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# English words: R

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · **R** · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

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

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- [returnable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/returnable/) — Able to be given or sent back, often for money back: «returnable bottles».
- [reuben](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reuben/) — Reuben is a boy's name. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [reunification](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reunification/) — Reunification is joining together again something that had been split, especially a country that was divided into two.
- [reunion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reunion/) — A meeting of people who have not seen each other for a long time.
- [reunite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reunite/) — To bring people together again, or come together again, after being apart.
- [reusable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reusable/) — Able to be used again, many times, instead of being thrown away.
- [reuse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reuse/) — To reuse something means to use it again instead of throwing it away, either for the same job or for a new one.
- [rev](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rev/) — To rev an engine is to make it run faster by pressing the accelerator.
- [reveal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reveal/) — To reveal something is to show something that was hidden. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revel/) — To revel is to take part in noisy fun such as feasting, drinking and dancing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revelation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revelation/) — A surprising fact that is made known, often a secret.
- [reveller](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reveller/) — A reveller is a person who joins in noisy partying, dancing and drinking.
- [revelry](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revelry/) — Revelry is noisy, happy partying with dancing, feasting and music. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revenge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revenge/) — Revenge is hurting or punishing someone because they hurt you or someone you care about. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revengeful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revengeful/) — Revengeful means wanting to pay back someone who has hurt or wronged you. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revenue](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revenue/) — The money that a business or government gets in, before costs are taken away; income. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [reverberate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverberate/) — A sound reverberates when it bounces back off walls or hills again and again, making a long echo.
- [reverberating](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverberating/) — Of a sound: echoing again and again, loudly, filling a space.
- [revere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revere/) — To revere someone or something is to respect and admire them very deeply.
- [reverence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverence/) — Deep respect and honour shown to someone, such as a parent or a holy person. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [reverend](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverend/) — Deserving deep respect, as a wise or holy person does.
- [reverently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverently/) — In a respectful, worshipful way, as if in a holy place.
- [reverie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverie/) — A daydream: a state of being lost in one's own thoughts, often pleasant.
- [revers](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revers/) — 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). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [reversal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reversal/) — A reversal is a change to the opposite direction, order or result. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [reverse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverse/) — To reverse means to go backwards, especially in a car. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [reversed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reversed/) — Reversed is the past form of «reverse»: drove backwards, or turned something the other way or to the opposite.
- [reversible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reversible/) — Able to be changed back to how it was before.
- [revert](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revert/) — To go back to an earlier state, habit or way of doing things.
- [reverting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reverting/) — Going back to an earlier state, habit or way of behaving.
- [review](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/review/) — A review is a second look at something to check or remember it; in school, going over a lesson again. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revile/) — To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revise/) — To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test.
- [revised](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revised/) — Revised is the past form of revise: studied again, or changed to make better. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revising](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revising/) — Revising means studying again what you have learned before, to get ready for a test or exam.
- [revision](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revision/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revisit/) — To go back to a place you have been to before.
- [revival](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revival/) — Coming back to life, health, strength or popularity.
- [revive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revive/) — To revive someone is to make them conscious or alive again after fainting or nearly dying. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revoke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revoke/) — To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revolt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revolt/) — A fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revolution](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revolution/) — When people overthrow a government or ruler, often by force, to change who runs the country. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revolve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revolve/) — To revolve is to move in a circle around a central point. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [revolver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/revolver/) — A small gun (a pistol) with a turning cylinder holding several bullets.
- [reward](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reward/) — A reward is something good you get for doing something well, working hard or being helpful. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rewatch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rewatch/) — To watch a film, show or video again.
- [rewind](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rewind/) — To make a video, song or tape go back to an earlier point.
- [rewire](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rewire/) — To rewire a building, machine or circuit is to put new electrical wires in it, or connect them in a new way.
- [rewrite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rewrite/) — To rewrite means to write something again, usually to make it better or different.
- [rex](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rex/) — Rex is Latin for "king".
- [rh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhea/) — A large flightless bird from South America, like a small ostrich or emu, with grey-brown feathers and long legs, which runs fast.
- [rhesus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhesus/) — A rhesus monkey (rhesus macaque) is a small brown monkey from Asia with a reddish face.
- [rhetorical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhetorical/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhetorician/) — A person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric.
- [rheumatic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rheumatic/) — Stiff, sore or painful in the joints, as in arthritis; of or about rheumatism.
- [rheumatism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rheumatism/) — A painful illness that makes the joints and muscles stiff and sore.
- [rhino](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhino/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhinoceros/) — A rhinoceros is a very large, thick-skinned grey animal from Africa or Asia with one or two horns on its nose.
- [rhinovirus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhinovirus/) — A kind of very small germ (a virus) that is the most common cause of the common cold.
- [rhododendron](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhododendron/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhubarb/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhyme/) — Words rhyme when their ending sounds are the same, like "cat" and "hat", or "light" and "night".
- [rhythm](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhythm/) — Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of beats or sounds, as in music, poems or your heartbeat.
- [rhythmic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhythmic/) — Rhythmic means having a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements, like a beat.
- [rhythmically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rhythmically/) — With a regular repeated beat or pattern.
- [rib](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rib/) — One of the curved bones around your chest that protect your heart and lungs. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [riband](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/riband/) — A narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or decorate clothes; a ribbon.
- [ribbon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ribbon/) — A ribbon is a long, narrow strip of cloth used for tying, decorating or wrapping.
- [ribwort](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ribwort/) — A common wild plant with long narrow leaves that have strong lines (ribs) and a dark brown flower head on a tall stalk.
- [rice](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rice/) — Rice is a food made of small white or brown grains that grow on a plant in wet fields called paddies.
- [rich](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rich/) — A rich person has a lot of money or valuable things. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [richly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/richly/) — Richly means in a beautiful, expensive or lavish way, as richly dressed or richly decorated. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [richness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/richness/) — Being full of something good: rich colour, sound, taste or detail. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rick/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rickets/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rickety/) — Shaky and likely to break or fall apart; weak and loose.
- [rico](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rico/) — Rico is usually part of the name Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean that belongs to the USA.
- [rid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rid/) — To get rid of something is to throw it away, remove it or make it go away.
- [riddance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/riddance/) — The act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good riddance» means glad to see the bad thing go.
- [riddle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/riddle/) — A riddle is a puzzle question that needs clever thinking to answer, often a play on words. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ride](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ride/) — To ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rider](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rider/) — A person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rideth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rideth/) — «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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ridge/) — A long, narrow, high strip of land along the top of hills or mountains. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ridicule](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ridicule/) — Ridicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid.
- [ridiculous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ridiculous/) — Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat».
- [riding](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/riding/) — Riding is travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rifle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rifle/) — A long gun fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel so the bullet spins and flies straight. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rift](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rift/) — A crack or gap, often in rock, trees, clouds or the ground.
- [rig](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rig/) — To rig something means to arrange it dishonestly so that a certain result happens, like rigging a game or a vote.
- [rigged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rigged/) — Rigged means unfairly arranged so that a certain person wins: a rigged game, a rigged election.
- [rigging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rigging/) — All the ropes, wires and chains that hold up a ship's masts and work the sails.
- [right](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/right/) — Right means correct, with no mistake: the right answer. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [righteous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/righteous/) — Righteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [righteously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/righteously/) — Righteously means in a good and fair way, doing what is right and just. — Jewish tradition
- [righteousness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/righteousness/) — Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [rightful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rightful/) — Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.
- [rightfully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rightfully/) — In a right and fair way. — Jewish tradition
- [rightly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rightly/) — Rightly means correctly or truly. — everyday · Jewish tradition