English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 328 of 430

ripoffnoun

Alternative spelling of rip-off.

Ripollname

The capital of Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.

Ripollèsname

A comarca in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

riponnoun

A spur (goad for a horse etc.).

Ripon Fallsname

A series of waterfalls formerly located at the northern shore of Lake Victoria, near Jinja, in eastern Uganda, submerged by dam construction in the mid-20th century.

ripostnoun

A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.

ripostenoun

A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.

Rippname

A surname.

rippableadj

Capable of being ripped (in various senses).

rippchennoun

A German form of spare ribs

rippedverb

simple past and past participle of rip

rippernoun

Something that rips something else.

Ripperologistnoun

One with an interest in Ripperology.

Ripperologynoun

The study of Jack the Ripper, an unidentified serial killer active around the Whitechapel district of London in the late 19th century.

ripperoniintj

Used to express sympathy.

rippingverb

present participle and gerund of rip

rippinglyadv

splendidly; very well

rippingnessnoun

Quality of being ripping.

ripplenoun

A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

ripple effectnoun

The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.

ripplelessadj

Without ripples.

ripplernoun

One who uses a ripple (toothed instrument) to remove the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

ripplestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of ripple

rippletnoun

A small ripple.

ripplethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ripple

ripplingnoun

A motion or sound that ripples.

ripplinglyadv

With a rippling motion.

ripplonnoun

A quantized capillary-tension wave at the surface of a liquid

ripplonicadj

Relating to ripplons.

ripplyadj

Having ripples.

rippyadj

Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.

riprapnoun

An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.

riproariousadj

Full of hilarity.

ripsawnoun

A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.

ripsawyernoun

One who uses a ripsaw.

ripshitadj

Enraged or otherwise highly emotional.

ripsnorternoun

a violently energetic or noisily outspoken person; someone using slambang methods

ripsnortinglyadv

In a ripsnorting manner; excellently or intensely.

ripsticknoun

A two-wheeled, human-powered land vehicle consisting of two narrow platforms or decks that are joined by a torsion bar containing a spring. It is controlled by the feet, and the two wheels can move independently.

ripstopnoun

A thick reinforcement thread woven into fabric to provide resistance against tearing.

riptidenoun

A particularly strong tidal current.

Ripuarianname

A West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects

riqnoun

A kind of frame drum (tambourine) with jingles attached, originating in traditional Arab music.

riq'anoun

A simple style of Arabic calligraphy, common in everyday handwriting.

riqqnoun

Alternative spelling of riq.

RiRiname

Alternative form of Ri-Ri (“Rihanna”).

rirorironoun

A grey warbler, of the species Gerygone igata.

Risaname

A female given name from Japanese.

Risakoname

A female given name from Japanese.

Risanname

coastal town in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

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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 328. 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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