English Words: R
21,470 words · Page 358 of 430
A strong U-shaped bar fastened to the frame of a vehicle, such as an off-road vehicle or a race car to protect the driver and passengers from being crushed in the event that the vehicle rolls over.
A frame built in or around the driver and passenger compartment of a vehicle to protect its occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly if the vehicle rolls over.
The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent.
A low, horizontal, tube-shaped, and relatively rare type of arcus cloud, differing from shelf clouds by being completely detached from other cloud features.
To emit sooty exhaust fumes from a modified (diesel) engine (fad among anti-environmentalist American truck drivers).
A risky or uncertain attempt to do something, especially in an unfavourable situation.
To spontaneously roll suddenly and rapidly to one side or the other upon entering a stall (due to one wing stalling slightly before the other does, combined with the reduced effectiveness of ailerons for roll control at high angles of attack).
To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib.
To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration.
To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.
To extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner.
To march while playing an instrument by rolling the weight from back to front of the feet, done to stabilize the upper body.
To alert and deploy ARFF emergency vehicles to the scene of an aircraft accident, incident, or emergency landing on or near an airport.
An all-purpose term of enthusiasm in support of the University of Alabama football team.
Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.
Of a form of marine vessel which allows wheeled vehicles to be driven on and off.
An approach to roleplaying games that focuses excessively on numerical scores (such as those obtained by rolling dice) at the expense of character and realism.
Involving the use of a continuous roll of substrate material that is fed through various processing steps such as printing, coating, or etching.
A desk having a flexible top, made of parallel slats, that rolls away when not needed.
A type of cigarette made by the smoker by rolling loose tobacco in a rectangle of paper.
A walking frame equipped with wheels, especially one designed for the disabled or elderly.
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 358. 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.