richard i | (n) son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199), Syn. Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart, Richard the Lion-Hearted |
richard ii | (n) King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400) |
richard iii | (n) King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485) |
richard roe | (n) an unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings |
richards | (n) English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979), Syn. Ivor Armstrong Richards, I. A. Richards |
richardson | (n) United States architect (1838-1886), Syn. Henry Hobson Richardson |
richardson | (n) British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983), Syn. Sir Ralph David Richardson, Ralph Richardson |
richardson's geranium | (n) geranium of western North America having branched clusters of white or pale pink flowers, Syn. Geranium richardsonii |
attlee | (n) British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967), Syn. Clement Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee |
burbage | (n) English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619), Syn. Richard Burbage |
burton | (n) English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890), Syn. Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard Burton |
burton | (n) Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984), Syn. Richard Burton |
byrd | (n) explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957), Syn. Admiral Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Richard E. Byrd |
d'oyly carte | (n) English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901), Syn. Richard D'Oyly Carte |
edward | (n) third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964), Syn. Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis |
erlenmeyer | (n) German chemist (1825-1909), Syn. Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer |
feynman | (n) United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988), Syn. Richard Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman |
flickertail | (n) of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada, Syn. Citellus richardsoni, Richardson ground squirrel |
fosbury | (n) United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947), Syn. Dick Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury |
fuller | (n) United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983), Syn. Richard Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Buckminster Fuller |
gatling | (n) United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903), Syn. Richard Jordan Gatling |
groves | (n) United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970), Syn. Leslie Richard Groves |
haldane | (n) Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928), Syn. Richard Burdon Haldane, Richard Haldane, First Viscount Haldane of Cloan |
hess | (n) Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987), Syn. Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess |
hooker | (n) English theologian (1554-1600), Syn. Richard Hooker |
hunt | (n) United States architect (1827-1895), Syn. Richard Morris Hunt |
klein | (n) United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942), Syn. Calvin Richard Klein, Calvin Klein |
krafft-ebing | (n) German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902), Syn. Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Richard von Krafft-Ebing |
kuhn | (n) Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967), Syn. Richard Kuhn |
leakey | (n) English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944), Syn. Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey |
lee | (n) leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794), Syn. Richard Henry Lee |
lovelace | (n) English poet (1618-1857), Syn. Richard Lovelace |
nixon | (n) vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994), Syn. Richard Milhous Nixon, President Nixon, Richard Nixon, Richard M. Nixon |
nuffield | (n) British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963), Syn. William Richard Morris, First Viscount Nuffield |
owen | (n) English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892), Syn. Sir Richard Owen |
plumed tussock | (n) tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads, Syn. toetoe, Cortaderia richardii, Arundo richardii, toe toe |
roberts | (n) United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943), Syn. Richard John Roberts, Richard J. Roberts |
rodgers | (n) United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979), Syn. Richard Rodgers |
sheridan | (n) Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816), Syn. Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
smalley | (n) American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943), Syn. Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalley, Richard Smalley |
starr | (n) rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940), Syn. Starkey, Ringo Starr, Richard Starkey |
stockton | (n) United States writer (1834-1902), Syn. Frank Stockton, Francis Richard Stockton |
strauss | (n) German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949), Syn. Richard Strauss |
tawney | (n) English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962), Syn. Richard Henry Tawney |
trevithick | (n) English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833), Syn. Richard Trevithick |
upjohn | (n) United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878), Syn. Richard Upjohn |
wagner | (n) German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883), Syn. Wilhelm Richard Wagner, Richard Wagner |
wallace | (n) English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932), Syn. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, Edgar Wallace |
warwick | (n) English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471), Syn. Richard Neville, Kingmaker, Earl of Warwick |
water vole | (n) of western North America, Syn. Microtus richardsoni, Richardson vole |
切尼 | [Qiē ní, ㄑㄧㄝ ㄋㄧˊ, 切 尼] Cheney (name); Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008 #21,716 [Add to Longdo] |
理查德 | [Lǐ chá dé, ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄜˊ, 理 查 德] Richard (name) #39,569 [Add to Longdo] |
李泽楷 | [Lǐ Zé kǎi, ㄌㄧˇ ㄗㄜˊ ㄎㄞˇ, 李 泽 楷 / 李 澤 楷] Richard Li #40,431 [Add to Longdo] |
加特林 | [jiā tè lín, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 加 特 林] Gatling (name); Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun #47,607 [Add to Longdo] |
理查森 | [Lǐ chá sēn, ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄙㄣ, 理 查 森] Richardson (name) #77,344 [Add to Longdo] |
理查 | [Lǐ chá, ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄚˊ, 理 查] Richard (name) #86,329 [Add to Longdo] |
布兰森 | [Bù lán sēn, ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄣ, 布 兰 森 / 佈 蘭 森] Branson or Brandsen (name); Sir Richard Branson (1950-), British millionaire and founder of Virgin #90,310 [Add to Longdo] |
尼克森 | [Ní kè sēn, ㄋㄧˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙㄣ, 尼 克 森] Nixon (name); Richard M Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 #317,116 [Add to Longdo] |
狮心王理查 | [Shī xīn wáng Lǐ chá, ㄕ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄚˊ, 狮 心 王 理 查 / 獅 心 王 理 查] Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199 [Add to Longdo] |