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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 rocking horse is a toy horse, large enough for you to sit on, that has rockers on the bottom so you can make it rocks backwards and forwards as you sit on it. Not all rocking horses are in the shape of horses, you can get all manner of animals with rockers on the bottom. Horses are just the most common.
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A rod is a relatively long, thin, straight object, very similar to a stick. Rods can be made from metal, plastic or wood. They can be used for a wide variety of things, such as fishing rods, magic wands, staffs and curtain rods. The rods in the picture are steel reinforcing rods.
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Rode is the past tense of ride.
A chipmunk is a rodent.
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Scientific name: Order rodentia
Rodents are mammals that have a set of sharp front teeth that grow continuously. Many species of rodent spend their life gnawing on things to keep their front teeth from overgrowing. Rodents include mice, beavers, chipmunks and the largest rodent is the capybara.
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Rodeos are events where cowboys and cowgirls test their skills. The events usually involve horses and other livestock, such as testing the contestant's ability to stay on a bucking horse or cow, and events like roping a cow or other animal while on horseback.
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Roe is eggs from either a fish or some other sea creature, like a crab or sea urchin. Roe is collected before it leaves the animal's body. Some types of roe are called caviar.
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You roll when you lie down and move from your front to your back (or the other way around). If you keep rolling you can travel quite some distance. You roll a ball or something else round when you push or pull it along the ground and it moves by turning over and over without losing contact with the ground.
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Rolled oats are oat grains that have first had the hard outer husk removed, then they are flattened by heavy rollers, lightly steamed and toasted. Rolled oats can be used to bake cookies or cakes, but most often they are cooked on their own to make porridge.
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A rollercoaster is a series of tracks that go up and down, and a cart that slides on the tracks. Rollercoasters can be very fast, and sometimes even have full loops in the tracks so you go upside down. Rollercoasters are great fun to ride on.
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Rollerskates are special shoes that have wheels on the bottom. Instead of walking in them, you roll along. Rollerskates with the wheels in a single row are called rollerblades or in line skates.