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

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  • resilience/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/nounC12 meaningsThe strength to recover after hardship.
  • resin/ˈɹɛzɪn/nounC1A sticky substance that sets hard and clear.
  • resistance/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/nounC15 meaningsThe act of refusing to accept something and pushing back against it.
  • resonance/ˈɹɛzənəns/nounC1A deep ringing quality, or a meaning that echoes.
  • resourcefulnessnounC1Skill at finding a way through with what you have.
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nounC12 meanings
A short rest from something difficult or unpleasant.
  • restitution/ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuːʃən/nounC1The return of something taken to its rightful owner.
  • restoration/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe bringing of something back to its former state.
  • restraining ordernounC1A court order to stay away from a person.
  • restraint/ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/nounC1Self-control, or something that holds you back.
  • restriction/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA rule or condition that limits what can be done.
  • resurgencenounC1A rising again after a decline.
  • retargetingnounC1Advertising again to people who already looked.
  • retention/ɹɪˈtɛnʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsKeeping customers or staff rather than losing them.
  • reticence/ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/nounC1An unwillingness to say much.
  • retinol/ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/nounC1A vitamin treatment used to smooth skin over time.
  • retinue/ˈɹɛ.tɪ.njuː/nounC1The attendants who travel with an important person.
  • retort/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/verbC12 meaningsTo reply quickly and sharply.
  • retraction/ɹɪˈtɹækʃən/nounC1A public statement taking back what was printed.
  • retrialnounC1A second hearing of a case already tried.
  • retribution/ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən/nounC1Punishment given as deserved payment for wrong.
  • retrospective/ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/nounC22 meaningsAn exhibition or survey covering a long period of work.
  • reunion/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/nounB22 meaningsA gathering of people who have been apart for a long time.
  • reveal/ɹɪˈviːl/verbB24 meaningsTo make known something that was secret or unknown.
  • revel/ˈɹɛv.əl/verbC12 meaningsTo take great delight in something.
  • revelation/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsKnowledge believed to be disclosed by a god.
  • revival/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vəl/nounC12 meaningsA bringing back into life or use.
  • revocation/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/nounC1The withdrawing of a right or a licence.
  • revolt/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/nounB22 meaningsAn armed rising against those in power.
  • rework/ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/nounC1Putting right an item that failed inspection.
  • rhetoric/ˈɹɛtəɹɪk/nounC13 meaningsLanguage chosen to persuade or impress, especially when there is nothing behind it.
  • rhetorical questionnounC1A question asked without wanting an answer.
  • rhombus/ˈɹɒmbəs/nounC1A flat shape with four equal sides and slanted corners.
  • rib/ɹɪb/nounB22 meaningsOne of the curved bones enclosing the chest.
  • rider/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who rides a horse or a bike.
  • 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.
  • rigour/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/nounC1Strictness and care in reasoning.
  • ring/ɹɪŋ/nounA16 meaningsA circle of metal worn on a finger.
  • ringlet/ˈɹɪŋ.lət/nounC1A long spiralling curl of hair.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rotation/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsTurning around a centre.
  • rote/ɹəʊt/nounC1Learning by repetition without understanding.
  • round robin/ˌɹaʊnd ˈɹɒbɪn/nounC1A competition in which everybody plays everybody.
  • roundupnounC1A summary of the main news, or the gathering of cattle.