1. any of an order (Rajiformes) of usually marine cartilaginous fishes (such as stingrays and skates) having the body flattened dorsoventrally, the eyes on the upper surface, and enlarged pectoral fins fused with the head
2. any of the lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object
3. a beam of radiant energy (such as light) of small cross section
4. a stream of material particles traveling in the same line (as in radioactive phenomena)
5. a single particle of such a stream
6. light cast by rays radiance
7. a moral or intellectual light
8. a thin line suggesting a ray: such as
9. any of a group of lines diverging from a common center
10. half line
11. one of the bony rods that extend and support the membrane in the fin of a fish
12. one of the radiating divisions of the body of a radiate animal (such as a starfish)
13. a branch or flower stalk of an umbel
14. medullary ray
15. vascular ray
16. ray flower sense 1
17. particle, trace
a ray of hope
18. to shine in or as if in rays
19. to issue as rays
20. to extend like the radii of a circle radiate
21. to emit in rays
22. to furnish or mark with rays
23. John 1627–1705 English naturalist
24. Nicholas 1911–1979 born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle American film director
25. Satyajit 1921–1992 Indian film director, writer, and producer
26. one of the lines of light that appear to be given off by a bright object
rays of sunlight
27. a thin beam of radiant energy (as light)
28. light cast in rays
29. a tiny bit particle
a ray of hope
30. any of a group of lines that spread out from the same center
31. a straight line extending from a point in one direction only
32. a slender plant or animal structure Bony rays support a fish's fin.
33. a flat broad fish (as a skate or stingray) related to the shark that has its eyes on the top of its head and often winglike fins
34. any of numerous elasmobranch fishes (order Hypotremata) having the body flattened dorsoventrally, the eyes on the upper surface, and a much-reduced caudal region having typically a slender process often with venomous spines
35. one of the lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object
36. a beam of radiant energy (as light) of small cross section