Nouns in english starting with R

• roulette wheel — Noun – English ～ game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
• rye whiskey — Noun – English ～ whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
• rye whisky — Noun – English ～ whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
• Rocky Mountain whitefish — Noun – English ～ whitefish of the western United States and Canada
• round whitefish — Noun – English ～ a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia
• reef whitetip shark — Noun – English ～ smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins
• Robert Wilhelm Bunsen — Noun – English ～ German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899)
• Roy Wilkins — Noun – English ～ United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
• Robert William Service — Noun – English ～ Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams — Noun – English ～ English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)
• Roger Williams — Noun – English ～ English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
• red willow — Noun – English ～ Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
• rosebay willowherb — Noun – English ～ tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
• Ringgold Wilmer Lardner — Noun – English ～ United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)
• Ronald Wilson Reagan — Noun – English ～ 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
• rear window — Noun – English ～ car window that allows vision out of the back of the car
• round window — Noun – English ～ fenestra leading into the cochlea
• rose window — Noun – English ～ circular window filled with tracery
• red wine — Noun – English ～ wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes
• Rhine wine — Noun – English ～ any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

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