8-Letter Words Starting With R

1. systematic investigation to establish facts

2. a search for knowledge

1. set aside for the use of a particular person or party

2. marked by self-restraint and reticence

1. record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

2. record in a public office or in a court of law

1. necessary for relief or supply

2. required by rule

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. widely accepted as true or worthy

2. conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

1. a result

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

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

2. keep in mind for attention or consideration

1. characteristic of a region

2. related or limited to a particular region

1. in the recent past

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. made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account

1. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

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. make reference to

2. be relevant to

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. set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction

2. (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register

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. worthy of reliance or trust

2. worthy of being depended on

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. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

2. a soulful or amorous idealist

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. successfully completed or brought to an end

1. explained or answered

2. determined

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. recurring again and again

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. rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

1. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

2. supply with railroad lines

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. consistent with or based on or using reason

2. capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers

1. continued in your keeping or use or memory

1. an associate who shares a room with you

1. get or find back; recover the use of

2. go for and bring back

1. certainty based on past experience

2. the state of relying on something

1. place restrictions on

2. place under restrictions; limit access to by law

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

1. affording physical or mental rest

1. relating to or indicating a remainder

2. something left after other parts have been taken away

1. widely known and esteemed

1. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

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

1. in a random manner

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

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

1. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

2. form (military personnel) into a regiment

1. turned inside out and resewn

2. turned about in order or relation

1. an enthusiastic expression of emotion

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

1. in a remote manner

2. to a remote degree

1. channel into a new direction

1. easily deciphered

1. using language effectively to please or persuade

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

1. reacting to a stimulus

2. participating readily in reactions

1. successfully completed or brought to an end

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. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

2. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

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. design anew, make a new design for

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. tending or intended to rectify or improve

2. tending to cure or restore to health

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. (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear

2. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

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

2. worthy of adoration or reverence

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

1. caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one

1. worried and uneasy

2. ceaselessly in motion

1. capable of being used again

1. not arrogant or presuming

2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

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

1. appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

1. load anew

2. charge anew

1. become established in a new location

2. move or establish in a new location

1. in a faithful manner

1. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

2. formally approved and invested with legal authority

1. of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream

1. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

1. people collectively who are mentally retarded

2. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development

1. break with established customs

2. someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

1. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

2. characterized by careless unconcern

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. having a sunken area

2. resembling an alcove

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

1. logically valid

1. recurring with measured regularity

1. saved from the bondage of sin

1. spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

1. characterized by resonance

2. serving to bring to mind

1. give a new or different definition to

2. give a new or different definition of (a word)

1. form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind

2. give new life or energy to

1. without mercy or pity

1. tending to impart new life and vigor to

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. to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

2. restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

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. legally valid

2. having a legally established claim

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. with respect to race

1. give reassurance to; give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain

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

1. restore to a previous or better condition

2. make brighter and prettier

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. submit (information) again to a program or automatic system

1. exercising power or authority

1. a disputant who advocates reform

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

1. capable of arousing and holding the attention

1. tending to impart new life and vigor to

1. bring back into existence

2. create anew and make over

1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

2. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

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

1. sound with resonance

2. be received or understood

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)

2. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

1. characterized by quickness and firmness

2. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

1. affirm once again

1. a rate that is rapid

1. send (money) in payment

2. hold back to a later time

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. spring back; spring away from an impact

2. 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. engage in a rehearsal (of)

1. an English ball game similar to baseball

1. appear again

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

1. revise or renew one's assessment

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. turned in a circle around an axis

1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

1. a loud low dull continuous noise

2. continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound

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. lacking pathways

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

1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

1. of or relating to rabbis or their teachings

1. tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension

2. 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. extremely hungry

2. devouring or craving food in great quantities

1. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

2. 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. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

2. break with established customs

1. a process of using up or consuming again

1. in a radial manner

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. kindle anew, as of a fire

2. arouse again

1. give a new surface

1. express the same message in different words

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. cause to move back by force or influence

2. be repellent to; cause aversion in

1. commit once again, as of a crime

2. commit again

1. showing great reverence for god

2. feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

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. temperamentally disinclined to talk

2. cool and formal in manner

1. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

1. liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes

1. someone who reasons logically

1. in a robust manner

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. located in or toward the back or rear

2. directed or moving toward the rear

1. adjust anew

2. adjust again after an initial failure

1. an advocate of the principles of monarchy

1. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

2. prove to be false or incorrect

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. chew the cuds

2. reflect deeply on a subject

1. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

2. lighted with red light as if with flames

1. strengthen or make more firm

1. a member of a right wing political party

2. believing in or supporting tenets of the political right