, grown in well-watered ground in tropical countries, whose seeds are used as food

Arabic:	أرُز
Chinese (Simplified):	大米
Chinese (Traditional):	大米
Czech:	rýže
Danish:	ris
Dutch:	rijst
Estonian:	riis
Finnish:	riisi
French:	riz
German:	der Reis
Greek:	ρύζι
Hungarian:	rizs
Icelandic:	hrísgrjón
Indonesian:	padi
Italian:	riso

Japanese:	稲
Korean:	벼, 쌀
Latvian:	rīss
Lithuanian:	ryžiai
Norwegian:	ris
Polish:	ryż
Portuguese (Brazil):	arroz
Portuguese (Portugal):	arroz
Romanian:	orez
Russian:	рис
Slovak:	ryža
Slovenian:	riž
Spanish:	arroz
Swedish:	ris
Turkish:	pirinç

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Rice County, KS (county, FIPS 159) Location: 38.34742 N, 98.20030 W
Population (1990): 10610 (4868 housing units)
Area: 1881.9 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)

Rice County, MN (county, FIPS 131) Location: 44.35684 N, 93.29748 W
Population (1990): 49183 (17520 housing units)
Area: 1288.7 sq km (land), 48.1 sq km (water)

Rice Lake, WI (city, FIPS 67350) Location: 45.49692 N, 91.73919 W
Population (1990): 7998 (3520 housing units)
Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water)

Rice, KS Zip code(s): 66901

Rice, MN (city, FIPS 53998) Location: 45.74862 N, 94.22869 W
Population (1990): 610 (209 housing units)
Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56367

Rice, TX (city, FIPS 61736) Location: 32.24469 N, 96.50133 W
Population (1990): 564 (209 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75155

Rice, VA Zip code(s): 23966

Rice, WA Zip code(s): 99167

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In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. Hindoo.]

1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]

Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).

Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.

Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.

Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise.

Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk.

Indian corn (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zea (Z. Mays); the maize, a native of America. See Corn, and Maize.

Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.

Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola (M. Virginica), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Symphoricarpus (S. vulgaris), bearing small red berries.

Indian dye, the puccoon.

Indian fig. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See Banyan. (b) The prickly pear.

Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass (Chrysopogon nutans), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray.

Indian hemp. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannabinum), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained.

Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf (Abutilon Avicenn[ae]). See Abutilon.

Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.

Indian ox (Zo["o]l.), the zebu.

Indian paint. See Bloodroot.

Indian paper. See India paper, under India.

Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus Gillenia (G. trifoliata, and G. stipulacea), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also American ipecac, and bowman's root. --Gray.

Indian pink. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine (Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See China pink, under China.

Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray.

Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the white hellebore (Veratrum viride).

Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

Indian purple. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black.

Indian red. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red. (b) See Almagra.

Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.

Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna (C. Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See Canna.

Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under Summer.

Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See Lobelia.

Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus Aris[ae]ma. A. triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin.

Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.

Indian yellow. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See Euxanthin.

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