Words that start with R

A raven is a black bird in the same family as crows and magpies. They are one of the largest members of the crow family.

Razors, also called shavers, are a hand-held device used for shaving. They have a handle and a covered razor blade that is designed to remove hair but not cut your skin. There are electric razors available as well as manual ones.

Razor wire, or barbed tape is similar to barbed wire but is designed to stop humans rather than animals from passing. There is a single strand of barbed wire in the picture. Razor wire has sharp blades made from pressed stainless steel along its length. The blades are designed to give very bad cuts to anyone trying to climb over it.

Reading is a way of converting written words into spoken words. You can either read out loud or read inside your head so noone else can hear you. People who can't see can still read books. There are special books made for blind people that have patterns of small bumps instead of letters. This way of writing is called braille.

Something recedes when it moves away from something else. After a flood, the flood waters gradually recede back to where they were. The man in the picture has a receding hairline, which means his hairline is moving away from where it once was.