Ra
[ra:]
Definition
(noun.) ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods.
Typist: Rowland--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A roe; a deer.
Checked by Laurie
Examples
- Ra-a-ther too much, my friend. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She may, he thinks, have inspired her son with a fanatical hatred of Ammon Ra. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rap rap-rap rap-rap rap-ra, ra, ra, ra, ra, rap! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That in the Republic they no longer say Comrade but Se駉r and Se駉ra. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The priests of Ammon Ra, about the time of the XVIIIth or XIXth Dynasty (_circa_ 1400 B.C.), had set up in an oasis of the desert a temple and oracle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the Se駉ra Commander. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And we fell back on the guitar-case, and the flower-painting, and the songs about never leaving off dancing, Ta ra la! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original ?ra of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Yet I, too, have sported with Amaryllis in the shade, and piped love-songs to the careless ear of Ne?ra. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The second floor is inhabited by Daulat Ras, the Indian. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes, young Daulat Ras, an Indian student, who lives on the same stair, came in to ask me some particulars about the examination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Checked by Harriet