English words: R

1025 words under R; 701–800 on this page.

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• returnable adjective (returnable)
  Able to be given or sent back, often for money back: «returnable bottles».
• reuben proper noun (Reuben) — a name; noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Reuben is a boy's name.
• reunification noun (reunification — usually uncountable)
  Reunification is joining together again something that had been split, especially a country that was divided into two.
• reunion noun (a reunion, reunions)
  A meeting of people who have not seen each other for a long time.
• reunite verb (reunite, reunites, reunited, reuniting)
  To bring people together again, or come together again, after being apart.
• reusable adjective (reusable)
  Able to be used again, many times, instead of being thrown away.
• reuse verb (reuse, reuses, reused, reusing); noun…
  To reuse something means to use it again instead of throwing it away, either for the same job or for a new one.
• rev verb (rev, revs, revved, revving)
  To rev an engine is to make it run faster by pressing the accelerator.
• reveal verb (reveal, reveals, revealed, revealing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To reveal something is to show something that was hidden.
• revel verb (revel, revels, revelled, revelling; US reveled)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To revel is to take part in noisy fun such as feasting, drinking and dancing.
• revelation noun (a revelation, revelations); proper noun…
  A surprising fact that is made known, often a secret.
• reveller noun (revellers)
  A reveller is a person who joins in noisy partying, dancing and drinking.
• revelry noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Revelry is noisy, happy partying with dancing, feasting and music.
• revenge noun (revenge, no plural); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Revenge is hurting or punishing someone because they hurt you or someone you care about.
• revengeful adjective (more revengeful, most revengeful)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Revengeful means wanting to pay back someone who has hurt or wronged you.
• revenue noun (revenue, revenues)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The money that a business or government gets in, before costs are taken away; income.
• reverberate verb…
  A sound reverberates when it bounces back off walls or hills again and again, making a long echo.
• reverberating adjective (reverberating); the -ing form of the verb…
  Of a sound: echoing again and again, loudly, filling a space.
• revere verb (revere, reveres, revered, revering)
  To revere someone or something is to respect and admire them very deeply.
• reverence noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Deep respect and honour shown to someone, such as a parent or a holy person.
• reverend adjective (no comparative); noun (the Reverend)
  Deserving deep respect, as a wise or holy person does.
• reverently adverb
  In a respectful, worshipful way, as if in a holy place.
• reverie noun (plural reveries)
  A daydream: a state of being lost in one's own thoughts, often pleasant.
• revers noun (a revers, plural revers — rare fashion word); often a…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A revers: the part of a coat or jacket collar or cuff that is turned back so the inside shows, like a lapel (a fashion and sewing word).
• reversal noun (a reversal, reversals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reversal is a change to the opposite direction, order or result.
• reverse verb (reverse, reverses, reversed, reversing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To reverse means to go backwards, especially in a car.
• reversed verb form of reverse…
  Reversed is the past form of «reverse»: drove backwards, or turned something the other way or to the opposite.
• reversible adjective (reversible)
  Able to be changed back to how it was before.
• revert verb (revert, reverts, reverted, reverting); noun…
  To go back to an earlier state, habit or way of doing things.
• reverting verb, -ing form of «revert»…
  Going back to an earlier state, habit or way of behaving.
• review noun (review, reviews); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A review is a second look at something to check or remember it; in school, going over a lesson again.
• revile verb (revile, reviles, reviled, reviling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words.
• revise verb (revise, revises, revised, revising); noun revision
  To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test.
• revised verb (past of revise); adjective (revised)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Revised is the past form of revise: studied again, or changed to make better.
• revising verb form (revise, revises, revised, revising)
  Revising means studying again what you have learned before, to get ready for a test or exam.
• revision noun (revision, revisions)
  Revision is going over what you learned before so that you remember it well, often before a test (a word used mostly in the UK, Ireland…
• revisit verb (revisit, revisits, revisited, revisiting); noun…
  To go back to a place you have been to before.
• revival noun (a revival, revivals)
  Coming back to life, health, strength or popularity.
• revive verb (revive, revives, revived, reviving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To revive someone is to make them conscious or alive again after fainting or nearly dying.
• revoke verb (revoke, revokes, revoked, revoking)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision.
• revolt noun (a revolt, revolts); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge.
• revolution noun (a revolution, revolutions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  When people overthrow a government or ruler, often by force, to change who runs the country.
• revolve verb (revolve, revolves, revolved, revolving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To revolve is to move in a circle around a central point.
• revolver noun (a revolver, revolvers)
  A small gun (a pistol) with a turning cylinder holding several bullets.
• reward noun (a reward, rewards); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reward is something good you get for doing something well, working hard or being helpful.
• rewatch verb (rewatch, rewatches, rewatched, rewatching); noun…
  To watch a film, show or video again.
• rewind verb (rewind, rewinds, rewound, rewinding); noun (a rewind)
  To make a video, song or tape go back to an earlier point.
• rewire verb (rewire, rewires, rewired, rewiring)
  To rewire a building, machine or circuit is to put new electrical wires in it, or connect them in a new way.
• rewrite verb (rewrite, rewrites, rewrote, rewritten, rewriting)…
  To rewrite means to write something again, usually to make it better or different.
• rex noun…
  Rex is Latin for "king".
• rh abbreviation (Rh, RH, rh)
  Rh (rhesus) factor: a protein that may be on red blood cells; blood is Rh-positive or Rh-negative (as in A+ or O−).
• rhea noun (a rhea, rheas; Rhea — a name)
  A large flightless bird from South America, like a small ostrich or emu, with grey-brown feathers and long legs, which runs fast.
• rhesus noun (rhesus, rhesuses — also «rhesus monkey»); adjective…
  A rhesus monkey (rhesus macaque) is a small brown monkey from Asia with a reddish face.
• rhetorical adjective (rhetorical; adverb rhetorically); noun…
  A rhetorical question is a question asked to make a point or for effect, not to get an answer: «Who wants to live in a world without…
• rhetorician noun (plural rhetoricians)
  A person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric.
• rheumatic adjective
  Stiff, sore or painful in the joints, as in arthritis; of or about rheumatism.
• rheumatism noun (no plural)
  A painful illness that makes the joints and muscles stiff and sore.
• rhino noun (a rhino, rhinos)
  A rhino, short for rhinoceros, is a very large, heavy, thick-skinned animal with one or two horns on its nose; it lives in Africa and…
• rhinoceros noun…
  A rhinoceros is a very large, thick-skinned grey animal from Africa or Asia with one or two horns on its nose.
• rhinovirus noun (a rhinovirus, rhinoviruses)
  A kind of very small germ (a virus) that is the most common cause of the common cold.
• rhododendron noun (a rhododendron, rhododendrons)
  A large bush with big leathery green leaves that stay all year and big bunches of bright flowers, often pink, purple, red or white.
• rhubarb noun…
  A garden plant with long thick pink or red stalks that are cooked with sugar and eaten as a sweet food, as in rhubarb crumble.
• rhyme noun (a rhyme, rhymes); verb…
  Words rhyme when their ending sounds are the same, like "cat" and "hat", or "light" and "night".
• rhythm noun (a rhythm, rhythms; rhythm)
  Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of beats or sounds, as in music, poems or your heartbeat.
• rhythmic adjective (rhythmic, more rhythmic)
  Rhythmic means having a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements, like a beat.
• rhythmically adverb (rhythmically)
  With a regular repeated beat or pattern.
• rib noun (a rib, ribs); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  One of the curved bones around your chest that protect your heart and lungs.
• riband noun (old form of ribbon; plural ribands)
  A narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or decorate clothes; a ribbon.
• ribbon noun (ribbon, ribbons)
  A ribbon is a long, narrow strip of cloth used for tying, decorating or wrapping.
• ribwort noun (ribwort, ribworts — also «ribwort plantain»)
  A common wild plant with long narrow leaves that have strong lines (ribs) and a dark brown flower head on a tall stalk.
• rice noun (rice)
  Rice is a food made of small white or brown grains that grow on a plant in wet fields called paddies.
• rich adjective (rich, richer, richest); noun (the rich)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A rich person has a lot of money or valuable things.
• richly adverb (richly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Richly means in a beautiful, expensive or lavish way, as richly dressed or richly decorated.
• richness noun (richness, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Being full of something good: rich colour, sound, taste or detail.
• rick noun (a rick, ricks); verb (rick, ricks, ricked, ricking)…
  A big stack of hay, straw or corn built in a field or farmyard, often with a pointed thatched top to keep the rain out.
• rickets noun (rickets — uncountable, used with a singular verb)
  A disease in children that makes bones soft and weak, so legs can bend, usually caused by not getting enough vitamin D, sunlight or calcium.
• rickety adjective
  Shaky and likely to break or fall apart; weak and loose.
• rico fragment / name (Rico); (Spanish) adjective «rico»
  Rico is usually part of the name Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean that belongs to the USA.
• rid verb (rid, rids, rid, ridding); adjective…
  To get rid of something is to throw it away, remove it or make it go away.
• riddance noun (no plural)
  The act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good riddance» means glad to see the bad thing go.
• riddle noun (riddle, riddles); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A riddle is a puzzle question that needs clever thinking to answer, often a play on words.
• ride verb (ride, rides, rode, ridden, riding); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus.
• rider noun (a rider, riders)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter.
• rideth verb, old form of «rides» (he, she, it)
  «rideth» means «rides», a form of «ride»: To ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus.
• ridge noun (a ridge, ridges)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A long, narrow, high strip of land along the top of hills or mountains.
• ridicule noun (ridicule — uncountable); verb…
  Ridicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid.
• ridiculous adjective (ridiculous, more ridiculous, most ridiculous)…
  Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat».
• riding noun (riding); verb form (-ing form of ride); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Riding is travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you.
• rifle noun (a rifle, rifles); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A long gun fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel so the bullet spins and flies straight.
• rift noun (plural rifts)
  A crack or gap, often in rock, trees, clouds or the ground.
• rig verb (rig, rigs, rigged, rigging); noun (a rig, rigs)
  To rig something means to arrange it dishonestly so that a certain result happens, like rigging a game or a vote.
• rigged verb, past form (rig, rigs, rigged, rigging); adjective…
  Rigged means unfairly arranged so that a certain person wins: a rigged game, a rigged election.
• rigging noun (rigging, uncountable); verb, -ing form of «rig»…
  All the ropes, wires and chains that hold up a ship's masts and work the sails.
• right adjective (right); adverb (right); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Right means correct, with no mistake: the right answer.
• righteous adjective (righteous, more righteous, most righteous); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Righteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest.
• righteously adverb (from righteous; no change)Jewish tradition
  Righteously means in a good and fair way, doing what is right and just.
• righteousness noun (righteousness; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right.
• rightful adjective (no change for comparison)
  Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.
• rightfully adverbJewish tradition
  In a right and fair way.
• rightly adverb (rightly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rightly means correctly or truly.

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