Rama (Sanskrit, to stand still, rejoice, be pleased) Rama is one of the seven avatars (incarnations) of the Hindu God Vishnu. Krishna is another such avatar. Rama is one of the central figures in Hinduism and in India’s cultural traditions in general.
This word calls back to me the former Beatle George Harrison’s beautiful song “My Sweet Lord.”
rampike (origin unknown) an erect dead or broken tree.
Another word in that intriguing category, “origin unknown.” (See introduction for a list in this category.) To me, these desolate rampikes are as powerful as poetry in their stark, lonely pathos...
Rankine \ran’ kin\ a temperature scale named after a Scottish physicist, using Fahrenheit degrees but in which the freezing point of water is 491 degrees and the boiling point is 671 degrees.
This is a new idea for me; shocking actually. Different from the minimalist Celsius scale (with it's logical 0 and 100 degrees for freezing and boiling point) and the free-wheeling, American use of Fahrenheit (32 degrees for freezing). Forget the classic SAT question of how to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. How about converting to Rankine units?
William John Madquorn Rankine was a renowned physicist and engineer in Edinburgh specializing in thermodynamics. More importantly, he was an avid amateur pianist, singer and cello player and played humorous songs.
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