Nouns in english starting with R

• rough water — Noun – English ～ used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
• radio wave — Noun – English ～ an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m
• rolling wave — Noun – English ～ a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
• roundabout way — Noun – English ～ a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
• right of way — Noun – English ～ the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
• right of way — Noun – English ～ the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
• right of way — Noun – English ～ the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass
• ready-to-wear — Noun – English ～ ready-made clothing; "she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked"
• raw weather — Noun – English ～ unpleasantly cold and damp weather
• rattle weed — Noun – English ～ much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida
• rattlesnake weed — Noun – English ～ a hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves; Canada to northern Georgia and Kentucky
• rabbit-weed — Noun – English ～ low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
• rheumatism weed — Noun – English ～ North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
• rheumatism weed — Noun – English ～ Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
• rag week — Noun – English ～ a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
• rice weevil — Noun – English ～ brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
• reporting weight — Noun – English ～ a person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice)
• Rebecca West — Noun – English ～ British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
• right whale — Noun – English ～ large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
• ratchet wheel — Noun – English ～ toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever

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