9-Letter Nouns Starting With R
Here's the list of all the 1210 9-Letter Nouns Starting With R in the English Language.
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| reference | 1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone 2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage More Definitions → |
| relations | 1. mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups More Definitions → |
| recommend | More Definitions → |
| reporting | 1. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television More Definitions → |
| religious | 1. a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience More Definitions → |
| reduction | 1. the act of decreasing or reducing something 2. 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 More Definitions → |
| recording | 1. a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded 2. the act of making a record (especially an audio record) More Definitions → |
| represent | More Definitions → |
| residence | 1. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily 2. the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) More Definitions → |
| radiation | 1. energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles 2. the act of spreading outward from a central source More Definitions → |
| recognize | More Definitions → |
| reception | 1. the manner in which something is greeted 2. a formal party of people; as after a wedding More Definitions → |
| recipient | 1. a person who receives something 2. the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause More Definitions → |
| refinance | More Definitions → |
| resistant | More Definitions → |
| recycling | 1. used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products 2. the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products More Definitions → |
| retention | 1. the act of retaining something 2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience More Definitions → |
| registrar | 1. a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company 2. the administrator responsible for student records More Definitions → |
| relevance | 1. the relation of something to the matter at hand More Definitions → |
| riverside | 1. the bank of a river More Definitions → |
| renewable | More Definitions → |
| reasoning | 1. thinking that is coherent and logical More Definitions → |
| replacing | 1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another More Definitions → |
| retrieval | 1. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory 2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory More Definitions → |
| remainder | 1. something left after other parts have been taken away 2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor More Definitions → |
| rendering | 1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. 2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious More Definitions → |
| reservoir | 1. a large or extra supply of something 2. lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water More Definitions → |
| reproduce | More Definitions → |
| retailing | 1. the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers More Definitions → |
| regulator | 1. any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. 2. an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest More Definitions → |
| rejection | 1. the act of rejecting something 2. the state of being rejected More Definitions → |
| resonance | 1. an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation 2. a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system More Definitions → |
| residency | 1. the act of dwelling in a place 2. the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship) More Definitions → |
| rationale | 1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) More Definitions → |
| recognise | More Definitions → |
| radiology | 1. the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation 2. (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation More Definitions → |
| readiness | 1. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) 2. prompt willingness More Definitions → |
| repayment | 1. the act of returning money received previously 2. payment of a debt or obligation More Definitions → |
| revealing | 1. the speech act of making something evident More Definitions → |
| recruiter | 1. someone who supplies members or employees 2. an official who enlists personnel for military service More Definitions → |
| resolving | 1. analysis into clear-cut components More Definitions → |
| rectangle | 1. a parallelogram with four right angles More Definitions → |
| repeating | 1. the act of doing or performing again More Definitions → |
| restraint | 1. the act of controlling by restraining someone or something 2. discipline in personal and social activities More Definitions → |
| rebellion | 1. refusal to accept some authority or code or convention 2. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another More Definitions → |
| reinforce | More Definitions → |
| retriever | 1. a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game More Definitions → |
| requisite | 1. anything indispensable More Definitions → |
| rehearsal | 1. a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert) 2. (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory More Definitions → |
| raspberry | 1. woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries 2. red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries More Definitions → |
| recession | 1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year 2. a small concavity More Definitions → |
| reflector | 1. device that reflects radiation 2. optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece More Definitions → |
| replicate | More Definitions → |
| responder | 1. someone who responds More Definitions → |
| resultant | 1. the final point in a process 2. something that results More Definitions → |
| reconcile | More Definitions → |
| reductase | 1. an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance More Definitions → |
| reimburse | More Definitions → |
| rewriting | 1. editing that involves writing something again More Definitions → |
| rendition | 1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. 2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious More Definitions → |
| reinstall | More Definitions → |
| remission | 1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) 2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place More Definitions → |
| recursion | 1. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated application or execution of a pattern, function or definition; an expression that is recursive More Definitions → |
| reckoning | 1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities 2. a bill for an amount due More Definitions → |
| relevancy | 1. the relation of something to the matter at hand More Definitions → |
| reverence | 1. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something 2. a reverent mental attitude More Definitions → |
| refresher | 1. a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day 2. a drink that refreshes More Definitions → |
| repellent | 1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water 2. a chemical substance that repels animals More Definitions → |
| reclining | 1. the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position More Definitions → |
| repertory | 1. a storehouse where a stock of things is kept 2. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation More Definitions → |
| resection | 1. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ More Definitions → |
| requester | 1. one praying humbly for something More Definitions → |
| rainwater | 1. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds More Definitions → |
| roughness | 1. a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven 2. the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses More Definitions → |
| republish | More Definitions → |
| recapture | 1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount 2. the act of taking something back More Definitions → |
| retardant | 1. any agent that retards or delays or hinders More Definitions → |
| rectifier | 1. electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current 2. a person who corrects or sets right More Definitions → |
| rheumatic | 1. a person suffering with rheumatism More Definitions → |
| reiterate | More Definitions → |
| reinstate | More Definitions → |
| racetrack | 1. a course over which races are run More Definitions → |
| reflexive | 1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent More Definitions → |
| refueling | 1. the activity of supplying or taking on fuel More Definitions → |
| rearrange | More Definitions → |
| resonator | 1. a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves 2. an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude More Definitions → |
| reticulum | 1. any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) 2. the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant More Definitions → |
| retreated | 1. people who have retreated More Definitions → |
| reversion | 1. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) 2. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) More Definitions → |
| replenish | More Definitions → |
| recessive | 1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical More Definitions → |
| rationing | 1. the act of rationing More Definitions → |
| rejoicing | 1. a feeling of great happiness 2. the utterance of sounds expressing great joy More Definitions → |
| rehearing | 1. the act of hearing again More Definitions → |
| reprimand | 1. an act or expression of criticism and censure More Definitions → |
| refilling | 1. filling again by supplying what has been used up More Definitions → |
| repressor | 1. an agent that represses More Definitions → |
| roadhouse | 1. an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling More Definitions → |
| regaining | 1. getting something back again More Definitions → |
| rangeland | 1. land suitable for grazing livestock More Definitions → |
| riverbank | 1. the bank of a river More Definitions → |
| reverting | 1. a failure to maintain a higher state More Definitions → |
| reportage | 1. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television More Definitions → |
| repulsion | 1. the force by which bodies repel one another 2. intense aversion More Definitions → |
| resurrect | More Definitions → |
| retaliate | More Definitions → |
| roadblock | 1. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective 2. a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. More Definitions → |
| recollect | More Definitions → |
| reformist | 1. a disputant who advocates reform More Definitions → |
| refurbish | More Definitions → |
| ridgeline | 1. a long narrow range of hills More Definitions → |
| ribavirin | 1. an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections More Definitions → |
| reminisce | More Definitions → |
| rotavirus | 1. the reovirus causing infant enteritis More Definitions → |
| repellant | 1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water 2. a chemical substance that repels animals More Definitions → |
| reptilian | 1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms More Definitions → |
| ritonavir | 1. a protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV More Definitions → |
| reductive | More Definitions → |
| referenda | 1. a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate More Definitions → |
| reshuffle | 1. a redistribution of something 2. shuffling again More Definitions → |
| razorback | 1. a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States 2. any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin More Definitions → |
| rainmaker | 1. executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm 2. American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain More Definitions → |
| revulsion | 1. intense aversion More Definitions → |
| reconvene | More Definitions → |
| racehorse | 1. a horse bred for racing More Definitions → |
| resurface | More Definitions → |
| ruthenium | 1. a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum More Definitions → |
| reservist | 1. a member of a military reserve More Definitions → |
| retinitis | 1. inflammation of the retina More Definitions → |
| rhodopsin | 1. a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light More Definitions → |
| repairman | 1. a skilled worker whose job is to repair things More Definitions → |
| redevelop | More Definitions → |
| relapsing | 1. a failure to maintain a higher state More Definitions → |
| randomize | More Definitions → |
| rudiments | 1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles 2. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) More Definitions → |
| remediate | More Definitions → |
| rainstorm | 1. a storm with rain More Definitions → |
| retentive | More Definitions → |
| repudiate | More Definitions → |
| rejoinder | 1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) 2. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication More Definitions → |
| reexamine | More Definitions → |
| reentrant | More Definitions → |
| refectory | 1. a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) More Definitions → |
| rightness | 1. according with conscience or morality 2. appropriate conduct; doing the right thing More Definitions → |
| relishing | 1. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality More Definitions → |
| reticence | 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary More Definitions → |
| reflexion | 1. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface 2. expression without words More Definitions → |
| reconfirm | More Definitions → |
| retractor | 1. surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision More Definitions → |
| rootstock | 1. a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure 2. root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots More Definitions → |
| repentant | More Definitions → |