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rip-off |
rip-roaring |
riparia |
riparia riparia |
Riparian
| riparian forest
| riparian right
| riparious
| ripcord
| ripe
Riparian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Riparian has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Riparian, adj. & n. esp. Law
--adj. of or on a river-bank (riparian rights).
--n. an owner of property on a river-bank.
--adj. of or on a river-bank (riparian rights).
--n. an owner of property on a river-bank.
Etymology
L riparius f. ripa bank
ROGET THESAURUS
Riparian
Land
N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.
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