English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 53 of 430

raphanoidadj

Characteristic of a radish.

raphenoun

A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.

raphe pallidusnoun

One of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.

rapheadnoun

A fan of rapping or rap music.

raphelessadj

Describing the valve of a monoraphid diatom that does not have a raphe

Raphianame

Synonym of Rafah (spelling used when referring to the site in Antiquity: Ancient and Classical Eras) A town in Levant, frequently disputed between various ancient empires, Egypt (Pharonic, Ptolemaic, etc), Anatolia (Hittite, etc), Mesopotamia (Assyria, Seleucid, etc). The city is now located on the border between Gaza and Egypt, split between the two by an international border.

raphidenoun

A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.

raphidiferousadj

Bearing raphides.

raphidiidnoun

Any snakefly of the family Raphidiidae.

raphidiopterannoun

Any insect of the order Raphidioptera.

raphigraphnoun

A kind of typewriter for the blind, pricking characters into paper by means of needles.

rapidadj

Very swift or quick.

Rapid Annname

Rapidan River (a river in Virginia, United States).

Rapid Ann Stationname

Rapidan (a village in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States).

rapid chessnoun

Chess played at a relatively quick time control, with each side getting about 15 minutes to make their moves.

Rapid Cityname

A city, the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.

rapid fireadj

Quickly, with minimal time between occurrences.

rapid unscheduled disassemblynoun

Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly.

rapid-onset gender dysphorianoun

Controversial and scientifically unsupported subset of gender dysphoria claimed to be caused by social influence.

Rapidanname

A river in Virginia, United States, which flows into the Rappahannock.

Rapidan Townshipname

A township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.

rapidcreekitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.

Rapides Parishname

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in Alexandria.

rapiditynoun

speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid

rapidlessadj

Without rapids.

rapidlyadv

With speed; in a rapid manner.

rapidnessnoun

The characteristic of being rapid.

rapidographnoun

A technical pen.

rapidwaynoun

A separated bus lane forming part of a bus rapid transit system.

rapiernoun

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling

rapieredadj

Wearing, or carrying, a rapier (the sword).

rapierlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a rapier; sharp, piercing.

rapiestadj

superlative form of rapey: most rapey

rapillinoun

Small fragments of rock, pumice and other ejecta thrown out by a volcano.

rapinenoun

The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.

rapinernoun

A plunderer.

rapingnoun

Rape (sexual violation).

rapinglyadv

So as to rape.

rapininoun

A vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste.

Rapinoename

A surname from Italian.

rapinousadj

Given to rapine (looting).

rapismnoun

A paraphilia in which a person is aroused by rape, i.e. forcing somebody into sexual acts against their will.

rapistnoun

One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.

raplessadj

Without rap music.

raplikeadj

Resembling hip-hop or the act of rapping.

rapmeisternoun

A highly skilled rapper

raponoun

A rapist.

Rapoltu Marename

A village and commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.

rapophilenoun

One who loves rap music.

Rapoport's rulename

An ecogeographical rule stating that latitudinal ranges of plants and animals are generally smaller at lower latitudes than at higher latitudes.

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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 53. 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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