Rex /reks/

1. King
2. The title used by a reigning king (abbrev R)
3. A type of cat of either of two varieties, Devon Rex or Cornish Rex, with a curly but thin coat (also Rex cat)
4. A type of domestic rabbit in which the hair that would normally form the outer coat is shorter than that of the under coat (also Rex rabbit), one variety, Astrex /asˈtreks/ (Astrakhan) having curly or wavy fur

R or r /är/

1. The eighteenth letter in the modern English alphabet, seventeenth in the Roman (sometimes called the ‘dog letter’, from the trilling of the tip of the tongue in its pronunciation in rhotic accents)
2. Anything shaped like the letter R

R months plural noun

The time when oysters are in season (from the spelling of the names of the months from September to April)

the three R's

Reading, writing and arithmetic

R or R.

1. Rand (South African currency)
2. Réaumur's thermometric scale (also Réau)
3. Rector
4. Regina (Latin), Queen
5. Republican (US)
6. Rex (Latin), King
7. River
8. Röntgen unit
9. Rook (in chess)
10. Ruble(s)
11. Run(s) (cricket)
12. Rupee(s)

R

(as a medieval Roman numeral) 80

R

Electrical resistance

R̄

(medieval Roman numeral) 80000

reak¹ or reik /rēk/ (obsolete)

A prank, usu in pl reaks or rex /reks/, sometimes with an allusion to L rēx king

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