English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 316 of 430

right fieldnoun

The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your right if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.

right fieldernoun

The outfield defensive player that stands to the right of the field as viewed from home plate.

right hereadv

In this very place

right honourableadj

A courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess.

right idealnoun

A subset of a ring which is closed under right-multiplication by any element of the ring.

right mannoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right, man.

right nowadv

At the present moment.

right of audiencenoun

Right enjoyed by a class of persons (especially lawyers) to appear and practice in a court on behalf of that person's client.

right of first refusalnoun

A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party.

right of Genghis Khanadj

Of political views, extremely right-wing.

right of waynoun

The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.

right off the batprep_phrase

Synonym of off the bat.

right onadj

Correct and apropos; perfectly true.

right outadv

bluntly, directly, straight up.

right out straightadj

very busy

right quickadv

used to soften a statement or request by suggesting it won’t take much time

right sidenoun

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 upadv

In correct position with the top at the top; not upside down or inverted.

right smartnoun

A large amount, a great deal.

right stochastic matrixnoun

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 in the i'th row and j'th column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.

right stuffnoun

Ideal and essential qualities in character that are critical for success.

right to bear armsnoun

Alternative form of right to keep and bear arms.

right to choosenoun

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 dienoun

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 armsnoun

The right of individuals to possess firearms and armor.

right to lifenoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right, life.

right to roamnoun

Synonym of freedom to roam.

right to worknoun

The human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.

right totaladj

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 trapezoidnoun

A trapezoid with two adjacent right angles

right whalenoun

Any baleen whale of the genus Eubalaena.

right you arephrase

OK, okey-dokey, acknowledgment that a request has been heard and understood.

right-about-facenoun

Synonym of about-face.

right-away signalnoun

A signal given to a train driver by the guard of the train, or a member of station staff, that the train is ready to depart.

right-brainernoun

A creative person.

right-clickverb

To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.

right-downadv

Synonym of downright; completely; absolutely

right-footedadj

Of one who plays sports with their right foot in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.

right-footernoun

someone who is right-footed

right-halfnoun

A player who plays wide on the right side of midfield

right-handadj

Of, relating to, or located on the right.

right-hand mannoun

A trusted assistant.

right-hand rulenoun

A common mnemonic for understanding notation conventions for vectors in three dimensions.

right-hand womannoun

A trusted female assistant.

right-handedadj

Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.

right-handedlyadv

In a right-handed manner.

right-handednessnoun

The state of being right-handed.

right-handinessnoun

Right-handedness.

right-heartedadj

Having a right heart or disposition; good-hearted.

right-hointj

Alternative spelling of righto.

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 316. 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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