Definition of rife

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Rife (a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.

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Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..
Lyriferous :: Lyriferous (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes..
Nitriferous :: Nitriferous (a.) Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter..
Loosestrife :: Loosestrife (n.) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers..
Doloriferous :: Doloriferous (a.) Producing pain.
Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..
Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Enstatite :: Enstatite (n.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety..
Unsighted :: Unsighted (a.) Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon..
Lates :: Lates (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes..
Yttriferous :: Yttriferous (a.) Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals..
Odds :: Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
Calorifere :: Calorifere (n.) An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes..
Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Guava :: Guava (n.) A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly..
Floriferous :: Floriferous (a.) Producing flowers.
Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae..
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