Random Image for ramped
Image originally shown at http://www.onyxcollection.com/images/custombases/no_barrier_ramped_shower01.jpg
Image for ramped
Possible definitions for ramped
Campeche
State (pop., 1995 est.: 643,000), SE Mexico. Located on the Yucatá n Peninsula, it is bounded by the Gulf of Mexico, and covers an area of 21,666 sq mi (56,115 sq km); its capital is Campeche. Named after the ancient Mayan province of Kimpech (Campech), it comprises much of the W part of the peninsula. Rivers in the S part drain into Té rminos Lagoon, at whose gulf entrance is the area's chief depot, Ciudad del Carmen. Forest products are important to the economy, as is commercial fishing.
City (pop., 1990: 172,000), capital of Campeche state, Mexico. The Spanish town was founded in 1540 on the site of a Mayan village, the remains of which are still visible. It became the capital of the newly created Campeche state in 1863. It is a service center for offshore oil facilities.
Rambert
Polish-English ballet producer and director. She studied with E. Jaques-Dalcroze, and taught eurythmics to the Ballets Russes, where it influenced V. Nijinsky's avant-garde choreography. She continued to study ballet with Enrico Cecchetti (1850-1928) and used his methods when she founded a ballet school in 1920. She helped found the Camargo Society in 1930 and established the Ballet Club (later Ballet Rambert) in 1935. She encouraged new choreographers such as F. Ashton and gave support to new dancers and stage designers, helping to establish the importance of English ballet. Her troupe, renamed the Rambert Dance Co. in 1987, has continued to perform.
ramjet
Air-breathing jet engine that operates with no major moving parts. It relies on the craft's forward motion to draw in air and on a specially shaped intake passage to compress the air for combustion. After fuel sprayed into the engine has been ignited, combustion is self-sustaining. As in other jet engines, forward thrust is obtained as a reaction to the rearward rush of hot exhaust gases. Ramjets work best at speeds of Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) and higher. See also turbojet.
Rampal
French flutist. From 1947 he appeared widely in chamber music and solo recitals. In the 1950s he founded his own chamber groups, while also playing in the pit at the Paris Opé ra 1956-62. Works were written for him by F. Poulenc and others. His sweetness of tone and virtuosity in a largely baroque repertoire, as evidenced on a great many admired recordings, made him the first flutist to attain major international stardom.
rape
Annual plant (Brassica napus) of the mustard family, native to Europe. This 1-ft-tall (30-cm) plant has a long, thin taproot; smooth, bluish-green, deeply scalloped leaves; and clusters of yellow flowers. Each round, elongated seedpod has a short beak and contains many seeds. The seeds yield an oil (rapeseed oil, or canola) that is the lowest in saturated fat of any edible oil, making it popular for use in cooking. It is also used as an ingredient in soap and margarine and as a lamp fuel.
Unlawful ...
Top words beginning with R: redtailed, retrust, raveled, resubscribing, reverbrate, refilters, respirator, resipsy, refiners, redisseizor, reingress, reassemblies, rookeries, roms, raylike, redreamt, raviolis, rerecords, rolleywayman, ringleted
Browse the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z