Elementary Vocabulary
36,007 words and 29 expressions at the elementary level.
The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
Alternative form of RAW.
Alternative form of R & B.
Initialism of research and development, a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.
plural of R&D
Initialism of regular and frequent.
Initialism of rhythm and grime.
Initialism of refining and marketing.
Initialism of resisting and obstructing.
Abbreviation of rabbi.
University of Reading, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
plural of r
Censored spelling of rape
a Soviet rocket modelled on the V-2; the Scunner
Initialism of Rolls-Royce.
plural of R-R
Ruled, reigned, used to show that provided dates are the period of a ruler's authority rather than their birth and death.
Abbreviation of recursively enumerable.
Initialism of Rhode Island: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Alternative spelling of RN (in various senses).
Alternative form of RR.
Alternative form of R/S (“research ship”).
Initialism of research vessel.
A radio-controlled vehicle.
plural of R/C
Initialism of rule out: used to indicate that a certain possible diagnosis should be considered, and appropriate tests performed to rule it out.
Initialism of reserves-to-production.
Initialism of research ship.
Radiotelephone; radiotelegraph.
Initialism of research vessel;.
plural of R/V
R₀ (“basic reproductive rate”)
plural of R₀
Initialism of first round.
R100 standard
Initialism of resistance to interrogation.
Initialism of responsibility to protect.
Abbreviation of roll-to-roll processing.
Abbreviation of Rule 34.
Ronaldo (a Brazilian footballer).
R95 standard
R99 standard
Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).
In early fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), a personal opinion in adapting Shari'a law.
Initialism of Royal Automobile Association.
A surname from German.
Acronym of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete.
An assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.
Initialism of Royal Australian Air Force.
Synonym of raga.
Initialism of right ascension of the ascending node.
A surname.
Initialism of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system.
An island off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
A title used for God.
The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.
A surname from German.
Spring.
An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
A surname.
Synonym of rabak (“out of control, messed up”).
The station code of Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Alternative form of race-; Denoting a racemic mix or racemate (before a vowel)
Initialism of reference amount customarily consumed.
An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
A course over which races are run.
A horse that competes in races.
A course over which any type of races are run.
A place where races are held; a racetrack.
a dog that hunts by scent
Initialism of responsible, accountable, consulted and informed.
To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
Initialism of Royal Automobile Club of Queensland.
plural of RAC
Initialism of Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania.
Initialism of Royal Automobile Club of Victoria.
A surname from Hungarian.
Initialism of role activity diagram.
Abbreviation of radian.
A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
Obsolete spelling of road.
A surname from Arabic.
Anything which radiates or emits rays.
To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
Abbreviation of rear admiral.
A surname.
plural of rad
A surname.
Abbreviation of right (side) above elbow (said of an amputee/amputation).
The sound of a male mallard's call, or a similar call of other duck species.
Alternative spelling of Raël.
Initialism of Royal Air Force, the British RAF.
Acronym of Royal Air Force Association.
Initialism of recovering average frustrated chump.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
A surname from Arabic.
Initialism of Royal Air Force of Oman.
To convey on a raft.
present participle and gerund of raft
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
A domestic cat of a particular heavy, muscular, short-necked breed.
ragstone
In tatters, having the texture broken.
Torn, ragged or tattered.
A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
A surname.
plural of rag
Alternative spelling of ragù.
Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).
An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid.
An expression of surprise.
A surname.
Pronunciation spelling of round.
plural of rah
Alternative spelling of Rāhu.
stone money
Alternative form of raya (“type of historical territory”).
Initialism of Rail Accident Investigation Branch.
Initialism of Resource Acquisition Is Initialization, a popular design pattern in object-oriented programming that ties resources to the lifespan of associated objects to prevent resource leakage.
A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.
That rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining.
A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
Alternative form of rame.
A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
Rainfall.
Alternative form of reis (“holder of military rank”).
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
A dried grape.
Reign; rule.
Alternative spelling of rajah.
plural of Raj
A male given name from Telugu.
Abbreviation of Ras al Khaimah.
A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
A Turkish liqueur flavored with anise.
A style of Japanese pottery, considered the traditional style for the pottery used in the Japanese tea ceremony; (especially capitalized) such pottery made by the Raku family.
rakish
Abbreviation of ranked as last (“a penalty score relegating a racer to the last placing in a heat”).
An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
A surname.
plural of RAL
Acronym of random-access memory.
Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).
A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
plural of ramus
Initialism of RESTful API Modeling Language, a YAML-based language for describing RESTful APIs.
A surname.
A surname.
Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.
plural of ram
A language family of Papua New Guinea.
A male given name from Arabic.
A surname.
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock.
The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
A surname from Marathi.
simple past of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
One who ranges; a rover.
The wife of a rajah.
A stanza of Irish poetry.
A surname.
Initialism of Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (“a fraternal movement in the United Kingdom, founded in 1822”).
Initialism of Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
plural of Rao
The East Central Polynesian language of Rapa Iti, an island of French Polynesia.
Initialism of Relative afferent pupillary defect.
A diminutive of the male given name Raphael.
Very swift or quick.
A surname.
plural of rap
Alternative letter-case form of RAR.
A scarce or uncommon item.
An idiot
Alternative form of 'rari (“Ferrari”).
Used only in the phrase rark up.
Abbreviation of Rarotonga (place name).
plural of rar
An Ethiopian king or prince.
An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.
Initialism of Royal Army Service Corps.
A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters.
A surname.
The plant Rubus idaeus.
Acronym of radioallergosorbent test.
A scratch or a score.
Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.
The worth of something; value.
A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
Alternative form of ratti (“Indian unit of measure”).
Rage Against The Machine, an American rap metal band.
Alternative form of RATO (“rocket-assisted takeoff”).
plural of rat
A surname.
Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
A device (trap) used to catch rats.
A Fijian chief.
an unsuccessful person; a failure
A surname from German.
A surname.
A surname.
A male given name from Spanish, an Anglicized form of Spanish Raúl.
A surname from German.
A surname
a rabbi
Semolina.
Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
A male given name used in India.
plural of rav
Initialism of Research and Analysis Wing.
A surname from Middle English.
A thick fog.
A surname from Irish.
The property of being raw.
plural of raw
To stretch; stretch out.
A beam of light or radiation.
A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia held under the direct administration of the Ottoman Empire, as opposed to the principalities.
A surname.
A surname.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of ray
Alternative form of Ray (“a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert”)
A surname.
A male given name from Dari [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic] or from Urdu [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic], variant of Riza.
A surname from Persian.
A surname from Spanish.
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
The founder of Raëlism.
A form of music, originating in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds.
A municipality of Croatia.
Initialism of running back.
Initialism of Reserve Bank of Australia.
Initialism of role-based access control.
Initialism of Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
Initialism of row by agonizing row; used to describe procedural programming in SQL.
Initialism of right bundle branch block.
Abbreviation of rubber ball blast grenade.
Initialism of Royal Bank of Canada.
plural of RBC
Abbreviation of rebound.
plural of RBD
Abbreviation of rat-bite fever.
plural of RBF
Bovine growth hormone produced using recombinant DNA.
Initialism of run batted in.
plural of RBI
Initialism of Royal Brunei Land Force.
Initialism of restricted Boltzmann machine.
Initialism of Raymond Braun Media Group.
A kind of graphite-moderated nuclear reactor, designed so that, instead of a large steel pressure vessel surrounding the entire core, the core is surrounded by a cylindrical annular steel tank inside a concrete vault and each fuel assembly is enclosed in an individual pipe or channel that also contains the coolant.
plural of RBM
Initialism of Royal Brunei Navy.
Initialism of Regional Bell Operating Company.
Initialism of retinol-binding protein.
Initialism of Royal Brunei Police Force.
plural of RBP
Initialism of Royal Bank of Scotland.
Initialism of Radiation Belt Storm Probes, a spacecraft for NASAs LWS program.
Bovine growth hormone produced using recombinant DNA.
Initialism of random breath test (of a motorist, employee, etc.)
plural of RBT
Abbreviation of resolution bandwidth.
Initialism of Radio Canada.
Initialism of resource consumption accounting.
Initialism of Royal Canadian Air Force.
Initialism of Royal Corps of Army Music (a corps of the British Army).
Initialism of Reform-Conservative Alliance Party.
plural of RCA
Initialism of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Initialism of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.
Initialism of refractory cervicobrachial pain.
Abbreviation of red cell concentrate.
plural of RCC
Initialism of residual-current device.
Abbreviation of received.
plural of RCD
Initialism of remote code execution.
Initialism of Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Abbreviation of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Initialism of Royal College of General Practitioners.
Initialism of Royal Children's Hospital.
plural of RCH
Initialism of residual current indicator.
Initialism of Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
plural of RCI
Initialism of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Initialism of Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
plural of RCM
Initialism of Royal Canadian Navy.
Initialism of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Initialism of Revolutionary Communist Party.
Initialism of recruit chief petty officer.
plural of RCP
Abbreviation of receipt.
Initialism of rolling circle replication.
Initialism of Royal Corps of Signals.
Initialism of residual chemical shift anisotropy.
relationship-contingent self-esteem
Initialism of randomized clinical trial.
Abbreviation of recruit.
Initialism of recipient-created tax invoice.
plural of RCT
Initialism of read-copy-update.
Initialism of ranked-choice voting.
Abbreviation of receiver.
Initialism of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome.
Initialism of Runtime Callable Wrapper.
plural of RCW
Abbreviation of road.
Initialism of research, development and demonstration.
Abbreviation of Road.
Initialism of Resource Description and Access; standard for descriptive cataloging initially released in June 2010, providing instructions and guidelines on formulating bibliographic data.
Abbreviation of radioactinium.
plural of RDA
Initialism of Remote Desktop Connection.
plural of RDC
Synonym of dirty bomb.
Initialism of Resource Directory Description Language.
plural of RDD
Abbreviation of rotating detonation engine.
plural of RDE
Initialism of Resource Description Framework, used for conceptual modelling of information on the Web.
plural of RDF
Initialism of Rail Delivery Group.
Initialism of registered dental hygienist.
plural of RDH
Initialism of Robert Downey Jr., American actor and singer.
Initialism of Romanian deadlift.
plural of RDL
To arbitrarily kill players in a video game, typically players on one's own team when friendly fire is enabled.
Initialism of remote direct memory access
Abbreviation of rear admiral (lower half).
third-person singular simple present indicative of RDM
Initialism of registered dietitian nutritionist.
ribosomal DNA
Initialism of regular day off, an official public holiday.
plural of RDO
Initialism of Remote Desktop Protocol.
Initialism of Red Dead Redemption.
Initialism of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Initialism of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
Initialism of respiratory distress syndrome.
plural of rd.
Shell plc.
Initialism of rapid diagnostic test.
Initialism of research, development, test and evaluation.
Abbreviation of radiothorium.
plural of RDT
Initialism of red blood cell distribution width.
A high explosive used by the military and industry.
About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
again, anew
Alternative form of rei.
Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
Alternative form of reader (“a lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service”).
Prepared for immediate action or use.
Alternative form of ready-made.
Obsolete spelling of reef.
A prank.
Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
A deep furrow used for drainage.
To appear again.
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).
plural of rea
That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
Clipping of reaction or reactions.
A surname.
Clipping of rebel: a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier.
A female given name.
plural of rebus
plural of reb
Initialism of rational emotive behavior therapy.
To build again or anew.
Abbreviation of record.
Alternative form of rec (“recommend”).
Alternative form of rec'd.
To give or write a receipt (for something).
To be given, sent, or paid something.
Having happened a short while ago.
Of a place or time: distant, remote.
A surname.
To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
One who receives.
The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal
To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard.
Alternative form of rackan (“chain”).
To cause to lean back; to bend back.
One who, or that which, reclines.
Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
Able to be recognized.
To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
To connect again or differently.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
present participle and gerund of record
Narration, account, description, rendering
To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
For, or relating to, recreation.
plural of rec
Clipping of rectangle.
Having a shape like a rectangle.
simple past and past participle of recycle
A surname.
A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
To free from entanglement.
Somewhat red.
Help, advice, counsel.
A surname.
Having red hair.
The state or quality of being red.
To do again.
plural of red
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
Alternative form of rei (“Portuguese real”).
Beer.
Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
A strong unpleasant smell.
A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
A surname.
Abbreviation of real effective exchange rate.
A surname from Welsh, an Anglicized form of Rhys.
right
Initialism of range-extended electric vehicle.
Initialism of row echelon form.
Abbreviation of reference.
An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
present participle and gerund of referee
A relationship or relation (to something).
A surname from German.
Abbreviation of refinancing.
To fight again.
An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.
Abbreviation of reflexive.
The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
simple past and past participle of refry
To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
plural of ref
simple past and past participle of reave
The act of refusing.
A hard surface of rock fragments set in a sandy matrix, found in some hot deserts; regolith, stony desert.
Abbreviation of register.
A surname from Italian.
Abbreviation of registered.
A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
A surname.
plural of reg
A standard group of three players in a sepak takraw team.
A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
The Arabic letter ر.
A river near Chengde, Hebei, China.
The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses).
A surname.
plural of reh
A surname.
Robbery.
A surname.
A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.
plural of rein
The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.
sedge; seaweed
The act of rejecting.
To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
Abbreviation of relative to.
Abbreviation of relative.
The manner in which two things may be associated.
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
To make something loose.
Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.