rose water
— Noun
– English
~ perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses
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)