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.

• restaurant1 senseAn eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
• rested1 senserecovered
• resting7 sensesThe action of rest
• restless4 sensesNot allowing or affording rest.
• restoration5 sensesThe process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
• Restoration4 sensesThe events of 1660 when English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were restored under Charles II.
• restore8 sensesTo reestablish, or bring back into existence.
• restored1 sensePertaining to something or someone renewed or rebuilt.
• restrain4 sensesTo control or keep in check.
• restrained2 sensesHeld back, limited, kept in check or under control.
• restraining1 senseThe act by which someone or something is restrained.
• restraint2 sensesSomething that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
• restricted3 sensesLimited within bounds.
• restroom2 sensesA room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.
• result11 sensesTo proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
• resulting1 senseOf something that follows as the result of something else; resultant.
• resume6 sensesTo start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
• resurrected1 senseHaving undergone resurrection.
• resurrection5 sensesThe act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
• Resurrection2 sensesThe resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• retail8 sensesThe sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding,…
• retain22 sensesOften followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
• retainer6 sensesAny thing or person that retains.
• retaliate2 sensesTo do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
• retaliation1 senseViolent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
• retard9 sensesA retardation; a delay.
• retarded5 sensesDelayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.
• retching1 senseThe act of one who retches.
• rethink2 sensesTo think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.
• retire16 sensesTo stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
• retired4 sensesSecluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
• retirement5 sensesAn act of retiring; withdrawal.
• retiring2 sensesintroverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
• retract18 sensesTo pull (something) back or back inside.
• retreat14 sensesThe act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
• Retreat2 sensesA locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
• retreating1 senseThe act of moving back from something; a retreat.
• retribution1 sensePunishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
• retrieve15 sensesTo regain or get back something.
• retro4 sensesOf, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
• return36 sensesTo come or go back (to a place or person).
• returned4 sensesBent back; angled.
• returning1 senseThe act of one who returns; a coming back.
• returns4 sensesMerchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
• Reuben5 sensesFirst son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
• reunion3 sensesThe process or act of reuniting.
• reunite1 senseTo unite again.
• reunited1 senseunited again after being separated
• rev1 senseTo increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
• REV1 senseA road network in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for bicycles
• reveal4 sensesThe outer side of a window or door frame.
• revealed1 senseOf or pertaining to the revelations of a divinity to humankind.
• revealing3 sensesInformative; providing new information.
• revelation5 sensesThe act of revealing or disclosing.
• Revelation1 senseThe final book of the New Testament of the Bible; its events.
• revenge5 sensesAny form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
• revenue8 sensesThe income returned by an investment.
• Revenue1 senseThe Inland Revenue, formed in 1849 and dissolved in 2005 to form part of HMRC.
• revered1 senseRespected or given reverence.
• reverence6 sensesVeneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
• reverend4 sensesWorthy of reverence or respect.
• Reverend1 senseA title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Christian clergy.
• reverse30 sensesOpposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
• reversed2 sensesTurned or exchanged to the contrary; inside out or inverted.
• review15 sensesA second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
• reviewing1 senseThe act by which something is reviewed, or thought about again; a mental review.
• revival9 sensesThe act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
• revive20 sensesTo cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
• Revoir1 senseA surname from French.
• revolt7 sensesTo rebel, particularly against authority.
• revolting2 sensesrevolution; revolt
• revolution8 sensesA political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
• revolutionary4 sensesOf or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
• Revolutionary1 senseChopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12.
• revolver3 sensesA handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
• revving2 sensesThe act by which an engine is revved.
• reward7 sensesSomething of value given in return for an act.
• rewarding1 senseGiving or resulting in reward or satisfaction.
• rewind6 sensesTo wind (something) again.
• rewrite6 sensesThe act of writing again or anew.
• rex3 sensesA king, particularly in ancient Rome.
• Rex5 sensesThe reigning king.
• Rey1 senseA surname from Spanish.
• Reyes1 senseA surname from Spanish.
• Reynolds11 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Reynold.
• rhetorical4 sensesPart of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
• rhino2 sensesA rhinoceros.
• Rhoda1 senseA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• Rhode3 sensesfor a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.
• Rhodes13 sensesAn island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
• Rhonda1 senseA female given name from Welsh.
• rhyme16 sensesRhyming verse (poetic form).
• Rhys2 sensesA male given name from Welsh.
• rhythm9 sensesThe variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
• rhythmic4 sensesOf or relating to rhythm.
• ri2 sensesA Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
• RI1 senserex imperator (“king-emperor”) or regina imperatrix (“queen-empress”); the initials by which a British monarch signed documents after his or her name…
• rib20 sensesAny of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
• RIB1 senserouting information base
• ribbon17 sensesA long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
• Ricardo3 sensesA male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.
• rice12 sensesCereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
• Rice10 sensesA surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
• rich18 sensesWealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
• Rich6 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Richard.
• Richard3 sensesA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• Richards4 sensesAn English and Welsh patronymic surname from the given name Richard.
• Richardson8 sensesAn English surname originating as a patronymic.
• Richer1 senseA surname.
• riches3 sensesMoney, goods, wealth, treasure.
• Riches1 senseA surname originating as a patronymic.
• Richie2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Richard.
• Richmond55 sensesA common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia): A number of places in Australia: A town in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales,…
• Richter2 sensesA surname from German.
• rick12 sensesStraw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
• Rick2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Richard, as well as similar name such as Ricardo.
• rickshaw2 sensesA two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
• Ricky1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Richard.
• Rico1 senseA diminutive of the male given names Ricardo, Federico, or Enrico.
• rid21 sensesFollowed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
• riddance3 sensesAn act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
• ridden2 sensesFull of.
• riddle12 sensesA verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
• Riddle5 sensesA surname.
• Riddles1 senseA surname.
• ride32 sensesTo transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
• rider21 sensesA mounted person. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
• Rider1 senseA surname originating as an occupation. More often spelled Ryder.
• ridge12 sensesThe back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
• Ridge3 sensesA village in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
• ridicule6 sensesTo criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
• ridiculous2 sensesDeserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
• ridiculously2 sensesIn a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.
• riding6 sensesA path cut through woodland.
• Riding1 senseA surname.
• ridley1 senseAny of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
• Ridley7 sensesA surname from Old English.
• riff8 sensesA repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes vocal.
• rifle14 sensesA firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
• rift7 sensesA chasm or fissure.
• rig24 sensesThe rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
• Rigby2 sensesA surname.
• rigged2 sensesPrearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
• Riggs1 senseA surname.
• right40 sensesDesignating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans.…
• Right1 senseThe political right wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual right-wing political party.
• right-hand3 sensesOf, relating to, or located on the right.
• righteous6 sensesFree from sin or guilt.
• righteousness5 sensesThe quality or state of being righteous.
• rightful1 senseBy right; by law.
• rightfully2 sensesIn accordance with what is right or just.
• rightly1 senseIn a right manner; correctly, justifiably.
• righto1 senseOkay; all right.
• righty3 sensesA right-handed person.
• rigid7 sensesStiff, rather than flexible.
• Rigor1 senseA surname from Spanish.
• Riker1 senseA surname.
• Riley10 sensesA surname.
• rim12 sensesAn edge around something, especially when circular.
• rimmer4 sensesAn implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.
• Rimmer1 senseA surname.
• rin2 sensesTo run.
• ring51 sensesA solid object in the shape of a circle. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring…
• Ring3 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
• ringer15 sensesSomeone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
• Ringer2 sensesA surname.
• ringing6 sensesThe sound of something that rings.
• Ringo4 sensesA nickname for a drummer.
• rings2 sensesA gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.
• ringtone3 sensesThe sound made by a telephone when ringing.
• rink7 sensesA man, especially a warrior or hero.
• Rink1 senseA surname.
• rinse8 sensesTo wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
• rio1 senseA grade of Spanish saffron, in quality below mancha and coupé but above standard and sierra.
• Rio9 sensesA male given name.
• riot9 sensesA tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
• rip30 sensesTo divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
• Rip2 sensesA male given name from Dutch.
• RIP5 sensesInitialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).…
• ripe15 sensesOf a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
• Ripe1 senseA village in Chalvington with Ripe parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5110).
• RIPE1 senseA tuberculosis treatment regimen consisting of rifampicin (R), isoniazid (I), pyrazinamide (P), and ethambutol (E).
• Ripley23 sensesA surname from Old English.
• ripped6 sensesTorn, either partly or into separate pieces.
• ripper13 sensesSomething that rips something else.
• Ripper3 sensesA surname.
• ripping6 sensesThat rips, or can be removed by ripping.
• ripple15 sensesA moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
• Ripple3 sensesA village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).
• rise33 sensesTo move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To move upwards.
• Rise1 senseA surname.
• risen1 senseHaving risen.
• Risen1 senseA surname from German.
• rising7 sensesRebellion.
• Rising2 sensesA surname.
• risk12 sensesThe probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
• Risk1 senseA surname.
• risking1 senseThe act by which something is risked.
• risky2 sensesDangerous; involving risks.
• risotto2 sensesAn Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.