English words: R

1025 words under R; 301–400 on this page.

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• redress verb (redresses, redressed, redressing); noun (redresses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To put right an unfair or harmful state of things.
• redshift noun (redshift — uncountable)
  Redshift is when light from a star or galaxy moving away from us is stretched so it looks redder, shifting towards the red end of the…
• redskin noun (redskins)
  An old, rude name for a Native American; it must not be used now.
• reduce verb (reduce, reduces, reduced, reducing)
  To reduce something is to make it smaller in size, amount, number or strength.
• reduction noun (a reduction, reductions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reduction is making something smaller or less, or the amount by which it is made smaller.
• redundancy noun (redundancy, a redundancy, redundancies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Redundancy is losing your job because the employer no longer needs that job — for example when a factory closes — not because of anything…
• redundant adjective (redundant)
  Redundant means not needed any more, because there is already enough or it is repeated.
• redwood noun (a redwood, redwoods; redwood — the wood, uncountable)
  A very tall evergreen tree with reddish bark, found mainly in California; coast redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth.
• reed noun (a reed, reeds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reed is a tall, thin, grass-like plant with a hollow stem that grows in or near water.
• reedy adjective (reedier, reediest)
  Full of reeds, the tall grass-like plants that grow in water.
• reef noun (a reef, reefs); verb…
  A reef is a long ridge of rock, sand or coral just under or at the surface of the sea.
• reek verb (reek, reeks, reeked, reeking); noun…
  To have a very strong, unpleasant smell.
• reel noun (a reel, reels); verb (reel, reels, reeled, reeling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A round thing that thread, film, fishing line or wire is wound on.
• ref noun (a ref, refs) — informal short form; verb…
  A ref is a referee, the official who makes sure players follow the rules in games like football, rugby, boxing and basketball.
• refectory noun (a refectory, refectories)
  A large dining hall, especially in a monastery, convent, college or old school.
• refer verb (refer, refers, referred, referring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To refer to someone or something is to talk or write about them.
• referee noun (a referee, referees); verb…
  A referee is the person who makes sure players follow the rules in a game like football, rugby or basketball, and decides what happens…
• reference noun (a reference, references; also uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Talking about or mentioning something: "She made a reference to the trip.".
• referendum noun (a referendum, referendums or referenda)
  A referendum is a vote in which all the voters of a country or area decide one important question directly, usually by answering yes or no.
• referent noun (a referent, referents)
  The real thing, person or idea that a word or phrase points to: in «the dog barked», the referent of «the dog» is the actual dog.
• referral noun (a referral, referrals)
  A referral is the act of sending someone to another person or place that can help them better, especially from a family doctor to a…
• refill verb (refill, refills, refilled, refilling); noun…
  To refill something is to fill it again after it has become empty.
• refine verbJewish tradition
  To make something purer or better by taking out what is not wanted.
• refined adjective (more refined, most refined)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Polite, well-mannered and with good taste.
• refinement noun (refinements)
  Good manners, fine taste and polish.
• refiner nounJewish tradition
  A person who purifies metal by melting it.
• refining adjectiveJewish tradition
  Purifying, as when metal is melted to remove the dross.
• reflect verb (reflect, reflects, reflected, reflecting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  When a surface reflects light, sound or heat, it sends it back.
• reflection noun (a reflection, reflections; reflection)
  A reflection is the picture you see in a mirror, in water or on a shiny surface.
• reflective adjective (reflective, more reflective, most reflective)
  Reflective means able to send back light, like a mirror or the shiny strips on a safety vest.
• reflector noun (a reflector, reflectors)
  A reflector is something with a shiny surface that sends light (or heat or sound) back towards where it came from, such as the small…
• reflex noun (reflex, reflexes); adjective use (a reflex action)
  A reflex is something your body does by itself, very quickly, without you deciding to, such as blinking when something flies at your eye…
• refocus verb…
  To bring your attention or effort back to something, or onto something new.
• reform verb (reform, reforms, reformed, reforming); noun…
  To change and improve a system, law or organisation.
• reformation noun (the Reformation; a reformation, reformations)
  The Reformation was the time, about five hundred years ago in Europe, when some Christians broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and…
• reformer noun (a reformer, reformers; the Reformers — church history)
  A reformer is a person who works to change something, such as laws, schools, prisons or society, to make it better and fairer.
• refract verb (refract, refracts, refracted, refracting); noun…
  To refract light is to bend it as it passes from one material into another, such as from air into water or glass.
• refraction noun (refraction — uncountable)
  Refraction is the bending of light (or sound or water waves) when it passes from one material into another, like from air into water or…
• refrain verb (refrain, refrains, refrained, refraining); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stop yourself from doing something: please refrain from talking.
• refresh verb (refresh, refreshes, refreshed, refreshing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To refresh means to make someone feel less tired or hot, and more lively again.
• refreshment noun (refreshment, refreshments)
  Refreshments are small amounts of food and drink offered at a meeting, show or party.
• refreshments noun (plural; refreshment, refreshments)
  small amounts of food and drink offered at a meeting, event or journey.
• refrigerated adjective (refrigerated); past form of the verb refrigerate…
  Refrigerated means kept cold in a fridge or a cold room so that food or medicine stays fresh.
• refrigeration noun (refrigeration — uncountable)
  Refrigeration is keeping things cold, especially food and medicine, using a fridge, freezer or other cooling machine.
• refrigerator noun (a refrigerator, refrigerators)
  A refrigerator is a kitchen machine like a cold cupboard that keeps food and drinks cool so they stay fresh longer.
• refuel verb (refuel, refuels, refuelled (UK) / refueled…
  To refuel is to fill a car, plane, ship or other vehicle with fuel again.
• refuge noun (refuge — uncountable; a refuge, refuges)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Refuge is safety or shelter from danger, trouble or bad weather.
• refugee noun (a refugee, refugees)
  A refugee is a person who has had to leave their home country because of war, danger or being treated cruelly, and who has gone to live…
• refulgent adjectiveJewish tradition
  Shining very brightly.
• refund noun (a refund, refunds); verb…
  A refund is money given back to you, usually because you returned something you bought or a service did not happen.
• refurbishment noun (a refurbishment, refurbishments; also uncountable)
  Refurbishment is the work of repairing, cleaning and redecorating a building or room so it looks and works like new.
• refusal noun (a refusal, refusals)
  A refusal is when someone says no, or will not do, give or accept something.
• refuse verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To refuse means to say no, or to not do something you are asked to do.
• refuseth verb, old form of «refuses» (he, she, it)
  «refuseth» means «refuses», a form of «refuse»: To refuse means to say no, or to not do something you are asked to do.
• refute verb (refute, refutes, refuted, refuting)
  To refute an idea or claim is to prove that it is wrong.
• regain verb (regain, regains, regained, regaining)
  To get something back after losing it: regain your balance, regain the lead.
• regal adjective (more regal, most regal)
  Fit for a king or queen; splendid and grand.
• regard verb (regard, regards, regarded, regarding); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To regard someone or something as something is to think of them that way: I regard him as a friend.
• regardeth verb, old form of «regards» (he, she, it)
  «regardeth» means «regards», a form of «regard»: To regard someone or something as something is to think of them that way: I regard him as…
• regardless adverb (regardless); used in regardless of
  Regardless means without paying attention to problems, warnings or difficulties; anyway.
• regenerate verb (regenerate, regenerates, regenerated, regenerating)…
  To regenerate is to grow again after being damaged or lost, as a lizard's tail or a starfish's arm can.
• regeneration noun (regeneration — uncountable)
  Regeneration is when a living thing grows back a lost part, such as a lizard's tail or a starfish's arm.
• regent noun (a regent, regents); adjective after a noun…
  A person who rules a country for a king or queen who is too young, ill or away.
• reggae noun (reggae — uncountable)
  A kind of popular music from Jamaica, with a strong off-beat rhythm, often with words about love, peace, faith and fairness.
• regime noun (a regime, regimes)
  A government, especially one that rules strictly and does not let people choose (often negative).
• regimen noun (a regimen, regimens)
  A set plan of diet, exercise, medicine or care that someone follows to stay healthy or get better.
• regiment noun (a regiment, regiments); verb…
  A large group of soldiers in an army, led by a colonel.
• region noun (a region, regions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A region is a large area of land or of a country, with its own features, such as a type of weather, plants or people.
• regional adjective (regional)
  Regional means to do with a particular region, an area of a country or the world, as in a regional accent or regional news.
• register noun (a register, registers); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A register is an official list of names or things, like the list a teacher uses to check who is at school.
• registrar noun (a registrar, registrars)
  An official who keeps records, especially of births, marriages and deaths.
• registration noun (registration, registrations)
  Registration is putting names on an official list, such as signing up for a club or school.
• registry noun (a registry, registries)
  A registry is an official place or office where records are kept, for example of births, marriages and deaths.
• regression noun (regression, regressions)
  Going back to an earlier, worse or less developed state.
• regret verb (regret, regrets, regretted, regretting); noun…
  To regret something is to feel sorry or sad about something you did or did not do, and wish it had been different.
• regretfully adverb (regretfully)
  In a sorry way, feeling sad about a mistake or a loss.
• regrettable adjective (regrettable)
  Unfortunate and something you wish had not happened; deserving regret.
• regrow verb (regrow, regrows, regrew, regrown, regrowing)
  To grow again after being cut, lost or damaged: Lizards can regrow their tails.
• regular adjective (regular, more regular, most regular); noun…
  Regular means happening again and again at the same times or with the same space between («regular meals», «a regular heartbeat»).
• regularity noun (regularity — usually uncountable; regularities)
  The quality of happening at the same times or in the same way again and again.
• regularly adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Regularly means often and at the same times, again and again, like every day or every week.
• regulate verb (regulate, regulates, regulated, regulating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To regulate something is to control it with rules or laws.
• regulation noun (a regulation, regulations; also uncountable)…
  An official rule made by a government or organisation.
• regulator noun (a regulator, regulators)
  A regulator is a device that controls something, like the pressure of gas or water or the speed of a clock.
• regurgitate verb…
  To regurgitate food is to bring swallowed food back up into the mouth.
• rehearsal noun (a rehearsal, rehearsals; rehearsal, uncountable)
  A rehearsal is a practice of a play, concert, dance or show before the real performance.
• rehearse verb (rehearse, rehearses, rehearsed, rehearsing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To rehearse is to practise a play, song, dance or speech before doing it in front of people.
• reheat verb (reheat, reheats, reheated, reheating)
  To heat food or drink again after it has gone cold: reheat the soup.
• rehomed verb…
  of a pet: given away to new owners because the old owners could not or would not keep it.
• rehouse verb (rehouse, rehouses, rehoused, rehousing)
  To rehouse people is to give them a new home, usually because their old one is unsafe, destroyed or being knocked down.
• reign noun (a reign, reigns); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To reign is to rule a country as a king, queen or emperor.
• rein noun (a rein, reins); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Reins are the long straps fixed to a horse's bit, used by the rider or driver to guide it.
• reincarnation noun (reincarnation, reincarnations)
  Reincarnation is the belief that after a person or animal dies, their soul is born again in a new body.
• reindeer noun (a reindeer, reindeer)
  A reindeer is a deer of the cold Arctic and northern lands, with thick fur and large branched antlers; in North America wild reindeer are…
• reinforce verb (reinforce, reinforces, reinforced, reinforcing)
  To make something stronger, especially by adding material or support.
• reinforced verb, past tense and past participle of reinforce…
  Made stronger by adding more material or support: reinforced concrete.
• reinforcement noun (reinforcement, reinforcements)
  Something that makes another thing stronger, such as steel bars inside concrete.
• reintroduce verb…
  To reintroduce an animal or plant is to bring it back to a place where it used to live.
• reintroduction noun (a reintroduction, reintroductions)
  A reintroduction is when an animal or plant is brought back to a place it used to live.
• reiterate verbJewish tradition
  To say or do something again, often more than once.

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