Words that start with R

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

Animals starting with R

Animals

Food starting with R

Food

Plants that start with R

Plants

Adjectives that start with R

Adjectives

Verbs that start with R

Verbs

Countries that start with R

Countries

Cities that start with R

Cities

Jobs that start with R

Jobs

Photo of a horses rump

Body parts

Photo of a raspberry bush

Fruit

Photo of a rooster.

Birds

Photo of a rocking chair
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Ris forRocking chair

A rocking chair is an ordinary chair with curved pieces fitted to the bottom of the legs so you can make it rock backwards and forwards. People like rocking chairs because they find the rocking motion soothing and relaxing.
Furniture
Photo of a child on a rocking horse
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Ris forRocking horse

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.
Toys and games
Photo of reinforcing rods
Warren Rohner / CC BY-SA

Ris forRod

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.
Materials
Photo of a family riding a bike
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Ris forRode

Rode is the past tense of ride.
Past
A chipmunk is a rodent.
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Ris forRodent

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.
Animals
Photo of a rodeo
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Ris forRodeo

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.
Sports
Photo of roe on sushi
Kirti Poddar / CC BY-SA

Ris forRoe

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.
Food
Photo of a dog rolling over
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Ris forRoll

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.
Motion, Verbs
Photo of rolled oats in a jar
Larissa Brown / CC BY-SA

Ris forRolled oats

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.
Food
Photo of a rollercoaster
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Ris forRollercoaster

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.
Toys and games