English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 325 of 430

ringtail catnoun

Synonym of ringtail, species Bassariscus astutus

ringtail civetnoun

Synonym of ringtail, species Bassariscus astutus

ringtonenoun

The sound made by a telephone when ringing.

ringularitynoun

An annular cosmic singularity, a ring with zero thickness and infinite density.

ringwalknoun

The glamorous entrance of a boxer into the ring shortly before the fight.

ringwallnoun

A circular rampart.

ringwaynoun

A ring road.

ringwiseadj

Laid out or moving in a ring.

Ringwoodname

A placename:

ringworknoun

A fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape, essentially a motte-and-bailey castle minus the motte.

ringworldnoun

An artificial megastructure in space, consisting of a rotating ring encircling a star and having an inhabitable inner surface with gravity produced through centripetal force.

ringwormnoun

A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.

ringwormedadj

Infected with ringworm.

ringwraithnoun

A person who is loyal, as if bound or entranced, to a band, group or organization.

ringxietynoun

The anxiety resulting from the mistaken belief that one's cell phone or mobile is ringing or vibrating.

ringyadj

Having a ringing or reverberating sound.

ringy-dingynoun

A telephone ring.

Riningername

A surname from German.

rinknoun

A man, especially a warrior or hero.

Rinkagatename

A 1976 British scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover.

Rinkebyname

A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden.

Rinkeby Swedishnoun

A variety of the Swedish language used by immigrants in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, especially in the suburb of Rinkeby.

rinkernoun

One who skates at a rink.

rinkhalsnoun

A venomous elapid, Hemachatus haemachatus, found in parts of southern Africa.

rinkitenoun

A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

rinkmasternoun

A manager of an ice rink.

rinkomanianoun

A passion for roller skating on indoor rinks.

rinksidenoun

The side of an ice rink, where spectators can sit.

rinky-dinknoun

A person who is contemptible or insignificant.

Rinman's greennoun

zinc green

rinmanitenoun

A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, antimony, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.

Rinnename

A surname.

Rinne testnoun

A hearing test, used primarily for evaluating the loss of hearing in one ear, by comparing the perception of sounds transmitted by air conduction to those transmitted by bone conduction through the mastoid.

rinneitenoun

An evaporite, consisting of mixed potassium, sodium and ferrous chloride, K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆.

rinnernoun

A runner.

RINOnoun

Acronym of Republican in name only, typically used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe liberal Republicans or Republicans seen as liberals.

rinpochenoun

A title warranting great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.

rinsatenoun

water, containing low concentrations of contaminants, resulting from the cleaning of containers etc.

rinseverb

To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

rinse downverb

To rinse (something) completely from top to bottom.

rinse offverb

To clean by rinsing.

rinse outverb

To clean (as the inside of a container) by washing it to remove residue.

rinse-pitchernoun

A drunkard.

rinse-repeatphrase

Alternative form of lather, rinse, repeat.

rinseabilitynoun

The quality of being rinseable.

rinseableadj

Suitable for rinsing.

rinsernoun

One who, or that which, rinses.

rinsingverb

present participle and gerund of rinse

rinstanoun

A primary personal Instagram account on which one posts publicly (typically under their real name).

Rinzainame

A school of Zen buddhism in Japan, based on sudden enlightenment though koans and for that reason also known as the "sudden school".

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 325. 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.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "R" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.