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22024 Nouns That Contain R

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aardvark (noun) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata Synonyms: ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer
aardwolf (noun) striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects Synonyms: Proteles cristata
abampere (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes Synonyms: abamp
abarticulation (noun) dislocation of a joint
abator (noun) a person who abates a nuisance
abattoir (noun) a building where animals are butchered Synonyms: butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
abbreviation (noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it
(noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase
abbreviator (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work Synonyms: abridger
abdicator (noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
abductor (noun) a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line Synonyms: abductor muscle
(noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) Synonyms: kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher
abecedarian (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
abecedarius (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order
aberrance (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance
aberrancy (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance
aberrant (noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
aberration (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration
(noun) a disorder in one's mental state
(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance
abetalipoproteinemia (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels
abetter (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another Synonyms: abettor
abettor (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another Synonyms: abetter
abfarad (noun) a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads
abhenry (noun) a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry
abhorrence (noun) hate coupled with disgust Synonyms: abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium
abhorrer (noun) a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred
abiotrophy (noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury
abjuration (noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion Synonyms: recantation, retraction
abjurer (noun) a person who abjures
ablepharia (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete)
abnegator (noun) one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
abnormalcy (noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies Synonyms: abnormality
abnormality (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality Synonyms: irregularity
(noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal Synonyms: freakishness
(noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence Synonyms: mental defectiveness
(noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies Synonyms: abnormalcy
abominator (noun) one who hates or loathes Synonyms: loather
aboriginal (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native
aborigine (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native
abort (noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
aborticide (noun) the act of destroying a fetus Synonyms: feticide
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug
abortifacient (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug
abortion (noun) termination of pregnancy
(noun) failure of a plan Synonyms: miscarriage
abortionist (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
abortus (noun) a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
abracadabra (noun) gibberish and nonsense
abrachia (noun) the condition of having no arms
abradant (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing Synonyms: abrader
(noun) a substance that abrades or wears down Synonyms: abrasive, abrasive material
abrader (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing Synonyms: abradant
abrasion (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice Synonyms: attrition, detrition, grinding
(noun) erosion by friction Synonyms: attrition, corrasion, detrition
(noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off Synonyms: excoriation, scrape, scratch
abrasive (noun) a substance that abrades or wears down Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material
abrasiveness (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness
(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable
abreaction (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis
abridgement (noun) a shortened version of a written work Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation
abridger (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work Synonyms: abbreviator
abridgment (noun) a shortened version of a written work Synonyms: abridgement, capsule, condensation
abrocome (noun) ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes Synonyms: chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla
abrogation (noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation Synonyms: annulment, repeal
abrogator (noun) an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal
abruption (noun) an instance of sudden interruption Synonyms: breaking off
abruptness (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness
(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness
(noun) an abrupt discourteous manner Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
absconder (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
abseiler (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point Synonyms: rappeller
absolver (noun) someone who grants absolution
absorbance (noun) (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation Synonyms: optical density, photographic density, transmission density
absorbate (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed
absorbency (noun) the property of being absorbent
absorbent (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance Synonyms: absorbent material
absorber (noun) (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
absorptance (noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption
absorption (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something Synonyms: engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation
(noun) complete attention; intense mental effort Synonyms: concentration, engrossment, immersion
(noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid Synonyms: soaking up
(noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion Synonyms: assimilation
(noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
(noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another Synonyms: assimilation
absorptivity (noun) (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body Synonyms: absorption factor
abstainer (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker
(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline Synonyms: ascetic
abstract (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance Synonyms: abstraction
(noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis
abstractedness (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else Synonyms: abstraction
abstracter (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information Synonyms: abstractor
abstraction (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples Synonyms: abstract entity
(noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something
(noun) an abstract painting
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance Synonyms: abstract
(noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else Synonyms: abstractedness
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances Synonyms: generalisation, generalization
abstractionism (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation Synonyms: abstract art
(noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples Synonyms: unrealism
abstractionist (noun) a painter of abstract pictures Synonyms: abstract artist
abstractness (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object
abstractor (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information Synonyms: abstracter
abstruseness (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness
(noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness
abstrusity (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound Synonyms: abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness
absurd (noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless Synonyms: the absurd
absurdity (noun) a ludicrous folly Synonyms: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
(noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason Synonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness
absurdness (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness
abuser (noun) someone who abuses Synonyms: maltreater
abutter (noun) the owner of contiguous property
acanthopterygian (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays Synonyms: spiny-finned fish
acaracide (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites Synonyms: acaricide
acardia (noun) congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters)
acariasis (noun) infestation with itch mites Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis
acaricide (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites Synonyms: acaracide
acarid (noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
acaridiasis (noun) infestation with itch mites Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis
acarine (noun) mite or tick
acariosis (noun) infestation with itch mites Synonyms: acariasis, acaridiasis
acarophobia (noun) a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms
acarus (noun) any of several mites of the order Acarina Synonyms: genus Acarus
acaryote (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) Synonyms: akaryocyte, akaryote
accelerando (noun) a gradually increasing tempo of music
acceleration (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed Synonyms: quickening, speedup
(noun) an increase in rate of change
(noun) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
accelerator (noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine Synonyms: throttle, throttle valve
(noun) a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles Synonyms: atom smasher, particle accelerator
(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve Synonyms: accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle
(noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected Synonyms: catalyst
accelerometer (noun) an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
accentor (noun) small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
acceptor (noun) the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
(noun) (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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