Phrase Hound found 132 phrases and 129 compound words that contain ray. The most common are listed below. Open ray in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 132
- X-rayA ray of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can …
- gamma rayVery high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.
- cosmic rayAny of a range of subatomic particles, and thus also electromagnetic waves, that permeate the universe owing to their various origins within stars or from collisions outside stars. (Life on Earth is mostly shielded from them by the Earth's …
- ray of lightA path that a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.
- ray of sunshinesunbeam, sunray
- electric rayAny of the group of rays of the order Torpedodiniformes, which can produce an electric discharge.
- alpha rayA stream of alpha particles: a single ray of alpha radiation.
- ray gunA weapon that shoots harmful rays.
- T-rayAn electromagnetic wave with a frequency intermediate between, and sharing the properties of, short radio waves and long infrared waves, generally in the 0.1 to 10 terahertz (THz) band of frequencies.
- death rayA beam of radiation that can kill.
- beta rayA stream of beta particles (fast-moving electrons propagating through a gas or vacuum), such as emitted by a radioactive substance.
- ray of hopeSynonym of glimmer of hope: A good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.
- Blu-rayThe Blu-ray Disc format.
- Ray CountyOne of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Richmond. Named after John Ray.
- heat-rayA weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.
- Cape RayA headland and community at the south-west extremity of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- manta rayAny of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
- X-ray diffractionThe scattering of X-rays by the regular lattice of atoms or molecules in a crystal.
- ray tracingA technique that produces realistically shaded images by projecting imaginary light rays to determine which parts of an object should be illuminated.
- X-ray tubeA device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.
- Ex-rayAlternative form of X-ray: A ray of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass …
- god rayA visible shaft of light.
- green raySynonym of green flash: A rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash or ray of green light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused …
- light rayAlternative form of lightray: A ray of light.
- N-rayA discredited hypothetical form of radiation described in 1903.
Compound words 129
- stingrayAny of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- rayonA manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
- sunrayA beam of sunlight; a sunbeam.
- RaysonA surname transferred from the given name.
- berayTo make foul; befoul; soil.
- rayographA photogram of the kind produced by Man Ray.
- eigenrayA ray that has a specific destination
- finrayA lepidotrichium.
- hemirayEither half of the ray of a fish's fin
- lightrayA ray of light.