Rice (disambiguation)
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Rice
is a cereal grain.
Rice may also refer to:
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
is a cereal grain.
Rice may also refer to:
People
- Rice (surname)Rice (surname)Rice is a surname of German, Welsh and Irish origin. In Wales, Rice is an Anglicized transliteration of Rhys.In Ireland, Rice is an Anglicized transliteration of Ó Maolchraoibhe...
, including a list of people with the surname - Rice DanicaRice DanicaDanica Rice is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the late 1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.-References:**...
, Canadian sprint kayaker - Rice GarlandRice GarlandRice Garland was a United States Representative from Louisiana.Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and he pursued a basic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law. He moved to Opelousas, Louisiana in 1820 and continued the practice of his profession...
(1795-1861), U.S. Representative from Louisiana - Rice Alexander PierceRice Alexander PierceRice Alexander Pierce was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(1848-1936), American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee - Rice PowellRice PowellRice Powell was a Colonel in the Parliamentary army during the First English Civil War. In the Second English Civil War he allied himself with the Royalist cause. English Civil Wars. He fought in South Wales and played a significant part in events between 1642 and 1649 including a senior role...
, an officer in the First and Second English Civil Wars - Rice ReesRice ReesRice Rees was a Welsh cleric and historian.-Life:Rees was born at Ton, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and christened in the local Independent chapel. From 1819, he was educated for a short time at Lampeter grammar school, under Eliezer Williams, before being educated at home and by his...
(1804–1839), Welsh cleric and historian - Rice SheppardRice SheppardRice Sheppard was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta.-Early life:Sheppard was born April 2, 1861 in Lambourn,...
(1861-1947), Canadian politician and farmers' activist
Geography
- Rice, CaliforniaRice, CaliforniaRice, California is a vacant town site in the southern tip of the Mojave Desert in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California, United States.-History:...
, a vacant town site - Rice, KansasRice, KansasRice is an unincorporated rural community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located a significant distance away from Rice County, Kansas....
, an unincorporated community - Rice, MinnesotaRice, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 711 people, 247 households, and 185 families residing in the city. The population density was 118.8 people per square mile . There were 250 housing units at an average density of 41.8 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 98.87% White, 0.70% Native...
, a city - Rice, OregonRice, OregonRice is an unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States.Rice was named for Horace Rice, who settled on upper Fifteenmile Creek in the 1860s and who planted the first crop of wheat in upland Wasco County. When the Great Southern Railroad established a line into the area in 1905,...
, an unincorporated community - Rice, TexasRice, TexasRice is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 798 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rice is located at ....
, a city - Rice, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Rice, WashingtonRice, WashingtonRice is an unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, United States. Rice is located along the Columbia River and Washington State Route 25 south-southwest of Kettle Falls. Rice has a post office with ZIP code 99167....
, an unincorporated community - Rice County (disambiguation)
- Rice Township (disambiguation)
- Rice Lake (disambiguation)
- Rice ForkRice ForkThe Rice Fork is a tributary of the Eel River in Lake County, California. The Rice Fork begins on the upper northwest side of Goat Mountain, on the Colusa-Lake County line, at an elevation of over...
, a tributary of the Eel River, California - Rice Creek (disambiguation)
- Fort RiceFort RiceFort Rice was a frontier military fort in the 19th century in what was then Dakota Territory and what is now North Dakota....
, a 19th century frontier military fort in what is now North Dakota - Rice StraitRice StraitRice Strait is a narrow waterway between Ellesmere Island's eastern coast and Pim Island in northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It connects Rosse Bay on the north with Buchanan Strait to the south.The strait is named after Sergeant George W...
, Canada - Rice BastionRice BastionRice Bastion is a substantial mountain mass surmounted by a small crown of exposed rock which appears slightly higher than the plateau behind it, projecting from the edge of Detroit Plateau, Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, 8 miles southwest of Mount Elliott and 8.8 miles north-northwest of...
, a mountain mass in Antarctica - Rice RidgeRice RidgeRice Ridge is a low ridge with rocky exposures, 1 nautical mile long, which extends from the north side of Anderson Dome in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Robert A....
, Antarctica
Schools
- Rice UniversityRice UniversityWilliam Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
, Houston, Texas - The Rice SchoolThe Rice SchoolThe Rice School is a combined elementary and secondary school in Houston, Texas.Rice, which serves grades kindergarten through 8, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....
, a public combined elementary and secondary school associated with the university - Rice High School (disambiguation)
- Rice Middle SchoolRice Middle SchoolC. M. Rice Middle School is a public secondary school within the Plano Independent School District. Sixth through eighth graders attend, feeding from Andrews Elementary, Skaggs Elementary, and Wyatt Elementary Schools...
, Plano, Texas - Rice CollegeRice CollegeRice College is a secondary school in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland founded in 1826. It is also a C.B.S with a house on the property where "Brothers" still reside. No Brothers teach in the secondary school but it was previously run by the religious order...
, a secondary school in Ireland
Other uses
- Rice (cooking)Rice (cooking)Ricing is a cooking term meaning to pass food through a food mill or "ricer", which comes in several forms. In the most basic, food is pushed or pressured through a metal or plastic plate with many small holes, producing a smoother result than mashing, but coarser than pureeing or passing through a...
, a food–processing technique - RICE (medicine)RICE (medicine)RICE is a treatment method for soft tissue injury which is an acronym for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. When used appropriately, recovery duration is usually shortened and discomfort minimized....
, a treatment for soft-tissue injury - Rice (film)Rice (film)Rice is a 1963 South Korean drama film directed by Shin Sang-ok. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:...
, a 1963 South Korean film - Radio Ice Cerenkov ExperimentRadio Ice Cerenkov ExperimentRadio Ice Cerenkov Experiment is an experiment designed to detect the Cherenkov emission in the radio regime of the electromagnetic spectrum from the interaction of high energy neutrinos with the Antarctic ice cap...
, a Cherenkov emission detection project - Rice distributionRice distributionIn probability theory, the Rice distribution or Rician distribution is the probability distribution of the absolute value of a circular bivariate normal random variable with potentially non-zero mean. It was named after Stephen O...
, a probability distribution - Rice Army AirfieldRice Army AirfieldRice Army Airfield is an abandoned World War II airfield located east-southeast of Rice, California, United States...
, near Rice, California - Rice House, various buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
- Rice ApartmentsRice ApartmentsThe Rice Apartments, located in Eugene, Oregon, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
, Eugene Oregon, on the National Register of Historic Places - Rice Covered BridgeRice Covered BridgeRice Covered Bridge, also known as Landisburg Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Tyrone Township near Landisburg in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It is a combination Burr truss and queen post bridge, constructed in 1869. It crosses Sherman Creek...
, Pennsylvania, on the National Register of Historic Places - Rice Stadium (disambiguation)
See also
- Ricer (disambiguation)
- Rise (disambiguation)
- Rice Epicurean MarketsRice Epicurean MarketsRice Epicurean Markets is an American niche grocery store chain based in Southwest Houston, Houston, Texas. The company operates five Rice Epicurean Markets, which range in size from 25,000 to . Rice Epicurean Markets is wholly owned by founding family members.- Rice Boulevard Food Market :Founded...
, an American specialty grocery chain