English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 126 of 430

red wolfnoun

Canis rufus, a medium-sized canine native to the southeastern United States.

red zonenoun

The area extending twenty yards from the end zone, where a team in possession of the ball is expected to score.

red, white and bluename

The flag of the United Kingdom.

red-assedadj

Very angry; furious.

red-baitverb

Alternative form of redbait.

red-baiternoun

A person who practices red-baiting.

red-bellied black snakenoun

A snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, of eastern Australia.

red-billedadj

having a red coloured beak or bill.

red-billed woodcreepernoun

Hylexetastes perrotii, a species of woodcreeper bird found in regions of Africa and South America.

red-birdnoun

Alternative form of redbird.

red-black treenoun

A type of self-balancing binary search tree, typically used to implement associative arrays.

red-bloodedadj

Having a healthy vigor and spirit.

red-bloodednessnoun

The state of being red-blooded.

red-brickadj

Alternative form of redbrick.

red-cappedadj

Having a red cap.

red-carpetfulnoun

Enough to fill a red carpet.

red-cockaded woodpeckernoun

Leuconotopicus borealis, a woodpecker of southeastern North America.

red-cookverb

To braise (food) with a Chinese slow cooking technique that imparts a reddish-brown colour to the food.

red-crested pochardnoun

Netta rufina, a large diving duck.

red-crowned cranenoun

Grus japonensis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia

red-diaperadj

Of or pertaining to the children of radical, left-wing, especially Communist, parents.

red-eyenoun

Any of various animals that have red eyes.

red-eye gravynoun

A thin sauce found in Southern US cuisine, made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee.

red-eyedadj

Having the eyelids reddened, e.g. by tears or lack of sleep.

red-facedadj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.

red-flaggyadj

Exhibiting or characterized by red flags (signs or signals that something is wrong).

red-greenadj

Pertaining to the shades of red and green, as in red-green colorblindness.

red-green-brown alliancenoun

An alliance of leftists, Islamists, and ultranationalists.

red-hairedadj

Having red hair.

red-handedadj

Showing clear evidence of guilt; in the act of wrongdoing.

red-handedlyadv

Red-handed; with clear evidence of guilt.

red-handednessnoun

The condition of being caught with clear evidence of guilt.

red-headed Eskimonoun

A legislative proposal that benefits only a small or nonexistent group.

red-hotadj

Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.

red-hot minutenoun

Synonym of hot minute (“an extremely short period of time”); a moment.

red-hot pokernoun

Many of the species of flowering plants of the genus Kniphofia, that produce an inflorescence in the form of a raceme of red flowers that turn yellow as they mature.

red-inkernoun

A rubricator.

red-legged cormorantnoun

Any gray cormorant of the species Poikilocarbo gaimardi which resides primarily along the southwestern coasts of South America and has vividly red legs.

Red-Letter Christiannoun

A member of a non-denominational movement within Christianity, especially evangelicalism, that emphasises political activism on issues of social justice about which Jesus has made pronouncements.

red-light districtnoun

A part of an urban area where prostitution and sex-oriented businesses are concentrated.

red-necked buzzardnoun

Buteo auguralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in Africa

red-pencilverb

To correct (written documents).

red-raggernoun

A socialist or communist.

red-shortnessnoun

The state or condition of being red-short.

red-shouldered hawknoun

A medium-sized hawk native to North America, of species Buteo lineatus.

red-startnoun

Archaic form of redstart.

red-tailed phascogalenoun

A carnivorous marsupial, Phascogale calura, found in Western Australia.

red-tailed tropicbirdnoun

A species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda.

red-tapismnoun

A strict adherence to official formalities.

red-tapistnoun

One who strictly adheres to official formalities.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter R contains 21,470 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 430 pages, and you are currently viewing page 126. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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