Nouns starting with R

• river otter — Noun – English ～ sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America
• River Arno — Noun – English ～ a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea
• river blindness — Noun – English ～ infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
• river gum — Noun – English ～ somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
• river limpet — Noun – English ～ minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
• river — Noun – English ～ a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
• River Cam — Noun – English ～ a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
• river prawn — Noun – English ～ large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
• River Aire — Noun – English ～ a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire
• river basin — Noun – English ～ the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
• River Lethe — Noun – English ～ (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive
• river birch — Noun – English ～ birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
• river horse — Noun – English ～ massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
• River Kasai — Noun – English ～ a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo
• River Acheron — Noun – English ～ (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon
• river boat — Noun – English ～ a boat used on rivers or to ply a river
• river cooter — Noun – English ～ large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
• River Adige — Noun – English ～ a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige"
• river bottom — Noun – English ～ a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river
• river pear — Noun – English ～ West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled

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