English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 65 of 430

rattle throughverb

To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.

rattle-freeadj

That does not produce a rattling noise; (especially of a vehicle) not rattling when in motion.

rattle-patenoun

Alternative form of rattlepate.

rattlebacknoun

A form of spinning top that will spin preferentially in one direction (rattling, then reversing, if spun in the other direction).

rattlebagnoun

A mixed bag, or indiscriminate collection.

rattlebonesnoun

A tottering person or thing.

rattleboxnoun

A toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.

rattlebrainnoun

A rattlebrained person.

rattlebrainedadj

Foolish

rattlebushnoun

Any of various plants of the genus Baptisia.

rattlecapnoun

An unsteady, volatile person.

rattleheadnoun

Someone who makes empty or noisy conversation; a chatterer.

rattleheadedadj

noisy

rattlelessadj

Without a rattle.

rattlemousenoun

A bat (the animal).

rattlepatenoun

A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.

rattlepatedadj

rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish

rattlepodnoun

Any of various plants, including Senna covesii and species of Crotalaria and Astragalus, whose seeds rattle in the pod when shaken.

rattleproofadj

resistant to rattling

rattlernoun

Anything that rattles.

rattlerootnoun

Synonym of rattleweed (“Actaea racemosa”)

Rattlesdenname

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9759).

rattleskullnoun

Synonym of rattlebrain.

rattlesnakenoun

Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

rattlesnake masternoun

Any of species Eryngium yuccifolium and E. aquaticum, common herbaceous perennial plants native to the tallgrass prairies of North America.

rattlesomeadj

Characterised or marked by rattling

rattlestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of rattle

rattlethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rattle

rattletrapadj

Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.

rattletyintj

A rattling sound.

rattleweednoun

Any plant of the genus Astragalus. of milkvetches.

rattlewingsnoun

The goldeneye (duck)

rattlewortnoun

Rattlebox.

rattlingadj

Lively, quick (speech, pace).

rattlinglyadv

With a rattling sound or motion.

rattlingnessnoun

The quality of something that rattles.

rattlyadj

That rattles.

rattonnoun

A rat.

rattonernoun

A ratcatcher.

rattoonnoun

Alternative spelling of ratoon (“rattan cane”).

rattrapnoun

A device (trap) used to catch rats.

Rattrayname

A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).

Rattuename

A surname from Middle English.

rattyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.

ratunoun

A Fijian chief.

Ratușname

A village in Drăsliceni, Criuleni Raion, Moldova.

ratwoodnoun

A Caribbean evergreen plant of species Erythroxylum rotundifolium.

Ratzingerianadj

Relating to the Ratzinger family from Bavaria, whose members include Pope Benedict XVI.

Ratzlaffname

A surname.

Raucciname

A surname from Italian.

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 65. 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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