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
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
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)