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| Word | Definition |
| raad | electric catfish |
| rabanna | raffia fabric of Madagascar |
| rabbet | groove cut to receive an edge |
| rabble | device for stirring molten iron in a furnace |
| Rabelaisian | coarsely hilarious |
| rabic | of, like or pertaining to rabies |
| rabulous | scurrilous |
| racemation | cluster or bundle of grapes or any other thing |
| raceme | central stem with flowers on small stalks |
| racemiferous | bearing clusters or bunches |
| rach | dog that hunts by scent |
| rachidian | of or concerning the spine |
| rachiometer | instrument for measuring the spine |
| rachis | spine or axis of a feather; the spinal cord |
| rachitogenic | causing rickets |
| raciology | study of racial differences |
| rackrent | excessive rent |
| racloir | scraper used by early hominids |
| raconteur | teller of anecdotes |
| radappertization | treatment of food with ionizing radiation to kill bacteria |
| radarscope | instrument for detecting radar signals |
| raddle | flexible rod used to make hurdles or fences |
| raddle | red ochre used to make marks |
| radicated | rooted; established |
| radiciform | like a root |
| radicivorous | eating roots |
| radicle | rootlike organ or part |
| radicolous | living on roots |
| radiesthesia | sensitivity to radiation from any source |
| radiogenic | produced by radioactive disintegration |
| radiogoniometer | instrument for finding direction through radio signals |
| radiography | use of X-rays or other radiation to make images |
| radiology | study of X-rays and their medical applications |
| radiometeorograph | instrument for measuring atmospheric conditions at high altitude |
| radiometer | instrument measuring radiation energy |
| radioscope | instrument for viewing objects using X-rays |
| radiosonde | radio transmitter in balloon used to gather weather data |
| radix | root; root-number or numerical base; root word or stem |
| radular | coarse; scraping; raspy |
| raduliform | like a rasp or file |
| rafale | burst of artillery in quick rounds |
| raffish | disreputable; vulgar |
| ragabash | idle worthless fellow |
| raglan | having sleeves going all the way to the neck |
| ragmatical | wild; ill-behaved |
| raguly | in heraldry, having short alternating projections and depressions |
| railophone | telephone installed in a train |
| raisonneur | person in a play or book embodying author's viewpoint |
| rake | the inclination of a mast or another part of a ship |
| ramage | boughs of a tree |
| ramate | branched |
| rameal | of, like or pertaining to branches |
| ramellose | having small branches |
| ramentum | chaffy scale on plants |
| ramie | strong lustrous fabric resembling linen or silk |
| ramiferous | bearing branches |
| ramiform | branching; shaped like branches |
| rampallion | scoundrel; villain |
| rampant | heraldic animal portrayed on its hind legs |
| rampick | dead tree or tree decayed at top |
| ramuliferous | bearing small branches |
| ramulus | small branch |
| ramus | branch of anything |
| ranarian | froggy |
| ranarium | place where frogs are kept |
| rancelman | local constable or law officer in Orkney and Shetland |
| rancescent | becoming rancid |
| rand | border; edge; margin |
| randan | uproar; din; riotous conduct |
| randem | with three horses in single file |
| rangiferine | of, like or pertaining to or like reindeer |
| raniform | frog-like |
| ranine | of, like or pertaining to or like frogs |
| ranivorous | eating frogs |
| rannygazoo | foolish nonsense |
| rantipole | wild; disorderly |
| rantize | to sprinkle with water during baptism |
| ranunculaceous | of, like or pertaining to buttercups |
| raploch | coarse undyed woollen cloth |
| rappel | call to arms by the beating of a drum |
| rapprochement | establishment of or state of cordial relations |
| raptorial | predacious; of, like or pertaining to a bird of prey |
| raptus | trance; rapture; seizure |
| rarissima | extremely rare books |
| ras | headland |
| raschel | light loosely kitted cloth |
| rash | smooth silk or worsted fabric |
| rasophore | lowest rank of Greek Orthodox monk |
| rasorial | scraping the ground for food |
| raster | pattern of parallel lines or grid used in certain scanning devices |
| rasure | act of scraping; erasure; obliteration |
| rataplan | drumming sound |
| ratel | honey-eating Old World badger |
| ratemeter | instrument for measuring counting rate of electronic counters |
| rath | prehistoric hill fort |
| rathe | quick; early; eager |
| ratheripe | early ripe |
| raticide | substance or person who kills rats |
| ratihabition | ratification |
| ratiné | rough bulky plain-woven fabric |
| ratiocinate | to reason or argue logically |
| rationalism | belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge |
| ratite | of, like or pertaining to flightless birds |
| ratline | small rope forming a rung of a rope ladder on a ship |
| ratten | to practise sabotage against |
| ravanastron | ancient Hindu stringed instrument played with a bow |
| ravelin | detached work with two embankments |
| razzmatazz | meaningless talk; hype; nonsense |
| realism | doctrine that objects of cognition are real |
| reast | to become rancid |
| rebarbative | repellent; repulsive |
| rebatement | abatement; reduction; discount |
| rebec | medieval musical instrument like a mandolin or viol |
| reboant | marked by reverberation; resounding |
| rebullition | act of boiling up or effervescing |
| rebus | picture puzzle representing a word |
| recadency | relapsing; falling back |
| recalesce | to display again a state of glowing heat |
| recaption | reprisal; taking back that which is unlawfully obtained |
| recense | to revise critically |
| recept | idea or imaged formed by repeated similar perceptions |
| receptacular | serving as a receptacle |
| recherché | carefully chosen, rare or exotic |
| recidivism | habit of relapsing into crime |
| recipiangle | old instrument with two arms used for measuring angles |
| reciprocornous | having horns that turn backward and then forward |
| recision | cutting back; rescinding |
| récit | solo part for voice or instrument; narrative tale |
| reckling | smallest or weakest of a litter |
| réclame | art or practice by which publicity or notoriety is secured |
| reclinate | bent down or back |
| recoct | to cook again; to concoct; to improvise |
| recondite | out of the way; little known |
| recreant | craven; false; apostate |
| recrement | waste; dross; secretion that is reabsorbed; excess matter |
| recriminate | to charge one's accuser |
| recrudescence | a resurgence after a period of abatement |
| rectalgia | pain in the butt |
| recte | correctly; which should be |
| rectigrade | moving in a straight line |
| rectiserial | in vertical ranks |
| rectitudinous | manifesting overly obvious moral correctness |
| recto | front side of a bookleaf; on the front |
| rectrix | quill feathers of a bird's tail |
| recumbent | reclining; lying comfortably |
| recure | to cure; to heal; to bring back to health |
| recusant | one who refuses to attend Catholic church services; nonconformist |
| redact | to edit; work into shape; to frame |
| redan | field fortification with two parapets meeting at an angle |
| redargue | to refute; to confute |
| reddendum | reserving clause in a lease |
| rede | to counsel or advise |
| redhibition | return of defective product and cancellation of sale |
| redintegrate | to make whole again; to restore |
| redivivus | resuscitated; come to life again |
| redolent | fragrant; smelling of; suggestive of |
| redoubt | rough and temporary fortification |
| redoubtable | formidable; valiant |
| redound | recoil back on; make contribution for own benefit |
| redshort | brittle at red-heat |
| reductionism | belief that complex phenomena are reducible to simple ones |
| reduit | inner fortified retreat for a garrison |
| reebok | small South African antelope |
| reedbuck | antelope frequenting reeds |
| reef | to reduce area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it |
| reel | lively dance of the Scottish Highlands |
| reeve | to pass a rope through a ring |
| refection | refreshment or relief; a meal |
| refectory | dining-hall of a monastery or other institution |
| refel | to refute; to disprove; to confute |
| reflation | increase in amount of economic activity and spending |
| reflectography | method of revealing hidden drawing lines beneath painting |
| reflectometer | instrument for measuring reflectance of radiant energy |
| reflet | iridescent or metallic lustre |
| reflexology | study of reflexes |
| refluent | flowing back; ebbing; tidal |
| reflux | an ebb; boiling using a condenser to avoid liquid loss |
| refocillate | to refresh; to cherish |
| refractometer | instrument measuring refraction of light |
| refractory | unruly; unmanageable; perverse; obstinate |
| refrangible | that may be refracted |
| refringency | refractivity |
| refugium | area that has retained earlier geographic conditions |
| refulgent | casting a flood of light; radiant; beaming |
| regal | a small portable organ |
| regalism | doctrine of the monarch's supremacy in church affairs |
| regardant | in profile and looking to the rear |
| regelation | freezing together again |
| reginal | of, like or pertaining to a queen |
| régisseur | stage manager; director; manager |
| regius | royal |
| reglementation | regulation |
| reglet | strip for spacing between lines in printing |
| regnal | of a reign |
| regolith | layer of loose rock overlaying solid rock |
| regorge | to disgorge; to regurgitate |
| regrate | to buy and sell again in or near the same market |
| regrede | to retrograde |
| regreet | to exchange greetings |
| reguerdon | to reward |
| regula | rule of a religious order |
| regulus | impure metal; intermediate product in ore smelting |
| reinfund | to flow in again |
| rejectamenta | refuse; excrement |
| rejoinder | sharp and clever answer |
| relâche | relaxation; rest; no performance |
| relationism | doctrine that relations between entities (space, time) are themselves entities |
| relative | indicating relation or a prepositional object |
| relativism | doctrine that knowledge and truth are relative to contexts |
| reliabilism | theory that justified belief is reached by reliable cognitive processes |
| relict | left behind; surviving |
| reliction | recession of sea leaving bare land |
| religate | to tie together; to restrain |
| reliquary | a small box or shrine used to hold relics |
| reliquiae | remains |
| relucent | reflecting; shining |
| relume | to light or light up again |
| remanent | a remainder; a remnant |
| remanet | postponed case or parliamentary bill |
| remeant | returning; coming back |
| remex | quill feather of a bird's wing |
| remiform | oar-shaped |
| remigate | to row |
| remittitur | act of sending case from appellate court back to trial court |
| remonstrate | to protest; to expostulate |
| remontant | flowering more than once per season |
| remora | delay; obstacle |
| remotion | separation; removal; removal of a person from an office |
| remuant | restless; fidgety |
| remueur | person who turns the bottles in wine-making |
| renal | of, like or pertaining to the kidneys |
| renascent | coming into renewed life or vitality |
| rencounter | chance meeting; encounter; casual combat |
| reniform | shaped like a kidney |
| renitent | resistant; reluctant; recalcitrant |
| renography | radiographic examination of the kidneys |
| renverse | to reverse; to upset |
| rep | plain-woven fabric with crosswise ribs |
| repetend | figures, words, notes or numbers that are repeated |
| repine | to feel or express discontent or dejection |
| replevin | repossession of stolen goods pending outcome of lawsuit |
| repository | side altar in Catholic church |
| repoussé | raised in relief by hammering from behind or within |
| reprehend | to rebuke |
| representamen | the product of representation |
| representationalism | doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge |
| reprobate | reprehensible or immoral person |
| reprography | reproduction of graphic or typeset material |
| reptant | creeping; crawling |
| reptation | act of squirming along a smooth-walled narrow passage |
| repugn | to fight against; to oppose |
| repunit | number consisting of two or more identical integers |
| requiem | lament or mass for the dead |
| requiescat | prayer for the dead |
| requital | act of payment in return; repayment; vengeance |
| rerebrace | armour for the upper arm |
| reredos | screen behind altar |
| reremouse | bat |
| rescript | answer of pope or emperor to any legal question; edict or decree |
| réseau | network of lines used in star photographs |
| resection | cutting away a part of; especially the end |
| resiant | resident |
| resile | to recoil; to rebound; to draw back from a position |
| resiniferous | bearing resin |
| resinography | study or description of resins |
| resipiscence | recognition of error; change to better frame of mind |
| resistentialism | humorous theory that inanimate objects display malice towards humans |
| resofincular | resembling a wire hanger |
| resorb | to absorb back; to reabsorb |
| respirometer | instrument for measuring and studying respiration |
| respondentia | loan on ship's cargo payable on safe arrival |
| responsory | set of responses sung or said after liturgical reading |
| restiform | shaped like a cord |
| resupine | lying on the back |
| ret | to expose to moisture; to soak; to soften by soaking |
| retable | shelf or ornamental setting for panels behind an altar |
| rete | network or net; stylized star-map of an astrolabe |
| retiary | of nets; using nets as a weapon; catching insects in webs |
| reticella | old Venetian lace-like fabric |
| reticello | glass formed with decorative network of fine glass threads |
| reticle | set of intersecting wires used to facilitate accurate observations |
| reticular | of, like or pertaining to nets; intricate |
| reticulate | divide or be divided into a network |
| reticule | small woven lady's handbag |
| reticulose | of the nature of a network |
| retiform | shaped like a net |
| retinaculum | connecting band; means of retention |
| retinise | to read mechanically by sight alone |
| retinoid | like resin |
| retinoscope | instrument for measuring and viewing the retina |
| retiracy | seclusion; enough to retire on |
| retorse | bent backwards |
| retrad | backwards |
| retrahent | drawing back |
| retral | at or toward the rear |
| retree | slightly damaged paper |
| retrenchment | cutting down on; reduction in amount of |
| retro | in the past |
| retrocede | to move back; to cede back; to grant back |
| retrochoir | space in choir behind high altar |
| retrocognition | extrasensory knowledge of past events |
| retrograde | moving or directed backwards; degenerating; inverse |
| retrogress | backward movement; degeneration |
| retroject | to throw backwards |
| retromancy | divination by looking over one's shoulder |
| retromingent | urinating rearwards |
| retromorphosis | change for the worse |
| retronym | new name as modification of older term used alone |
| retrophilia | love of things of the past |
| retropulsion | pushing backwards |
| retrorse | turned back or downward |
| retroussé | turned up; especially of the nose |
| retrovert | to turn back |
| rev | to run an engine before bringing it into use |
| revalescent | convalescent |
| revalorize | to give new value to; to restore value of currency |
| revanche | revenge; policy directed towards recovery of territory |
| revehent | carrying back |
| revendicate | to make formal claim to; to try to retrieve lost goods |
| revers | any part of a garment which is turned back |
| revest | reinstate; reinvest |
| revet | to face with masonry |
| revetment | retaining wall |
| revie | to stake more than an opponent has proposed on |
| revirescent | growing young or strong again |
| reviviscent | reviving |
| revolute | rolled back at the edges |
| rhabdoid | rodlike |
| rhabdology | knowledge or learning concerning divining rods or numbering rods |
| rhabdomancy | divination using a rod or stick |
| rhabdos | magic wand |
| rhadamanthine | like a stern judge |
| rhaebosis | curvature; bandiness |
| rhagades | small fissures or chaps on the skin |
| rhamphoid | hooked beak shaped |
| rhapsodomancy | divination by opening works of poetry at random |
| rhathymia | personality factor leading to optimism and cheerfulness |
| rheid | substance that flows viscously when below its melting point |
| rhema | word; verb |
| rhematic | of words or verbs; forming a word or words |
| rheme | speech element that expresses an idea |
| rheography | measurement of blood flow |
| rheology | science of the deformation or flow of matter |
| rheometer | instrument that measures current |
| rheophile | living or thriving in running water |
| rheostat | instrument for measuring electric resistance |
| rheotaxis | direction of movement by water |
| rheotropism | change in orientation or location of an organism due to running water |
| rhetoricaster | petty rhetorician |
| rheum | watery discharge from eyes and nose |
| rheumatology | study of rheumatism |
| rhexis | rupture of a blood-vessel |
| rhigosis | sensation of cold; ability to feel cold |
| rhinal | of, like or pertaining to the nose |
| rhinocerial | very heavy; of or like a rhinoceros |
| rhinocerotic | of, like or pertaining to the rhinoceros |
| rhinogenous | deriving from the nose |
| rhinology | study of the nose |
| rhinoscope | instrument for examining the nose |
| rhinotillexomania | compulsive nose picking |
| rhipidate | fan-shaped |
| rhizic | of the root of an equation |
| rhizogenic | producing or growing roots |
| rhizoid | root-like |
| rhizome | root-like stalk or stem of a plant |
| rhizophagous | root-eating |
| rhizophilous | growing or thriving on or near roots |
| rhochrematics | science of inventory management and the movement of products |
| rhodopsin | visual purple |
| rhomboid | shaped like a parallelogram |
| rhombos | bull-roarer |
| rhonchial | of, like or pertaining to snoring |
| rhonchisonant | making a snorting or snoring noise |
| rhopalic | having each word one syllable longer than that before |
| rhopography | painting in still life |
| rhotacism | excessive or incorrect pronunciation of the letter “r” |
| rhubarb | nonsense; actors' nonsense background chatter |
| rhumb | compass point |
| rhynchodont | having a toothed beak |
| rhyparography | genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects |
| rhypophagy | eating filth |
| rhysimeter | instrument for measuring speed of current or watercraft |
| rhythmometer | instrument for measuring speed of rhythms |
| rhytidectomy | wrinkle-removing operation |
| rhyton | drinking cup with hole in the point to drink by |
| ria | normal drowned valley; long wide creek |
| riant | laughing; merry |
| ribibe | an old crone, past the age of sexual attractiveness |
| rictal | of the gape; of the corner of the mouth |
| rictus | gaping mouth; orifice |
| riddle-me-ree | nonsense language |
| rideau | ridge or mound of earth used for defense |
| ridel | altar curtain |
| rident | laughing or smiling radiantly; beaming |
| ridgeling | half-castrated animal |
| ridibund | easily moved to laughter |
| ridotto | social gathering with music and dancing |
| riem | rawhide thong |
| rifacimento | recasting of a literary or musical work |
| riffler | small file with curved ends used in woodworking |
| rigadoon | lively Baroque period dance |
| rigescent | becoming numb or stiff |
| rigidulous | somewhat stiff |
| rillet | small brook or stream |
| rillmark | marking produced by water running down a bank or beach |
| rima | narrow fissure |
| rimiform | having a long furrow |
| rimose | full of chinks; covered with cracks |
| rimple | to wrinkle |
| rindle | small watercourse |
| ringent | gaping |
| rinkomania | obsession with skating |
| riometer | instrument for measuring absorbed cosmic radio waves |
| riparian | of or inhabiting a riverbank; a riverside inhabitant |
| ripienist | supplementary instrumentalist |
| ripieno | supplementary or reinforcing music |
| ripple | toothed tool for removing seeds from flax or hemp |
| riqq | Middle Eastern tambourine |
| risible | laughable |
| risorgimento | revival; rebirth |
| risorial | of, like or pertaining to or causing laughter |
| risus | a laugh; a grin |
| ritornel | short instrumental prelude or interlude in opera |
| rittmaster | captain of a troop of horse |
| rivage | shore; bank |
| rivel | to shrivel; to shrink |
| rivulation | irregular marks of colour |
| rivulose | marked with winding and haphazard lines |
| riziform | shaped like a grain of rice |
| roach | curved cut in edge of sail for preventing chafing |
| roadster | light carriage |
| roband | piece of yarn used to fasten a sail to a spar |
| robinet | ancient light cannon |
| roborant | strengthening drug or tonic |
| roborate | to strengthen; to corroborate |
| roborean | strong; like an oak |
| robur | hard-wooded oak |
| roc | enormous legendary Arabian bird |
| rocaille | artificial rockwork or similar ornament |
| roche | rock or cliff; a rocky height |
| rochet | surplice-like vestment of a bishop or abbot |
| rockaway | light four-wheeled carriage with fixed top and open sides |
| rodenticide | killing of rodents |
| rodomontade | bluster; boasting; bragging speech |
| roentgen | unit of x-radiation or gamma radiation |
| roentgenography | imagery or examination using X-rays |
| rogation | asking or supplication, especially in an ecclesiastical sense |
| rogatory | asking for the intervention of a foreign court in examining a witness |
| rollick | exuberant jollity; to frolic gaily |
| rolly | truck; trolley |
| rom | a gypsy man |
| romage | tumult |
| romal | handkerchief or headcloth; silk or cotton fabric |
| rondeau | poem of thirteen lines |
| rondure | gracefully rounded curvature |
| rood | cross or crucifix at entrance to church chancel |
| rood | old unit of land area equal to 1/4 acre |
| roodge | to push or lift with effort |
| rooibok | impala |
| rooirhebok | reddish South African antelope |
| rookery | state of confusion |
| roorback | defamatory falsehood published for political effect |
| roric | dewy |
| roriferous | producing or bearing dew |
| rorqual | large whale with dorsal fin |
| rorulent | dew-covered |
| rosarian | rose-fancier |
| rosarium | rose garden |
| roscid | dewy |
| roseaceous | of the rose family; roselike |
| roseate | resembling a rose; overly optimistic |
| rosella | bright-coloured Australian parakeet |
| rosette | knot or radiating loops of ribbon concentrically arranged |
| rosin | resin applied to bows for stringed instruments |
| rosmarine | mythical walrus-like sea animal that feeds on dew |
| rosorial | rodentine |
| rostel | small beak or similar outgrowth |
| rostelliform | shaped like a small beak |
| rostrum | platform for public speaking; conductor's dais |
| rostrum | spike on prow of warship for ramming |
| rota | roster |
| rotameter | instrument consisting of glass tube with free float for measuring liquid flow |
| rotameter | old instrument for measuring length of curved lines |
| rotiferous | bearing rotifers |
| rotocracy | government by those who control rotten boroughs |
| rotograph | photograph made by laying negative on sensitive paper |
| rottack | rubbish; nonsense |
| rotula | kneecap |
| rotundate | rounded off; orbicular |
| roturier | plebeian |
| roué | man devoted to life of pleasure; rake |
| roulade | melodic embellishment sung to one syllable |
| rounce | handle for moving carriage on hand printing press |
| rounceval | a large, boisterous woman; a mannish woman; a lesbian |
| round | dance in a ring |
| roundel | anything circular; circle; disc; ring-dance |
| roundel | round metal disc used to protect joints of armour |
| roundelay | song with a refrain |
| roup | poultry disease |
| roussette | fruit-bat |
| rowel | small; spiked wheel on a spur |
| rowen | second mowing of grass in the same season; aftermath |
| rowlock | contrivance serving as a fulcrum for an oar |
| royal | small sail on royal mast just above topgallant sail |
| rua | Maori pit for storing root vegetables |
| ruana | South American cape or poncho |
| rubaboo | pemmican broth |
| rubashka | Russian peasant shirt |
| rubedinous | ruddy |
| rubefaction | reddening |
| rubefy | to redden |
| rubescent | growing red; blushing |
| rubican | of a horse, black or red with flecks of white |
| rubicund | ruddy |
| rubiginous | rusty-coloured |
| rubigo | mildew; blight |
| rubinetto | faucet |
| rubious | ruby red; rusty |
| rubor | redness of body part due to excess blood |
| rubricality | ceremony |
| rubricate | to mark in red; to fix like a ritual |
| rubricist | one who adheres closely to liturgical rules |
| rubster | lesbian |
| ruche | frill of lace or other material |
| ructation | the act of belching |
| ruction | disturbance; uproar |
| ruddock | European robin |
| rudenture | architectural moulding in the shape of a rope |
| ruderal | growing in wasteland or among rubbish |
| ruderary | of or relating to rubbish |
| ruderate | to fill or cover with small pebbles |
| rudicle | small spatula or spoon |
| rudstay | strap over horse's back to which a wagon can be attached |
| ruelle | space between bed and wall |
| rufescent | inclining to redness |
| ruffianize | to behave violently or brutally |
| rufous | reddish or brownish-red |
| rug | coarse woollen cloth |
| rugate | wrinkled |
| rugelach | crescent-shaped Jewish pastry |
| rugible | capable of roaring |
| rugine | surgeon's scraping instrument |
| rugous | wrinkled; covered with sunken lines |
| rugulous | having small wrinkles |
| ruiniferous | bearing many ruins |
| ruiniform | having the form or appearance of ruins |
| rulley | flat four-wheeled wagon for carrying goods |
| rullion | a rawhide shoe |
| rumbustious | boisterous |
| rumchunder | fine silk |
| rumfustian | hot alcoholic drink made from rum and various spices |
| rummer | large drinking-glass |
| runagate | fugitive; vagabond |
| runcation | action of weeding |
| runcinate | having irregular saw-toothed divisions |
| rundale | system of holding land in single detached pieces |
| rundle | rung of a ladder |
| rundlet | old liquid measure equal to about 15 gallons |
| runnel | little brook |
| runology | study of runes |
| rupellary | rocky |
| rupestrian | composed of rock; inscribed on rock |
| rupicaprine | of, like or pertaining to chamoises |
| rupicoline | rock-dwelling |
| ruptile | easily breakable |
| ruridecanal | concerning a rural dean and his jurisdiction |
| rurigenous | living or born in the country |
| rushlight | a type of candle dipped in grease |
| russel | ribbed cotton and wool |
| russet | coarse homespun cloth |
| russet | reddish brown |
| Russophile | one who admires Russia or the Russians |
| Russophobia | fear of Russia or Russians |
| rusticate | to send into the country; to banish to rural areas |
| rusticity | rustic manner; simplicity; rudeness |
| ruth | pity; remorse; sorrow |
| rutherford | unit of radioactive decay equal to 1 million disintegrations per second |
| ruthful | piteous; sorrowful |
| rutidosis | wrinkling |
| rutilant | shining; glowing ruddily |
| rya | colourful Scandinavian knotted-pile rug |
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