English Words: R
21,470 words · Page 360 of 430
A 30-nm-thick liquid film of helium in the helium II state, which exhibits a "creeping" effect in response to surfaces extending past the film's level (wave propagation) and can thus escape from open containers.
An intentional disruption of electric service to different areas in a region to conserve power.
The boiling of a liquid rapidly with plenty of bubbling, which (unlike simmering) roils the liquid and thus may break up or alter the shape of ingredients.
A machine or group of machines for rolling metal (especially steel) into semifinished or finished shapes, such as beams, plate, or sheet; the entire associated plant (e.g., machinery, buildings, railyards).
A programme (of work etc.) which is planned to be carried out and spread over a period of time, i.e. not all at once.
A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage.
A takeoff where the aircraft taxis into takeoff position and immediately starts to accelerate for takeoff, without stopping on the runway.
windmill-like flailing of one's arms in a circular motion to maintain balance while in the air after a jump
An English surname transferred from the given name of Anglo-Norman origin, from a diminutive of the given name Rollo.
A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.
Able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.
A selective list of piano roll titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same composer, the same artist, etc.
A roll of flexible material with route numbers or destinations, found on buses or trams.
Soulslike video games, especially ones that overly rely on the prototypical roll-to-dodge mechanic of that genre.
A cart with two or more walls (typically made of steel bars or tubes) to contain the goods loaded onto it.
A raised target above the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls underneath it.
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 360. 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.