Rice (disambiguation)

Rice is a food grain eaten by a large proportion of the world's population as a primary staple.\n----\nRice is a place in the State of Virginia in the United States of America: see Rice, Virginia. It is also part of the name of some other places: \n*Rice Lake, Wisconsin\n* various places named Riceville\n----\nRice is a last name:\n* Condoleezza Rice National Security Advisor to George W. Bush.\n* Jerry Rice is an American football player in the NFL. \n----\nRice University is a well known university in Houston, Texas.\n----\nRice can also be a derogatory adjective referring to modified family cars, sports cars, or any type of vehicle. Generally this term refers to those cars which look fast (or look 'overdone') but have little or no modifications to the drivetrain. Modifications include, but are not limited to: large spoilers, non-functional body kits that modify the look of the car, Adding Nitrous Oxide systems (NoS), lowering springs to make the vehicle sit lower (like race cars), flashy chromed tail lights and special headlights, larger than stock wheels with low profile tires, and of course, an extremely oversized, loud muffler. As a subcategory, in certain parts of the country, there is new usage of this term that refers to poorly modified cars, i.e. spanish rice. Generally those of hispanic descent are found driving these cars and can be readily recognized by their last name stickered boldly on the back window, and tires that stick out a few inches from the sides of the vehicle. A common car to have "riced" is the Honda Civic.\n----\n