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Words starting with R

Words that start with R

Rick the royal raccoon ran 'round the raspberry bush in Rhode Island.

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A rail is a long, thin piece of wood or metal that is fixed in place horizontally. Rails are often used like in the picture as a guard to stop people going past them. They can be fixed to a wall as a support somewhere people might need them, like in a shower cubicle. A special type of rail is found on a railway track.

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A railroad is made from two rails laid parallel to each other. The rails are usually fixed to wooden or concrete sleepers. Railroads are especially made for trains to travel along.
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Scientific name: precipitation
Clouds are made out of tiny droplets of water. As a cloud gets bigger and bigger, the droplets join up and become bigger too. Eventually the droplets get too big and heavy to stay up in the air, and they fall as rain. Words that sound the same as rain but are spelt differently are reign and rein.

Ris forRainbow

Rainbows happen when the sun shines through a very fine spray of water, like rain in the air or the spray from a garden hose or even from a waterfall. The rainbow is colourful because as sunlight travels through the water spray, it splits into a spectrum of colours. All the colours you see in a rainbow are there all the time in normal light, but they are mixed up together so you only see white light. You can also see the colours of the rainbow by shining light through a prism.
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Scientific name: trichoglossus haematodus
Rainbow lorikeets are a type of parrot found in Australia, mainly on the east coast but also in parts of South Australia and Tasmania. Rainbow lorikeets eat fruit, pollen and nectar.
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A raincoat is a piece of clothing made from waterproof fabric. Raincoats are designed to keep you dry when you are outside in the rain.

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A raindrop is a droplet of water that has fallen to the ground during the rain. The picture is of some raindrops on a leaf.
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A rainforest is an area with very high rainfall. They are usually in the warmer parts of the world. Rainforests have an amazing amount of plants and animals living in them, around half of the world's plant and animal species are found in rainforests.
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You raise something when you move it so it is higher than it was before. The people in the picture have their hands raised.
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Ris forRaisin

Raisins are dried sultana grapes, and in many countries they are just called sultanas. Raisins can be added to cakes and puddings or just eaten by themselves. They are an excellent lunchbox snack.