| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| rabbinically | adverb | In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins. |
| racemiferous | adjective | Bearing racemes, as the currant. |
| raffaelesque | adjective | Raphaelesque. |
| ramentaceous | adjective | Covered with ramenta. |
| ramification | noun | The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement., A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve., A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme., The production of branchlike figures. |
| ranunculuses | plural | of Ranunculus |
| raphaelesque | adjective | Like Raphael’s works; in Raphael’s manner of painting. |
| rarification | noun | See Rarefaction. |
| ratification | noun | The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty. |
| ratihabition | noun | Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract. |
| rationalness | noun | The quality or state of being rational; rationality. |
| rattle-pated | adjective | Rattle-headed. |
| raven’s-duck | noun | A fine quality of sailcloth. |
| razor-backed | adjective | Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc. |
| reabsorption | noun | The act or process of reabsorbing. |
| readjustment | noun | A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment. |
| readmittance | noun | Allowance to enter again; a second admission. |
| readvertency | noun | The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. |
| ready-witted | adjective | Having ready wit. |
| reaffirmance | noun | Alt. of Reaffirmation |
| reamputation | noun | The second of two amputations performed upon the same member. |
| reannexation | noun | Act of reannexing. |
| reappearance | noun | A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again. |
| reassemblage | noun | Assemblage a second time or again. |
| reassessment | noun | A renewed or second assessment. |
| reassignment | noun | The act of reassigning. |
| reassimilate | verb t. & i. | To assimilate again. |
| reattachment | noun | The act of reattaching; a second attachment. |
| reattainment | noun | The act of reattaining. |
| recalcitrant | adjective | Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. |
| recalcitrate | verb t. | To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff., To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition. |
| recapacitate | verb t. | To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. |
| recapitulate | verb t. | To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize., To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance. |
| receivedness | noun | The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion. |
| receivership | noun | The state or office of a receiver. |
| recensionist | noun | One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor. |
| receptacular | adjective | Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower. |
| receptaculum | noun | A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle. |
| recidivation | noun | A falling back; a backsliding. |
| reciprocally | adverb | In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually., In the manner of reciprocals. |
| reciprocated | imp. & past participle | of Reciprocate |
| recognizable | adjective | Capable of being recognized. |
| recognizance | noun | An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party’s seal., The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize., A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge., Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition. |
| recollecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Recollect |
| recollection | noun | The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance., The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection., That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence., The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. |
| recollective | adjective | Having the power of recollecting. |
| recomforture | noun | The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. |
| recommending | present participle & vb. noun | of Recommend |
| recommission | verb t. | To commission again; to give a new commission to. |
| recommitment | noun | Alt. of Recommittal |
| recompensing | present participle & vb. noun | of Recompense |
| recompensive | adjective | Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. |
| reconcilable | adjective | Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts. |
| reconsecrate | verb t. | To consecrate anew or again. |
| reconvention | noun | A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. |
| reconversion | noun | A second conversion. |
| reconveyance | noun | Act of reconveying. |
| recordership | noun | The office of a recorder. |
| re coverance | noun | Recovery. |
| recriminator | noun | One who recriminates. |
| recrudescent | adjective | Growing raw, sore, or painful again., Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic. |
| rectificator | noun | That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier. |
| rectilineous | adjective | Rectilinear. |
| rectirostral | adjective | Having a straight beak. |
| rectovaginal | adjective | Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina. |
| recuperating | present participle & vb. noun | of Recuperate |
| recuperation | noun. | Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength. |
| recuperative | adjective | Alt. of Recuperatory |
| recuperatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery. |
| redeliberate | verb t. & i. | To deliberate again; to reconsider. |
| redemptioner | noun | One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude., Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage. |
| redemptorist | noun | One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth. |
| redintegrate | adjective | Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed., To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness. |
| redistrainer | noun | One who distrains again. |
| redistribute | verb t. | To distribute again. |
| reengagement | noun | A renewed or repeated engagement. |
| reenlistment | noun | A renewed enlistment. |
| reexaminable | adjective | Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered. |
| reexperience | noun | A renewed or repeated experience. |
| reflectingly | adverb | With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully. |
| re-formation | noun | The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square. |
| refractorily | adverb | In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately. |
| refrigerated | imp. & past participle | of Refrigerate |
| refrigerator | noun | That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool., A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice., An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc. |
| refutability | noun | The quality of being refutable. |
| regeneration | noun | The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated., The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart., The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; — a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs., The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle., The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve. |
| regenerative | adjective | Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. |
| regeneratory | adjective | Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating. |
| regimentally | adverb | In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally. |
| registership | noun | The office of a register. |
| registration | verb | The act of registering; registry; enrollment., The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ. |
| reglementary | adjective | Regulative. |
| regratiatory | noun | A returning or giving of thanks. |
| regressively | adverb | In a regressive manner. |
| rehabilitate | verb t. | To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; — a term of civil and canon law. |
| reilluminate | verb t. | To enlighten again; to reillumine. |
| reimbursable | adjective | Capable of being repaid; repayable. |
| reimpregnate | verb t. | To impregnate again or anew. |
| reimpression | noun | A second or repeated impression; a reprint. |
| reinaugurate | verb t. | To inaugurate anew. |
| reinfectious | adjective | Capable of reinfecting. |
| reingratiate | verb t. | To ingratiate again or anew. |
| reinspection | noun | The act of reinspecting. |
| reinthronize | verb t. | To enthrone again. |
| reinvestment | noun | The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment. |
| reinvigorate | verb t. | To invigorate anew. |
| reis effendi | A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc. | |
| reiteratedly | adverb | Repeatedly. |
| rejectamenta | noun pl. | Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. |
| rejectaneous | adjective | Not chosen or received; rejected. |
| rejectitious | adjective | Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. |
| rejuvenation | noun | Rejuvenescence. |
| relationship | noun | The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. |
| relativeness | noun | The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity. |
| religionless | adjective | Destitute of religion. |
| relinquished | imp. & past participle | of Relinquish |
| relinquisher | noun | One who relinquishes. |
| rememberable | adjective | Capable or worthy of being remembered. |
| remembrancer | noun | One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder., A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. |
| rememoration | noun | A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. |
| rememorative | adjective | Tending or serving to remind. |
| reminiscence | noun | The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory., That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences. |
| reminiscency | noun | Reminiscence. |
| remonstrance | noun | The act of remonstrating, A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration., Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation., Same as Monstrance. |
| remonstrated | imp. & past participle | of Remonstrate |
| remonstrator | noun | One who remonstrates; a remonsrant. |
| remunerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Remunerate |
| remuneration | noun | The act of remunerating., That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings. |
| remunerative | adjective | Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. |
| remuneratory | adjective | Remunerative. |
| renal-portal | adjective | Both renal and portal. See Portal. |
| rencountered | imp. & past participle | of Rencounter |
| rendezvouses | plural | of Rendezvous |
| rendezvoused | imp. &. past participle | of Rendezvous |
| renewability | noun | The quality or state of being renewable. |
| renouncement | noun | The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. |
| renunciation | noun | The act of renouncing., Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right. |
| renunciatory | adjective | Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows. |
| renversement | noun | A reversing. |
| reobtainable | adjective | That may be reobtained. |
| reordination | noun | A second ordination. |
| reparability | noun | The quality or state of being reparable. |
| repatriation | noun | Restoration to one’s country. |
| reperception | noun | The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object. |
| repercussing | present participle & vb. noun | of Repercuss |
| repercussion | noun | The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound., Rapid reiteration of the same sound., The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent., In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger. |
| repercussive | adjective | Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate., Repellent., Driven back; rebounding; reverberated., A repellent. |
| repertitious | adjective | Found; gained by finding. |
| repetitional | adjective | Alt. of Repetitionary |
| repetitioner | noun | One who repeats. |
| replantation | noun | The act of planting again; a replanting. |
| replenishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Replenish |
| replevisable | adjective | Repleviable. |
| repopulation | noun | The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew. |
| repossession | noun | The act or the state of possessing again. |
| reprehending | present participle & vb. noun | of Reprehend |
| reprehension | noun | Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. |
| reprehensive | adjective | Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. |
| reprehensory | adjective | Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint. |
| representant | adjective | Appearing or acting for another; representing., A representative. |
| reprimanding | present participle & vb. noun | of Reprimand |
| repristinate | verb t. | To restore to an original state. |
| reproachablr | adjective | Deserving reproach; censurable., Opprobrius; scurrilous. |
| reproachless | adjective | Being without reproach. |
| reproduction | noun | The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced, the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring., That which is reproduced. |
| reproductive | adjective | Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. |
| reproductory | adjective | Reproductive. |
| republishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Republish |
| reputatively | adverb | By repute. |
| re-reiterate | verb t. | To reiterate many times. |
| resemblingly | adverb | So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. |
| resettlement | noun | Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. |
| residentiary | adjective | Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian., One who is resident., An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence. |
| residentship | noun | The office or condition of a resident. |
| resiniferous | adjective | Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel. |
| resinousness | noun | The quality of being resinous. |
| resipiscence | noun | Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. |
| resoluteness | noun | The quality of being resolute. |
| resolutioner | noun | One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. |
| resolvedness | noun | Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution. |
| resourceless | adjective | Destitute of resources. |
| respectively | adverb | As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty., Relatively; not absolutely., Partially; with respect to private views., With respect; regardfully. |
| resplendence | noun | Alt. of Resplendency |
| resplendency | noun | The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. |
| respondentia | noun | A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. |
| responseless | adjective | Giving no response. |
| responsorial | adjective | Responsory; antiphonal. |
| restagnation | noun | Stagnation. |
| restaurateur | noun | The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant. |
| restauration | noun | Restoration. |
| restrainable | adjective | Capable of being restrained; controllable. |
| restrainedly | adverb | With restraint. |
| restrainment | noun | The act of restraining. |
| restrengthen | verb t. | To strengthen again; to fortify anew. |
| restringency | noun | Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. |
| resubjection | noun | A second subjection. |
| resupination | noun | The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. |
| resurrection | noun | A rising again; the resumption of vigor., Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment., State of being risen from the dead; future state., The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. |
| resuscitable | adjective | Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. |
| resuscitated | imp. & past participle | of Resuscitate |
| resuscitator | noun | One who, or that which, resuscitates. |
| reticularian | noun | One of the Reticularia. |
| reticulation | noun | The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net. |
| retinasphalt | noun | Alt. of Retinasphaltum |
| retiniphorae | plural | of Retinophora |
| retinophoral | adjective | Of or pertaining to retinophorae. |
| retractation | noun | The act of retracting what has been said; recantation. |
| retrenchment | noun | The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing., A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation. |
| retrievement | noun | Retrieval. |
| retrocession | noun | The act of retroceding., The state of being retroceded, or granted back., Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body. |
| retroduction | noun | A leading or bringing back. |
| retroflexion | noun | The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion. |
| retrofracted | adjective | Refracted; as, a retrofract stem. |
| retrograding | present participle & vb. noun | of Retrograde |
| retromingent | adjective | Organized so as to discharge the urine backward., An animal that discharges its urine backward. |
| retropulsive | adjective | Driving back; repelling. |
| retroversion | noun | A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus. |
| retroverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Retrovert |
| revalescence | noun | The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent. |
| revendicated | imp. & past participle | of Revendicate |
| reverberated | imp. & past participle | of Reverberate |
| reverberator | noun | One who, or that which, produces reverberation. |
| reversionary | adjective | Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right., That which is to be received in reversion. |
| revirescence | noun | A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor. |
| revisitation | noun | The act of revisiting. |
| revivalistic | adjective | Pertaining to revivals. |
| revivificate | verb t. | To revive; to recall or restore to life. |
| reviviscence | noun | Alt. of Reviviscency |
| reviviscency | noun | The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life. |
| revocability | noun | The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law. |
| revolutioner | noun | One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist. |
| rhabarbarate | adjective | Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. |
| rhabarbarine | noun | Chrysophanic acid. |
| rhabdopleura | noun | A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata |
| rhabdosphere | noun | A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths. |
| rhachiglossa | noun pl. | A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append. |
| rhadamanthus | noun | One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge. |
| rhamphotheca | noun | The horny covering of the bill of birds. |
| rhaponticine | noun | Chrysophanic acid. |
| rhapsodizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rhapsodize |
| rheumatismal | adjective | Of or pertaining to rheumatism. |
| rhinocerical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn. |
| rhinocerotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. |
| rhinological | adjective | Of or pertaining to rhinology. |
| rhinolophine | adjective | Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats. |
| rhinoplastic | adjective | Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation. |
| rhizocarpous | adjective | Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; — said of all perennial herbs. |
| rhizocephala | noun pl. | A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix. |
| rhizophagous | adjective | Feeding on roots; root-eating. |
| rhizophorous | adjective | Bearing roots. |
| rhizostomata | noun pl. | A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| rhodammonium | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; — said of certain complex compounds. |
| rhodocrinite | noun | A rose encrinite. |
| rhododendron | noun | A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay. |
| rhodomontade | noun | See Rodomontade. |
| rhomboganoid | noun | A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei. |
| rhombohedral | adjective | Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron. |
| rhombohedric | adjective | Rhombohedral. |
| rhombohedron | noun | A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped. |
| rhynchocoela | noun pl. | Same as Nemertina. |
| rhynchonella | noun | A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil. |
| rhynchophora | noun pl. | A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils. |
| rhynchophore | noun | One of the Rhynchophora. |
| rhythmically | adverb | In a rhythmical manner. |
| rhythmometer | noun | An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome. |
| ricinelaidic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid. |
| ricinelaidin | noun | The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid. |
| ricochetting | present participle & vb. noun | of Ricochet |
| ridiculosity | noun | The quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something ridiculous. |
| right-angled | adjective | Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. |
| rightfulness | noun | The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice., Moral rectitude; righteousness. |
| right-handed | adjective | Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left., Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; — said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction., Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; — said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. |
| right-minded | adjective | Having a right or honest mind. |
| roach-backed | adjective | Having a back like that of roach; — said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve. |
| roching cask | A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution. | |
| rodomontador | noun | A rodomontadist. |
| romanticness | noun | The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness. |
| rose-colored | adjective | Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color., Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations. |
| rosetta wood | An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. | |
| rostelliform | adjective | Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak. |
| rouge dragon | noun | One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms. |
| rough-footed | adjective | Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. |
| rough-legged | adjective | Having the legs covered with feathers; — said of a bird. |
| roughstrings | noun pl. | Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support. |
| roughwrought | adjective | Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely. |
| round-backed | adjective | Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered. |
| royalization | noun | The act of making loyal to a king. |
| royston crow | See Hooded crow, under Hooded. | |
| rubification | noun | The act of making red. |
| rush-bearing | noun | A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. |
| russophilist | noun | One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement. |
| russophobist | One who dreads Russia or Russian influence. |