Ray ¹

Definition: To array.

Ray ²

Definition: To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.

Ray ³

Definition: Array; order; arrangement; dress.

Ray ⁴

Definition: One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.

Ray ⁵

Definition: A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.

Ray ⁶

Definition: One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.

Ray ⁷

Definition: One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

Ray ⁸

Definition: A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.

Ray ⁹

Definition: One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.

Ray ¹⁰

Definition: Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

Ray ¹¹

Definition: One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.

Ray ¹²

Definition: To mark with long lines; to streak.

Ray ¹³

Definition: To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.

Ray ¹⁴

Definition: To shine, as with rays.

Ray ¹⁵

Definition: Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.

Ray ¹⁶

Definition: In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.

ray ¹⁷

Definition: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

ray ¹⁸

Definition: any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish

ray ¹⁹

Definition: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

ray ²⁰

Definition: a column of light (as from a beacon)

ray ²¹

Definition: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

ray ²²

Definition: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

ray ²³

Definition: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

ray ²⁴

Definition: expose to radiation; "irradiate food"

ray ²⁵

Definition: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"

ray ²⁶

Definition: emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"