6-letter words starting with r
- raetic — an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rafale — a burst of artillery fire
- raffee — a triangular sail set in the manner of a square sail above the uppermost yard of a topsail schooner.
- raffia — a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, and the like.
- raffle — rubbish.
- rafter — a flock, especially of turkeys.
- rag on — to scold.
- ragbag — a bag in which small pieces of cloth are kept for use in mending.
- ragged — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- raggle — a groove cut in masonry to receive flashing.
- raging — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- ragini — an Indian musical form related to raga
- raglan — a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- ragman — a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- ragout — French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- ragtag — ragged or shabby; disheveled.
- ragtop — an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- raguly — having tooth-like or stub-like projections
- ragusa — a province in SE Italy.
- rahman — Prince Abdul [ahb-dool] /ˈɑb dul/ (Show IPA), 1903–90, Malayan political leader: prime minister of Malaya 1957–63; premier of Malaysia 1963–70.
- rahway — a city in NE New Jersey.
- raided — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- raider — a person or thing that raids.
- railed — a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- railer — to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often followed by at or against): to rail at fate.
- rained — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- raipur — a city in SE Madhya Pradesh, in E central India.
- raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- raiser — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- raisin — a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- rajkot — a city in S Gujarat, in W India.
- rajput — a member of a Hindu people claiming descent from the ancient Kshatriya, or warrior caste, and noted for their military spirit.
- rakery — rakish behaviour; profligacy
- raking — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- rakish — smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
- ralegh — Sir Walter1552?-1618; Eng. statesman, explorer, & poet; beheaded
- rallye — to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.
- ramada — an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds.
- ramage — a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- ramark — a radar beacon developed by the U.S. Coast Guard as a marine navigational aid.
- ramate — having branches; branching out or off.
- rambla — a dry ravine.
- ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- ramcat — a male cat
- ramdac — Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
- rameau — Jean Philippe [zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.
- ramets — an individual of a clone.
- ramify — have complex branches
- ramjet — a jet engine operated by the injection of fuel into a stream of air compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft.