Old English hreac "stack of hay or straw," from Proto-Germanic *khraukaz (source also of Old Norse hraukr, Frisian reak, Dutch rook "heap"); perhaps related to ridge.
rick hay
riches
richly
richness
Richter scale
ricin
rick
rickets
rickettsia
rickety
rickey
rickshaw
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