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Ridley rid·ley

Spelling: [rid-lee]

IPA: /ˈrɪd li/

Ridley is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in Ridley (deilry).

Definitions for Ridley

noun

1. Also called Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches (61 cm) long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
2. Also called olive ridley, Pacific ridley. an olive-colored sea turtle, L. olivacea, similar to L. kempii, inhabiting tropical waters of the Indian, Pacific, and South Atlantic oceans: threatened or endangered throughout its range.
3. Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
4. a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

Origin of Ridley

First recorded in 1940-45; of undetermined orig.

Examples for Ridley

Dr. ridley was dismissed from the see of London, and Bonne introduced.

If ABC picks up the show, ridley will make history once more as one of only a handful of black showrunners on a major network.

Young ridley was lying on a pile of hay when his employer entered.

It was here that the martyrs Cranmer, Latimer, and ridley were burned.

When ridley Scott was at the end of the phone, then of course I jumped at that opportunity.

Though he did not happen to know it, young ridley was a favorite of the cattle king.

It was a history-making accolade for ridley, who became only the second black person to win the Best Screenplay Oscar.

So, for that matter, was Gladiator, the previous foray into ancient legend by director ridley Scott.

Young ridley went straight to the corral where he had put up his horse.

When it came to shooting the famous parting of the Red Sea, ridley Scott elected to show a tsunami splitting the waters.