RICE-:WATER:, n. A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience. It is said to be rich in both obtundite and lethargine, and is brewed in a midnight fog by a fat which of the Dismal Swamp.

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

Rice -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 10761
Housing Units (2000): 4609
Land area (2000): 726.577760 sq. miles (1881.827679 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.718168 sq. miles (4.450034 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 728.295928 sq. miles (1886.277713 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.349411 N, 98.217441 W
Headwords: Rice Rice, KS Rice County Rice County, KS

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
 

Rice -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 56665
Housing Units (2000): 20061
Land area (2000): 497.568836 sq. miles (1288.697315 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 18.557216 sq. miles (48.062967 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 516.126052 sq. miles (1336.760282 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.348087 N, 93.283024 W
Headwords: Rice Rice, MN Rice County Rice County, MN

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
 

Rice, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 798
Housing Units (2000): 371
Land area (2000): 2.705666 sq. miles (7.007642 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.091787 sq. miles (0.237728 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.797453 sq. miles (7.245370 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61736
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.234563 N, 96.494670 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75155
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Rice, TX Rice

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Rice, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 711
Housing Units (2000): 250
Land area (2000): 5.985750 sq. miles (15.503020 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.111547 sq. miles (0.288906 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.097297 sq. miles (15.791926 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53998
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.752847 N, 94.222980 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56367
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Rice, MN Rice

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[imac]zi, akin to Skr. vr[imac]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]

(Bot.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. [1913 Webster]

Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.

French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.

Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.

Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.

Rice bunting. (Zool.) Same as Ricebird.

Rice hen (Zool.), the Florida gallinule.

Rice mouse (Zool.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.

Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper.

Rice troupial (Zool.), the bobolink.

Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.

Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.

Rice weevil (Zool.), a small beetle (Calandra oryzae, or Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

rice

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi, akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]

(Bot.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.

Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.

French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.

Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.

Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.

Rice bunting. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Ricebird.

Rice hen (Zo["o]l.), the Florida gallinule.

Rice mouse (Zo["o]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.

Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper.

Rice troupial (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink.

Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.

Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.

Rice weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle (Calandra, or Sitophilus, oryz[ae]) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)