A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name.

A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.

A proper noun "ray" represents various places in the united states, including a census-designated place in alabama, a ghost town in arizona, unincorporated communities in indiana, michigan, and minnesota, and a minor city in north dakota.

A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.

A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.

A city near Tehran, Iran.

(historical) a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana

A beam of light or radiation.

(zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.

(zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

(botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.

(mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

(colloquial) A tiny amount.

A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.

The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.

(music) Alternative form of re

(transitive) To emit something as if in rays.

(intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.

(transitive) To expose to radiation.

(now rare) To dress, array (someone).