4-letter words starting with r
- reef — a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
- reek — a strong, unpleasant smell.
- reel — a lively Scottish dance.
- reen — a ditch, esp a drainage channel
- refi — a refinancing of a debt
- refl — reflection
- reft — a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- reg. — Regent
- regd — registered
- rego — the registration of a motor vehicle
- regs — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- regt — Regent
- rehi — (chat) Hello again.
- reid — Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- reif — plunder; booty; loot.
- reik — Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- rein — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reis — a former Portuguese and Brazilian money of account
- reit — real-estate investment trust.
- rel. — relating
- rely — to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon): You can rely on her work.
- reme — Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- rena — a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend — to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- reni — Guido [gwee-daw] /ˈgwi dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1575–1642, Italian painter.
- renk — unpleasant; horrible
- reno — Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent — an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.
- repl — 1. (language, LISP, programming) read-eval-print loop. 2. (language) Restricted EPL.
- repo — a repurchase agreement.
- repp — a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repr — represented
- rept — receipt
- resh — the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- resp — respective(ly)
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- retd — retd is a written abbreviation for retired. It is used after someone's name to indicate that they have retired from the army, navy, or air force.
- rete — a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- reti — Richard. 1889–1929, Hungarian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the theories of the hypermodern school
- retz — Gilles de Laval [zheel duh la-val] /ʒil də laˈval/ (Show IPA), Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
- reus — a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- revd — Revd is a written abbreviation for Reverend.
- rexx — Restructured EXtended eXecutor
- rfid — Radio-frequency identification
- rflp — restriction fragment length polymorphism: a fragment of DNA, cut by a restriction enzyme, that is different in length for each genetically related group and is used to trace family relationships.
- rg58 — (networking, hardware) A common, low-impedance (52 ohm), quarter-inch diameter coaxial cable with BNC connectors, used for 10base2 Ethernet wiring, sometimes called "cheapernet" in comparison with "full spec" RG8 cabling. A member of the "Radio Guide" series.
- rhea — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife and sister of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia: identified with Cybele and, by the Romans, with Ops.
- rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- rhet — rhetoric
- rhin — French name for a river in central and W Europe, rising in SE Switzerland: flows through Lake Constance north through W Germany and west through the Netherlands to the North Sea. Length: about 1320 km (820 miles)