| raid | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, maraud |
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| (noun) an attempt by speculators to defraud investors | - |
| raider | (noun) a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management | - |
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| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, spoiler |
| rail | (noun) any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | - |
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| (noun) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) | - |
| (noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | Synonyms: rails, runway, track |
| (noun) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports | Synonyms: railing |
| (noun) short for railway | - |
| railbird | (noun) a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track | - |
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| railcar | (noun) a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad | Synonyms: car, railroad car, railway car |
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| railhead | (noun) a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution | - |
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| (noun) the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway | - |
| railing | (noun) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports | Synonyms: rail |
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| (noun) material for making rails or rails collectively | - |
| raillery | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, banter, give-and-take |
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| railroad | (noun) line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | Synonyms: railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system |
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| (noun) a line of track providing a runway for wheels | Synonyms: railroad track, railway |
| railroader | (noun) an employee of a railroad | Synonyms: railroad man, railway man, railwayman, trainman |
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| railroading | (noun) the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads | Synonyms: rail technology |
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| rails | (noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | Synonyms: rail, runway, track |
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| railway | (noun) line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | Synonyms: railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system |
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| (noun) a line of track providing a runway for wheels | Synonyms: railroad, railroad track |
| railwayman | (noun) an employee of a railroad | Synonyms: railroad man, railroader, railway man, trainman |
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| railyard | (noun) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | Synonyms: railway yard, yard |
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| raiment | (noun) especially fine or decorative clothing | Synonyms: array, regalia |
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| rain | (noun) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | Synonyms: pelting |
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| (noun) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | Synonyms: rainfall |
| (noun) drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds | Synonyms: rainwater |
| rainbow | (noun) an illusory hope | - |
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| (noun) an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain | - |
| raincoat | (noun) a water-resistant coat | Synonyms: waterproof |
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| raindrop | (noun) a drop of rain | - |
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| rainfall | (noun) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | Synonyms: rain |
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| rainfly | (noun) flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent | Synonyms: fly, fly sheet, tent-fly, tent flap |
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| rainforest | (noun) a forest with heavy annual rainfall | Synonyms: rain forest |
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| raininess | (noun) (of weather) the badness of the weather | Synonyms: foulness |
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| rainlessness | (noun) The state or condition of being rainless; lack of rain; drought. | - |
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| rainmaker | (noun) American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain | - |
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| (noun) executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm | - |
| rainmaking | (noun) activity intended to produce rain | - |
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| rainstorm | (noun) a storm with rain | - |
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| rainwater | (noun) drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds | Synonyms: rain |
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| raise | (noun) the act of raising something | Synonyms: heave, lift |
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| (noun) increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) | - |
| (noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: hike, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade |
| raiser | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower |
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| (noun) a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid | - |
| raisin | (noun) dried grape | - |
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| raising | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing |
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| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, rearing |
| (noun) the event of something being raised upward | Synonyms: elevation, lift |
| raita | (noun) an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices | - |
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