Words that start with R

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

Ris forRim

A rim is the very edge of something, usually something round like a cup or a wheel. When it is the topmost edge rather than the outer edge, it is also called the brim.

Ris forRind

The rind of a fruit is the hard outer layer that you can't eat. Fruits like watermelon and oranges have rinds.

Ris forRing

A ring is a piece of jewelry that you wear on your finger. Rings can be made out of almost anything, but are usually made from some kind of metal with some kind of stone set into them. The lady in the picture has three rings on her hand. Plain rings are generally worn by a married couple after their wedding.
Your ring finger is the fourth finger from the thumb. You can find it between the middle finger and the little finger. People often wear wedding bands or other rings on this finger. Wedding rings are worn on the ring finger on your left hand.

Ris forRinglets

Ringlets are curls in hair that form a kind of cylinder. You may see ringlets form on their own on people who have curly or wavy hair, or you might use curlers or curling irons to make ringlets like in the picture.
Scientific name: Pseudocheirus peregrinus
A ringtail possum is a small tree-dwelling marsupial, like an animal with a pouch, found in Australia and New Guinea. It has a long, ringed tail that helps it balance. It lives in forests and woodlands and often looks for leaves, fruit, and insects. At night, it can move along branches and may use its tail to grip.

Ris forRinse

You rinse something by giving it a light wash, usually under clean, running water. The person in the picture is rinsing a tomato. You often rinse something with clean water after washing it with soapy water, to get any remaining soap off.

Ris forRip

Rip is another word for tear, where you damage something by pulling it in two different directions at once until it breaks.

Ris forRipe

A fruit or vegetable is ripe if it is fully grown, and is sweet or otherwise ready to eat. The red tomato on the left of the picture is ripe, the other two are still ripening. They are under ripe.

Ris forRipped

Ripped is the past tense of rip. Something that has been damaged by being ripped is described as being ripped. A similar word to ripped is torn.