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rebel right Ransom
McClernand two hours before, had been within two miles and a half of their centre with two divisions, and the two divisions, Blair's and A. J. Smith's, were confronting the rebel right; Ransom, with a brigade of McArthur's division of the 17th corps (McPherson's), had crossed the river at Grand Gulf a few days before, and was coming up on their right flank.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

rūmed rūmmōd rūmgāl
[‘ room ’] rūmed- = rūmmōd- rūmgāl revelling in release from confinement ( Noah’s dove ), Gen 1466.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Rabbi Rabbin rabeno
R Rabbi, Rabbin , rabeno.
— from English-Esperanto Dictionary by J. C. (John Charles) O'Connor

round rendezvous resort
V. assemble[be or come together], collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

rǣdinggewrit rǣdengewrit rǣdinggrād
rǣdinggewrit = rǣdengewrit rǣdinggrād m. steps to lectern , NC 316.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

rider royall rider
So , soe; iollie rider , royall rider.
— from The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo by Thomas Nash

ris re rege
amâ´ rer monê´ rer re´ge rer ca´pe rer audî´ rer 2. amâ rê´ris(-re) monê rê´ris(-re) rege rê´ris(-re) cape rê´ris(-re) audî rê´ris(-re)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

rǣping rǣpling rǣpling
rǣping == rǣpling rǣpling m. prisoner, criminal , Æ. [ rǣpan ] rǣplingweard (ē) warder , WW 111 10 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

repeated Raskolnikov raising
“I do,” repeated Raskolnikov, raising his eyes to Porfiry.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

rid rid rid
Past Participle . bend bent, bended bent, bended bleed bled bled breed bred bred build built built cast cast cast cost cost cost feed fed fed gild gilded, gilt gilded, gilt gird girt, girded girt, girded hit hit hit hurt hurt hurt knit knit, knitted knit, knitted lead led led let let let light lighted, lit lighted, lit meet met met put put put quit quit, quitted quit, quitted read read read rend rent rent rid rid rid send sent sent set set set shed shed shed shred shred shred shut shut shut slit slit slit speed sped sped spend spent spent spit spit [ obs.
— from An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

rejoinder reply repartee
Response —Answer, rejoinder, reply, repartee.
— from The New Century Standard Letter-Writer Business, Family and Social Correspondence, Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms, Legal Forms, Etc. by Alfred B. Chambers

ready Ringing responded
Are you and your friends ready?" "Ringing?" responded Ford.
— from Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy by William O. Stoddard

Romeyn Roo Roos
Pastemakere Paternostrer Peeche Peck Peintour Pekham Pelham Pembroke Penne Perers Perler Perveys Petewardyn Petteleye Peyto Phalaise Phelipot Phippe Plastrer Podenhale Podifat Polehulle Poletrie Polle Pope Poppe, or Puppe Portlaunde Pot Poterel Poumfreyt Pountfreyt Pourte Poyntel Prest Prestone Priour Proffyt Pulteneye Purtreour Pycard Pycot Pyel Pyke, or Pike 401 Pykeman Pynchon Pynchone Pyrie Queldrik Quelhogge Querdelion Ram Rameseye Randolf Reche Rede Redere Redhede Refham Reynham Reynold Reynwelle Richer Richmond Ridere Roandi Robire Robyn Rokele Rokesle Rokeslee Rolf Romeyn Roo Roos Rote Rothing Rothinge Rous Russel Russell Ryghtwys St. Alban’s St. Ives St. Omer St. Paul Sandale Sandwich Saxtone Say Scardeburghe Scheld Schipwaysshe Schot Screveyn Seccheford Sely Servat Settere Sevenoke Sewale Shadworth Sharnefeld Shedewater Shene Shepeye Sheryngham Shirbourne Shirlok Shorne Short Shrympelmersshe Sibyle Skames Skirmisour Sloghtre Smel Smelt Smythe Somenour Sopere Soudan Spayne Spicer Sporiere Sprot Sprott Spryg Spynola Stable Standolf Standulf Stannowe Staundone Stodeye Stokwelle Stompcost Stonore Stow Stowe Stratford Strode Sturmy Suffolk Surigien Surmyn Suttone Swalclyve Swanlond Swift Syward Symmes Talbot Taleworth Thame Thedmar Thunderle Tilneye Tithyngecombe Todenham, or Tudenham Tonge Tornegold Tour Tracy Tremayn Trente Tresilian Trig, or
— from Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social by Walter Besant

Regenversicherung rainwater Regenwasser
Preisangebot quote anbieten, Preisangabe machen R radiation hazards Strahlenrisiken raid Überfall, überfallen rain insurance Regenversicherung rainwater Regenwasser rainwater damage Regenwasserschaden raise erhöhen, Erhöhung raise a claim Anspruch erheben raise an objection Einwand erheben rank Rang einnehmen, rangieren rank before höher
— from Mr. Honey's Insurance Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

Republican Representatives refer
Baudin wrote,— "The Republican Representatives refer the People and the Army to Article 68—" They interrupted me: "Quote it in full.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Ring Rang Rung
Ring Rang Rung.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

roses roses roses
Oh roses, roses, roses To scent his sleep awhile, [537] Pale are your fragrant petals Beside his ruby smile.
— from The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf


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