(no longer productive) A termination denoting jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised.

Initialism of Royal Irish Constabulary. / Initialism of Royal Institute of Chemistry. / (politics, economics) Initialism of Russia, India and China. (trilateral summit)

Initialism of resin identification code.

Alternative spelling of Rick (“male nickname, usually short for Richard”)

plural of RIC

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Costa Rica.

A self-governing commonwealth and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean. / The island comprising most of that territory.

(uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. / (countable) A specific variety of this plant. / (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.

(transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). / (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)

(now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick. / (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.