English words: rathe to Raul

300 English words, part 15 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words rathe to Raul

rathe adjective, adverb /ɹeɪð/: Ripening or blooming early.
rathel verb: To fix; root.
rathely adverb: Synonym of rathe (“quickly”).
ratheness noun: The quality of being rathe; earliness.
rather adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb /ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/: Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than)
rather than conjunction, preposition: And not.
ratheripe noun: A variety of apple that ripens early.
ratherish adverb: Slightly; to a small extent; in some degree.
Ratherism noun: A colorful analogy or descriptive phrase, characteristic of Dan Rather (born 1931), American journalist and news anchor.
Rathgeber proper noun: A surname from German.
rathite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic lead gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, sulfur, and thallium.
Rathje proper noun: A surname from German.
Rathjen proper noun: A surname from North Frisian.
Rathke proper noun: A surname.
Rathke's cleft noun: A cleft between the pars distalis and pars intermedia in certain organisms, where the proliferating anterior wall does not fully occupy Rathke's pouch.
Rathke's pouch noun: A depression in the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the adenohypophysis.
Rathkeale proper noun: A town in County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3641).
Rathlin proper noun /ˈɹæθlɪn/: Rathlin Island
Rathman proper noun: A surname.
Rathmann proper noun: A surname.
Rathmines proper noun /ˈɹæθˌmaɪnz/: An inner suburb on the Southside of Dublin.
Rathmullan proper noun: A coastal village on the west side of Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 2927).
Ratho proper noun: A village in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, west of the city (OS grid ref NT1370).
Rathod proper noun: A surname.
rathole noun, verb: An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
ratholing noun, verb: the surreptitious or premature removal of chips during a poker game.
rathood noun: The quality or state of being a rat.
Rathore proper noun: A surname from Hindi.
rathouisiid noun: Any slug in the family Rathouisiidae.
rathouse noun: Alternative form of rat house.
rathripe noun /ˈɹɑːðɹaɪp/: Alternative form of rareripe.
rathskeller noun: A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer.
rati noun: Alternative form of ratti (“Indian unit of measure”).
raticidal adjective: fatal to rats
raticide noun: rat poison.
ratifiable adjective: Capable of being ratified.
ratificate verb: To ratify.
ratification noun /ˌɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.
ratificational adjective: Of or relating to ratification.
ratificationism noun: A doctrine stating that ratifiable choices are the ones that should be made.
ratificationist noun: A supporter of ratification (of a treaty, etc.).
ratificatory adjective: Pertaining to or characterized by ratification.
ratifier noun: One who ratifies.
ratify verb /ˈɹætɪfaɪ/: To give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
Ratigan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
ratihabition noun: confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract
ratine noun: Alternative form of ratteen.
rating noun, verb /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/: A position on a scale.
ratings ploy noun: A scheme or ploy made to attract a larger audience for usually mass media, like radio, television or digital streaming.
ratio interjection, noun, verb /ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/: A number representing a comparison between two named things.
ratio'd adjective, verb: Alternative form of ratioed.
ratio decidendi noun: The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
ratio formalis noun: the formal grounds for something; the essential attributes of matter as they appear in the mind or in a definition.
ratio scale noun: A scale of measurement of data having a fixed zero value, which permits the quantitative comparison of differences of values.
ratio spread noun: Synonym of frontspread.
ratio variable noun: A variable with the features of interval variable and, additionally, whose any two values have meaningful ratio, making the operations of multiplication and...
ratiocinate verb /ˌɹætiˈosəˌneɪt/: To use the powers of the mind logically and methodically; to reason.
ratiocinatio noun: Reasoning (typically with oneself) by asking questions.
ratiocination noun /ɹætɪˌɒsɪˈneɪʃn̩/: Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
ratiocinative adjective /ˌɹæʃ.ɪˈɑ.səˌneɪ.tɪv/: Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.
ratiocinatively adverb: In a ratiocinative way.
ratiocinator noun: One who ratiocinates; a reasoner.
ratiocinatory adjective: ratiocinative
ratioed adjective, verb: Modified or multiplied by a ratio.
ratioless adjective: Not based on the relative sizes of components in a circuit.
ratiometer noun: A measurement device used in ohmmeters, having two coils, one connected via a series resistor to the battery supply and the other connected to the same...
ratiometric adjective: Describing any system in which an output is directly proportional to an input
ratiometrical adjective: Alternative form of ratiometric.
ratiometrically adverb: In a ratiometric manner
ratiometrics noun: ratiometric measurement
ratiometry noun: measurement involving a ratio, as by a ratiometer
ratiomorphic adjective: Relating to unconscious processing of sensory data
ration noun, verb /ˈɹæʃən/: A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
ration book noun: A book or other document that allows a person to purchase particular foods during a time of food shortages.
ration card noun: Synonym of ration stamp.
ration coupon noun: Synonym of ration stamp.
ration stamp noun: A stamp or card issued by a government to allow the holder to obtain food or other commodities that are in short supply during wartime or in other emergency...
rationability noun: Synonym of rationality or reasonability.
rationable adjective: Suitable for being rationed.
rationably adverb: Rationally, reasonably.
rational adjective, noun /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/: Capable of reasoning.
rational basis review noun: A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must be rationally related to a legitimate state interest.
rational choice theory noun: A theory that argues individual decisions are based on that individual's understanding of the costs and benefits of a given action, shaped throughout the...
rational dress noun: Practical, comfortable clothing proposed in the Victorian era as an alternative to the fashions of that time.
rational egoism noun: The doctrine that it is rational to act in one's own self-interest.
rational egoist noun: an advocate of rational egoism
rational function noun: Any function expressible as the quotient of two (coprime) polynomials (and which thus has poles at a finite, discrete set of points which are the roots of...
rational horizon noun: celestial horizon
rational number noun: A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
rational numbers noun: The set of numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, often denoted with the bold letter Q, or the blackboard bold letter ℚ.
rational selfishness noun: Objectivist position that, in order to promote one's own life, the morally proper beneficiary of one's own rational actions should be oneself.
rational symptom noun: A symptom elicited by the statements of the patient and not as the result of a physical examination.
rationale noun /ˌɹæʃ.əˈnɑːl/: An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
rationalification noun: Conversion to rational form
rationalisable adjective: Alternative form of rationalizable.
rationalisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalization.
rationalise verb /ˈɹæʃ.ə.nə.laɪz/: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize.
rationalised adjective, verb: Given a rational explanation
rationaliser noun: Alternative form of rationalizer.
rationalism noun /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəlɪzəm/: The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
rationalist noun: A person who follows the philosophy of rationalism.
rationalistic adjective: Of or relating to rationalism.
rationalistical adjective: Synonym of rationalistic.
rationalistically adverb: In a rationalistic manner; in the context of rationalism.
rationalisticism noun: specious reasoning that pretends to be rational
rationality noun /ˌraʃəˈnalɪti/: The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
rationalizability noun: The condition of being rationalizable.
rationalizable adjective: Able to be rationalized.
rationalization noun /ˌræʃ(ə)n(ə)laɪˈzeɪʃn̩/: The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
rationalize verb /ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/: To make something rational or more rational.
rationalized adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of rationalised
rationalizer noun: One who rationalizes.
rationalizing noun, verb: The act of one who rationalizes.
rationally adverb: In a rational manner
rationalness noun: The quality or state of being rational.
rationalsphere noun: An online community of individuals, centered around the forum LessWrong and the blog Slate Star Codex, who discuss philosophy, psychology, and futurism...
ratione temporis phrase: By reason of time (for example, referring to the temporal scope of a law or of a court's jurisdiction).
rationer noun: One who rations.
rationing noun, verb: A ration.
rationless adjective: Without rations.
rationment noun: Synonym of rationing.
Ratisbon proper noun /ˈɹætɪzbɑn/: Regensburg (a city in Germany).
ratissage noun /ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/: A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the...
ratitate adjective: Synonym of ratite.
ratite adjective, noun /ˈɹætaɪt/: Pertaining to running, flightless birds with no keels on their sternums (as opposed to carinate).
ratiuncule noun /ɹeɪʃ(i)ˈʌŋkjuːl/: A ratio very close to unity.
ratkind noun: Rats as a collective.
Ratlam proper noun: A city and district in Madhya Pradesh, India.
ratless adjective: Without rats.
ratlessness noun: Absence of rats.
Ratley proper noun: A surname.
Ratliff proper noun: A surname.
ratlike adjective, adverb: Resembling or characteristic of a rat, whether physically or (in behavioral terms) cunning, disloyal, or cowardly.
ratlin noun: Alternative form of ratline.
ratline noun /ˈɹætlɪn/: The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.
ratline stuff noun: Tarred rope from which ratlines are made.
ratling noun: a small rat
ratly adjective: Of, resembling, or relating to rats.
RATM proper noun: Rage Against The Machine, an American rap metal band.
ratmageddon noun: A disaster caused by or involving rats.
Ratna proper noun: A unisex given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
Ratnagiri proper noun: A district of Maharashtra, India.
Ratnapura proper noun: Ratnapura, a city in Sri Lanka
Ratner proper noun: A surname
Ratner moment noun: A situation where one harms one's reputation or standing by making ill-advised remarks.
ratness noun: The quality of being a rat; rattiness.
rato noun: Alternative form of RATO (“rocket-assisted takeoff”).
RATOG noun: Initialism of rocket-assisted take-off gear.
Raton proper noun: A city, the county seat of Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
ratoon noun, verb /ɹəˈtuːn/: A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
ratoonability noun: The condition of being ratoonable
ratoonable adjective: Able to be ratooned
ratooner noun: A plant that sprouts ratoons.
ratpack noun: Alternative form of rat pack.
ratpox noun: A viral infection of rats, similar to cowpox
ratproof adjective: Resistant to damage caused by rats.
rats interjection, noun, verb /ɹæts/: An expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn.
ratsbane noun: Rat poison; white arsenic.
ratshot noun: Synonym of shotshell.
ratsicle noun: A cold or frozen rat.
ratskeller noun: Alternative form of rathskeller.
ratskin noun: The hide of a rat.
ratsnake noun: Alternative form of rat snake.
ratsona noun: A fursona that is a rat.
ratstripper noun: An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi
rattachism noun: An ideology calling for the French-speaking part of Belgium or Wallonia to secede from the state of Belgium and become part of France.
rattail noun /ˈɹæt.teɪl/: Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
rattail cactus noun: A species of cactus, Mammillaria pottsii
rattail crassula noun: A plant of the species Crassula muscosa, native to South Africa.
rattail radish noun: Alternative spelling of rat-tail radish.
rattan noun, verb /ɹəˈtan/: Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
rattan palm noun: A palm of the genus Calamus.
rattan pepper noun: Zanthoxylum armatum, an Asian shrub, whose seeds are used as a spice.
rattaned adjective, verb: Covered in rattan.
rattaning noun, verb: A beating with a rattan cane.
rattanware noun: Articles made from rattan.
rattany noun: Alternative form of rhatany.
Rattay proper noun: A surname
ratte noun: Alternative form of ratte (“kind of potato”).
ratted adjective, verb: Synonym of drunk.
rattee noun: Alternative form of ratti (“Indian unit of measure”).
ratteen noun: A thick, coarse, woolen twill.
ratten noun, verb: Alternative form of ratton.
rattener noun: Alternative form of ratter (“traitor”).
rattening noun: The practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute.
ratter noun: Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
rattery noun /ɹætəɹi/: A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
ratti noun: A traditional Indian unit of measure for mass, approximately 0.1215 grams.
ratticide noun: Alternative form of raticide.
rattick verb: To shake, rattle, knock about; to be rickety.
rattie noun: Diminutive of rat.
Rattigan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
rattily adverb: In a ratty manner.
rattiness noun: The quality of being ratty.
rattinet noun: A woollen material similar to, but thinner than, ratteen.
ratting noun, verb: The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
ratting cap noun: A soft fabric hat with a short visor.
rattish adjective: Pertaining to rats.
rattishly adverb: In a rattish manner.
rattishness noun: The quality of being rattish.
rattle noun, verb /ˈɹæ.təl/: To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
rattle a saber verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle a sabre verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle about verb: Synonym of rattle around.
rattle around verb: To take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious.
rattle can noun, verb: Synonym of spray can.
rattle-free adjective: That does not produce a rattling noise; (especially of a vehicle) not rattling when in motion.
rattle off verb: To list or recite quickly.
rattle on verb: Synonym of rabbit on.
rattle one's hocks verb: To hurry up; to get moving.
rattle one's saber verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle one's sabre verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle-pate noun: Alternative form of rattlepate.
rattle sabres verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle snake noun: Alternative form of rattlesnake.
rattle someone's cage verb: To demand attention from someone; to nag, nudge, or remind someone.
rattle someone's chain verb: Synonym of rattle someone's cage.
rattle stone noun: Synonym of Indian paint pot.
rattle the bones verb: To play dice.
rattle the saber verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle the sabre verb: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.
rattle through verb: To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
rattle trap noun: Alternative spelling of rattletrap.
rattleback noun: A form of spinning top that will spin preferentially in one direction (rattling, then reversing, if spun in the other direction).
rattlebag noun: A mixed bag, or indiscriminate collection.
rattlebones noun: A tottering person or thing.
rattlebox noun: A toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
rattlebrain noun: A rattlebrained person.
rattlebrained adjective: Foolish
rattlebush noun: Any of various plants of the genus Baptisia.
rattlecap noun: An unsteady, volatile person.
rattlehead noun: Someone who makes empty or noisy conversation; a chatterer.
rattleheaded adjective: noisy
rattleless adjective: Without a rattle.
rattlemouse noun: A bat (the animal).
rattlepate noun: A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.
rattlepated adjective: rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish
rattlepod noun: Any of various plants, including Senna covesii and species of Crotalaria and Astragalus, whose seeds rattle in the pod when shaken.
rattleproof adjective: resistant to rattling
rattler noun /ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/: Anything that rattles.
rattler-jumper noun: A person who jumps the rattler.
rattler-jumping noun: An act or incident of jumping the rattler.
rattleroot noun: Synonym of rattleweed (“Actaea racemosa”)
rattleskull noun: Synonym of rattlebrain.
rattlesnake noun /ˈɹæt.əlˌsneɪk/: Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
rattlesnake fern noun: Botrypus virginianus, a low-growing ternately branched herb in the Ophioglossales.
rattlesnake grass noun: Briza maxima, a species of grass.
rattlesnake master noun: Any member of the species Eryngium yuccifolium and E. aquaticum, common herbaceous perennial plants native to the tallgrass prairies of North America.
rattlesnake plantain noun: Any orchid of a number of species in the genus Goodyera.
rattlesnake root noun: A plant of the genus Prenanthes.
rattlesnake weed noun: Daucus pusillus.
rattlesnakemaster noun: Alternative form of rattlesnake master.
rattlesnakeroot noun: Alternative form of rattlesnake root.
rattlesnaking noun: A kind of extrusion defect in cladding, characterized by circumferential cracks.
rattlesome adjective: Characterised or marked by rattling.
rattletrap adjective, noun: Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
rattlety interjection: A rattling sound.
rattleweed noun: Any plant of the genus Astragalus. of milkvetches.
rattlewings noun: The goldeneye (duck)
rattlewort noun: Rattlebox.
rattlin noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of rattling.
rattline noun: Alternative form of ratline.
rattling adjective, noun, verb: Lively, quick (speech, pace).
rattlingly adverb: With a rattling sound or motion.
rattlingness noun: The quality of something that rattles.
rattly adjective: That rattles.
ratto noun: An affectionate term for a pet rat.
ratton noun /ˈɹatən/: A rat.
rattoner noun /ˈɹætənə(ɹ)/: A ratcatcher.
rattoon noun, verb: Alternative spelling of ratoon (“rattan cane”).
rattrap noun: A device (trap) used to catch rats.
Rattray proper noun /ɹæ(t).tɹeɪ/: A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).
ratty adjective, noun /ˈɹæti/: Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
ratu noun: A Fijian chief or chiefly titleholder.
ratwa noun: Synonym of muntjac.
ratwood noun: A Caribbean evergreen plant of species Erythroxylum rotundifolium.
Ratzinger proper noun: A surname from German.
Ratzingerian adjective: Relating to the Ratzinger family from Bavaria, whose members include Pope Benedict XVI.
Ratzlaff proper noun: A surname.
Rau proper noun: A surname from German.
raubasine noun: ajmalicine
raucaffrinoline noun: An indole alkaloid isolated from the leaves of various plants in the Rauvolfia family, such as Rauvolfia yunnanensis.
Rauch proper noun: A surname.
Räuchermann noun: Raachermannel, incense smoker
rauchite noun: A triclinic yellowish-green mineral containing astatine, hydrogen, nickel, uranium, and oxygen.
raucid adjective /ˈɹɔːsɪd/: Hoarse, raucous.
raucidity noun: The condition of being hoarse or raucous.
raucity noun: Harshness of sound; rough utterance
raucous adjective /ˈɹɔːkəs/: Harsh and rough-sounding.
raucously adverb: In a raucous manner; loudly.
raucousness noun: The characteristic of being raucous.
rauding noun /ˈɹɔː.dɪŋ/: The combination of reading and auding.
rauenthalite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Rauf proper noun: A surname.
raughty adjective: Alternative spelling of rorty.
Rauh proper noun: A surname.
rauhaugite noun: A carbonatite composed mainly of dolomite
rauisuchian noun: An extinct reptile of the taxon Rauisuchia, which lived during the Triassic.
rauisuchid noun: Any archosaur in the family Rauisuchidae.
Raul proper noun: A male given name from Spanish, an Anglicized form of Spanish Raúl.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.