English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 315 of 430

rifugionoun

A hut in the Italian mountains.

rignoun

The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

rig outverb

to provide with equipment or gear

rig pignoun

A worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.

Riganame

The capital city of Latvia.

rigadoonnoun

A quickstep dance for two people.

rigamarolenoun

Alternative form of rigmarole.

Riganadj

Of, from, or pertaining to, Riga

rigareenoun

Parallel scores on a raised band, tear, or collar produced using ridges on the edge of a metal wheel.

Rigasname

A surname from Greek.

rigationnoun

irrigation

rigatonenoun

A piece of rigatoni.

rigatoninoun

A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.

Rigaudname

A surname from French.

rigaudonnoun

Alternative form of rigadoon.

Rigdonname

A surname.

Rigdonismnoun

The belief of the Rigdonites.

Rigdonitenoun

A member of the Latter-day Saint movement who accepted Sidney Rigdon as the successor in the church presidency to the movement's founder, Joseph Smith Jr.

Rigelname

A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.

Rigelianadj

Of or relating to the star Rigel in the constellation Orion.

rigescentadj

Becoming stiff or numb.

riggnoun

A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").

riggedadj

Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.

Riggenname

A surname.

Riggenbachname

A surname from German.

riggernoun

One who rigs or dresses; as:

Rigginame

A surname from Italian.

riggiesnoun

rigatoni pasta

riggingnoun

Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.

Rigginsname

A surname.

Riggioname

A surname from Italian.

riggishadj

Wanton, lewd, or tomboyish

riggleverb

Archaic form of wriggle.

riggotnoun

A channel for draining a surface, especially one made by rainwater.

Riggs' diseasenoun

pyorrhea of a tooth socket; a purulent inflammation of the dental periosteum, producing the progressive necrosis of the alveoli and looseness of the teeth

Riggsbeename

A surname.

Righalename

Former name of Ryall: a village in south Worcestershire, England.

rightadj

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

right anglenoun

Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.

right anglesnoun

plural of right angle

Right Arm of the Free Worldname

The FN-FAL, which was widely used by militaries of the Western Bloc during the Cold War.

right as a trivetadj

In a perfect state; thoroughly sound.

right as rainadj

Very good; all in order; healthy.

right ascensionnoun

The angular distance east of the vernal point (“the solar zenith at the March equinox”); the celestial equivalent of longitude.

right awayadv

Very soon; quickly; immediately.

right backprep_phrase

Synonym of back at you.

right bowernoun

The jack of the trump suit, the highest card in the game except the joker.

right brainnoun

The right cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with creativity.

right enoughadv

Certainly, indeed.

right facenoun

The act of a person turning to the right.

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 315. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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