Grandiloquent Dictionary

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radiophobia - ( )

  The fear of radiation

raith - ( )

  A quarter of a year

rampasture - ( )

  A room in which several unmarried men reside, usually in a boarding house or inn

rasorial - ( )

  Scratching the ground in search of food

reasty - ( REE-stee )

  Something which is covered in rust or has a rusty taste to it

recrudescence - ( )

  The reappearance of a disease or illness after being cured

rectalgia - ( )

  A pain in the ass

rectigrade - ( )

  Moving in a straight line

rectiphobia - ( )

  A fear of being corrected

rectirostal - ( )

  Describing a bird (or other animal) with a straight beak

rectopathic - ( )

  One who is easy to hurt emotionally

recumbentibus - ( )

  A knockout punch, either verbal or physical

recuse - ( )

  To excuse a judge from their duties

redactophobia - ( )

  A fear of editing or of editors

redhibition - ( )

  The cancellation of a sale due to the product being defective

redubber - ( )

  A person who steals cloths and resells them

reest - ( )

  To smoke or cure either meat or fish

refrangible - ( )

  Capable of being refracted

regiphobia - ( )

  A fear of a king or kings

rehibition - ( )

  The act of taking back defective products

remiped - ( )

  Having legs or arms which act like oars - especially referring to insects

remontado - ( )

  A person who lives in the forest or mountains and avoid civilization

remplissage - ( )

  The padding of literary works or of musical works

renidification - ( )

  The act of rebuilding one's nest

resipiscent - ( )

  To learn from experience or have one's sanity restored

resistentialism - ( )

  The spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects

rhabdomancy - ( )

  Divination using a stick or rod, such as dowsing for water

rhabdophobia - ( )

  A fear of magic

rhabdophobia - ( )

  A fear of sticks or rods, or of being beaten with them

rhabdophobia - ( )

  The fear of being beaten with a stick

rhadamanthine - ( )

  Being completely fair and incorruptible

rhapsodomancy - ( )

  The art of predicting the future using poetry

rhinophonia - ( )

  An extreme nasal sound in one's voice

rhombicosidodecahedron - ( )

  An Archimedean solid composed of sixty two faces

rhypophobia - ( )

  See rupophobia

rhytiphobia - ( )

  Fear of getting wrinkles

rhytiscopia - ( )

  an obsession with one's facial wrinkles

rixatrix - ( riks-a-triks )

  A nasty old women, usually with a tendency to natter and scold

roil - ( )

  To make muddy by stirring or to disturb sediment

roorback - ( )

  An ugly rumor of fabricated news story created to discredit a political opponent

rosacea - ( )

  A condition in which a person has a large red nose

rouleau - ( )

  A cylinder of coins rolled in paper

rubedinous - ( )

  Reddish colored

ructation - ( )

  Belching or burping

ruderal - ( )

  Growing in a garbage dump

rugulose - ( )

  Having small wrinkles

rumbelow - ( )

  1. A song or refrain sung by sailors while rowing a boat

rumbelow - ( )

  2. A common whore

rumbelow - ( )

  3. A type of carriage

runcation - ( )

  The act of weeding

rupestrian - ( )

  Made out of rocks

rupicoline - ( )

  Living among or growing on rocks

rupophobia - ( )

  A fear of dirt

rurigenous - ( )

  One who has been born in the country

rustication - ( )

  Taking a trip to the countryside