English Words: R
21,470 words · Page 337 of 430
Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
The reduction of the width or number of lanes of a road, typically to make room for other improvements or for safety reasons.
A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or railway lines.
A film in which much of the action takes place during a journey, especially one involving overland travel.
The practice of charging users or owners of motor vehicles for the use of the roads they travel on, whether it be on busier roads or at busier times, or as a method of discouraging road congestion.
Uncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.
A service provided by a vehicle, such as a bus, along roads, as opposed to a rail service, a service by train.
An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.
A transport conveyance consisting of a conventional prime mover truck pulling two or more trailers.
A recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home.
A vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.
A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.
A motor vehicle (car or motorcycle) designed for fast acceleration, high speeds, and good handling.
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 337. 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.