English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 79 of 430

reacylationnoun

A second or subsequent acylation

readverb

To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

read 'em and weepintj

Used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.

read acrossverb

To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon.

read between the linesverb

To infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly.

read datingnoun

An organized event in which prospective romantic partners engage in a series of one-to-one meetings in a library, based around the topic of favorite books.

read inverb

To accept as input.

read intoverb

To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.

read like a bookverb

To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort.

read mindsverb

To read people's minds (in general).

read my lipsphrase

Used to emphasize a following statement.

read offverb

To dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on sequential processing.

read oneself inverb

To read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent; required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.

read outverb

To read something and say the words to inform other people; to call.

read oververb

To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.

read receiptnoun

An automatic response, often containing a timestamp, which notifies the sender of an e-mail or instant message that the message was opened.

read someone the riot actverb

To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.

read someone to filthverb

To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of (someone).

read someone's beadsverb

To read someone; to call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

read someone's lipsverb

To discern what someone is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words.

read the carverb

Of a rideshare driver, to assess the mood, energy, or preferences of a passenger immediately after they enter the vehicle.

read the mailverb

To listen to CB radio conversations without taking part.

read the roomverb

To understand the emotions and thoughts of the people present, especially to determine the kind of speech or actions that would be appropriate or inappropriate.

read upverb

To learn (about something) by reading.

read-eval-print loopnoun

An interactive programming language interpreter.

read-me filenoun

Synonym of readme.

read-onlyadj

Unalterable, capable of being read but not written.

read-only accessnoun

A permission to access files or directories where the user is only allowed to read or view, not to make changes.

read-throughadj

A cache that will fetch information from the original source when asked for information that is not yet cached.

read-writeadj

Supporting both read and write operations.

readabilitynoun

The property of being capable of being read; legibility.

readableadj

Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.

readablenessnoun

The property of being capable of being read, legibility.

readablyadv

So as to be readable; legibly.

readaheadnoun

The operation of reading data from a storage medium in advance so that it is immediately available when requested.

readaholicnoun

One who loves to read books; a bookworm.

readalikenoun

A book that resembles another book in terms of genre, writing style, intended audience, etc.

readaptverb

To adapt again; to adapt for a new purpose

readaptableadj

Able to be readapted.

readaptationnoun

A second or subsequent adaptation.

readathonnoun

An event during which people read books in order to raise money for charity.

readawaynoun

A short holiday or weekend trip in which the main activity is reading and discussing books.

readbacknoun

The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.

readdverb

To add again.

readdictverb

To addict again.

readdictedadj

Addicted again.

readdictingadj

With the potential to addict anew.

readdictionnoun

Addiction again, especially to an illicit drug.

readditionnoun

A second or subsequent addition, especially following removal

readdressverb

To address, direct, or deal with again.

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 79. 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.