ripeness, n. [maturity], completeness, consummateness, [development].
ripple, v. [fret].
rise, v. ascend, [mount], [arise], levitate; [tower]; [swell], [increase], [grow], [enlarge]; emerge; proceed, [spring], emanate, originate; [rebel], [revolt]; transcend (rise above).
rise, n. [ascent]; [spring], [source], [origin], [beginning]; [increase], [advance], [appreciation], augmentation; [elevation], [hill], [knoll].
rise again. resurge.
risible, a. [funny], [ludicrous]. See laughable.
rising, a. ascending, ascendant.
rising, n. [ascent], ascension, [rise], levitation, levee, emergence; insurrection, uprising.
rising again. [resurrection], resurgence.--a. resurgent.
risk, n. [unsafety], [danger], [peril], [jeopardy], [hazard], imperilment.