6-letter words starting with r
- rappel — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- rappen — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- rapper — a person or thing that raps or knocks.
- raptly — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- raptor — a raptorial bird.
- raptus — a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- raqqah — a city in N Syria on the north bank of the Euphrates, inhabited since antiquity: captured by Islamic State in 2013. Pop: 220 488 (2004)
- rarefy — to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas.
- rarely — on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom: I'm rarely late for appointments.
- rarest — (of meat) cooked just slightly: He likes his steak rare.
- rarify — rarefy
- raring — very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go.
- rarity — something rare, unusual, or uncommon: Snowstorms are a rarity in the South.
- rascal — a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- rasher — vermilion rockfish.
- rashid — a town in N Egypt, on the Nile delta
- rashly — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- rasing — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- rasped — to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- rasper — a person or thing that rasps.
- rassle — wrestle
- raster — Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rasure — an erasure.
- ratana — of or relating to the Ratana Church or the Māori Christian religious movement associated with it
- ratbag — contemptible person
- ratfiv — (language) An enhancement to the RATFOR programming language, developed by Bill Wood while at the Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia PA, now the Fox Chase Cancer Center) in 1980-1981. RATFIV was released on several DECUS (Digital Equipment Corporation User's Group) tapes for VAX/VMS. Among its enhancements were: optional Fortan 77 output, an enhanced Format statement and enhanced macros.
- ratfor — RATional Fortran
- rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- ratify — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- ratine — a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
- ration — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ratite — having a flat, unkeeled sternum, as an ostrich, cassowary, emu, or moa.
- ratoon — a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- rattan — Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ratted — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ratten — to sabotage or steal (tools), or harass in order to disrupt workers
- ratter — a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- rattle — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- rattly — tending to rattle; making or having a rattling sound.
- ratton — a rat.
- raucid — raucous
- raucle — bold, rash
- raunch — smuttiness or vulgarity; crudeness; obscenity: porno magazines and other purveyors of raunch.
- ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravana — (in the Ramayana) the king of Ceylon who abducts Sita, the wife of Ramachandra, and is later defeated by Ramachandra.
- ravine — a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving — extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
- ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- rawest — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.