English Words: R

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Rittenhousename

A surname.

ritternoun

knight

Ritter reactionnoun

The electrophilic alkylation of a nitrile to form an amide

Ritter's diseasenoun

staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Rittgersname

A surname from German.

Rittmanname

A surname from German.

rittmannitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic light yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

rittmasternoun

A rank in cavalry or other mounted units, equivalent to captain.

Rituname

Synonym of Rutog; a place in Tibet, China: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

ritualadj

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

Ritual Decaloguename

One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.

ritual servitudenoun

The practice of holding human beings in slavery for religious purposes

ritualicadj

Pertaining to ritual.

ritualisationnoun

Alternative form of ritualization.

ritualiseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ritualize.

ritualismnoun

The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.

ritualistnoun

One skilled in ritual.

ritualisticadj

In the manner of a ritual.

ritualisticallyadv

Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner.'

ritualitynoun

The quality of being ritual.

ritualizableadj

Capable of being ritualized.

ritualizationnoun

the act of giving something a ritual meaning or significance

ritualizeverb

To make into a ritual.

ritualizernoun

One who ritualizes something.

ritualizingnoun

A ritualization.

rituallessadj

Without a ritual.

rituallyadv

In a ritual manner.

rituximabnoun

A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by intravenous injection especially to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia by binding to the protein CD20 found on the surface of B cells and causing their lysis.

rituximubnoun

Misspelling of rituximab.

ritznoun

A display of ostentatious elegance.

Ritz's combination principlename

The observation that the sums and differences of the frequencies of spectral lines often equal other observed frequencies; a consequence of quantum mechanics.

Ritzername

A surname from German.

Ritzianadj

Of or relating to César Ritz, Swiss hotelier, or the luxurious Ritz hotel chain he founded.

ritzilyadv

In a ritzy fashion.

ritzinessnoun

The quality of being ritzy.

Ritzvillename

A city, the county seat of Adams County, Washington, United States.

ritzyadj

Elegant and luxurious.

riv'nadj

riven

Rivaname

A surname.

rivadavitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.

rivagenoun

A coast, a shore.

rivalnoun

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

rivalessnoun

A female rival.

rivaliseverb

Alternative form of rivalize.

rivalismnoun

rivalry

rivalitynoun

rivalry; competition

rivalizationnoun

The development of a rivalry.

rivalizeverb

To rival; to oppose or compete with.

rivallessadj

Unrivaled, lacking rivals.

rivalmancenoun

A romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II.

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 332. 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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