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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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373 words · showing 301–360

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  • rock-solidadjectiveB2Extremely firm, reliable or unshakeable.
  • rocker/ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/nounB2A performer or fan of rock music.
  • rocket/ˈɹɒk.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsA machine that burns fuel to push itself into space.
  • rocket sciencephraseB2Something so complicated that ordinary people cannot follow it.
  • rod/ɹɒd/nounB2A long thin straight bar.
  • rogue/ˈɹəʊɡ/nounB2
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A dishonest but often likeable person.
  • role modelphraseB2A person so admirable that others copy how they live.
  • roll outphraseB22 meaningsTo flatten dough with a rolling pin.
  • roll upphraseB22 meaningsTo turn something over on itself into a roll.
  • roll your eyesphraseB2To turn the eyes upward to show contempt.
  • romantic/ɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪk/adjectiveB13 meaningsConnected with love between people.
  • roofer/ˈɹufɚ/nounB2The worker who covers and mends roofs.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • rookie/ˈɹʊki/nounB2Somebody in their first season at a job or a sport.
  • room/ɹʊm/nounA13 meaningsA separate space inside a building.
  • roommate/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/nounB2A person you share a room or flat with.
  • roost/ɹuːst/verbB2+2 meaningsTo settle somewhere for the night, as birds do.
  • root/ɹuːt/nounB25 meaningsThe part of a plant that grows underground, holding it in place and taking in water.
  • root causenounB2The real reason underneath a problem.
  • root systemnounB2All the underground parts that anchor and feed a plant.
  • roots/ɹuːts/nounB2The part of dyed hair growing out in its own colour.
  • rope/ɹəʊp/nounA23 meaningsThick strong cord made by twisting fibres together.
  • rosary/ˈɹoʊzəɹi/nounB2A string of beads used for counting prayers.
  • rose/ɹəʊz/nounA24 meaningsA garden flower with soft layered petals and a prickly stem, grown for its scent and given as a gift.
  • rosy/ˈɹəʊzi/adjectiveB22 meaningsPink and healthy.
  • rot/ɹɒt/nounB22 meaningsThe soft decay that destroys damp wood.
  • rotten/ˈɹɒtn̩/adjectiveB13 meaningsDecayed and no longer fit to eat or use.
  • rough/ɹʌf/adjectiveB15 meaningsUneven or coarse to the touch, not smooth.
  • roughly/ˈɹʌf.li/adverbB22 meaningsMore or less; give or take a bit.
  • round/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/adjectiveA27 meaningsShaped like a circle or a ball.
  • round the clockphraseB2All day and all night without pause.
  • roundabout/ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/nounB1+2 meaningsA circular junction where cars go around a middle island.
  • rouse/ɹaʊz/verbB22 meaningsTo wake somebody.
  • route/ɹuːt/nounA2+4 meaningsThe way taken to get from one place to another.
  • route planningnounB2Working out the best way for vehicles to travel.
  • routine/ɹuːˈtiːn/nounB23 meaningsA fixed way of doing things, repeated in the same order each time.
  • rover/ˈɹəʊvə/nounB22 meaningsA wheeled robot driven across another world's surface.
  • row/ɹəʊ/nounB14 meaningsA number of people or things arranged in a straight line side by side.
  • rowdy/ˈɹaʊ̯di/adjectiveB2Noisy and wild in a disorderly way.
  • royal/ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/adjectiveB13 meaningsBelonging to a king or queen.
  • royaltiesnounB2Payments an author or musician earns from each sale.
  • royalty/ˈɹɔɪəlti/nounB2Members of a royal family, or money paid to an author.
  • rub/ɹʌb/verbB14 meaningsTo move your hand or an object back and forth over a surface while pressing on it.
  • rubble/ˈɹʌb.əl/nounB2Broken stone and brick from a ruined building.
  • rude/ɹuːd/adjectiveA24 meaningsHaving no manners; showing no respect for other people.
  • rudenessnounB2Behaviour that shows no regard for others.
  • ruffle/ˈɹʌfəl/nounB22 meaningsA wavy band of gathered cloth along an edge.
  • rugged/ˈɹʌɡ.ɪd/adjectiveB2+3 meanings(Of land) rough, rocky and uneven.
  • rule/ɹuːl/nounA14 meaningsA statement of what is allowed and what is not.
  • rule outphraseB2To decide something is not possible and drop it.
  • rulebook/ˌɹulˌbʊk/nounB2The booklet setting out how a game is played.
  • rumble/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/verbB25 meaningsTo make a deep, low, rolling sound.
  • rump/ˈɹʌmp/nounB22 meaningsThe hind part of an animal.
  • run/ɹʌn/verbA14 meaningsTo move on foot faster than walking, with both feet off the ground between steps.
  • run a riskphraseB2To act in a way that could go badly wrong.
  • run downphraseB22 meaningsTo lose power or be gradually reduced.
  • run intophraseB22 meaningsTo meet someone unexpectedly.
  • run outphraseB12 meaningsTo use up the whole supply of something.
  • run overphraseB22 meaningsTo knock down and drive over with a vehicle.
  • run throughphraseB22 meaningsTo rehearse or review something quickly from beginning to end.