English words: R

1025 words under R; 101–200 on this page.

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• rapidly adverb (from the adjective «rapid»)
  Very quickly; at a great speed.
• rapine nounJewish tradition
  Taking things by force, robbery or plunder.
• rapper noun (rapper, rappers)
  A person who performs rap music, speaking words in rhythm and rhyme over a beat.
• rapt adjective (rapt)
  So interested in something that you notice nothing else, as in «rapt attention».
• raptor noun (a raptor, raptors)
  A raptor is a bird of prey: a bird that hunts other animals with strong feet, sharp curved claws (talons) and a hooked beak, such as an…
• rapture noun (rapture, raptures; often uncountable)
  A feeling of great joy and delight.
• rapturous adjective (rapturous; more rapturous, most rapturous)
  Full of great joy and excitement: «rapturous applause».
• rapturously adverb
  In a way that shows great joy, so happy that you are carried away with delight.
• rare adjective (rare, rarer, rarest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rare means not happening often or not found often; there are only a few of it.
• rarely adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Rarely means not often; almost never.
• rarity noun (a rarity, rarities; rarity uncountable)
  A rarity is a thing or event that is rare, which means it is not often seen or found.
• rascal noun (a rascal, rascals)
  A cheeky, naughty child or animal who makes mischief but is loved.
• rascally adjective
  Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person).
• rase verbJewish tradition
  An old spelling of "raze": to tear a building down to the ground.
• rash noun (a rash, rashes); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An area of red spots, bumps or blotches on the skin, often itchy, caused by an illness, an allergy or something that irritates the skin.
• rashly adverbJewish tradition
  Hastily and without thinking.
• rasp noun (a rasp, rasps); verb (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)
  A rasp is a rough harsh sound, like a scraping voice.
• raspberry noun (a raspberry, raspberries)
  A raspberry is a small, soft, red fruit made of tiny round parts, that grows on a bush.
• rasping adjective; verb form (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)
  Harsh, rough and scratchy in sound: «a rasping voice», «a rasping cough».
• rat noun (a rat, rats); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rodent like a large mouse, with a long thin tail, sharp teeth and grey or brown fur.
• ratatouille noun (ratatouille — usually uncountable)
  A French vegetable stew made by slowly cooking tomatoes, courgettes (zucchini), aubergines (eggplants), peppers, onions and garlic in…
• rate noun (rate, rates); verb (rate, rates, rated, rating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of another, like miles in each hour or dollars for each hour of work.
• rather adverb (rather); in phrases (would rather, rather than)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rather means quite or a little, like «rather cold».
• ratified verb (ratify, ratifies, ratified, ratifying); adjective…
  To ratify a treaty, agreement or law is to make it official by voting or signing to approve it.
• rating noun (a rating, ratings)
  A score or grade that shows how good, popular or safe something is: "a five-star rating".
• ratio noun (ratio, ratios)
  A ratio compares two amounts by how many times one fits into the other.
• rational adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Able to think clearly and sensibly, using reason rather than feelings.
• rationality nounJewish tradition
  The quality of being able to think clearly, using reason.
• rationed verb form (ration, rations, rationed, rationing); adjective…
  Past of «ration»: limited the amount of something each person could have, because there was not enough.
• rationing noun (rationing — uncountable); also the -ing form of the…
  Rationing is a system in which the government limits how much food, fuel or clothes each person may have, because there is not enough for…
• rattle verb (rattle, rattles, rattled, rattling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To rattle means to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to shake something so it does this.
• rattler noun (a rattler, rattlers) — informal
  A rattlesnake: a poisonous snake in the Americas that shakes the rattle on its tail to warn you.
• rattlesnake noun (a rattlesnake, rattlesnakes; informal: rattler)
  A poisonous (venomous) snake of North and South America that has a rattle at the end of its tail made of hard rings, which it shakes to…
• ratty adjective (ratty, rattier, rattiest); Ratty — a name
  Bad-tempered and easily annoyed; grumpy.
• ravage verb (ravage, ravages, ravaged, ravaging); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To damage or destroy something badly: «The storm ravaged the coast.».
• rave verb (rave, raves, raved, raving); noun (a rave, raves)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To talk with great excitement and praise about something you like: «She raved about the film.».
• raven noun (a raven, ravens); adjective (raven — black and shiny)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep croaking call and a thick beak.
• ravenous adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Very, very hungry, so hungry that you could eat a great deal.
• ravine noun (a ravine, ravines)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually cut by a stream or river over a long time.
• ravish verbJewish tradition
  To seize a woman by force and violate her.
• raw adjective (raw, rawer, rawest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Raw food is not cooked.
• rawhide noun
  Animal skin that has been dried but not tanned, used to make ropes, whips and chews.
• ray noun (a ray, rays)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ray is a thin line or beam of light or heat coming from something bright, like the Sun.
• razed verb (raze, razes, razed, razing)
  To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground.
• razor noun (a razor, razors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A razor is a tool with a very sharp blade used to shave hair off the face, legs or head.
• re preposition (formal: re, in letters and emails); prefix…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Re means «about» or «on the subject of», used at the top of letters and emails.
• reabsorb verb (reabsorb, reabsorbs, reabsorbed, reabsorbing)
  To take something back in again after it has come out or been given off, like a sponge soaking up water again.
• reach verb (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.
• reachable adjective (reachable)
  Reachable means able to be reached: close enough to get to or touch.
• reachest verb, old form used with thou
  «reachest» means «you reach», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.
• reacheth verb, old form of «reaches» (he, she, it)
  «reacheth» means «reaches», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.
• react verb (react, reacts, reacted, reacting); noun: reaction
  To act, speak or feel in a certain way because of something that has happened (How did she react to the news?).
• reaction noun (a reaction, reactions)
  What someone says, does or feels because of something that has happened: her reaction to the news was a big smile.
• reactivate verb (reactivate, reactivates, reactivated, reactivating)
  To make something work or become active again after it was stopped or switched off: «reactivate your account».
• reactive adjective (reactive, more reactive, most reactive)
  Likely to change quickly when it meets another substance; a reactive metal like sodium reacts strongly with water.
• reactivity noun (reactivity, uncountable)
  How easily and how strongly a substance takes part in chemical reactions: «Potassium has high reactivity.».
• reactor noun (a reactor, reactors)
  A large machine, especially a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are split to make heat to produce electricity.
• read verb (read, reads, read, reading); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To read is to look at written words and understand what they say.
• readable adjective (readable, more readable)
  Readable means easy and pleasant to read.
• reader noun (a reader, readers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reader is a person who reads, or who is reading a book, a paper or a story.
• readily adverb (readily)
  Readily means quickly and willingly, without fuss.
• readiness noun (readiness — uncountable)
  The state of being prepared and ready for something.
• reading noun (reading, readings); verb (-ing form of read)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Reading is looking at written words and understanding them.
• ready adjective (ready, readier, readiest); adverb readily; noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Ready means prepared and able to do something now.
• real adjective (real, more real); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Existing in fact, not imagined: «Dragons are not real.».
• realign verb (realign, realigns, realigned, realigning)
  To put things back into a straight line or the correct position: «realign the wheels of a car».
• realisation noun (a realisation, realisations; also uncountable); US…
  The moment when you suddenly understand or become aware of something.
• realise verb…
  To realise means to suddenly understand or become aware of something.
• realism noun (realism, uncountable)
  Seeing and accepting things as they really are and dealing with them sensibly: «a sense of realism».
• realistic adjective (realistic, more realistic, most realistic)
  Sensible about what can really happen or be done: "a realistic plan".
• realistically adverb (realistically)
  Realistically means thinking about what can really happen, not wishing.
• reality noun (reality, realities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Reality is what really exists or happens, not what is imagined or pretend.
• realize verb (realizes, realized, realizing; also spelt realise)
  To realize something is to understand clearly that it is true.
• realized verb (past form of realize; also spelt realised)
  Understood clearly, or made a wish or hope come true.
• really adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In fact, truly: «Is it really true?».
• realm noun (a realm, realms)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A country ruled by a king or queen; a kingdom.
• realty nounJewish tradition
  Land and buildings; real estate.
• reap verb (reap, reaps, reaped, reaping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.».
• reaper noun (a reaper, reapers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who cuts and gathers a crop such as wheat (old-fashioned).
• reapest verb, old form used with thou
  «reapest» means «you reap», a form of «reap»: To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.».
• reappear verb (reappear, reappears, reappeared, reappearing)
  To reappear is to appear again or come back into view after being gone.
• rear noun (the rear); adjective (rear); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The back part of something: "the rear of the bus".
• rearrange verb (rearrange, rearranges, rearranged, rearranging)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To change the order or position of things.
• rearrangement noun…
  Changing the order, position or plan of things: «a rearrangement of the furniture».
• rearward nounJewish tradition
  The back part of a group, especially an army on the march.
• reason noun (a reason, reasons); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reason is why something happens or why someone does something; a cause or explanation.
• reasonable adjective (reasonable, more reasonable, most reasonable)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Reasonable means fair and sensible.
• reasonably adverb (reasonably)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fairly or quite, but not very: The test was reasonably easy.
• reasoning noun (reasoning); verb form (-ing form of reason)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Reasoning is thinking step by step to find out why something is true or to solve a problem.
• reassurance noun…
  Words or actions that make someone feel less worried or afraid.
• reassure verb (reassure, reassures, reassured, reassuring); noun…
  To reassure someone means to say or do something that makes them feel less worried or afraid.
• rebel noun (a rebel, rebels); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rebel is a person who fights against the government or people in power.
• rebellion noun (a rebellion, rebellions; rebellion, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rebellion is when a group of people fight against or refuse to obey the people in power, such as a ruler or government.
• rebellious adjective (more rebellious, most rebellious)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge.
• rebirth noun (rebirth, rebirths — often uncountable)
  A new start or return to life after something has ended or declined.
• reborn adjective (reborn); past participle of the rare verb rebear…
  Born again; made to live again or start a new life.
• rebound verb (rebound, rebounds, rebounded, rebounding); noun…
  To bounce back after hitting something: "The ball rebounded off the wall.".
• rebuild verb (rebuild, rebuilds, rebuilt, rebuilding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To rebuild is to build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed.
• rebuke verb (rebuke, rebukes, rebuked, rebuking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To tell someone sharply that they have done something wrong.
• rebus noun (a rebus, rebuses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A puzzle in which pictures, letters, numbers or symbols stand for words or parts of words: a picture of an eye + a heart + a ewe = «I love…

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