English words starting with ra - page 48

Meanings of Rattlesnakes:

noun

A heavy-bodied american pit viper with a series of horny rings on the tail that produce a characteristic rattling sound when vibrated as a warning.

Usage examples:

Those were some of the most dangerous kinds of reptiles, spitting cobras, rattlesnakes, komodo drag…

Meanings of Rattlesome:

adjective

Rattly, characterized by rattling.

Meanings of Rattletrap:

noun

An old or rickety vehicle.

Usage examples:

That's assuming my rattletrap is fit for the road

Meanings of Rattletraps:

noun

An old or rickety vehicle.

Usage examples:

That's assuming my rattletrap is fit for the road

Meanings of Rattleweed:

noun

Black cohosh, cimicifuga (or actaea) racemosa (family ranunculaceae).

Meanings of Rattlewort:

noun

(now rare) any of various plants of the genus crotalaria.

Meanings of Rattling:

adjective

Making a series of knocking sounds.

Usage examples:

A rattling old lift

verb

Make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds.

Usage examples:

The roof rattled with little gusts of wind

Meanings of Rattling-on:

phrasal verb

To talk for a long time, especially about things that are not important

Usage examples:

She was on the phone for hours last night, just rattling on to her friends.

Meanings of Ratton:

noun

A rat.

Usage examples:

A ratton came and sat down

Meanings of Rattons:

noun

A rat.

Usage examples:

A ratton came and sat down

Meanings of Rattrap:

noun

An unpleasant situation that offers no prospect of improvement.

Usage examples:

He has to tolerate the rat trap of his first job

Meanings of Rattraps:

noun

An unpleasant situation that offers no prospect of improvement.

Usage examples:

He has to tolerate the rat trap of his first job

Meanings of Ratty:

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a rat.

Usage examples:

His ratty eyes glittered

Meanings of Raucities:

noun

Hoarseness; harshness or roughness of sound, especially of the voice.

Meanings of Raucity:

noun

Hoarseness; harshness or roughness of sound, especially of the voice.

Meanings of Raucous:

adjective

Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

Usage examples:

Raucous youths

Meanings of Raucously:

adverb

In a loud and energetic way

Usage examples:

The audience applauded and cheered raucously., the kids sang along with the radio raucously.

Meanings of Raucousness:

noun

The quality of being loud and energetic

Usage examples:

His songs mix sophisticated songwriting with bar-room raucousness., the crowd's appreciative raucou…

Meanings of Rauli:

noun

A southern beech tree with showy autumn foliage, native to chile and cultivated as an ornamental.

Usage examples:

In chile the local evergreen beech, or rauli, wood is being replaced by more subtle, better-quality…

Meanings of Raun:

noun

A piece of irish verse; a stanza, a quatrain.

Meanings of Raunchier:

adjective

Energetically earthy and sexually explicit.

Usage examples:

His raunchy new novel

Meanings of Raunchiest:

adjective

Energetically earthy and sexually explicit.

Usage examples:

His raunchy new novel

Meanings of Raunchily:

adverb

In a way that is clearly connected with sex

Usage examples:

The film is deeply rooted in emotion and raunchily funny at the same time., she laughed raunchily.

Meanings of Raunchiness:

noun

The quality of being connected with sex in a clear and obvious way

Usage examples:

This is a new kind of raunchiness in advertising directed exclusively at women., she was not allowe…

Meanings of Raunchy:

adjective

Energetically earthy and sexually explicit.

Usage examples:

His raunchy new novel