Word origins

• right-handOf, relating to, or located on the right.
• right-handedUsing one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
• righthoodThe condition, state, or quality of being right; rightness.
• rightleTo set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.
• rightwiseRightly (correctly or justly); rightfully.
• rightwisenessrighteousness
• rigolA circle.
• rigorousnessThe property of being rigorous, strictness.
• rimpleA wrinkle.
• rindleA small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.
• ringboneA type of osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones (particularly the coffin joint or pastern) of a horse's leg or foot, marked by bone growth.
• ring fingerThe finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
• rioterOne who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
• rivelingA rough kind of shoe or sandal made of rawhide, formerly worn in Scotland.
• road horseA horse suitable for use on roadways; roadster.
• rockenConsisting or made of rock or rocky material.
• roe deerA small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers (Capreolus capreolus and Capreolus pygargus).
• RomescotAn alms-fee.
• rood-treeThe cross on which Jesus was crucified
• rooliePeaceful; still.
• roomthRoom; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
• rottednessrottenness
• rottingnessSomething which is undergoing rot or decomposition.
• roundletA small disk, circle or other round object.
• round-likecircular; round
• round tableA conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange views.
• rowelA small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
• royalmeA kingdom, a realm.
• rudishSomewhat rude.
• rudityRudeness; ignorance.
• ruel-boneA piece of ivory, generally from a marine mammal.
• rummishSomewhat rum or peculiar; oddish.
• RumworthA ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7008).
• runestaffA runic letter or character.
• runishOf or relating to runes, runic inscription, or runic language; runic.
• runletA small brook or stream.
• runnelA small stream, a rivulet.
• runninglyIn a running manner; so as to run.
• rushyAbounding in rushes.
• ruthfulFull of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
• ruthfullySorrowfully, ruefully.
• ruthfulnessThe state or condition of being ruthful; sorrowfulness; contrition.
• rutilantShining or glowing with a red colour or light.
• ruttleA rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.
• -'sA possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marker.
• -sUsed to form regular plurals of nouns.
• -s-Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds, equivalent to the possessive clitic -'s.
• sabatineA kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.
• sabatonA medieval armour covering for the foot, typically made of steel; a flexible armour shoe.
• sacklessWithout a sack.
• saddle bowThe front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.
• saddlelessWithout a saddle.
• sailyardA yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).
• sailyarnYarn used in the manufacture, repair, or rigging of sails; sailing-twine.
• saintessA female saint.
• sakeretA male saker (species of falcon).
• sal ammoniacA rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride found around volcanic fumaroles and guano deposits.
• sallowyOf a sallow tinge; yellowish.
• SalmonbyA small village in Tetford parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3273).
• salt beefBeef cured in salt.
• salt cellarA small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.
• saltensalted; salty
• saltishSomewhat salty.
• salt marshA marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
• saltnessThe state or quality of being salt; saltiness.
• salt of tartarPotassium carbonate.
• saltstoneSalt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.
• salubrityThe quality of being salubrious or invigorating.
• salueTo greet; to salute.
• samiteA material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.
• sanationAct of healing or curing.
• sanativeThat cures or restores; curative or restorative.
• sandblindHalf-blind; partially blind.
• sandcornA grain of sand.
• sand eelAny of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.
• sandishApproaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
• SangrailThe Holy Grail.
• sanguinolentContaining or tinged with blood.
• sanguinousBloody; containing blood.
• sanguisugeA leech (blood-sucking annelid).
• sapienceThe property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
• sapientialPossessing or conferring wisdom, especially religious wisdom.
• saporA type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.
• sappinessThe property of being sappy.
• sardoinsard (a variety of carnelian)
• saturnismlead poisoning
• sauceryThe part of a noble estate dedicated to making sauces.
• saughtReconciliation; peace; ease.
• savementThe act of saving; salvation.
• savorlessNot having taste; flavorless.
• sawerOne who saws; a sawyer.
• SaxishSaxon.
• scabbednessThe state or quality of being scabby; presence of scabs.; scabbiness
• scabbleTo roughly dress stone.
• scaddleWild, mischievous, thievish.
• scalding hotUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).
• scallMean; wretched.
• scammonyAny member of the species Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium.
• scapularyscapular
• scarcenessThe property of being scarce; dearth, rarity.