All articles starting with R

Rimi Tomy (റിമി ടോമി)

Rimi Tomy (റിമി ടോമി), born 1983 in Pala, Kottayam, is a Malayalam playback singer, television anchor, and actress. Known for "Chingamasam Vannu Chernnal" from Meesa Madhavan (2002), hosting Onnum Onnum Moonnu, and judging Star Singer.

Riming

Riming is the cloud physics process by which supercooled liquid droplets freeze onto falling ice particles, one of three major ice crystal growth mechanisms in clouds.

Rimini

Rimini, founded by Rome as Ariminum in 268 BC, is a city of about 150,000 on the Adriatic in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed for its seaside resorts.

RimK-like ATPgrasp N-terminal domain

RimK-like ATPgrasp N-terminal domain (RLAN, Pfam PF14401): a conserved alpha+beta domain fused to the N-terminus of RimK-family ATP-grasp ligases in peptide-tagging operons, proposed to recognize substrates.

Rimless wheel

A rimless wheel is a wheel with a hub and rigid spokes but no rim, stepping spoke to spoke and serving as the simplest model of legged walking, introduced by Tad McGeer in 1990.

Rimma Kosheleva

Rimma Kosheleva (Rimma Ivanovna Koshelyova, later Larionova; 1936–2023) was a Soviet hurdler from Gorky who set a 10.6 world record in the 80 m hurdles in 1960 and finished sixth in that event at the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Rimonabant

Rimonabant, also sold as Acomplia, is an anti-obesity drug developed by Sanofi-Aventis that blocks the cannabinoid CB1 receptor; Europe approved it in 2006 and withdrew it in 2008 over psychiatric risks.

Rimowa

Rimowa is a German luxury luggage manufacturer founded in Cologne in 1898 by Paul Morszeck, best known for its grooved aluminum suitcases and majority ownership by LVMH since 2017.

RIMPAC

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the world's largest biennial international maritime exercise, U.S. Navy-led in and around Hawaii since 1971; the 30th iteration in 2026 gathered about 30 nations, 30,000 personnel, and tested unmanned systems and sinking exercises. China was disinvited in 2018.

Rimshot

Rimshot (rim shot, リムショット): a drumming stroke hitting the snare drumhead and rim simultaneously for a sharp crack used as an accent; distinct from cross stick, and colloquially the joke-punctuating drum sting.

Rimstone

Rimstone, also called gour, is calcareous (usually calcite) deposit forming dams around overflowing cave pools and springs. Dams grow as CO2 outgassing at the turbulent rim precipitates calcite, ranging from 1 mm microgours to over 12 m.

Rimsulfuron

Rimsulfuron (DPX E9636), a sulfonylurea ALS-inhibiting (HRAC group 2) herbicide used at 25-60 g/ha on maize, potato, and tomato; low soil persistence but highly mobile with persistent metabolites.

Rimum (servant of Inzak)

Rimum, also written Ri'mum, was a ruler of Dilmun, ancient Bahrain, in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC and father of King Yagli-El.

Oct 22, 2026

Rímur

Rímur, singular ríma, are lengthy Icelandic narrative poems in fixed rhyming meters, Iceland's leading secular poetry from the late medieval period until the late 19th century.

Rimush

Rimush (Rîmuš) was a king of the Akkadian Empire and a son of Sargon of Akkad, reigning about 2278–2270 BC; he suppressed southern rebellions, warred against Elam, and was assassinated by his courtiers.

Rimush's campaign against Elam and Warahshe

Rimush's campaign against Elam and Warahshe was a military expedition of Rimush, second king of the Akkadian dynasty and son of Sargon, against Elam and Parahshum around 2278–2270 BC, known from his own inscriptions.

Rimush's campaigns against the Sumerian revolts

Rimush's campaigns against the Sumerian revolts were the military suppression of revolting southern Mesopotamian cities, including Ur, Umma, and Lagash, by Rimush, son of Sargon of Akkad, around 2278–2270 BC.

RimWorld

RimWorld is a sci-fi colony simulation game by Ludeon Studios and Tynan Sylvester, in early access from 2013 and version 1.0 on October 17, 2018, driven by an AI Storyteller that paces events to generate stories.

Rin (given name)

Rin is a unisex Japanese given name, often written with the kanji 凛 meaning dignified, that has ranked among Japan's most popular girls' names since the mid-2000s.

Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin, also Rin-Tin-Tin or Rinty, a German Shepherd film star rescued in France in 1918 by Lee Duncan; Warner Bros silent-era box-office champion (1922-1931), ancestor of the ABC TV series line.

RIN-m5F

RIN-m5F (RINm5F, RIN-5F) is a clonal rat pancreatic beta cell line from an X-ray-induced NEDH rat insulinoma, a clone of RIN-m. It secretes insulin and L-dopa-decarboxylase, has low insulin content, poor glucose responsiveness, and is used in insulin gene regulation and beta-cell apoptosis research (ATCC CRL-3660, CVCL_0501).

Rin-ne

Rin-ne, also known as Kyokai no Rinne, is a supernatural comedy manga by Takahashi about a girl who sees ghosts and a half-shinigami boy who guides spirits to reincarnation.

RIN2 syndrome

RIN2 syndrome, also known as MACS syndrome, is an extremely rare autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder, first described in 2009, marked by macrocephaly, sparse hair, lax skin, and scoliosis.

RINA

RINA, formerly Registro Italiano Navale, is a multinational ship classification, inspection, and certification company headquartered in Genoa, Italy. Founded in 1861, it is one of twelve members of the International Association of Classification Societies.

Rina Sawayama

Rina Sawayama (リナ・サワヤマ), Japanese-British pop singer-songwriter born 1990 in Niigata, based in London on Dirty Hit. Debut SAWAYAMA (2020, Metascore 89) and Hold the Girl (2022); led BPI eligibility rule change; acted in John Wick: Chapter 4.

Sep 20, 2026

Rinaldo Bellomo

Rinaldo Bellomo (1956–2025) was an Italian-born Australian intensivist who directed intensive care research at Austin Health in Melbourne and is regarded as a founding father of critical care nephrology.

Rinaldo degli Albizzi

Rinaldo degli Albizzi (1370-1442), Florentine statesman, son of Maso, leader of the oligarchic regime, promoter of the catasto, exiler of Cosimo de' Medici in 1433, exiled himself in 1434 and died at Ancona.

Oct 10, 2026

Rinaldo Dohrn

Rinaldo Dohrn, the Italianized name of Reinhard Dohrn (1880–1962), was a German zoologist who directed the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli from 1909 to 1954, succeeding his father.

Rinat Akhmetov (Рінат Леонідович Ахметов)

Rinat Akhmetov (Рінат Ахметов), born 1966 in Donetsk, is a Ukrainian industrialist who controls SCM, Ukraine's largest business group, and has long been ranked its richest man.