English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 83 of 430

real McCoynoun

The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.

real men don't eat quicheproverb

The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate.

real numbernoun

The limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose radius is one.

real number systemnoun

The complete Archimedean ordered field (of real numbers).

real onenoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, one.

Real Programmernoun

An archetypal highly skilled programmer, who eschews abstractions and convenient modern tools and methods of programming, instead preferring to use a manually-optimised low-level language or program directly in machine code for maximum performance.

real quickadv

quickly, right away

real realitynoun

Reality, the real world, that which is not virtual nor augmented nor an online world.

real schoolnoun

A secondary school (especially in German-speaking countries) teaching a curriculum of "real-world" subjects (math, science, modern languages) rather than one heavily laden with literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek.

real socialismnoun

pragmatic socialism, practical socialism, a form of socialism which attempts to reach tangible goals perceived to be feasible instead of primarily focusing on adherence to Marxist-Leninist theory.

real soon nowadv

Designating a time when something will become available, supposedly (but perhaps only optimistically) in the near future.

real thingnoun

Something genuine and of high quality, as opposed to an inferior imitation.

real worldnoun

The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.

real-estate agentnoun

Alternative form of real estate agent.

real-estate taxnoun

Alternative form of real estate tax.

real-lyadv

Alternative form of really (“in a way or manner that is real, not unreal”).

real-person fictionnoun

Alternative form of real person fiction.

real-timeadj

Communicated as the events being responded to occur; communicated or proceeding without much delay.

real-time attacknoun

A non-tool-assisted speedrun of a game that is timed using a separate timer from that of any in-game timer.

real-worldernoun

Synonym of realist, a practical person who lives in the real world as distinguished from those perceived to inhabit cloudcuckooland or similarly detached from reality in some way.

realarmverb

To alarm again.

realcompactnessnoun

The quality of being realcompact.

Realename

A surname from Italian.

realeradj

comparative form of real: more real

realestadj

superlative form of real: most real

realgarnoun

A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.

realgar winenoun

A Chinese rice liquor mixed with realgar (arsenic sulfide), traditionally consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Realiname

A surname from Italian.

realianoun

Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.

realienateverb

To alienate again.

realienationnoun

The process of realienating.

realignverb

To bring back into alignment.

realignableadj

Able to be realigned.

realignernoun

One who, or that which, realigns

realignmentnoun

The act of realigning or something realigned.

realimentationnoun

alimentation after a period of fasting

realisnoun

A category of grammatical moods, the most common of which is the indicative mood, that indicate that something actually is, or is not, the case.

realisabilitynoun

Alternative spelling of realizability.

realisablenessnoun

Alternative spelling of realizableness.

realisationnoun

Alternative spelling of realization.

realiseverb

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.

realisedverb

simple past and past participle of realise

realismnoun

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

realistnoun

An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.

realisticadj

Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

realisticallyadv

In a realistic manner.

realisticitynoun

The quality of being realistic.

realisticnessnoun

The quality of being realistic.

realitiesnoun

plural of reality.

realitynoun

The state of being actual or real; realness.

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 83. 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.

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