Definition of ranch

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Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

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Withe :: Withe (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy..
Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..
Energetics :: Energetics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena..
Nudibranchiata :: Nudibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia..
Topmost :: Topmost (a.) Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree..
Decussated :: Decussated (a.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches..
Intrapetiolar :: Intrapetiolar (a.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Hyperbola :: Hyperbola (n.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. o
Peribranchial :: Peribranchial (a.) Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics..
Diacoustics :: Diacoustics (n.) That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.
Royal :: Royal (n.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag..
Treebeard :: Treebeard (n.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
Pterobranchia :: Pterobranchia (n. pl.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura..
Quadrifurcated :: Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches..
Paleornithology :: Paleornithology (n.) The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.
Cyclostomi :: Cyclostomi (n. pl.) A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii..
Arm :: Arm (n.) A branch of a tree.
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
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