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

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  • riffle/ˈɹɪfəl/verbC1To turn pages quickly with the thumb.
  • rifle/ˈɹaɪfəl/nounB22 meaningsA long-barrelled gun fired from the shoulder.
  • rigging/ˈɹɪɡɪŋ/nounB2+2 meaningsThe ropes and wires that hold up a ship's masts.
  • righteous/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/adjectiveB22 meaningsMorally right.
  • rigour/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/nounC1Strictness and care in reasoning.
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Stirred into irritation.
  • ring/ɹɪŋ/nounA16 meaningsA circle of metal worn on a finger.
  • ringlet/ˈɹɪŋ.lət/nounC1A long spiralling curl of hair.
  • ripe/ɹaɪp/adjectiveB14 meaningsFully grown and ready to be eaten or gathered.
  • ripple/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/nounB24 meaningsA small wave or ring spreading across the surface of water.
  • riptide/ˈɹɪp.taɪd/nounC1A strong narrow current running out from a beach.
  • rite/ɹaɪt/nounB2+3 meaningsA religious ceremony performed in a fixed, prescribed way.
  • rivet/ˈɹɪvət/nounB2+2 meaningsA metal pin used to fasten two plates together permanently.
  • riveting/ˈrɪvɪtɪŋ/nounC1Joining metal with short pins hammered flat.
  • rivulet/ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/nounC1A very small stream.
  • roadworthyadjectiveC1Safe and legal to drive.
  • roast/ɹoʊst/verbB22 meaningsTo cook in the dry heat of an oven until brown.
  • robust/ɹəʊˈbʌst/adjectiveC14 meaningsStrongly built and able to survive rough treatment.
  • rock/ɹɒk/nounA25 meaningsThe hard solid material that mountains and cliffs are made of.
  • rocket/ˈɹɒk.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsA machine that burns fuel to push itself into space.
  • rogue/ˈɹəʊɡ/nounB22 meaningsA dishonest but often likeable person.
  • roll/ɹəʊl/verbA25 meaningsTo move along by turning over and over.
  • roll upphraseB22 meaningsTo turn something over on itself into a roll.
  • rollbacknounC1Putting the previous version back after a bad release.
  • rolling stocknounC1All the vehicles a railway owns.
  • romanticism/ɹəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm/nounC1A movement valuing feeling and nature over reason.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • root/ɹuːt/nounB25 meaningsThe part of a plant that grows underground, holding it in place and taking in water.
  • rosewood/ˈɹoʊzˌwʊd/nounC1A dense dark tropical timber streaked with near-black grain and faintly sweet in smell, prized for guitar fingerboards and fine furniture.
  • rosy/ˈɹəʊzi/adjectiveB22 meaningsPink and healthy.
  • rotate/ɹəʊˈteɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo turn around a central point.
  • rotation/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsTurning around a centre.
  • rote/ɹəʊt/nounC1Learning by repetition without understanding.
  • rotten/ˈɹɒtn̩/adjectiveB13 meaningsDecayed and no longer fit to eat or use.
  • rotund/ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/adjectiveC12 meaningsRound and plump.
  • round onphraseC1To turn suddenly and attack somebody with words.
  • round robin/ˌɹaʊnd ˈɹɒbɪn/nounC1A competition in which everybody plays everybody.
  • round the bendphraseC1Driven mad or completely irrational.
  • roundlyadverbC1Firmly and thoroughly.
  • roundupnounC1A summary of the main news, or the gathering of cattle.
  • router/ˈɹuː.tə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe box that spreads the internet through a building.
  • rove/ɹəʊv/verbC1To wander from place to place with no fixed course.
  • rover/ˈɹəʊvə/nounB22 meaningsA wheeled robot driven across another world's surface.
  • rubber/ˈɹʌbə/nounA23 meaningsA stretchy, bouncy material made from the sap of a tropical tree or produced industrially.
  • rubric/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/nounC1A heading or set of instructions for a task.
  • ruckus/ˈɹʌkəs/nounC1A noisy disturbance.
  • ruddy/ˈɹʌdi/adjectiveC12 meaningsHealthily red in the face.
  • rude/ɹuːd/adjectiveA24 meaningsHaving no manners; showing no respect for other people.
  • rudiment/ˈɹuːdɪmənt/nounC1One of the first simple parts of a subject.
  • rudimentary/ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/adjectiveC1Basic and undeveloped.
  • rudimentsnounC1The first and simplest parts of a subject.
  • rueful/ˈɹuːfl̩/adjectiveC1Showing regret in a wry good-humoured way.
  • ruffian/ˈɹʌfi.ən/nounC1A violent lawless man.
  • ruinous/ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/adjectiveC1Causing complete destruction or financial collapse.
  • rule of thirdsnounC1Placing the subject a third of the way across the frame.
  • rule of thumbphraseC1A rough practical guide that works most of the time.
  • ruling/ˈɹuːlɪŋ/nounC12 meaningsThe decision a judge hands down.
  • rumble/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/verbB25 meaningsTo make a deep, low, rolling sound.
  • rump/ˈɹʌmp/nounB22 meaningsThe hind part of an animal.
  • rumple/ˈɹʌmpəl/verbC1To crease and disorder something smooth.