Words starting with R — 1,113 entries

The 1,113 dictionary words that begin with the letter R, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• Re3 sensesrupee
• RE3 sensesEarth radius: the radius of planet Earth, regarded as a unit of measurement.
• reach30 sensesTo extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
• Reach2 sensesA village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5666).
• reaches1 senseThe extreme limits
• reaching2 sensesThe action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching.
• react7 sensesTo act in response.
• reaction5 sensesAn action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
• reactor5 sensesA person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.
• read24 sensesTo look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
• Read6 sensesA surname from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid.
• reader17 sensesA person who reads.
• Reader4 sensesA surname
• readers1 senseReading glasses
• readily2 sensesWithout unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
• reading13 sensesThe process of interpreting written language.
• Reading14 sensesA surname.
• ready8 sensesPrepared for immediate action or use.
• Ready2 sensesA surname.
• Reagan4 sensesA surname from Irish; variant forms Regan, Riggen.
• real23 sensesTrue, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• Real3 sensesReal Madrid, a football club from Madrid.
• real-life2 sensesAs happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed.
• realise1 senseNon-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
• realistic3 sensesExpressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
• reality8 sensesThe state of being actual or real; realness.
• Reality1 senseA female given name from English.
• realization4 sensesThe act of realizing, as: An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
• realize19 sensesTo become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
• really8 sensesIn a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
• realm8 sensesA sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
• realtor1 senseA person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
• reap7 sensesTo cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
• reaper4 sensesOne who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
• rear22 sensesTo bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
• rearrange1 senseTo change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).
• reason16 sensesA cause: That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
• Reason1 senseA surname.
• reasonable5 sensesJust; fair; agreeable to reason.
• reasonably3 sensesIn accordance with reason.
• reasoning2 sensesThe deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a…
• reasons1 senseA written judgment or ruling by a judge or similar decision maker.
• reassure2 sensesTo assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
• reassuring2 sensesThat reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.
• Rebecca2 sensesA female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
• Rebekah2 sensesThe sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
• rebel4 sensesA person who resists an established authority, often violently.
• Rebel2 sensesA Confederate soldier; of the American Civil War.
• rebellion3 sensesArmed resistance to an established government or ruler.
• rebellious1 senseShowing rebellion.
• rebirth5 sensesReincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
• reborn3 sensesRevived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually.
• rebound12 sensesThe recoil of an object bouncing off another.
• rebuild4 sensesTo build again or anew.
• rebuilding1 senseThe act of building something again.
• rebuilt1 senseWhich has been rebuilt
• rec2 sensesTo recommend.
• recall13 sensesTo withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
• receipt14 sensesThe act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
• receive11 sensesTo be given, sent, or paid something.
• received1 senseGenerally accepted as correct or true.
• receiver14 sensesA person who receives. A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
• receiving1 senseThe act by which something is received; reception.
• recent5 sensesHaving happened a short while ago.
• Recent2 sensesThe Holocene.
• recently2 sensesIn the recent past a short while ago.
• reception9 sensesThe act of receiving.
• receptionist2 sensesAn employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
• recess27 sensesA depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
• Recess1 senseA village in County Galway, Ireland.
• recession6 sensesThe act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
• recharge10 sensesTo charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
• recipe5 sensesAny set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
• recipient4 sensesOne who receives.
• recital5 sensesThe act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal
• recite3 sensesTo repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
• reciting1 senseA recitation.
• reckless2 sensesCareless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
• Reckless1 senseA surname.
• reckon8 sensesTo count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
• reckoning7 sensesThe action of calculating or estimating something.
• reclaim14 sensesTo return land to a suitable condition for use.
• recognition6 sensesThe act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
• recognize9 sensesTo match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
• recognized1 senseNotable; distinguished; honored.
• recollection6 sensesThe act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
• recommend5 sensesTo bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
• recommendation5 sensesAn act of recommending.
• recommended2 sensesThat one recommends (often by a person, community, or authoritative body).
• recon4 sensesreconnaissance.
• reconcile3 sensesTo restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
• reconciliation7 sensesThe re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
• reconnaissance1 senseThe act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
• reconnect2 sensesTo connect again or differently.
• reconsider2 sensesTo consider a matter again.
• reconstruct2 sensesTo construct again; to restore.
• reconstruction4 sensesThe action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
• Reconstruction1 senseA period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the…
• record15 sensesAn item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
• Record1 senseA surname.
• recorded1 senseThat has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape).
• recorder3 sensesAn apparatus for recording; a device which records.
• recording3 sensesThe act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium.
• recover16 sensesTo get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
• recovering1 senseThe process or the instance of recovery.
• recovery10 sensesThe act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
• recreate3 sensesTo give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
• recreation3 sensesAny activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• recruit10 sensesA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
• recruiting1 senseThe process by which a person is recruited; recruitment.
• recycle8 sensesTo break down and reuse component materials.
• recycling3 sensesThe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
• red26 sensesThe colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and…
• Red7 sensesA Communist.
• RED1 sensered (hair color).
• red-handed3 sensesShowing clear evidence of guilt; in the act of wrongdoing.
• Reddington2 sensesA surname from Old English.
• reddy1 senseSomewhat red in colour.
• Reddy3 sensesA member of a Telugu caste, mostly from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
• redeem12 sensesTo recover ownership of something by buying it back.
• redemption5 sensesThe act of redeeming or something redeemed.
• redhead9 sensesA person with red hair.
• Redhead2 sensesA surname.
• redneck5 sensesA poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as…
• redo2 sensesTo do again.
• Reds4 sensesSynonym of Communist Party in various contexts.
• reduce19 sensesTo bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
• reduced4 sensesMade smaller or less; having undergone reduction.
• reducing1 senseThat causes reduction.
• reduction12 sensesThe act, process, or result of reducing.
• redundant5 sensesSuperfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
• Reece3 sensesA surname from Welsh.
• reed14 sensesAny of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
• Reed7 sensesA surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Reid.
• reef11 sensesA chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
• Reef1 senseA surname from German.
• reel18 sensesA shaky or unsteady gait.
• Reel1 senseA surname.
• reese1 senseSynonym of peanut butter cup
• Reese3 sensesA surname
• Reeves4 sensesA surname originating as an occupation.
• ref1 senseTo referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
• Ref1 senseA surname.
• refer12 sensesTo direct the attention of (someone toward something).
• referee5 sensesAn umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
• reference16 sensesA measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
• referring1 senseThe act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference.
• refill7 sensesThat which serves to refill or replace something. An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.
• refined10 sensesPrecise, freed from imprecision Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.
• reflect7 sensesTo bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• reflected2 sensesBent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light).
• reflecting6 sensesAn instance of reflection (in any sense).
• reflection8 sensesThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
• reflex14 sensesAn automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
• reform4 sensesThe change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
• Reform3 sensesA political movement or party.
• reformed3 sensesCorrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation,…
• Reformed3 sensesOf the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.
• refrain7 sensesTo stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
• refresh9 sensesTo renew or revitalize.
• refreshing4 sensesThat refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
• refrigerator3 sensesA household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
• refuge8 sensesA state of safety, protection or shelter.
• refugee3 sensesA person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution,…
• refund5 sensesTo return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
• refusal2 sensesThe act of refusing.
• refuse9 sensesDiscarded, rejected.
• reg7 sensesA regular.
• Reg1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Reginald.
• regain3 sensesTo get back; to recover possession of.
• regal5 sensesOf, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
• Regan4 sensesA surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.
• regard11 sensesA steady look, a gaze.
• regarded1 senseFilter-avoidance spelling of retarded.
• regarding2 sensesConcerning, respecting.
• regardless5 sensesWithout attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
• regards2 sensesGood wishes. A greeting to pass on to another person.
• regent7 sensesOne who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
• Regent1 senseA city in North Dakota.
• reggie1 senseBeing regular marijuana, as opposed to good-quality marijuana.
• Reggie2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Reginald.
• regime6 sensesMode of rule or management.
• regiment8 sensesA unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
• Regina8 sensesThe reigning queen.
• Reginald1 senseA male given name from the Germanic languages derived from a Latinized form of Reynold.
• region10 sensesAny considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a…
• regional5 sensesOf, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
• regions1 sensethe rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
• register30 sensesA formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
• Register1 senseA surname.
• registered2 sensesHaving had one's (or its) name or identity added to an official list or entered into a register.
• registration5 sensesThe act of signing up or registering for something.
• registry4 sensesA building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
• regret7 sensesTo feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened…
• regretting1 senseThe act by which something is regretted.
• regroup4 sensesAn act of regrouping.
• regular32 sensesBound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
• regularly2 sensesWith constant frequency or pattern.
• regulars1 senseA thief's share in the stolen money or goods.
• regulation8 sensesThe act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.