| RATABILITY | • ratability n. The quality or state of being ratable. • RATABILITY n. the ability to be rated, also RATEABILITY. |
| RATBAGGERY | • ratbaggery n. (Australia, informal) bizarre or objectionable behaviour. • RATBAGGERY n. nonsense, eccentricity. |
| RATCHETING | • ratcheting v. Present participle of ratchet. • ratcheting n. The act by which something is ratcheted. • ratcheting n. A conjurers’ trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken… |
| RATEMETERS | • ratemeters n. Plural of ratemeter. • RATEMETER n. an instrument for measuring the counting rate of electronic counters. |
| RATEPAYERS | • ratepayers n. Plural of ratepayer. • RATEPAYER n. one who pays rates or taxes. |
| RATHERIPES | • ratheripes n. Plural of ratheripe. • RATHERIPE n. a fruit that ripens early, also RARERIPE, RATHRIPE. |
| RATIFIABLE | • ratifiable adj. Capable of being ratified. • RATIFIABLE adj. that can be ratified. |
| RATIONALES | • rationales n. Plural of rationale. • RATIONALE n. a reasoned exposition of principles. |
| RATIONALLY | • rationally adv. In a rational manner. • RATIONAL adv. conforming to reason. |
| RATIONINGS | • rationings n. Plural of rationing. • RATIONING n. distribution in fixed portions. |
| RATTENINGS | • RATTENING n. the act of compelling obedience to a trade union by damaging or depriving of machinery, tools, etc. |
| RATTLEBAGS | • rattlebags n. Plural of rattlebag. • RATTLEBAG n. a rattle or rattling apparatus; a person who causes a commotion. |
| RATTLEPODS | • rattlepods n. Plural of rattlepod. • RATTLEPODS n. a genus of plants and shrubs with pods in which the seeds rattle, aka crotalaria. |
| RATTLETRAP | • rattletrap adj. Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair. • rattletrap n. (Informal) A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically… • rattletrap n. (Dated) Any piece of miscellaneous equipment or junk. |
| RATTLINGLY | • rattlingly adv. With a rattling sound or motion. • RATTLINGLY adv. RATTLING. |
| RATTOONING | • rattooning v. Present participle of rattoon. • RATTOON v. to sprout from a root planted the previous year, also RATOON. |