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

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19,295 words · showing 13,861–13,920

  • refinery/rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/nounB2+A plant that purifies oil or sugar.
  • reflect/ɹɪˈflɛkt/verbB1+3 meaningsTo throw back light, heat, sound or an image.
  • reflection/ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/nounB22 meaningsAn image thrown back by a mirror or a smooth surface.
  • reflective/ɹɪˈflɛktɪv/adjectiveB2+Thoughtful, or throwing light back.
  • reflector/ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/nounB2+A device that throws light back to make you seen.
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/ˈɹiːflɛks/
nounB22 meanings
An automatic bodily reaction occurring without conscious thought.
  • reforestationnounC1The planting of trees where forest was lost.
  • reform/ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/nounB2+2 meaningsA change made to improve a system.
  • reformation/ˌɹɛf.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounC1The sixteenth-century split in western Christianity.
  • refractverbC1To bend light as it passes into another material.
  • refractory/ɹɪˈfɹæk.tə.ɹi/adjectiveC2Stubbornly resisting control or treatment.
  • refrain/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo hold yourself back from doing something.
  • refresh/ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo make something new and lively again, or to reload.
  • refreshing/ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsMaking you feel cool and revived.
  • refreshment/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/nounB1+2 meaningsFood and drink taken to revive you.
  • refreshmentsnounB1+Light food and drinks offered to guests.
  • refrigeratedadjectiveB1+Kept cold by machinery.
  • refuel/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/verbB2+To take on more fuel.
  • refuellingnounB2+Filling an aircraft's tanks before the next flight.
  • refuge pointnounC1A safe place to wait for help in an emergency.
  • refugee/ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/nounB2+A person forced to flee their country to stay safe.
  • refund/ɹɪˈfʌnd/nounB1+2 meaningsMoney paid back to you.
  • refurbish/ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/verbC1To redecorate and re-equip something so it is like new.
  • refusal/ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/nounC1A statement that you will not.
  • refuse/ˈɹɛfjuːs/verbA2+2 meaningsTo say no to something offered, asked for or demanded, or to be unwilling to do it.
  • refuse collectionnounB2The service that takes away household rubbish.
  • refutation/ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC2Proof that a claim is false.
  • refute/ɹɪˈfjuːt/verbC12 meaningsTo prove that a claim or argument is wrong.
  • regain/ɹiːˈɡeɪn/verbB2To get back something previously lost.
  • regal/ˈɹiːɡəl/adjectiveB2+Fit for a monarch, and grand in bearing.
  • regale/ɹɪˈɡeɪl/verbC1To entertain somebody lavishly with food or stories.
  • regalia/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/nounC1The crown and other emblems worn by a monarch.
  • regard/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/verbB22 meaningsTo consider somebody or something in a certain way.
  • regardless/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/adverbB1Without paying attention to what stands in the way.
  • regenerate/ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo grow back or renew itself.
  • regenerationnounC12 meaningsThe rebuilding of a run-down district.
  • regent/ˈɹiːd͡ʒənt/nounC1Someone ruling for a monarch too young or unable.
  • reggae/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/nounB2+A Jamaican style with the accent on the off-beat.
  • regicide/ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/nounC2The killing of a king.
  • regime/ɹəˈʒiːm/nounC12 meaningsA government, especially a harsh one.
  • regimen/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/nounC1A fixed routine of care followed daily.
  • regiment/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/nounB2+A large permanent unit of an army.
  • regimentaladjectiveC12 meaningsBelonging to a regiment.
  • region/ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/nounB1+A large area with something in common.
  • regional/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/adjectiveB2Belonging to a particular part of a country.
  • register/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/verbB27 meaningsTo put your name on an official list.
  • registered postnounB2Mail tracked and signed for on delivery.
  • registrar/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/nounC1The official who keeps formal records.
  • registry/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstɹi/nounB2+The official office where records of births, marriages and property dealings are kept and consulted.
  • regression/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/nounC1A slipping back to an earlier and worse state.
  • regret/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/verbB24 meaningsTo wish you had not done something, or that things had gone differently.
  • regrettableadjectiveB2+Giving cause for regret.
  • regrettablyadverbB2+Unfortunately, as one is sorry to say.
  • regroup/ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/<q:verb>verbB2To gather and reorganise after a setback.
  • regular/ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/adjectiveA24 meaningsHappening at fixed intervals.
  • regularity/ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/nounB2+The quality of happening at even intervals.
  • regulate/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo control something with official rules.
  • regulation/ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/nounB2A rule made by an authority to control an activity.
  • regulator/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/nounC12 meaningsA body that keeps an industry within limits.
  • regulatory/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/adjectiveC1Concerned with making and enforcing rules.