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 wooden rulers
Marcin Wichary / CC BY-SA

Ris forRuler

A ruler is a thin, hard, straight piece of plastic or wood with numbers written on the edges at even spacings. Rulers are used both for drawing straight lines, and for measuring how long things are.
Art & crafts
Photo of a glass of rum.
Linus Bohman / CC BY-SA

Ris forRum

Rum is an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane, or products made from sugarcane like molasses. The sugarcane juice is fermented and distilled and then aged in barrels.
Drinks
Photo of some cows
Ian Mannion / CC BY-SA

Ris forRuminant

Ruminants are animals that chew their cud. Ruminants include animals like cows both domestic and wild, sheep, goats, giraffes, members of the deer family, camels, alpacas, llamas and members of the antelope family.
Mammals
Photo of a horse's rump
Jon Clegg / CC BY-SA

Ris forRump

An animal's rump is its fleshy hindquarters, bottom or buttocks. A cut of meat taken from an animal's rump may have the same name, for example rump steak.
Body parts
Photo of a group of baboons
Chris Eason / CC BY-SA

Ris forRumpus (baboon)

A group of baboons is called a rumpus.
Collective nouns
Photo of some men running a race
Stephane Vervalle / CC BY-SA

Ris forRun

Running is a lot faster than walking. When you run, you take much longer steps, and you'll find that both of your feet are off the ground at the same time as you run.
List of action and motion words, Verbs
Rune inscription on a stone.
Mararie / CC BY-SA

Ris forRune

Rune is an ancient alphabet used to write Germanic languages, especially the language used by Vikings. Runes can be found inscribed on stones throughout Scandinavia.
Photo of a cat on the rung of a ladder.
kudumomo / CC BY-SA

Ris forRung

A rung is a step of a ladder. Ladders are usually made up of many rungs. Rung is also the past tense of ring.
Past tense
Photo of a runt rabbit
Nikchick / CC BY-SA

Ris forRunt

A runt is the smallest of a litter of baby animals, or an adult animal that is unusually small compared to other animals of the same kind.
Animals
Photo of a rural scene
David Ohmer / CC BY-SA

Ris forRural

Something is rural if it relates to life outside the city, out in the countryside or on a farm. The opposite of rural is urban.
Adjectives