8-Letter Nouns Starting With R

1. systematic investigation to establish facts

2. a search for knowledge

1. an official written record of names or events or transactions

2. (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

1. available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

2. a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed

1. a result

2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

2. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

1. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

2. an institution to express belief in a divine power

1. return to an original state

2. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

1. a person related by blood or marriage

2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

1. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

2. the act of rewriting something

1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

2. sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

1. an official written record of names or events or transactions

1. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

2. a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

1. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

2. an idea evoked by some experience

1. set that receives radio or tv signals

2. (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

1. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

2. loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

1. a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

1. equipment for making records

2. someone responsible for keeping records

1. a soulful or amorous idealist

2. an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

1. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

2. a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

1. a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure

2. a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations

1. a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group

2. a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred

1. a merchant who sells goods at retail

1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

2. accomplishment of an objective

1. a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response

2. an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

1. line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

2. a line of track providing a runway for wheels

1. a message that helps you remember something

2. an experience that causes you to remember something

1. the act of rotating as if on an axis

2. (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

1. an integer or a fraction

1. an associate who shares a room with you

1. certainty based on past experience

2. the state of relying on something

1. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

2. (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing

1. (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem

1. the area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots

1. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

1. army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.

1. an enthusiastic expression of emotion

2. (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character

1. using language effectively to please or persuade

2. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

1. widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery

2. extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats

1. any object that radiates energy

2. heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings

1. a change from one state to the opposite state

2. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

1. edge of a way or road or path

1. (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals

1. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

1. a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

1. the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty

1. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

1. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

1. people collectively who are mentally retarded

1. someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

2. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

1. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

2. a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings

1. hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork

2. any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black

1. editing that involves writing something again

1. the property of being extremely abundant

2. abundant wealth

1. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

2. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

1. a person who repeats

2. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

1. act of turning to for assistance

2. something or someone turned to for assistance or security

1. an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

2. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America

1. cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)

1. a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured

2. the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured

1. a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

2. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

1. a toilet that is available to the public

1. the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

2. the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

1. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

2. the act of deriding or treating with contempt

1. the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

2. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

1. an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it

1. the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

2. reducing prices back to some earlier level

1. the act of mobilizing for a common purpose

2. the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

1. (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding

1. someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)

1. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

2. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

1. a disputant who advocates reform

2. an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel

1. an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge)

1. a mild rebuke or criticism

2. disgrace or shame

1. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

1. a rate that is rapid

1. an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell

1. a glancing rebound

1. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

1. the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks

2. marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America

1. the act of removing or getting rid of something

2. the act of forcing out someone or something

1. farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

1. coming to full development; becoming mature

2. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

1. an English ball game similar to baseball

1. a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river

1. a slow or gradual disappearance

2. the act of becoming more distant

1. a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

1. a water-resistant coat

1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

1. the branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter

1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

1. a loud low dull continuous noise

1. something referred to; the object of a reference

2. the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate

1. creation that is created again or anew

1. the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation

1. a drug that relaxes and relieves tension

1. a manner that is rude and insulting

2. a wild or unrefined state

1. first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring

1. infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid

1. the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle

1. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

1. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person

1. a process of using up or consuming again

1. an antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis

1. the stealing of cattle

2. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

1. a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

1. someone skilled in the use of a rifle

2. a soldier whose weapon is a rifle

1. any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses

1. a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction

1. an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

1. seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil

1. a drop of rain

1. a recurrence of a prior experience

1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

1. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

1. someone who reasons logically

1. converting from one code to another

1. adroitness and cleverness in reply

1. a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite

1. direction toward the rear

1. an advocate of the principles of monarchy

1. a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries

2. a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument

1. the state of being ripe

1. a member of a right wing political party