| reptile |
A reptile is a kind of animal. Snakes, turtles, and alligators are some animals that are reptiles. Reptiles are different from other kinds of animals because the temperature of their bodies depends on the temperature of the air or water around them. Some reptiles live in water, but most reptiles live on land. Reptiles have bones inside them, and they use lungs to breathe, but they don't have fur or hair on their bodies like mammals. Instead, they have hard coverings such as scales or a shell. |
| Republic of the Congo |
The Republic of the Congo is a country in Africa. It is named for the Congo River, which is the deepest river in the world. The Republic of the Congo has some forest areas where gorillas live. Oil for fuel is the most important product that comes from the Republic of the Congo nowadays. The country also has many important minerals in the ground. |
| request |
When someone requests something, they ask for it in a serious but polite way. [2 definitions] |
| require |
When someone requires something, they need to have it. People require food and water to live. Fish require water to breathe. [2 definitions] |
| rescue |
When someone rescues you, they take you away from something very dangerous or bad. |
| respect |
When you have respect for someone, you think they are good, brave, or wise. You might think they are a better person than you in some way. Maybe they are older and know more about life than you do, or maybe they have done something very brave, difficult, or smart. [2 definitions] |
| responsibility |
When you have a responsibility, you have something you must take care of or do. |
| responsible |
When you are responsible for taking care of your pet, you are the one who must take care of your pet and no one else. Doing this is your job. [3 definitions] |
| rest1 |
When you need rest, it means that you need to sleep, lie down, or stop doing things for a while. After you get rest, you don't feel tired or weak anymore. [2 definitions] |
| rest2 |
The rest of something is the part that is still there after all the other parts are gone. If you drink some of the milk in a glass and your sister drinks the rest, then all the milk in the glass is gone now. [2 definitions] |
| restaurant |
A restaurant is a place where people go to eat sometimes. In a restaurant, food is cooked by a chef and you pay money for your meal. |
| restrict |
If your parents restrict your dog to the kitchen, then your dog can't go out of the kitchen. When you restrict your anger, it means that you keep yourself from getting too angry. When you restrict something, you keep it inside a certain limit. |
| restroom |
A restroom is a room with a toilet and sink that you can find in a public place like a grocery store, airport, or school. Some restrooms are large and are made for more than one person. |
| result |
A result is something that happens because of something else. If you walk outside in the rain, getting wet will be the result. If a lit candle falls down, a fire might be the result. |
| 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. |