rickety, ricketier, ricketiest.adjectives
likely to break or fall apart; shaky (that rickety old rusted vehicle is ready to be scrapped); feeble with age; infirm
ricketiness.noun

rickets.noun
rickets is an illness resulting from a deficiency in vitamin D or calcium and from insufficient.exposure to Sunlight and characterized by poor bone growth and occurring.chiefly in children; also called rachitis

recount, recounted, recounting, recounts.transitive verbs
to narrate the facts or particulars of; to describe; if you recount a story or event, you tell or describe it to people (he recounted the story of his first day at school); to count again; to enumerate; a recount is a second count of votes in an election when the result is very close
recountal.noun,.plural.recountals

ravishing.adjective
if you describe someone as ravishing, you mean that they are very beautiful (she looked ravishing with her hair all done in a French roll wearing a gorgeous dress, captivating smile and necklace); stunning in appearance (a ravishing smile); extremely attractive; entrancing; word is from the 14th century
ravishingly.adverb
unusually attractive, pleasing or striking
ravish, ravished, ravishing, ravishes.transitive verbs
to seize and carry away by force; to rape; violate
ravisher.noun,.plural.ravishers

rape.noun,.plural.rapes
the crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, such as sexual intercourse; the act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction; abusive or improper.treatment (rapes of the people occur.regularly by monopolistic.corporations who grab at any opportunity to charge as much as they can for their products); violation
rape, raped, raping, rapes.transitive verbs
to force another person to submit to sex acts, such as sexual intercourse; commit rape on someone; to seize and carry off by force; to plunder or pillage
raper.noun,.plural.rapers

rape.noun,.plural.rapes
a European plant (Brassica napus) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for its seed that yields an oil that is used in making deadly mustard gas; also called colza, oil-seed rape or the rapeseed product called canola oil

rape.noun,.plural.rapes
the refuse of grapes left after the extraction of the juice in winemaking

ransack, ransacked, ransacking, ransacks.transitive verbs
if people ransack a building, they damage things in it or make it very untidy, often because they are looking for something in a quick and careless way
ransacker.noun,.plural.ransackers

rise, rose, risen, rising, rises.verbs
intransitive verb use.to assume a standing position after lying, sitting or kneeling; to get out of bed (rose at dawn); to move from a lower to a higher position; ascend (hot air rises); to increase in size, volume or level (the river rises every spring because of the waters from the mountains' melting snow)); to increase in number, amount or value (prices rise); to increase in intensity, force or speed (the wind has risen); to increase in pitch or volume (the sound of their voices rose and fell); to appear above the horizon (the Sun rises later in the fall); to extend upward; be prominent (the tower rose above the hill); to slant or slope upward (Mount McKinley rises to 20,320 feet (6,197.6 meters); to be erected (new buildings are rising in the city); to puff up or become larger; swell up (the bread dough should rise to double its original size); to attain a higher status (rose through the ranks); to become apparent to the mind or senses (thoughts on memories rise to my mind every so often)
transitive verb use.to cause to rise 
rise.noun,.plural.rises
the act of rising; ascent; the degree of elevation or ascent; the appearance of the Sun or other celestial body above the horizon; an increase in height as of the level of water; an origin, a beginning or a source (the rise of higher consciousness); the height of a flight of stairs or of a single riser; an increase in price, worth, quantity or degree; an increase in intensity, volume or pitch; elevation in status, prosperity or importance; an increase in salary or wages; a raise; an angry or irritated reaction (finally got a rise out of her)

rose.noun,.plural.roses
a member of the rose flower family; any of numerous shrubs or vines of the genus Rosa, having prickly stems, pinnately compound leaves and variously colored, often fragrant flowers; a dark pink to moderate red color

rediscover, rediscovers, rediscovery, rediscoveries.transitive verbs
to discover again; the rediscovery of something good that you had forgotten or lost is the fact or process of becoming aware of it again or finding it again

rendezvous.noun,.plural.is spelt the same,.rendezvous
a meeting at a prearranged time and place; an engagement; a popular gathering place (the café is a favorite rendezvous for computer administrators); the process of bringing two spacecraft together (the rendezvous will take place close to Jupiter) rendezvous, rendezvoused, rendezvousing.intransitive and transitive verbs
to cause to assemble or to assemble at a prearranged time and place; the word is from the French phrase 'rendez vous', meaning to 'present yourselves'

rasp, rasped, rasping, rasps.verbs
transitive verb use.to file or scrape with a coarse.file having sharp projections; to utter in a grating voice; to grate on the nerves or feelings
intransitive verb use.to scrape harshly; grate (scraping her nails on the school blackboard was annoying to other classmates); to make a harsh, grating sound
rasp.noun,.plural.rasps
a coarse file with sharp, raised, pointed projections; the act of filing with a rasp; a harsh, grating sound
raspingly.adverb
rasper.noun,.plural.raspers

reconsider, reconsidered, reconsidering, reconsiders.verbs
transitive verb use.to consider.again with intent to alter or modify a previous.decision; if you reconsider a decision or opinion, you think about it and try to decide whether it should be changed
intransitive verb use.to consider again
reconsideration.noun,.plural.reconsiderations

report.noun,.plural.reports
an account.presented.usually in detail; a published.collection of court cases or of judicial.decisions; common talk, rumor or gossip (according to report, they are planning on returning later than expected); reputation; repute (a person of good report)
report, reported, reporting, reports.verbs
transitive verb use.to make or present an account of; to relate or tell about; present (report one's findings); describe; to write or provide an account or a summation of for publication or broadcast (report the weather)
intransitive verb use.to make a report; to serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company or other news media; to present oneself (reported for work); to be accountable (she reports directly to the board of directors)
reportable.adjective

restudy, restudies, restudied, restudying.verbs
study something again

review, reviewed, reviewing, reviews.verbs
transitive verb use.to look over, study or examine.again; if you review a situation or system, you consider it carefully to see what is wrong with it or how it could be improved; to consider retrospectively; look back on; when you review for an examination, you read things again and make notes in order to be prepared for the examination (reviewing for exams gives you a chance to bring together all the individual parts of the course); to write or give a report on a new work or performance; in law, to reexamine an action or a determination.judicially, especially in a higher court, in order to correct possible.errors; to subject to a formal.inspection, such as a military inspection
intransitive verb use.to go over or restudy material (reviewing the notes for a final exam); to write a review for a newspaper or magazine
review.noun,.plural.reviews
a reexamination or reconsideration; a retrospective.view or survey; a restudying of subject matter; an inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation; a report or an essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance; a review is a report in the media in which someone gives their opinion of something such as a new book or film; if someone reviews something such as a new book or film, they write a report or give a talk on television or radio in which they express their opinion of ita periodical.devoted to articles and essays on current.affairs, literature or art; in law, a judicial.reexamination by a higher court, of an action or a determination; a musical show consisting of often satirical.skits, songs and dances; a revue
reviewable.adjective
worthy of a review (it was well worth reviewing our plans before we set out on the trip)

radio.noun,.plural.radios
the wireless transmission through space of electromagnetic waves in the approximate.frequency.range from 10 kilohertz to 300,000 megahertz; communication of audible.signals.encoded in electromagnetic waves; transmission of programs for the public by radio broadcast; an apparatus used to transmit radio signals; a transmitter; an apparatus used to receive radio signals; a receiver; a complex of equipment.capable of transmitting and receiving radio signals; a station for radio transmitting; a radio broadcasting.organization or network of affiliated organizations; the radio broadcasting industry; a message sent by radio (radio the guys out in the forest to come in for a meeting); radio stations; radio programs
radio, radioed, radioing, radios.verbs
transitive verb use.to transmit by radio (radioed a message to the main office); to transmit a message to by radio (radioed the spacecraft)
intransitive verb use.to transmit messages or a message by radio (a ship radioing for help)

radio wave.noun,.plural.radio waves
a form of electric energy that can move through air or space that is called an electromagnetic wave; a wave from the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum at lower frequencies than microwaves;  a radio wave is an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters or we can say, having a frequency between 10 kilohertz (a kilo is 1000; a hertz is 1 cycle per second, so, 1000 cycles per second {cps} and so 10 kilohertz is 10,000 hertz or 10,000 cycles per second) and 300,000 megahertz (mega is million); radio wave communications signals travel through the air in a straight line, reflect off of clouds or layers of the ionosphere or are relayed by satellites in space; they are used in standard broadcast radio and television, short-wave radio, navigation and air-traffic control, cellular telephony and even remote-controlled toys; radio waves are the wireless transmission through space of electromagnetic waves; the radio frequency groups are: 

radiotelephone.noun,.plural.radiotelephones
a telephone, such as a cellphone, in which sound or speech is transmitted.by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables; date of word origination 1905-1910
radiotelephonic.adjective
radiotelephony.noun

redoubt.noun,.plural.redoubts
a protected place of refuge or defense (home is always a redoubt for children); a redoubt is a place or situation in which someone feels safe because they know that nobody can attack them or spoil their peace