| return |
When you return home, you go back home. [3 definitions] |
| review |
When you review something, you study it again, or you help other people remember what they learned about it. |
| reward |
A reward is money or other thing of value that you might get for doing a good thing for someone, especially helping them to find a person or thing. [3 definitions] |
| rhinoceros |
A rhinoceros is a large, strong animal with very thick skin. Rhinoceroses have one or two horns on their noses. They are mammals that eat plants, and they have hoofs on their feet. Wild rhinoceroses live in Africa and southern Asia. |
| Rhode Island |
Rhode Island is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Rhode Island is RI. |
| rhyme |
A rhyme is a word that ends with the same sound or group of sounds as another word. "Feel," "meal," and "wheel" are rhymes. There are many rhymes for some words, but there are no rhymes for others, such as the word "orange." [2 definitions] |
| rhythm |
When a noise repeats many times in a regular way, we say that it makes a rhythm. A drum is an instrument that people often use to make rhythm in music. |
| rib1 |
Your ribs are bones in your body. They are inside your chest, and they cover and protect your heart and lungs. Your ribs are attached to the set of bones that go down the middle of your back. From your back, your ribs curve around your chest to the front. |
| ribbon |
A ribbon is a long, narrow piece of material used to tie things. Ribbons are often used as decoration for hair, gifts, and other things. |
| rice |
Rice is a kind of grass that grows in warm, wet areas of the world. People grow rice on farms because the seeds of the rice plant are an important food. We call these seeds rice too. Rice is a very common food in countries such as China, India, and Japan. [2 definitions] |
| rich |
When someone is rich, they have a lot of money or valuable things. When someone is rich, they can buy many things. [2 definitions] |
| rid |
When you rid the house of mice, it means that you clear or take away the mice from the house. |
| ride |
When you ride in something, you are in it and it moves you along. You ride in a car or a truck. You can ride on a thing too, such as on a bicycle, train, airplane, or bus. [4 definitions] |
| right |
When something is right, it is good or fair. [11 definitions] |
| ring1 |
A ring is a piece of jewelry in the shape of a circle. You wear a ring on your finger. [3 definitions] |
| ring2 |
When something rings, it makes a sound like a bell or something similar. [2 definitions] |
| ring finger |
Your ring finger is the finger between your shortest finger and your longest finger on your hand. The ring finger is where people usually wear rings on their hands. |
| rink |
A rink is a smooth surface of ice. Rinks are used for ice skating or ice hockey. [2 definitions] |
| ripe |
When something is ripe, it is finished growing and it's ready to eat. |
| rise |
When something rises, it goes up. When a balloon rises, it moves up in the air. [3 definitions] |
| risk |
A risk is a chance that you will get hurt or lose something important to you. [2 definitions] |