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9-Letter Words Starting with R: page 2

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All 531 nine-letter words that start with R: page 2 of 2

RE

  • retrowave15n. Synthwave music.
  • returning10n. The act of one who returns; a coming back.
  • reuniting10n. An act of reunion.
  • revaluate12v. To make a new valuation or appraisal of.
  • revealing13adj. Informative; providing new information.
  • revelator12n. A person or personified agent who reveals; especially, one who makes a...
  • revelling13n. A revel.
  • revenging14n. The taking of revenge.
  • reverence14n. Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
  • reversely15adv. In a reverse manner; in the opposite sequence or direction.
  • reversing13n. An act of reversal.
  • reversion12n. The act or process of reverting something.
  • revetment14n. A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side...
  • reviewing16n. The act by which something is reviewed, or thought about again; a...
  • revocable16adj. Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.
  • revolting13n. Revolution; revolt.
  • revolving16adj. Moving around a central point.
  • revulsion12n. Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance...
  • rewarding14adj. Giving or resulting in reward or satisfaction.
  • rewetting13n. A second or subsequent wetting.
  • rewilding14n. The act of restoring a natural area to its former wild state...
  • rewinding14n. The act or process by which something is rewound.
  • rewording14n. The act or process of creating a changed wording.
  • reworking17n. An act in which something is reworked.
  • rewriting13n. The process or result of writing again; a rewrite.

RH

  • rhapsodic17adj. Highly emotional; rapturous.
  • rheometer14n. A device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable...
  • rheumatic16adj. Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
  • rhinology16n. The scientific study of the nose.
  • rhizobium25n. Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on...
  • rhizotomy26n. The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal...
  • rhodamine15n. Any of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone dyes.
  • rhodonite13n. A manganese inosilicate mineral with some substitution by iron and...
  • rhodopsin15n. A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists...
  • rhoticity17n. The quality of being rhotic.
  • rhymefest20n. A situation involving a great deal of rhyming.
  • rhymester17n. A rhymer; a poetaster.
  • rhyolitic17adj. Pertaining to or composed of rhyolite, the lava form of granite.

RI

  • ribavirin14n. A synthetic analog of guanosine with chemical formula C₈H₁₂N₄O₅ that...
  • ribosomal13adj. Of or relating to ribosomes.
  • ricefield15n. A field where rice is grown.
  • riderless10adj. Without or deprived of a rider.
  • ridership15n. The people who ride a form of transportation.
  • rideshare13n. A ridesharing arrangement in which people travel together.
  • ridgeback19n. Any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs...
  • ridgeline11n. The topmost edge along a mountain ridge.
  • ridgepole13n. A beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached.
  • rifabutin14n. A bactericidal antibiotic, primarily used in the treatment of...
  • rifaximin21n. A semisynthetic antibiotic based on rifamycin.
  • righteous13adj. Free from sin or guilt.
  • rightmost15adj. Furthest to the right.
  • rightness13n. The characteristic of being right; correctness.
  • rightside14n. The correct or normal side of something.
  • rightward17adj. To or from the right.
  • rigidness11n. Rigidity.
  • rigmarole12n. A long and complicated formal procedure.
  • ringworld14n. An artificial megastructure in space, consisting of a rotating ring...
  • riotously12adv. In a riotous manner.
  • riskiness13n. The characteristic of being risky.
  • risperdal12n. Synonym of risperidone.
  • ristretto9n. An espresso drink made with less hot water than normal.
  • ritonavir12n. An antiretroviral drug C₃₇H₄₈N₆O₅S₂ of the protease inhibitor class...
  • ritualism11n. The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions...
  • ritualist9n. One skilled in ritual.
  • rituximab20n. A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by...
  • rivalrous12adj. Having a relationship of rivalry.
  • riverbank18n. A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and...
  • riverbend15n. A knee or meander in a river.
  • riverboat14n. A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
  • riverhead16n. The head or source of a river.
  • riverpark18n. A park near a river.
  • riverport14n. A port along a river.
  • riverside13n. A bank or side of a river.
  • riverwalk19n. A pedestrian street or pathway alongside a river, providing a space for...

RO

  • roadblock18n. Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
  • roadhouse13n. An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the...
  • roadstead11n. A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where...
  • roadstone10n. Any type of stone or stone product, such as shingle, flints, crushed...
  • robotized21adj. Like or having characteristics of a robot; automated.
  • rockbound18adj. Surrounded by rocks.
  • rocketeer15n. Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.
  • rocketman17n. A rocketeer or rocket scientist.
  • rockslide16n. A type of landslide characterized by falling rocks.
  • rockstone15n. A pebble.
  • roguelike14n. Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by...
  • roguishly16adv. In a roguish manner.
  • romancing14n. The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
  • romanized21adj. That is written in the Latin alphabet.
  • romantica13n. Erotic romance.
  • roominess11n. The quality of being roomy.
  • rootstock15n. A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most...
  • roseberry14n. A rosehip.
  • rosewater12n. A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring...
  • rostering10n. The process of forming a roster.
  • rotatable11adj. Having the ability to rotate.
  • rotatably14adv. So as to be movable by rotation.
  • rotavirus12n. Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that...
  • rotoscope13n. A technique in which animators trace live-action movement frame by...
  • rotundity13n. The quality of being rotund.
  • roughcast15n. A crude model.
  • roughneck19n. A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or...
  • roughness13n. The property of being rough, coarseness.
  • roughshod17adj. Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or...
  • roundball12n. The sport of basketball.
  • roundelay13n. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
  • roundhead14adj. Having a dome-shaped head.
  • roundness10n. The degree of accuracy to which a manufactured object intended to be...
  • roundtrip12v. To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without...
  • roundwood14n. Timber as it is cut from the tree, including the bark and without any...
  • roundworm15n. An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla....
  • routinely12adv. In a routine manner, in a way that has become common or expected.
  • rowdiness13n. The state of being rowdy.

RU

  • rudbeckia18n. Any member of the genus Rudbeckia of coneflowers.
  • rudraksha17n. The dried seed of a large evergreen broad-leaved tree, Elaeocarpus...
  • rufescent14adj. Becoming reddish; tinged with red.
  • ruination9n. The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
  • ruinously12adv. In a way that will cause ruin.
  • rulership14n. A position in which one rules or has sovereignty over others.
  • ruminated12adj. Ruminate.
  • rummaging15n. The act of one who rummages.
  • runaround10n. An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses.
  • runestone9n. An ancient monument consisting of a typically raised stone with a runic...
  • runscorer11n. Someone who scores runs.
  • rushlight16n. A type of inexpensive candle formed by soaking the dried pith of the...
  • rusticate11v. To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either...
  • rusticity14n. The quality of being rustic.
  • rustiness9n. The state of being rusty.
  • rustproof14adj. Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion.
  • ruthenian12adj. Containing ruthenium.
  • ruthenium14n. A metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.

RY

  • ryanodine13n. A poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American...

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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