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Rick the royal raccoon ran 'round the raspberry bush in Rhode Island.

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R is for Ribbon

Ribbons are thin strips of fabric. They are usually for decoration, so they are usually very pretty. Most ribbons are shiny and are only one color, but some ribbons have patterns, sparkles or are made of lace.

R is for Ribcage

Your ribcage is the bony frame that supports your chest. It helps protect the heart and lungs. You can feel it under the skin on the upper body.

The ribcage is made of ribs, which curve from the spine to the breastbone.

R is for Ribs

Your ribs are the bones that make the shape of your chest and torso. You can see the ribs clearly on a person or animal that is underweight.

R is for Rice

Rice is the largest crop grown for food in the world. Most rice is grown in China and India. Rice is a type of grass that grows to about a metre high. Rice needs a lot of water to grow, and in countries like Australia that have a low rainfall people are calling for rice growing to stop.
Rice is usually eaten cooked plain, but can be prepared in a lot of different ways and served with lots of different foods. Rice can even be puffed, a little like popcorn.

R is for Ride

You ride something when you sit on or in it and it takes you places, or does something interesting. Usually you ride a bike or a horse to go somewhere, and you ride something like a Ferris wheel or other fairground ride for fun.

R is for Ridge

A ridge is a group of mountains or hills that are joined together to make a line rather than being a series of separate peaks. A ridge might also be any other raised line, like the center of an animal's back.

R is for Rifle

A rifle is a type of weapon that is designed to be fired while supported by your shoulder, unlike small guns which are simply held in your hand. Rifles are most often used for hunting, or by the military. Older rifles could only fire one bullet at a time, some modern rifles fire in bursts, or can fire continuously.

R is for Rigging

Rigging is the name given to all the ropes and chains that support the mast and sails on a ship.

R is for Right

Right is a direction. The child in the picture is pointing right. Most people write or draw with their right hands. The opposite direction to right is left.

R is for Rim

A rim is the very edge of something, usually something round like a cup or a wheel. Some kinds of outer edges like on hats are called the brim.

The cocktail glasses in the picture have salt on their rims.

R is for Rind

The rind of a fruit is the hard outer layer that you can't eat. Fruits like watermelon and oranges have rinds.

R is for Ring

A ring is a piece of jewelry that you wear on your finger. Rings can be made out of almost anything, but are usually made from some kind of metal with some kind of stone set into them. The lady in the picture has three rings on her hand. Plain rings are generally worn by a married couple after their wedding.

R is for Ring finger

Your ring finger is the fourth finger from the thumb.

You can find it between the middle finger and the little finger. People often wear wedding bands or other rings on this finger. Wedding rings are worn on the ring finger on your left hand.

R is for Ringlets

Ringlets are curls in hair that form a kind of cylinder.

You may see ringlets form on their own on people who have curly or wavy hair, or you might use curlers or curling irons to make ringlets like in the picture.
A ringtail possum is a small tree-dwelling marsupial, like an animal with a pouch, found in Australia and New Guinea. It has a long, ringed tail that helps it balance.

It lives in forests and woodlands and often looks for leaves, fruit, and insects. At night, it can move along branches and may use its tail to grip.

R is for Rinse

You rinse something by giving it a light wash, usually under clean, running water. The person in the picture is rinsing a tomato.
You often rinse something with clean water after washing it with soapy water, to get any remaining soap off.

R is for Rip

Rip is another word for tear, where you damage something by pulling it in two different directions at once until it breaks.

R is for Ripe

A fruit or vegetable is ripe if it is fully grown, and is sweet or otherwise ready to eat.
The red tomato on the left of the picture is ripe, the other two are still ripening. They are under ripe.

R is for Ripped

Ripped is the past tense of rip. Something that has been damaged by being ripped is described as being ripped.
A similar word to ripped is torn.

R is for Rise

Something rises if it moves in an upwards direction. The balloons in the picture are rising through the sky. Cakes rise when they are being baked.
The opposite of rise is fall.