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3-letter words containing r

  • rdf — Resource Description Framework
  • rdl — Requirements and Development Language.
  • rdp — (protocol)   1. Reliable Data Protocol. 2. Remote Desktop Protocol.
  • rds — radio data system: a system in which digital signals are transmitted with normal radio programme to effect automatic tuning of receivers and other functions
  • rdx — Research Department Explosive; another name for cyclonite
  • re- — Re- is added to verbs and nouns to form new verbs and nouns that refer to the repeating of an action or process. For example, to 're-read' something means to read it again, and someone's 're-election' is their being elected again.
  • reb — Mister (used as a title of respect).
  • rec — CONVERT
  • red — John, c1460–1529, English poet.
  • ree — Arikara.
  • ref — referee in a sport
  • reg — a male given name, form of Reginald.
  • reh — a salty surface crust found on the soil in parts of India
  • rei — a Portuguese coin
  • rem — rapid eye movement.
  • reo — a language
  • rep — Nucleonics. a unit proposed as a supplement to roentgen for expressing dosage of ionizing radiation: subsequently abandoned.
  • req — request
  • res — an object or thing; matter.
  • ret — to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
  • rev — a revolution (in an engine or the like).
  • rex — king.
  • rey — a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
  • rf- — reconnaissance fighter
  • rfc — Request For Comments
  • rfd — RFD is a mail service in rural areas. RFD is an abbreviation of 'rural free delivery.'
  • rfe — 1. Request For Enhancement (compare RFC). 2. (From "Radio Free Europe", Bellcore and Sun) Radio Free Ethernet. A system originated by Peter Langston for broadcasting audio among Sun SPARCstations over the Ethernet.
  • rfi — Radio Frequency Interference
  • rfp — 1.   (business)   Request for Proposal. 2.   (Debian)   Request for Package.
  • rft — Request For Technology
  • rg8 — (networking, hardware)   The original "full spec" cable used for 10base5 Ethernet networks. RG8 is stiff, large diameter coaxial cable with an impedance of 50 ohms, a member of the "Radio Guide" series. The outer sheath is usually yellow, to indicate double shielding, so it is often just called "yellow cable". 10base5 cable is designed to allow transceivers to be added while existing connections are live. This is achieved using a "vampire tap". RG8 is sometimes called "thicknet" or "thick Ethernet" in contrast to RG58, a cheaper, thinner, more flexible alternative.
  • rgb — Red, Green, Blue. The three colours of light which can be mixed to produce any other colour. Coloured images are often stored as a sequence of RGB triplets or as separate red, green and blue overlays though this is not the only possible representation (see CMYK and HSV). These colours correspond to the three "guns" in a colour cathode ray tube and to the colour receptors in the human eye. Often used as a synonym for colour, as in "RGB monitor" as opposed to monochrome (black and white).
  • rgn — Registered General Nurse
  • rgs — Royal Geographical Society
  • rgt — regiment
  • rha — Regional Health Authority
  • rhd — right-hand drive
  • rhe — a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
  • rhg — Royal Horse Guards
  • rho — the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
  • rhs — Royal Historical Society
  • ria — a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
  • rib — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
  • ric — Royal Institute of Chemistry
  • rid — to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along.
  • rie — Dame Lucie, original name Lucie Gomperz. 1902–95, British potter, born in Austria
  • rif — to discharge (a person) from military or civil service, especially as part of an economy program.
  • rig — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
  • rim — the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
  • rin — a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
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