English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 382 of 430

Of or relating to wheels.

Having letters rotated for emphasis, rather than slanted as in traditional italic.

Any fossil foraminifer of the family Rotaliidae, abundant in chalk formations.

any of a set of conformers that arise from restricted rotation around a single bond

Of or pertaining to rotamers

A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.

A duplicating machine.

plural of rotaprint

A member of a Rotary Club.

Rotarianismnoun

The activities and mission of Rotary Clubs.

In a rotary fashion.

Capable of rotation.

rotary converternoun

A machine which converts alternating current to direct current, or vice versa.

rotary evaporatornoun

A piece of laboratory equipment used to gently evaporate solvents from a chemical solution in a temperature controlled environment.

rotary switchnoun

A switch that is operated by turning a knob.

rotatabilitynoun

The ability of something to be rotated

Having the ability to rotate.

So as to be movable by rotation.

To spin, turn, or revolve.

Having undergone rotation about an axis.

An employee who is rotated from one place or duty to another.

In a rotate or wheel-shaped manner.

undergoing physical rotation

rotating beaconnoun

A rotating location light installed at an airport, allowing the type of airport to be determined by the color and speed of the rotation.

rotating chairnoun

A swivel chair.

So as to rotate.

The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.

rotationalitynoun

The quality of being rotational.

rotationallyadv

In a rotational manner.

rotationplastynoun

A type of autograft in which a portion of an arm or leg is removed, while the remaining limb below the excised portion is rotated and reattached.

Turning; rotary; rotational.

In a rotative manner.

The quality of being rotative; ability to rotate.

One who or that which rotates.

rotator cuffnoun

A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).

Of or relating to the Rotatoria.

Alternative form of rotational.

A rotary evaporator

To till the soil using a rotavator

A machine with rotating blades designed to break up or till soil.

Of or pertaining to rotaviruses.

An individual particle of a rotavirus.

Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.

rotaviruslikeadj

Resembling a rotavirus.

ROTCname

Initialism of Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

A small alcid of the north Atlantic, the little auk, Alle alle.

A fish, the European red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).

rotenoun

Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

Like a rote, repetitious

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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 382. 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.

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