| question mark |
A question mark (?) is something you use when you write to show that you or somebody else is asking a question. In English, we put a question mark at the end of a sentence that's a question. |
| quick |
When something is quick, you don't have to wait long for it to happen. [3 definitions] |
| quickly |
When you do something quickly, you do it in a short time. |
| quiet |
When something is quiet, it doesn't make much sound or noise. [2 definitions] |
| quilt |
A quilt is a soft covering for a bed. A quilt is often pretty and keeps you warm. A quilt is usually made of two layers of material with soft fibers between the layers. |
| quit |
If someone quits a job, they leave it. [2 definitions] |
| quite |
Quite means completely or totally. If you are quite ready to leave, you are completely ready. If you are not quite done with your food, you are almost finished but not completely. [2 definitions] |
| quiz |
A quiz is a short test. [2 definitions] |
| rabbit |
A rabbit is a small animal with soft fur, long ears, long back legs, and a short tail. |
| raccoon |
A raccoon is an animal with brown and gray fur, and it has black rings around its tail. Raccoons have a pointed face with black marks that look like a mask around its eyes. A raccoon is a small animal, but it's usually bigger than a large cat. |
| race1 |
A race is a kind of competition, or contest. To win the competition, you have to be the fastest. People often run or drive cars in a race, but there are other kinds of races too. [2 definitions] |
| rack1 |
A rack is something people use to hold up things. Racks can be of many different shapes and sizes. In stores, we often see clothes on racks. You might have a rack in your kitchen to hold spices,or a rack near your front door to hold hats and umbrellas. |
| racket2 |
A racket is something used to hit the ball in tennis and some other sports. A racket has a long handle. On the other end of the racket is a round or oval frame that has tight strings across it. When you play tennis, you want the ball to hit against those tight strings. |
| radio |
A radio is something that receives signals through the air and changes them into sound. People use a radio to listen to music, the news, and other programs. |
| raft1 |
A raft is a flat object made of material that can float, such as wood. Rafts can be used to carry people or things. |
| railroad |
A railroad is what most trains travel on. A railroad has two lines of metal bars, called rails, that go across long distances. The metal wheels of the train move along the rails. [2 definitions] |
| rain |
Rain is water that comes from the clouds. Rain falls in drops from the sky to the earth. [2 definitions] |
| rainbow |
When it's raining and the sun is shining at the same time, you may see something called a rainbow in the sky. A rainbow is a line of many colors that curves across the sky. |
| rainforest |
A rainforest is a place that gets very much rain all through the year and where many plants and trees grow close together. Rainforests are in warm places on the earth. The largest rainforest on earth is in the Amazon River region of South America. |
| rainy |
When a day is rainy, it rains a lot that day. We say the weather is rainy when it rains often or when there is very much rain. |
| raise |
When you raise something, you lift or move it to a higher place. [3 definitions] |