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  • rabble/ˈɹæbəl/nounC1A disorderly crowd, spoken of with contempt.
  • rabid/ˈɹæbɪd/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsCarrying the disease rabies.
  • rack/ɹæk/nounB24 meaningsA frame or set of bars for holding, drying or storing things.
  • rack your brainsphraseC1To search your memory hard for something.
  • racket/ˈɹækɪt/nounB13 meaningsA bat with a stringed frame, used in tennis and similar games.
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The shelving system a warehouse stores goods on.
  • radiance/ˈɹeɪdi.əns/nounC12 meaningsA warm steady shining outward.
  • radiant/ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/adjectiveB23 meaningsShining brightly.
  • radiator grillenounC1The slotted panel at the front that lets air to the cooling water.
  • radical/ˈɹædɪkəl/adjectiveB24 meaningsReaching the deepest, most basic parts of something; complete and far-reaching.
  • radiographernounC1The technician who takes images inside the body.
  • radiology/ˌɹeɪdiˈɒlədʒi/nounC1The branch of medicine that uses images of the inside of the body.
  • radius/ˈɹeɪ.di.əs/nounB23 meaningsThe straight line from the centre of a circle or sphere to its edge; half the diameter.
  • raft/ɹɑːft/nounB12 meaningsA flat floating platform of logs or planks.
  • rail/ɹeɪ(ə)l/nounB24 meaningsOne of the steel bars that a train's wheels run along.
  • rail againstphraseC1To complain bitterly and at length about something.
  • rain on someone's paradephraseC1To spoil somebody's enjoyment of their moment.
  • rally/ˈɹæli/nounB24 meaningsA large public meeting held to show support for something.
  • ram/ɹæm/nounB24 meaningsA male sheep.
  • ramble/ˈɹæmbəl/verbC13 meaningsTo walk a long way for pleasure through the countryside, without hurrying and without a fixed route.
  • rambunctious/ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/adjectiveC1Boisterous and hard to control.
  • ramekin/ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/nounC1A small round dish for baking one portion.
  • ramification/ɹæmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/nounC1A consequence that branches out from a decision.
  • rampage/ˈɹæmpeɪd͡ʒ/nounC1A period of violent, uncontrolled and destructive behaviour.
  • rampant/ˈɹæm.pənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsSpreading unchecked.
  • rampart/ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/nounC1A broad defensive bank of earth or stone.
  • ramshackle/ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/adjectiveC1Badly built or maintained and close to collapse.
  • rancid/ˈɹænsɪd/adjectiveC1Smelling of fat that has gone off.
  • rangy/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/adjectiveC1Tall, thin and long-limbed.
  • rank/ˈɹæŋk/nounB24 meaningsA position in an order or hierarchy, especially in the armed forces or the police.
  • ranking/ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/nounC1A position in an ordered list of the best.
  • ransack/ˈɹænsæk/verbC1To search a place roughly, leaving it wrecked.
  • rap/ɹæp/verbB23 meaningsTo knock sharply and quickly.
  • rapport/ɹæˈpɔɹ/nounC1An easy, understanding connection between people.
  • rapt/ˈɹæpt/adjectiveC1So absorbed that nothing else reaches you.
  • rarity/ˈɹɛəɹəti/nounC12 meaningsThe state of being seldom found.
  • rasher/ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/nounC1A thin slice of bacon.
  • rashnessnounC1Acting boldly without thinking of the risk.
  • rasp/ɹɑːsp/nounC1A coarse file with raised teeth, for shaping wood.
  • rat/ɹæt/nounA22 meaningsA long-tailed rodent larger than a mouse.
  • rate limitnounC1A cap on how often you may call a service.
  • ratification/ˌɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/nounC1The formal approval that makes an agreement binding.
  • ratify/ˈɹætɪfaɪ/verbC1To make an agreement official by formally approving it.
  • ratio/ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/nounC1The relationship between two amounts, as a comparison.
  • rationale/ˌɹæʃ.əˈnɑːl/nounC1The set of reasons behind a decision or study.
  • rationalise/ˈɹæʃ.ə.nə.laɪz/verbC12 meaningsTo invent a comfortable reason for what you did.
  • rationalism/ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəlɪzəm/nounC1The view that reason rather than faith should guide us.
  • rationality/ˌraʃəˈnalɪti/nounC1The quality of being guided by reason.
  • rattan/ɹəˈtan/nounC1A tough climbing palm stem woven into furniture.
  • rattle/ˈɹæ.təl/nounB24 meaningsA baby's toy that makes a sharp noise when it is shaken.
  • rattle offphraseC1To say a long list quickly and without effort.
  • raucous/ˈɹɔːkəs/adjectiveC1Loud, harsh and disorderly.
  • raunchy/ˈɹɔːn(t)ʃi/adjectiveC1Openly and coarsely sexual.
  • ravage/ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo sweep through and destroy.
  • ravenous/ˈɹævənəs/adjectiveC1Extremely hungry.
  • raving/ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsTalking wildly and incoherently, as in delirium.
  • raw/ɹɔː/adjectiveB25 meaningsNot cooked.
  • raze/ɹeɪz/verbC1To level a building or a town to the ground.
  • razor burnnounC1Sore red skin left by shaving.
  • reactantnounC1A substance that goes into a reaction.