English words: R

1025 words under R; 901–1000 on this page.

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• rook noun (a rook, rooks); verb…
  A rook is a large black bird of the crow family with a grey, bare patch of skin at the base of its beak; rooks live together in noisy…
• rookery noun (rookeries)
  A rookery is a group of rooks' nests high in the trees, or the place where rooks live together.
• room noun (room, rooms; room — uncountable for «space»); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A room is a part of a building with walls, a floor and a ceiling, like a kitchen or a bedroom.
• roomful noun (roomfuls)
  A roomful is as many people or things as fill a room.
• roommate noun (a roommate, roommates)
  A roommate is a person who shares a bedroom with you.
• roomy adjective (roomier, roomiest)
  Roomy means having plenty of space inside, so that it is not cramped.
• roost noun (a roost, roosts); verb…
  A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep, such as a branch, a perch or a barn.
• rooster noun (a rooster, roosters)
  An adult male chicken, usually with a bright red comb on its head and colourful tail feathers, known for crowing loudly in the morning.
• root noun (a root, roots); verb (root, roots, rooted, rooting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The part of a plant that grows under the ground, holding it in place and taking in water and minerals.
• roots noun (roots, plural of root; root — a root); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Roots are the parts of a plant that grow under the ground; they hold the plant in place and take in water and minerals.
• rope noun (rope, ropes); verb (rope, ropes, roped, roping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rope is a strong, thick cord made of twisted strands, used for pulling, tying or climbing.
• rosary noun (a rosary, rosaries)
  A string of beads used by Catholic Christians to count prayers.
• rose noun (rose, roses); verb (rise: rose — past form)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rose is a flower with a sweet smell and sharp thorns on its stem.
• rosebud noun (rosebuds)
  A rosebud is a rose flower before it has opened fully.
• rosemary noun…
  A small evergreen bush with needle-like leaves that smell strong and fresh, used as a herb in cooking.
• rosette noun (a rosette, rosettes)
  A round badge made of ribbon, given as a prize, for example at a horse or pet show.
• rosin noun (rosin, uncountable); verb…
  Rosin is a hard, sticky, amber-coloured substance made from pine tree sap.
• rosy adjective (rosy, rosier, rosiest)
  Pink or pinkish-red, like a rose, especially of cheeks or skin.
• rot verb (rot, rots, rotted, rotting); noun (rot — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To go soft, bad and break down slowly because of bacteria and fungi, like old fruit, wood or dead leaves; to decay.
• rota noun (a rota, rotas — UK, Australia)
  A rota is a list showing who has to do a job and when, so that people take turns.
• rotate verb (rotate, rotates, rotated, rotating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To turn around a centre or a point; to spin: The Earth rotates once a day.
• rotation noun (a rotation, rotations; rotation as uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rotation is turning around a centre point or a line: "the rotation of the Earth".
• rotational adjective (rotational)
  Rotational means to do with turning round a centre point.
• rote nounJewish tradition
  Learning or doing something by repeating it again and again without thinking about what it means.
• rotifer noun (a rotifer, rotifers)
  A tiny water animal, usually too small to see without a microscope, with a ring of little hairs at its head that wave and look like…
• rotor noun (a rotor, rotors)
  A rotor is a part of a machine that turns round and round, such as the blades on top of a helicopter.
• rotted verb form (past of rot: rot, rots, rotted, rotting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rotted is the past form of «rot»: something rotted when it went bad and broke down slowly because of germs, fungi, damp or age.
• rotten adjective (rotten, more rotten, most rotten); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gone bad, soft and smelly because of decay (a rotten egg, rotten wood).
• rottenness nounJewish tradition
  The state of decaying or rotting, especially of wood or bones.
• rotting verb, -ing form of rot (rot, rots, rotted, rotting)…
  Rotting means going bad and breaking down, as dead plants, animals or food slowly decay.
• rottweiler noun (a Rottweiler, Rottweilers)
  A Rottweiler is a large, strong breed of dog, black with brown markings, first bred in Germany to herd cattle and guard.
• rouble noun (roubles)
  A rouble is a unit of money used in Russia long ago and still in some countries.
• rouge noun (rouge — uncountable); adjective…
  «Rouge» means «red» in French: «une pomme rouge» is «a red apple».
• rough adjective (rough, rougher, roughest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rough means not smooth; a rough surface is bumpy or uneven when you touch it.
• roughly adverb (roughly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Roughly means about, not exactly: roughly 100 people.
• roughness noun (roughness; no plural)
  The roughness of something is how uneven or harsh its surface feels, the opposite of smoothness.
• round noun (round, rounds); adjective (round, rounder, roundest)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A round is one turn of a game, a race, a quiz or a test: the first round.
• roundabout noun (a roundabout, roundabouts); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A roundabout (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) is a circular junction where cars go around a middle island and leave at different…
• rounders noun (rounders — uncountable, used as singular)
  A bat-and-ball game played in the UK and Ireland, a bit like baseball, where players hit a ball and run around four posts.
• rounding nounJewish tradition
  A rounded curve of the body, here the smooth curve of the thighs.
• roundish adjective (roundish)
  Almost round, but not quite a perfect circle or ball.
• roundly adverb (no forms)
  Roundly means plainly and openly, without holding back: he declared roundly that he would not go.
• roundness noun (roundness — uncountable)
  The quality of being round or curved like a circle or ball.
• rouse verb (rouse, rouses, roused, rousing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To wake someone up.
• rout noun (routs); verb (rout, routs, routed, routing)
  A rout is a complete defeat in which the losing side runs away in confusion.
• route noun (route, routes); verb (route, routes, routed, routing)
  A route is the way you go to get from one place to another.
• router noun (a router, routers)
  A router is a small box that connects your computers, phones and tablets to the internet and to each other, often by Wi-Fi.
• routine noun (a routine, routines); adjective…
  The usual order in which you do things every day, like a morning routine: wake up, wash, dress, eat breakfast.
• routinely adverb (routinely)
  As a normal, regular part of what happens; usually.
• roux noun (a roux, roux or rouxs)
  A roux is a mixture of melted butter (or fat) and flour cooked together, used to thicken sauces, soups and gravy.
• rove verb (rove, roves, roved, roving)
  To rove is to wander about from place to place with no fixed plan or home.
• rover noun (a rover, rovers)
  A rover is a vehicle that drives around on the surface of another planet or the Moon to explore it, like the Mars rovers.
• roving adjective (roving); verb form of «rove»
  Roving means wandering from place to place without a fixed home or plan.
• row noun (row, rows); verb (row, rows, rowed, rowing); noun and…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A row is a line of things or people side by side: a row of chairs.
• rowan noun (a rowan, rowans); proper noun (Rowan) — a name
  A rowan is a small tree with feathery leaves and bunches of bright red-orange berries in autumn, also called a mountain ash.
• rower noun (rower, rowers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rower is a person who moves a boat through the water with oars.
• royal adjective (royal); noun (a royal, royals — informal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  About a king or queen or their family.
• royally adverb (no forms)
  In a royal way: very grandly, as a king or queen would do.
• royalty noun (royalty — uncountable; a royalty, royalties)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Royalty means kings, queens, princes, princesses and their families.
• ru fragment / abbreviation (ru, .ru, RU)
  .ru is the internet ending (domain) for websites from Russia.
• rub verb (rub, rubs, rubbed, rubbing); noun (a rub)
  To rub is to move your hand or something else backwards and forwards over a surface, pressing on it.
• rubber noun (rubber, a rubber, rubbers); adjective use…
  Rubber is a soft, stretchy material that bounces and keeps water out; it is made from the sap of rubber trees or from chemicals.
• rubbery adjective (rubbery, rubberier, rubberiest)
  Like rubber: soft and bendy, or bouncy.
• rubbing verb…
  Rubbing means moving your hand or something against a surface again and again, pressing on it.
• rubbish noun (rubbish, uncountable); adjective (informal, British)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rubbish is things you throw away because they are no longer wanted or useful.
• rubbishy adjective (rubbishier, rubbishiest)
  Rubbishy means of very poor quality or worth nothing; like rubbish.
• rubble noun (rubble — uncountable)
  Broken pieces of stone, brick and concrete left when a building falls down or is knocked down.
• rubella noun (rubella — uncountable)
  Rubella, also called German measles, is an illness caused by a virus that gives a red spotty rash and fever; it is usually mild in…
• rubenesque adjective (rubenesque; also Rubenesque)
  of a woman: plump, with a full, rounded figure, like the women in the paintings of the artist Rubens.
• ruby noun (a ruby, rubies); adjective (ruby-red, ruby); proper…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ruby is a precious stone with a deep red colour, used in rings and necklaces.
• rucksack noun (a rucksack, rucksacks)
  A rucksack is a bag you carry on your back, with two straps over your shoulders.
• rudder noun (a rudder, rudders)
  A rudder is a flat, upright blade at the back of a boat or ship that is turned to steer it left or right.
• ruddy adjective (ruddy, ruddier, ruddiest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ruddy face is healthy and red or pink, often from being outdoors.
• rude adjective (rude, ruder, rudest)
  Rude means not polite; saying or doing things that are unkind or show no respect.
• rudely adverb (rudely, more rudely, most rudely)
  Rudely means in a way that is not polite and shows no respect for others.
• rudeness noun (rudeness — uncountable)
  Rudeness is behaviour or talk that is not polite and does not show respect, such as interrupting, name-calling or ignoring someone.
• rudimentary adjective (rudimentary)
  Very simple and basic, not developed much.
• rue verb (rue, rues, rued, ruing); noun…
  To rue something means to feel sorry about it and wish it had not happened, as in «you'll rue the day».
• ruff noun (ruffs)
  A ruff is a stiff, frilled collar worn round the neck long ago.
• ruffian noun (a ruffian, ruffians)
  A rough, violent or lawless person, especially a man or a boy who causes trouble.
• ruffle verb (ruffle, ruffles, ruffled, ruffling); noun…
  To make something uneven or messy, like hair, feathers or a smooth surface.
• rug noun (rug, rugs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rug is a thick piece of cloth that covers part of a floor.
• rugby noun (rugby — uncountable)
  Rugby is a team game played with an oval ball, which players can kick, carry and pass backwards; they score by putting the ball down over…
• rugged adjective (more rugged, most rugged)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rugged means rough and uneven, with rocks or bumps: rugged ground.
• ruin verb (ruin, ruins, ruined, ruining); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ruin something means to damage or spoil it so badly that it is no good any more: rain ruined the picnic.
• ruinous adjective (no forms)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Ruinous means fallen to pieces, in ruins: a ruinous castle.
• rule noun (rule, rules); verb (rule, rules, ruled, ruling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rule tells what must or should be done: school rules, the rules of a game.
• ruler noun (ruler, rulers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ruler is a straight strip with marks, used to measure length and draw straight lines.
• rum adjective (rum, rummer, rummest); noun (rums)
  Strange or odd: «a rum little man».
• rumble verb (rumble, rumbles, rumbled, rumbling); noun…
  To rumble is to make a long, low, deep sound, like thunder or a big truck.
• rumbling verb form (rumble, rumbles, rumbled, rumbling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rumbling is making a long, deep, low sound, like thunder far away or a big truck passing.
• rumen nounJewish tradition
  The rumen is the first and largest stomach of a cow, sheep or goat, where swallowed food is first stored and softened.
• ruminant nounJewish tradition
  A ruminant is an animal such as a cow, sheep or goat that chews its cud and has a stomach in several parts.
• ruminate verb (ruminate, ruminates, ruminated, ruminating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To think deeply about something for a long time.
• rummage verb (rummage, rummages, rummaged, rummaging); noun…
  To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost.
• rummy noun (rummy — a card game, uncountable); adjective…
  Rummy is a card game where you try to collect sets (like three kings) and runs (like 4, 5, 6 of hearts).
• rumor nounJewish tradition
  A story or report that people pass on, which may not be sure.
• rumour noun (a rumour, rumours); verb (be rumoured)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rumour is a story or piece of news that people pass from one to another, which may not be true and has not been checked.
• rump noun (a rump, rumps)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The back end of an animal's body, above the back legs.
• rumpus noun (a rumpus, rumpuses — informal)
  A noisy fuss, quarrel or commotion.

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