environment;  circumstance
 annulation;  ring shape;  loop shape
 links;  chain;  shackle;  linking
 atoll;  circular coral reef
 looking around;  looking about
 circumzenithal arc;  cicumzenith arc
 umwelt;  self-centered world
 cyclic compound;  ring compound
 ball-and-ring method;  ring-and-ball test
 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon;  PAH
 ring inversion;  ring flip
 signet ring (in medical contexts, e.g. signet ring cell)
 clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain
 Newton's rings (interference pattern seen when a convex lens is placed on another surface)
 Artinian ring;  Artin ring
 Artinian ring;  Artin ring
 fairy ring;  mushroom ring