8-Letter Nouns Starting With RE

Here's the list of all the 402 8-Letter Nouns Starting With RE in the English Language.

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research
1. systematic investigation to establish facts
2. a search for knowledge
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register
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
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resource
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
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response
1. a result
2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
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republic
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
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religion
1. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
2. an institution to express belief in a divine power
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recovery
1. return to an original state
2. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
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relative
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)
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revision
1. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
2. the act of rewriting something
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relation
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
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registry
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
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resident
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
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reaction
1. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
2. an idea evoked by some experience
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receiver
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
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reducing
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
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reporter
1. a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
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reserves
1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
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recorder
1. equipment for making records
2. someone responsible for keeping records
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reviewer
1. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
2. a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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referral
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
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retailer
1. a merchant who sells goods at retail
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reaching
1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
2. accomplishment of an objective
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receptor
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
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reminder
1. a message that helps you remember something
2. an experience that causes you to remember something
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reliance
1. certainty based on past experience
2. the state of relying on something
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receipts
1. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
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residual
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
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respects
1. (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
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regiment
1. army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.
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reversal
1. a change from one state to the opposite state
2. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
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refining
1. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
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reverend
1. a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
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resistor
1. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
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refinery
1. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
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retarded
1. people collectively who are mentally retarded
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renegade
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.
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revolver
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
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revising
1. editing that involves writing something again
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repeater
1. a person who repeats
2. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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recourse
1. act of turning to for assistance
2. something or someone turned to for assistance or security
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reindeer
1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
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retrofit
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
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retainer
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)
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restroom
1. a toilet that is available to the public
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rebuttal
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
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recliner
1. an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it
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redshift
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
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redeemer
1. someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)
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reliever
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
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reformer
1. a disputant who advocates reform
2. an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel
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reproach
1. a mild rebuke or criticism
2. disgrace or shame
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receding
1. a slow or gradual disappearance
2. the act of becoming more distant
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repairer
1. a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
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reprieve
1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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reprisal
1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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referent
1. something referred to; the object of a reference
2. the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
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remaking
1. creation that is created again or anew
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relaxant
1. a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
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reuptake
1. a process of using up or consuming again
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restorer
1. a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
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reactant
1. a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
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reliving
1. a recurrence of a prior experience
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readying
1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
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rewriter
1. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
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reasoner
1. someone who reasons logically
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recoding
1. converting from one code to another
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repartee
1. adroitness and cleverness in reply
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rearward
1. direction toward the rear
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reticule
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
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8-Letter Nouns Starting With RE