Definition of riot

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Riot (n.) Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

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Head :: Head (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot..
Eisteddfod :: Eisteddfod (n.) Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom..
Curule :: Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot.
Compatriotism :: Compatriotism (n.) The condition of being compatriots.
Sturdy :: Sturdy (superl.) Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism..
Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc..
Guise :: Guise (n.) Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism..
Charioted :: Charioted (imp. & p. p.) of Chario.
Nationality :: Nationality (n.) The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism..
Wain :: Wain (n.) A chariot.
Petromastoid :: Petromastoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone, periotic..
Accessory :: Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music..
Ovariotomist :: Ovariotomist (n.) One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy..
Aurigation :: Aurigation (n.) The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious..
Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..
Opisthotic :: Opisthotic (n.) The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone.
Rout :: Rout (n.) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof..
Maccabees :: Maccabees (n. pl.) The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel..
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