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

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  • retrospect/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/nounC2A view of a past event with the knowledge of what followed.
  • retrospectionnounC2Looking back over what has already happened.
  • retrospective/ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/nounC22 meaningsAn exhibition or survey covering a long period of work.
  • revel/ˈɹɛv.əl/verbC12 meaningsTo take great delight in something.
  • revelry/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/nounC2Noisy merry-making with drink and dancing.
  • revenant/ˈɹɛvənənt/
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Somebody who returns, especially from the dead.
  • reverberation/ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/nounC2An echo that keeps sounding, or a lasting effect.
  • reverie/ˈɹɛvəɹi/nounC2A pleasant daydream you drift into.
  • revisionism/ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/nounC2The reworking of an accepted account of the past.
  • rift/ɹɪft/nounC2A crack, or a serious break between friends.
  • rigmarole/ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/nounC2A long fussy procedure that seems pointless.
  • rill/ɹɪl/nounC2A small brook.
  • rime/ɹaɪm/nounC2A white frost that coats surfaces.
  • riprap/ˈɹɪpɹap/nounC2Loose rock piled to protect a shore from waves.
  • rondelnounC2A small round plate of armour or a round shield.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • rookerynounC2A colony of nests high in the trees.
  • rostrum/ˈɹɒstɹəm/nounC2A raised platform to speak or conduct from.
  • roundhouse/ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/nounC2A circular shed where locomotives were turned and stored.
  • rout/ɹaʊt/nounC2A crushing defeat that sends the losers fleeing.
  • ruff/ɹʌf/nounC2A stiff frilled collar worn in earlier centuries.
  • ruination/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2The bringing of something to complete ruin.
  • rumble/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/verbB25 meaningsTo make a deep, low, rolling sound.
  • ruminant/ˈɹuːmɪnənt/nounC2An animal that chews food brought back from its stomach.
  • rumination/ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2Turning the same painful thought over endlessly.
  • runnel/ˈɹʌnəl/nounC22 meaningsA trickle of water finding its own small course.
  • rustle/ˈɹʌsəl/verbC13 meaningsTo make the soft dry sound of leaves or paper moving.
  • sable/ˈseɪbəl/nounC22 meaningsA small dark fur-bearing animal.
  • saga/ˈsɑːɡə/nounB2+3 meaningsA long story covering many years or generations.
  • sally/ˈsæli/nounC2A sudden rush out from a defended position.
  • salon/ˈsælɒn/nounB22 meaningsA shop where hair or beauty treatments are given.
  • saltmarshnounC2Coastal grassland flooded by the sea at high tide.
  • samite/ˈsæmaɪt/nounC2A rich silk cloth interwoven with gold.
  • save/seɪv/verbA28 meaningsTo bring someone or something out of danger or harm.
  • sawyer/ˈsɔːjə/nounC2Somebody whose trade is sawing timber.
  • scat/skæt/nounC2Jazz singing on nonsense syllables.
  • scavenger/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/nounC2A creature that feeds on what is already dead.
  • schism/ˈskɪzəm/nounC2A deep split that divides a church or a party.
  • scion/ˈsaɪən/<a:RP><ref:<<name:OED>>>nounC2A descendant of a notable family, or a shoot for grafting.
  • sclerosis/skləˈɹəʊ.sɪs/nounC12 meaningsAn abnormal hardening of body tissue.
  • scold/ˈskəʊ̯ld/verbB1+2 meaningsTo tell somebody off angrily.
  • sconce/skɒns/nounC2A bracket on a wall for holding a light.
  • score/skɔː/nounA25 meaningsThe number of points each side or each person has.
  • scullion/ˈskʌl.i.ən/nounC2A kitchen servant who does the meanest work.
  • secateurs/ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/nounC2Strong scissors for cutting woody stems.
  • sedge/sɛd͡ʒ/nounC2A grassy plant that grows in wet ground.
  • seer/sɪə(ɹ)/nounC12 meaningsA person who can see what will happen in the future.
  • seismic/ˈsaɪzmɪk/adjectiveC23 meaningsTo do with earthquakes and the movement of the ground.
  • seismology/saɪzˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/nounC2The study of earthquakes.
  • selectivitynounC2Care in choosing only what fits.
  • selflessnessnounC2Concern for others before yourself.
  • selvedgenounC2The finished edge of woven cloth that will not fray.
  • semaphore/ˈsɛm.əˌfɔː/nounC2A signal worked by a moving arm.
  • seneschal/ˈsɛnəʃəl/nounC2The steward who ran a great household.
  • sentinel/ˈsɛn.tɪ.nəl/nounC12 meaningsA guard posted to keep watch.
  • sept/sɛpt/nounC2A branch of a family or clan.
  • septanounC2A priestess of a faith in the novels.
  • septonnounC2A priest of a faith in the novels.
  • sepulchre/ˈsɛpəlkə/nounC2A tomb cut in rock or built of stone.
  • sequestrationnounC2The seizing of property, or a shutting away.