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Rasmus Højlund

Rasmus Højlund, Danish striker born 2003 in Copenhagen; FCK, Sturm Graz, Atalanta, €74m Manchester United 2023, loan Napoli; Denmark 31 caps, 16 goals; left-footed, 22.3 mph sprinter.

Rasmus Lauge Schmidt

Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, also Rasmus Lauge, Danish handball centre back/left back (born 1991) for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg; three world titles, two European titles, 2024 Olympic gold with Denmark.

Rasmus Nielsen (geneticist)

Rasmus Nielsen is a Danish population and evolutionary geneticist at UC Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen known for methods to detect natural selection in genomes.

Rasmus Quist

Rasmus Quist (Rasmus Nicolai Quist Hansen, born 1980, Middelfart) is a Danish rower who with Mads Rasmussen won lightweight double sculls gold at London 2012, bronze at Beijing 2008, and world titles in 2006 and 2007.

Rasmussen Lowlands

The Rasmussen Lowlands are a wet tundra coastal plain near the Boothia Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada, designated a Ramsar site in 1982 for up to 500,000 shorebirds.

Rasmussen Reports

Rasmussen Reports, an American polling firm founded in 2003 by Scott Rasmussen, uses automated surveys and party weighting; known for a Republican-leaning bias, its daily Presidential Tracking Poll, and its 2024 removal from FiveThirtyEight averages.

Rasmussen syndrome

Rasmussen syndrome (Rasmussen encephalitis) is a rare progressive inflammatory brain disease of one hemisphere, first described in 1958, causing drug-resistant focal seizures, hemiparesis, and cognitive decline, treated by immunotherapy and hemispheric disconnection.

Rasnadi kvatha curna (rasnadi kvatha cirna)

Rāsnādi kvātha cūrṇa (mahā), also Maharasnadi Kwath, is an Ayurvedic coarse-powder decoction formulation (AFI 4:28, Śārṅgadharasaṁhitā) led by Pluchea lanceolata, dosed at 48 g, used for vāta disorders such as hemiplegia and sciatica.

Rasnadi kvatha curna (rasnadikvatha curna)

Rāsnādi kvātha cūrṇa (rasnadikvatha curna), an Ayurvedic coarse-powder decoction formulation led by rasna (Pluchea lanceolata); mahā version from Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā, dose 48 g, used for vāta disorders including sciatica and hemiplegia.

Rasnadi Lepa

Rasnadi Lepa (Rāsnādi cūrṇa, rāsnādi lepa), also sold as Rasnadi Lepa Churna, is an Ayurvedic external paste from Sahasrayoga, listed in the AFI with about 21 ingredients, applied to forehead and scalp for headache (Shirah Shula).

Rasnairandadi kvatha curna (afi afi-rasnairandadikvatacurna)

Rāsnairanḍādi kvātha cūrṇa (rasnairandadi kvatha churna), an Ayurvedic Formulary of India coarse-powder decoction (AFI000412, 48 g dose) led by rasna and castor root, used for swelling of thighs.

Rasnasaptaka kvatha curna

Rasnasaptaka kvatha curna (Rāsnāsaptaka kvātha cūrṇa), a seven-herb Ayurvedic decoction powder led by rasna (Pluchea lanceolata), listed as AFI000554, used mainly for Amavata (rheumatoid arthritis) and painful Vata joint disorders.

Rasoddharatantra

Rasoddharatantra (Rasoddhara Tantra, Rasoddhāratantra; also Rasasaṃhitā), a Sanskrit Rasaśāstra treatise of Ayurvedic iatrochemistry with a Bhasma Pishti Prakarana chapter, cited in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India and modern pharmaceutical studies for Shweta Parpati, Jaharamohara Bhasma, and other formulations.

Rason (라선)

Rason (라선), formerly Rajin-Sonbong, is North Korea's first special economic zone, established December 1991 near the China and Russia borders around an ice-free port; it became a special city in 2010 and shifted toward tourism after 2023 sanctions-era decline.

Rasool Bux Palijo

Rasool Bux Palijo (رسول بخش پليجو; 1930–2018) was a Pakistani leftist politician, lawyer, and writer who founded the Awami Tehreek party and wrote over twenty books in Sindhi.

Rasottamadi Lepa Curna

Rasottamadi Lepa Cirna (Rasothamadi Lepam), an Ayurvedic external paste of purified mercury, sulphur, and spices, official in the API and AFI, used for eczema, scabies, and itching skin diseases.

Rasoul Khadem Azgadhi

Rasoul Khadem Azgadhi (رسول خادم ازغدی), Iranian freestyle wrestler born 1972 in Mashhad; 1996 Olympic gold at 90 kg, 1992 bronze at 82 kg, world champion 1994 and 1995, later Iran Wrestling Federation president.

Raspberries (band)

The Raspberries, Cleveland power pop band (1970-1975, reunited 2004-2007) led by Eric Carmen with Jim Bonfanti, Wally Bryson, and Dave Smalley; Capitol Records hit "Go All the Way" reached No. 5 and sold over one million copies.

Raspberry

Raspberry (Rubus idaeus, European red raspberry) is a Rosaceae shrub whose fruit is an aggregate of drupelets, hollow when picked. Native to temperate Eurasia and North America; bee-pollinated; Russia led 2024 production with 213,818 tonnes.

Raspberry Beret

Raspberry Beret: 1985 Prince and the Revolution single, lead track of Around the World in a Day, the first Paisley Park Records release. Recorded 1982, reworked 1984; US Hot 100 No. 2, UK No. 25.

Raspberry ketone

Raspberry ketone is a phenolic compound that gives red raspberries their aroma, used as a flavoring, in perfumes, and since the 2010s in weight-loss supplements.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is a family of low-cost single-board computers and microcontrollers made by Raspberry Pi Ltd, whose profits fund a UK charity promoting computing education.

Raspberry Pi 3

Raspberry Pi 3 is a family of $35 single-board computers from Raspberry Pi, launched in 2016, introducing 64-bit processing and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to the line.

Raspberry Pi 4

The Raspberry Pi 4 is a single-board computer released in June 2019, the first Raspberry Pi with USB 3.0 ports, dual 4K micro-HDMI outputs, and USB-C power.

Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi 5 is the fifth-generation flagship single-board computer from Raspberry Pi, released in October 2023 and up to three times faster than its predecessor.

Raspberry Pi Holdings

Raspberry Pi Holdings, also known as Raspberry Pi Ltd, is a British company founded in 2012 that designs low-cost single-board computers; it listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2024.

Raspberry Pi OS

Raspberry Pi OS, formerly Raspbian, is the official Debian-based Linux operating system for Raspberry Pi single-board computers, begun by Mike Thompson and Peter Green in 2012 and renamed in 2020.

Raspberry Pi Pico

Raspberry Pi Pico is a $4 microcontroller development board launched by Raspberry Pi in January 2021, built around the RP2040, the company's first in-house microcontroller chip.

Raspberry Pi Zero

The Raspberry Pi Zero is a line of smaller, lower-cost single-board computers first launched in 2015 at $5, later including the wireless Zero W and Zero 2 W.

Rasputin (song)

"Rasputin" is a 1978 Euro-disco hit by Boney M., written by Frank Farian, Fred Jay, and George Reyam for Nightflight to Venus; UK number 2, banned at its own Soviet concerts, revived by a 2021 Majestic remix and TikTok.