redheaded woodpecker
— Noun
– English
~ black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
Robert Woodrow Wilson
— Noun
– English
~ United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
rusty woodsia
— Noun
– English
~ a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds
Robert Woodward
— Noun
– English
~ United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
Robert Burns Woodward
— Noun
– English
~ United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
raw wool
— Noun
– English
~ wool in its natural condition; not refined or processed
rock wool
— Noun
– English
~ a light fibrous material used as an insulator
root word
— Noun
– English
~ (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
reference work
— Noun
– English
~ a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
research worker
— Noun
– English
~ a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
real world
— Noun
– English
~ the practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world"
railroad worm
— Noun
– English
~ larvae bore into and feed on apples
red worm
— Noun
– English
~ terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
ribbon worm
— Noun
– English
~ soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
Roman wormwood
— Noun
– English
~ glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
Roman wormwood
— Noun
– English
~ European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
raw wound
— Noun
– English
~ a wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue
rock wren
— Noun
– English
~ short-tailed bird resembling a wren
rock wren
— Noun
– English
~ wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
ruby-crowned wren
— Noun
– English
~ American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch