- rabidadj.Affected with rabies or hydrophobia
- racyadj.Exciting or exhilarating to the mind
- radiancen.Brilliant or sparkling luster
- radiatev.To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus
- radicaln.One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures
- radixn.That from or on which something is developed
- railleryn.Good-humored satire
- ramifyv.To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
- ramoseadj.Branch-like
- rampantadj.Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint
- rampartn.A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry
- rancorn.Malice
- ranklev.To produce irritation or festering
- rapaciousadj.Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods
- rapidadj.Having great speed
- rapinen.The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war
- raptadj.Enraptured
- raptorialadj.Seizing and devouring living prey
- rationv.To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food
- rationalismn.The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority
- raucousadj.Harsh
- ravagev.To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods
- ravenousadj.Furiously voracious or hungry
- ravinen.A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water
- reactionn.Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation
- reactionaryadj.Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction
- readilyadv.Without objection or reluctance
- readjustv.To put in order after disarrangement
- readyadj.In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion
- realismn.The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist
- rearrangev.To arrange again or in a different order
- reassurev.To give new confidence
- rebelliousadj.Insubordinate
- rebuffn.A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches
- rebuildv.To build again or anew
- rebutv.To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer
- recantv.To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained)
- recapitulatev.To repeat again the principal points of
- recapturev.To capture again
- recedev.To move back or away
- receivableadj.Capable of being or fit to be received - often money
- receptiveadj.Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions
- recessiveadj.Having a tendency to go back
- recidivistn.A confirmed criminal
- reciprocaladj.Mutually interchangeable or convertible
- reciprocatev.To give and take mutually
- reciprocityn.Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed
- recitationn.The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory
- reckv.To have a care or thought for
- recklessadj.Foolishly headless of danger
- reclaimv.To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of
- reclinev.To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position
- reclusen.One who lives in retirement or seclusion
- reclusoryn.A hermitage
- recognizancen.An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act
- recognizev.To recall the identity of (a person or thing)
- recoilv.To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread
- recollectv.To recall the knowledge of
- reconcilableadj.Capable of being adjusted or harmonized
- reconnoiterv.To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes
- reconsiderv.To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action
- reconstructv.To rebuild
- recoursen.Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble
- recoverv.To regain
- recreantn.A cowardly or faithless person
- recreatev.To refresh after labor
- recrudescencen.The state of becoming raw or sore again
- recrudescentadj.Becoming raw or sore again
- recruitv.To enlist men for military or naval service
- rectifyv.To correct
- rectituden.The quality of being upright in principles and conduct
- recuperatev.To recover
- recurv.To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals
- recurev.To cure again
- recurrentadj.Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals
- redemptionn.The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt
- redolentadj.Smelling sweet and agreeable
- redolencen.Smelling sweet and agreeable
- redoubtableadj.Formidable
- redoundn.Rebound
- redressv.To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer
- reducibleadj.That may be reduced
- redundancen.Excess
- redundantadj.Constituting an excess
- reestablishv.To restore
- referv.To direct or send for information or other purpose
- referrern.One who refers
- referableadj.Ascribable
- refereen.An umpire
- refineryn.A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified
- reflectibleadj.Capable of being turned back
- reflectionn.The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves
- reflectorn.A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction
- reflexibleadj.Capable of being reflected
- reformn.Change for the better
- reformern.One who carries out a reform
- refractv.To bend or turn from a direct course
- refractoryadj.Not amenable to control
- refragableadj.Capable of being refuted
- refringencyn.Power to refract
- refringentadj.Having the power to refract
- refusaln.Denial of what is asked
- refutev.To prove to be wrong
- regalev.To give unusual pleasure
- regalian.pl.The emblems of royalty
- regalityn.Royalty
- regeneratev.To reproduce
- regentn.One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler
- regiciden.The killing of a king or sovereign
- regimen.Particular conduct or administration of affairs
- regimenn.A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits
- regimentn.A body of soldiers
- regnantadj.Exercising royal authority in one's own right
- regressv.To return to a former place or condition
- regretfuladj.Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret
- rehabilitatev.To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege
- reignv.To hold and exercise sovereign power
- reimbursev.To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended
- reinn.A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal
- reinstatev.To restore to a former state, station, or authority
- reiteratev.To say or do again and again
- rejoinv.To reunite after separation
- rejuvenatev.To restore to youth
- rejuvenescencen.A renewal of youth
- relapsev.To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery
- relegatev.To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination
- relentv.To yield
- relevantadj.Bearing upon the matter in hand
- reliancen.Dependence
- reliantadj.Having confidence
- relinquishv.To give up using or having
- reliquaryn.A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept
- relishv.To like the taste or savor of
- reluctancen.Unwillingness
- reluctantadj.Unwilling
- remembrancen.Recollection
- reminiscencen.The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience
- reminiscentadj.Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest
- remissadj.Negligent
- remissionn.Temporary diminution of a disease
- remodelv.Reconstruct
- remonstrancen.Reproof
- remonstrantadj.Having the character of a reproof
- remonstratev.To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong
- remuneratev.To pay or pay for
- remunerationn.Compensation
- Renaissancen.The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time
- rendezvousn.A prearranged place of meeting
- renditionn.Interpretation
- renovatev.To restore after deterioration, as a building
- renunciationn.An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
- reorganizev.To change to a more satisfactory form of organization
- reparableadj.Capable of repair
- reparationn.The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong
- reparteen.A ready, witty, or apt reply
- repealv.To render of no further effect
- repelv.To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally
- repellentadj.Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally
- repentancen.Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong
- repertoryn.A place where things are stored or gathered together
- repetitionn.The act of repeating
- repinev.To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
- replenishv.To fill again, as something that has been emptied
- repleteadj.Full to the uttermost
- replican.A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original
- repositoryn.A place in which goods are stored
- reprehendv.To find fault with
- reprehensibleadj.Censurable
- reprehensionn.Expression of blame
- repressv.To keep under restraint or control
- repressibleadj.Able to be kept under restraint or control
- reprievev.To grant a respite from punishment to
- reprimandv.To chide or rebuke for a fault
- reprisaln.Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy
- reprobaten.One abandoned to depravity and sin
- reproducev.To make a copy of
- reproductionn.The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind
- reproofn.An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured
- repudiatev.To refuse to have anything to do with
- repugnancen.Thorough dislike
- repugnantadj.Offensive to taste and feeling
- repulsen.The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy
- repulsiveadj.Grossly offensive
- reputev.To hold in general opinion
- requiemn.A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead
- requisiteadj.Necessary
- requitaln.Adequate return for good or ill
- requitev.To repay either good or evil to, as to a person
- rescindv.To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority
- reseatv.To place in position of office again
- resemblancen.Similarity in quality or form
- resentv.To be indignant at, as an injury or insult
- reservoirn.A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept
- residuen.A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated
- resiliencen.The power of springing back to a former position
- resilientadj.Having the quality of springing back to a former position
- resistancen.The exertion of opposite effort or effect
- resistantadj.Offering or tending to produce resistance
- resistiveadj.Having or exercising the power of resistance
- resistlessadj.Powerless
- resonancen.The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations
- resonanceadj.Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations
- resonatev.To have or produce resonance
- resourcen.That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support
- respiten.Interval of rest
- resplendentadj.Very bright
- respondentadj.Answering
- restitutionn.Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs
- resumptionn.The act of taking back, or taking again
- resurgentadj.Surging back or again
- resurrectionn.A return from death to life
- resuscitatev.To restore from apparent death
- retaliatev.To repay evil with a similar evil
- retchv.To make an effort to vomit
- retentionn.The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession
- reticencen.The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance
- reticentadj.Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance
- retinuen.The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance
- retortn.A retaliatory speech
- retouchv.To modify the details of
- retracev.To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking
- retractv.To recall or take back (something that one has said)
- retrenchv.To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity
- retrievev.To recover something by searching
- retroactiveadj.Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities
- retrogradev.To cause to deteriorate or to move backward
- retrogressionn.A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction
- retrospectn.A view or contemplation of something past
- retrospectiveadj.Looking back on the past
- reunitev.To unite or join again, as after separation
- revelationn.A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown
- reverev.To regard with worshipful veneration
- reverentadj.Humble
- reversionn.A return to or toward some former state or condition
- revertv.To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like
- revilev.To heap approach or abuse upon
- revisaln.Revision
- revisev.To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes
- revocationn.Repeal
- revokev.To rescind
- rhapsodyn.Rapt or rapturous utterance
- rhetoricn.The art of discourse
- rhetoriciann.A showy writer or speaker
- ribaldadj.Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity
- riddancen.The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable
- ridiculen.Looks or acts expressing amused contempt
- ridiculousadj.Laughable and contemptible
- rifeadj.Abundant
- righteousnessn.Rectitude
- rightfuladj.Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage
- rigmarolen.Nonsense
- rigorn.Inflexibility
- rigorousadj.Uncompromising
- rippletn.A small ripple, as of water
- risibleadj.capable of exciting laughter
- rivuletn.A small stream or brook
- robustadj.Characterized by great strength or power of endurance
- rondon.A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times
- rookeryn.A place where crows congregate to breed
- rotaryadj.Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus
- rotatev.To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel
- roten.Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention
- rotundadj.Round from fullness or plumpness
- rudimentaryadj.Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development
- ruev.To regret extremely
- ruffianadj.A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow
- ruminantadj.Chewing the cud
- ruminatev.To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
- rupturev.To separate the parts of by violence
- rusticadj.Characteristic of dwelling in the country
- ruthn.Sorrow for another's misery