English words: right-shore to rimosity
300 English words, part 70 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 33 have a page of their own.
English words right-shore to rimosity
- right-shore verb: To move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.
- right-shoring noun, verb: Restructuring a company to achieve an optimal balance of operations performed locally and operations moved to foreign countries.
- right side noun: The side of a fabric, often with a more visible color or pattern, that is intended to face outward on a finished project.
- right side out adjective, adverb: With the right side surface correctly turned to be on the outside.
- right side up adverb: In correct position with the top at the top; not upside down or inverted.
- right-size verb: Alternative form of rightsize.
- right smart noun: A large amount, a great deal.
- right stochastic matrix noun: A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element...
- right stuff noun: Ideal and essential qualities in character that are critical for success.
- right the ship verb: To correct a process that is not proceeding properly.
- right-thinking adjective: Sane, sensible, cogent, clear of thought.
- right, title and interest noun: All of the rights a party has e.g. over a property.
- right to be forgotten noun: An individual's legal right to have certain information about themselves deleted, so as to ensure their privacy.
- right to bear arms noun: Alternative form of right to keep and bear arms.
- right to choose noun: The moral or legal entitlement of a pregnant person to make the full and final decision either to give birth to their child or to abort the fetus.
- right to die noun: The moral principle that a human being is entitled to end his/her own life or to undergo voluntary euthanasia.
- right to keep and bear arms noun: The right of individuals to possess firearms and armor.
- right to left adjective, adverb: That is written (and is read) from right to left.
- right-to-left assimilation noun: Synonym of regressive assimilation.
- right to life adjective, noun: Describing an antiabortion political position.
- right-to-lifer noun: One who espouses a position of support for fetuses' right to life; a pro-lifer; one who opposed abortion.
- right to remain silent noun: Synonym of right to silence.
- right to repair noun: The right to make repairs to, and modify, an object (e.g., device, machine) that one owns, overruling any right of the manufacturer to insist that repairs...
- right to roam noun: Synonym of freedom to roam.
- right to silence noun: A legal principle guaranteeing any individual the right to refuse to answer questions from law enforcement officers or court officials.
- right to try noun: The right of terminally ill patients to access experimental therapies (drugs, biologics, devices) that have completed Phase I testing but have not been...
- right to work noun /ɹaɪt tə wɜːk/: The human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.
- right total adjective: Of a binary relation, to have every element of the right set occur at least once: ∀b∈B∃a∈A:(a,b)∈R⊆A×B
- right trapezoid noun: A trapezoid with two adjacent right angles
- right triangle noun: A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles.
- right-trunctable prime noun: Synonym of snowball prime.
- right up someone's alley prepositional phrase: Synonym of up someone's alley.
- right whale noun: Any baleen whale of the genus Eubalaena.
- right whale dolphin noun: Any dolphin of the genus Lissodelphis.
- right wing adjective, noun: Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
- right-wing populism noun: a political ideology that combines right-wing politics with populist rhetoric and themes, typically framing a loss of national sovereignty (via immigration,...
- right-winger noun: A person who belongs to the political right.
- right you are phrase: OK, okey-dokey, acknowledgment that a request has been heard and understood.
- rightable adjective: That can be righted
- rightabout noun: Alternative spelling of right-about.
- rightclick verb: Alternative form of right-click.
- rightdoer noun: A person who does what is right.
- rightdoing noun: Doing what is right.
- righten verb: To make right; correct.
- righteo interjection: Alternative form of righto.
- righteous adjective, verb /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/: Free from sin or guilt.
- Righteous Among the Nations adjective, noun: Title given to a gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews.
- righteously adverb: In a righteous manner.
- righteousness noun /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəsnəs/: The quality or state of being righteous.
- righter adjective, noun: Someone who puts right; someone who does justice or redresses wrong.
- righter than rain adjective: Alternative form of right as rain.
- rightern adjective: Right (opposite of left).
- righteye flounder noun: Any flounder of the family Pleuronectidae, except those in genus Platichthys.
- rightful adjective /ˈɹaɪtfəl/: By right; by law.
- rightfully adverb /ˈɹaɪtfəli/: In accordance with what is right or just.
- rightfulness noun: The state or quality of being rightful.
- righthand adjective: Alternative form of right-hand.
- righthanded adjective: Alternative spelling of right-handed.
- righthandedly adverb: Alternative form of right-handedly.
- righthandedness noun: Alternative form of right-handedness.
- righthander noun: A right-handed person
- righthandwise adverb: Synonym of deiseal.
- rightholder noun: someone who holds a right
- righthood noun: The condition, state, or quality of being right; rightness.
- rightie noun: Alternative form of righty.
- rightify verb: To put right; to rectify.
- righting noun, verb: The act of putting something right.
- righting arm noun: The horizontal distance between the center of mass of a tilted vessel and the vertical line connecting its center of buoyancy and its metacentre...
- rightio interjection /ˈɹaɪti.əʊ/: Alternative form of righto.
- rightish adjective /ˈɹaɪtɪʃ/: Somewhat correct.
- rightism noun: Belief in, or support of, the principles of the political right.
- rightist adjective, noun /ˈɹaɪtɪst/: One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
- rightle verb /ˈɹaɪtl̩/: To set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.
- rightless adjective: Lacking rights or privileges.
- rightlessness noun: Lack of rights; the state of being rightless.
- rightly adverb /ˈɹaɪtli/: In a right manner; correctly, justifiably.
- rightly or wrongly phrase: Without regard to whether the action in question was justified; not for the moment analyzing the action from the standpoint of morality, correctness, etc.
- rightly so adverb /ˌɹaɪtli ˈsəʊ/: In a manner that is factual or just; correctly, fairly, justly, truly; also, in a manner acceptable or excusable in the circumstances; understandably.
- rightmaking adjective: That contributes to making a decision or action morally right.
- rightminded adjective: Alternative form of right-minded.
- rightmindedly adverb: Alternative form of right-mindedly.
- rightmindedness noun: Alternative form of right-mindedness.
- rightmost adjective: Furthest to the right.
- rightness noun: The characteristic of being right; correctness.
- righto interjection /ˈɹaɪtoʊ/: Okay; all right.
- Rightpondian adjective, noun: From or of Rightpondia.
- rights issue noun: A dividend of subscription rights to buy additional securities in a company, made to the existing security holders.
- rights offer noun: Synonym of rights issue.
- rightship noun: The quality of being right, just, or reasonable; justice, truth; dependence, trustworthiness; reasonableness.
- rightsholder noun /ˈɹaɪts.həʊldə(ɹ)/: A person or organization that owns the legal rights to something
- rightsholding adjective: Holding the legal rights to something.
- rightshoring noun: Alternative form of right-shoring.
- rightside noun: The correct or normal side of something.
- rightsize verb: To downsize.
- rightsizing noun, verb: Downsizing.
- rightsless adjective: Lacking rights or privileges.
- rightslessness noun: Lack of rights.
- rightsome adjective: Marked by right or rightness; characteristically right and proper; rightful.
- rightsowner noun /ˈɹaɪts.əʊnə(ɹ)/: Synonym of rightsholder.
- rightthink noun: Synonym of goodthink.
- rightward adjective, adverb /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/: To or from the right.
- rightwardly adverb: In a rightward direction.
- rightwards adverb: Rightward; towards the right.
- rightways adjective, adverb: In a correct or normal orientation.
- rightwing adjective: Alternative form of right-wing.
- rightwinger noun: Alternative form of right-winger.
- rightwise adjective, adverb /ˈɹaɪtwaɪz/: Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully.
- rightwiseness noun: righteousness
- righty interjection, noun: A right-handed person.
- righty-ho interjection: Indicating agreement.
- righty-o interjection: Alternative form of righto.
- righty tighty, lefty loosey phrase: Used to recall the direction a standard screw, bolt, or nut must be turned to either be tightened or loosened, or the direction a key must be turned to...
- rigid adjective, noun /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/: Stiff, rather than flexible.
- rigid body noun: An idealized solid whose size and shape are fixed and remain unaltered when forces are applied; used in Newtonian mechanics to model real objects.
- rigid body dynamics noun: The study of the motion of rigid bodies under the influence of forces.
- rigid-leaf poison noun: The plant Gastrolobium rigidum.
- rigidification noun /ɹɪˌd͡ʒɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
- rigidifier noun: That which rigidifies
- rigidify verb: To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid.
- rigidise verb: Alternative form of rigidize.
- rigidity noun /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/: The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
- rigidity modulus noun: An object's tendency to shear, defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain
- rigidizable adjective: Able to be rigidized.
- rigidization noun: The action, or the result, of making something rigid
- rigidize verb: Synonym of rigidify.
- rigidly adverb /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd.li/: In a rigid manner; stiffly.
- rigidness noun: Rigidity.
- rigidulous adjective: Somewhat rigid or stiff.
- Rigler proper noun: A surname.
- rigless adjective: Without a rig.
- riglet noun: rare spelling of reglet
- riglin noun: Alternative form of ridgeling.
- rigling noun: Alternative form of ridgeling.
- rigmarole adjective, noun /ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/: A long and complicated formal procedure.
- rigmarolery noun: rigmarole
- rigmarolic adjective: Characteristic of rigmarole.
- rigmarolish adjective /ɹɪɡməɹoʊlɪʃ/: Of or pertaining to a rigmarole; excessively elaborate, protracted, or diffuse.
- Rigney proper noun: A surname.
- rigol noun /ˈɹɪɡ.ɒl/: A circle.
- rigole noun: Alternative form of regal (“type of organ”).
- rigolet noun: A small stream.
- rigolette noun: A woman's light scarf-like head covering, usually knitted or crocheted.
- rigoll noun: An old musical instrument consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end.
- rigor noun /ˈɹɪɡə/: US spelling of rigour.
- rigor caloris noun: A heat-induced form of rigor mortis
- rigor mortis noun, verb: Temporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death.
- rigored adjective: Exhibiting rigor mortis.
- rigorisation noun: Rare spelling of rigorization.
- rigorise verb: Rare spelling of rigorize.
- rigorism noun /ˈɹɪɡəˌɹɪzm/: strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)
- rigorist adjective, noun /ˈɹɪɡəɹɪst/: Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.
- rigoristic adjective /ˌɹɪɡəˈɹɪstɪk/: Exhibiting rigorism; strict.
- rigorization noun: Conversion into a mathematically rigorous form.
- rigorize verb: To make rigorous; for example, to add further detail or elaborate on a proof or demonstration.
- rigorous adjective /ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/: Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
- rigorously adverb: In a rigorous manner.
- rigorousness noun: The property of being rigorous, strictness.
- rigosertib noun: A synthetic benzyl styryl sulfone undergoing clinical trials as an anticancer agent.
- rigosol noun: A deeply ploughed agricultural soil type.
- rigour noun /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/: Severity or strictness.
- rigourisation noun: Rare spelling of rigorization.
- rigourise verb: Rare spelling of rigorize.
- rigourism noun: Alternative form of rigorism.
- rigourist noun: Alternative form of rigorist.
- rigouristic adjective: Rare spelling of rigoristic.
- rigourization noun: Rare spelling of rigorization.
- rigourize verb: Rare spelling of rigorize.
- rigourness noun: Synonym of rigour.
- rigout noun: A set of clothes; an outfit.
- rigsar noun: A popular music genre of Bhutan.
- Rigsby proper noun: A surname.
- rigsdaler noun: The Danish rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873
- Rigveda proper noun: An ancient Indian Veda and sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas), composed between 1700–1100 B.C.E.
- Rigvedic adjective: Of or pertaining to the Rigveda
- rigwelted adjective: Stuck on one's back, unable to get up.
- rigwiddie noun: Alternative form of rigwoodie.
- rigwiddy noun: Alternative form of rigwoodie.
- rigwoodie adjective, noun: rope, chain, or band that crosses the saddle of a horse to support the attachment of a cart.
- RIH interjection: Initialism of rot in hell
- Riha proper noun: A surname.
- Rihanna proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
- riichi noun /ˈɹiːt͡ʃi/: Clipping of Riichi mahjong
- riichi mahjong noun: The modern Japanese mahjong variant, characterized by the riichi mechanic.
- Riina proper noun: A surname from Sicilian.
- Riise proper noun: A surname from Norwegian.
- riisein noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- Rijeka proper noun /ɹiːˈɛkə/: A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.
- rijksdaalder noun: A Dutch coin worth 2+¹⁄₂ guilders.
- rijksdaaler noun: Alternative spelling of rijksdaalder.
- rijksmonument noun: a national heritage site of the Netherlands
- rijstafel noun: Alternative spelling of rijsttafel.
- rijsttafel noun /ˈɹaɪsˌtɑːfəl/: A large meal originating in colonial Indonesia composed of many different dishes with rice as the main ingredient; several side-dishes such as krupuk, acar...
- Rijswijk proper noun: A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
- rik noun: Alternative spelling of riq.
- rika noun: Alternative spelling of riq'a.
- Rikako proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
- Rikbaktsa noun: An indigenous ethnic group from the Mato Grosso region of Brazil.
- rike verb /ɹaɪk/: Pronunciation spelling of like.
- rikenium noun: A proposed name for the element nihonium
- Riker proper noun: A surname.
- Riker mount noun: A flat container used for mounting a specimen (typically plant or insect) on cotton wool or other backing material, often with transparent glass or plastic...
- rikisha noun: Alternative form of rickshaw.
- rikishi noun: A sumo wrestler.
- rikkunshito noun: A Japanese traditional medicine made from various herbs and used for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Riksdag proper noun /ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/: The Swedish parliament.
- riksdaler noun: A unit of currency that was used in Sweden between 1777 and 1873.
- riksha noun: Alternative form of rickshaw.
- rikshaw noun /ˈɹɪk.ʃɔː/: Alternative spelling of rickshaw.
- rilandite noun: A monoclinic black mineral containing aluminum, chromium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
- rilawa noun: toque macaque (Macaca sinica)
- rile verb /ɹaɪl/: To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
- rile up verb: To rile; to aggravate.
- rilek verb: To relax; to chill out or loiter, doing nothing in particular.
- rilesome adjective: Easily aggravated; tending to get riled up.
- Riley proper noun /ˈɹaɪ.li/: A surname.
- Riley-Day syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system.
- Riley-Smith syndrome noun: Synonym of Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome.
- rilievo noun: A relief.
- Rilke proper noun /ˈɹɪlkə/: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Austrian poet and novelist.
- Rilkean adjective: Of or pertaining to Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Austrian poet regarded as a transitional figure between the traditional and modernist poets.
- Rilkeana noun /ˌɹɪl.keɪˈɑːnə/: Belongings, manuscripts, and other items reminding of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
- rill adjective, noun, verb /ɹɪl/: A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
- rill erosion noun: erosion of soft ground caused by drainage of rain.
- Rilla proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Marilla.
- rille noun /ɹɪl/: A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.
- rillenkarren noun: A form of karren with vertical grooves that are associated with erosion.
- rillest adjective: Realest.
- rillet noun /ˈɹɪlɪt/: A little rill.
- rillette noun: A dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin.
- Rillington proper noun: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8574).
- rilly adverb: Pronunciation spelling of really.
- rilmazafone noun: A benzodiazepine sedative
- rilmenidine noun: The heterocycle N-(dicyclopropylmethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-amine that is used in the treatment of hypertension
- rilonacept noun: A particular interleukin 1 inhibitor.
- rilpivirine noun: A drug used to treat HIV infection.
- riluzole noun: A drug used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- rily adjective: roily; turbulent
- rilzabrutinib noun: An oral, reversible covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase.
- rim noun, verb /ɹɪm/: An edge around something, especially when circular.
- rim brake noun: A type of brake where two brake pads are pressed against the rotating wheelrim, slowing it down.
- rim job noun: Alternative spelling of rimjob.
- rim lock noun: A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.
- rim out verb: To miss a basket by bouncing the ball off of around the rim.
- rim shot noun: Alternative spelling of rimshot.
- rim tape noun: A tape that is put on the wheelrim to protect the inner tube.
- rima noun /ˈɹaɪ.mə/: A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
- rima glottidis noun /ˌɹaɪ.mə ˈɡlɑt.əd.ɪs/: The passage in the glottis between the true vocal cords.
- Rimac proper noun: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
- Rimando proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- rimantadine noun /ɹɪˈmæn.təˌdin/: A synthetic antiviral drug that is chemically related to amantadine and is administered orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₂H₂₁N·HCl in the...
- rimantidine noun: Alternative form of rimantadine.
- rimate adjective: Synonym of rimose.
- rimau dahan noun: The Sunda clouded leopard.
- rimaye noun: a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier.
- Rimbaldian adjective: Relating to or characteristic of French poet Arthur Rimbaud or his works.
- rimbase noun: One of two short cylinders on either side of the trunnion, connecting it with the body of a cannon.
- Rimbaud proper noun /ˈræ̃boʊ/: A surname from French.
- Rimbaudesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French poet.
- Rimbaudian adjective: Of or relating to Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French poet.
- rimbellisher noun: An ornamental ring for the hub of a car's wheel.
- Rimbey proper noun /ˈɹɪmbiː/: A surname.
- RIMCAS noun: Acronym of runway incursion monitoring and collision avoidance system.
- rime noun, verb /ɹaɪm/: Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
- rime book noun: Alternative form of rhyme book.
- rime dictionary noun: Alternative spelling of rhyme dictionary.
- rime riche noun: A form of rhyme with identical sounds, as in "pear" and "pair".
- rime royal noun: Alternative form of rhyme royal.
- rimed adjective, verb /ɹaɪmd/: Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.
- rimegepant noun: An investigational drug for the treatment of migraine.
- rimer noun: A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
- rimester noun: One who rimes.
- rimexolone noun: A glucocorticoid steroid used to treat inflammation of the eye.
- rimfire noun: A type of firearm cartridge where the primer is in the back rim, rather than a central primer cap. They are cheap to produce but cannot be reloaded with powder.
- rimic adjective: Alternative form of rhymic.
- rimiform adjective: Synonym of rimose.
- riminess noun: The quality of being rimy.
- riming adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/: That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
- Rimington proper noun: A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8045).
- Rimini proper noun: A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- riminophenazine noun: Any of a class of pharmaceuticals whose structure is based on phenazine
- rimist noun: Alternative form of rhymist.
- rimiterol noun: A catecholic bronchodilator that activates β2 receptors.
- rimkorolgite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- rimland noun: A land at the periphery of a heartland.
- rimland theory noun: A political theory that holds that control of Eurasia and Africa (the World Island) is achieved via control of the countries bordering the Soviet Union
- rimless adjective: Lacking a rim.
- rimlessness noun: Absence of a rim or rims.
- RIMM noun: Initialism of Rambus in-line memory module.
- rimmaker noun: A manufacturer of wheelrims.
- rimmaking noun: The manufacture of wheelrims.
- rimmed adjective, verb: Having a rim.
- rimmer noun: An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.
- rimocanaliculate adjective: Having very narrow, slit-like pore canals. This pore system is seen in modern ostriches, so these eggs were laid in open nests, similar to how ostriches do...
- rimocidin noun: A macrolide antifungal agent isolated from Streptomyces rimosus
- rimonabant noun: An anti-obesity drug which acts as an appetite suppressant.
- rimoportula noun: A lip-shaped structure in some diatoms
- rimose adjective: Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.
- rimosely adverb: In a rimose manner.
- rimosity noun: The state of being rimose.
Part 69 · Part 71 · English words: R
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.