Nouns in english starting with R

• Rasmus Christian Rask — Noun – English ～ Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
• Rasmussen — Noun – English ～ Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)
• rasp — Noun – English ～ a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
• rasp — Noun – English ～ uttering in an irritated tone
• rasp fern — Noun – English ～ any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae
• raspberry bush — Noun – English ～ woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
• raspberry — Noun – English ～ woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
• raspberry — Noun – English ～ red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
• raspberry — Noun – English ～ a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• rasping — Noun – English ～ uttering in an irritated tone
• rasputin — Noun – English ～ Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
• rassling — Noun – English ～ the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
• rasta — Noun – English ～ follower of Rastafarianism
• Rastafari — Noun – English ～ (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music
• Rastafarian — Noun – English ～ (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine
• rastafarian — Noun – English ～ follower of Rastafarianism
• Rastafarianism — Noun – English ～ a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land
• Rastas — Noun – English ～ (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music
• raster — Noun – English ～ the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor
• raster font — Noun – English ～ the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed"

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