Words in english starting with R

• Rhizopoda — Noun – English ～ creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
• rhizopodan — Noun – English ～ protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
• Rhizopogon — Noun – English ～ a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
• Rhizopogon idahoensis — Noun – English ～ a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes greyish brown in maturity
• Rhizopogonaceae — Noun – English ～ a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
• rhizopus — Noun – English ～ any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus
• Rhizopus nigricans — Noun – English ～ a mold of the genus Rhizopus
• rhizotomy — Noun – English ～ surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms
• rho — Noun – English ～ the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
• rhodanthe — Noun – English ～ Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
• Rhodanthe manglesii — Noun – English ～ Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
• Rhode Islander — Noun – English ～ a native or resident of Rhode Island
• Rhode Island bent — Noun – English ～ common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
• Rhode Island — Noun – English ～ one of the British colonies that formed the United States
• Rhode Island — Noun – English ～ a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
• Rhode Island red — Noun – English ～ American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken
• Rhodes — Noun – English ～ a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
• Rhodes — Noun – English ～ British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
• Rhodes grass — Noun – English ～ perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions
• rhodesia — Noun – English ～ a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980

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