rainwash
The washing action of rain, capable of erosion and transporting soil.
A deposit formed by rain.

rainwashes
plural of rainwash

rajahships
plural of rajahship

rajaships
plural of rajaship

ramline
A line made from a cord or thread, used to get a straight middle line, or from stern to stern during the building a vessel.

ramlines
plural of ramline

ramraidings
plural of ramraiding

randezvous
Archaic form of rendezvous.

rangatira
A hereditary Māori leader of a kinship group; a chieftain or high-born Maori.

rangatiras
plural of rangatira

rangatiratanga
chieftainship; sovereignty

rangerships
plural of rangership

rapport
A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
Relation; proportion; conformity.

rapporteurships
plural of rapporteurship

rapports
plural of rapport

rarepair
A ship that generally receives little attention from fans and has few associated fanworks.

rarepairs
plural of rarepair

rasabox
One of a set of labelled boxes in a diagram drawn on the floor, each representing an emotion or facet of a character, used in training actors to play a part.

rasaboxes
plural of rasabox

rathymia
Misspelling of rhathymia.

ratlin
Alternative form of ratline.

ratline
The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.
Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net-like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast.
A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II.

ratlines
plural of ratline

ratlins
plural of ratlin

rato
Alternative form of RATO (“rocket-assisted takeoff”).

ratos
plural of rato

rattlebones
A tottering person or thing.
A rickety or ramshackle vehicle.

rattler
Anything that rattles.
A rattlesnake.
A freight train or, (chiefly British), a passenger train.
Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
A loud, inconsiderate talker.
A stunning blow.
An impudent lie; a whopper.

rattlers
plural of rattler

rattletrap
Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.

rattletraps
plural of rattletrap

rattlin
Alternative form of ratline.

rattline
Alternative form of ratline.

rattlines
plural of rattline

rattlins
plural of rattlin

ratwood
A Caribbean evergreen plant of species Erythroxylum rotundifolium.

rauhaugite
A carbonatite composed mainly of dolomite

rauhaugites
plural of rauhaugite

ravehook
A hooked hand tool for widening the seams of a boat to receive oakum.

ravehooks
plural of ravehook

razee
An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

razees
plural of razee

readerdom
The realm, sphere, influence, or body of readers; readers collectively; readership.

readerships
plural of readership

rearseat
The back seat of a vehicle.

rearseats
plural of rearseat

reassociation
A repeat association.
A return to a close relationship.

reassociations
plural of reassociation

reboations
plural of reboation

recaptive
A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.

recaptives
plural of recaptive

receiverships
plural of receivership

recensorship
censorship again or anew

reconsignment
consignment again or anew
change of destination for cargo during transport

reconsignments
plural of reconsignment

recorderships
plural of recordership

rectifier
Something that rectifies.
A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.
The activation function f(x)= max (0,x), where x is the input to a neuron.

rectifiers
plural of rectifier

rector
In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.

rectorate
Synonym of rectorship.

rectorates
plural of rectorate

rectors
plural of rector

rectorships
plural of rectorship

rectour
Obsolete form of rector.

rectours
plural of rectour

redbird
Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
A capsule of secobarbital.
Any of various red cars formerly used in the New York City subway system; or a train of such cars.

redbirds
plural of redbird

redefault
A default on a mortgage which has already been modified due to borrower hardship

redefaults
plural of redefault

redoppe
The motion of a trained horse galloping in narrow circles.

redoppes
plural of redoppe

reefer
Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.

reefers
plural of reefer

reentrainment
A second or subsequent entrainment.

reentrainments
plural of reentrainment

reeveships
plural of reeveship

refereeships
plural of refereeship

referendaryships
plural of referendaryship

reflux
The backwards flow of any fluid.
A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.

refluxes
plural of reflux

refrigeratories
plural of refrigeratory

refrigeratory
That which refrigerates or cools.
That which refrigerates or cools.

regatta
A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
A striped cotton fabric.

regattas
plural of regatta

regatte
plural of regatta

regeneration
Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.
Spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one
The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.
The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply.
The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.
The property of a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop.

regenerations
plural of regeneration

regens
plural of regen

regentships
plural of regentship

registerships
plural of registership

registrar
An official keeper or recorder of records.
An official keeper or recorder of records.
An official keeper or recorder of records.
A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
A service that manages the reservation of domain names.

registrars
plural of registrar

registrarships
plural of registrarship

regularobufagin
A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the square-marked toad Bufo regularis.

relationscape
A notional landscape of interrelationships between individuals or organisations.

relationscapes
plural of relationscape

relationshiplessness
Absence of a relationship.

relationshippers
plural of relationshipper

relationships
plural of relationship

relationshit
A failed or failing relationship.

relationshits
plural of relationshit

rello
Alternative form of relo.

rellos
plural of rello

relo
A relative.
A relationship.

relos
plural of relo

remainderships
plural of remaindership

rematch
A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.
A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.