2-Letter Words Starting with R

""AGGREGATION The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.""

One way to look at things

'That's about a catalogue I call Y, but not in imagination (13)'

'Actual places, it seems, are once more given out (13)'

Reannexation

""The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.""

Political prerogative

Reapportion

APPROPRIATE Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

A new ordering

Moving around of component parts

Process of moving things around

""ARTICULATED United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton. as, an articulated skeleton.""

Rearticulate

Capable of reasoning; rational: a reasonable person.

On second thoughts it seems the woman is foolish with me in the matter of rents

Reassignment

Reattachment

Assigning (an artwork) to a different artist

Assigning a work to a different artist

The assigning of something to a different category

""Inflected form of AUTHORIZING Inflected form of AUTHORIZE To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.""

Rebarbative

Objection to client in race car crash

Strong objection or opposition

Strong opposition

RECALCITRANCE

Recalcitrant

CALCULATING Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

""CALCULATION The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.""

""Inflected form of CALIBRATING Inflected form of CALIBRATE To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.""

""CALIBRATION The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.""

Abstract noun (-ity)

""Inflected form of CAPITALIZED Inflected form of CAPITALIZE To convert into capital, or to use as capital.""

Recapitalize

Summarized a pictured tale

Summed up about yield in the German returns

Summarises main point of (something)

""Inflected form of CENTRIFUGED Inflected form of CENTRIFUGE an apparatus having containers for liquids arrayed around a central pivot and rotated at a high speed, thus generating centrifugal force on the liquid, and separating substances (such as particles of solid or globules of an immiscible liquid) mixed together in suspension within the liquid. Suspensions which would settle only very slowly or not at all under gravity can be made to separate quickly in such a device.centrifugal force on the liquid, and separating substances (such as particles of solid or globules of an immiscible liquid) mixed together in suspension within the liquid. Suspensions which would settle only very slowly or not at all under gravity can be made to separate quickly in such a device.""

Recentrifuge

Receptionist

Open-minded quality

Receptivity

Rechristen

RECIPROCATE To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Give and take

Giving, in return

Mutual giving and receiving - cop in race riot (anagram)

RECIPROCATE To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Reciprocator

Reciprocity

""CIRCULATING moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point; as, steam circulating through the pipes; the circulating thyroid hormones.as, steam circulating through the pipes; the circulating thyroid hormones.""

""CIRCULATION The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.""

Memories concerned with church offerings

Memories of lost licence - or being devastated

Combination a second or additional time.

Recommitment

A new compilation.

The act of recomposing.

COMPUTATION The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly.

Reconception

Reconciliation.

Recondite

Made like new

CONNECTIONS connection

Did a preliminary survey

""RECONNOITRE To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.""

Inflected form of CONSECRATED Inflected form of CONSECRATE Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

Reconsecrate

To consolidate anew or again.

Restored to original state

Put back together from parts

Restored to original form

Reconstitute

After disturbance, centre court's crowd finally gets composed again

One who recreates

""CONTAMINATE To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.""

CONVICTIONS conviction

CREATIONIST

""Inflected form of CRIMINATING Inflected form of CRIMINATE To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.""

Counter-charge

Countercharge

Main criterion for putting right counter-accusation

Recriminatory.

Engaging in mutual accusations

To crystallize again.

Rectangular

Process of setting right

Act of putting right

Conversion of alternating to direct current

Rectilinear

RECTITUDE Straightness.

""Inflected form of CULTIVATING Inflected form of CULTIVATE To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. as, to cultivate soil.""

Recuperation

Redecoration

Rededication

Redefinition

""REDEMPTIONER One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.""

Desperate employer tends to repeated and extensive use of manpower

DESCRIPTION The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Inflected form of DETERMINING Inflected form of DETERMINE To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

Production of new buildings etc for area

Note progress with new building

Renewal, as of rundown area

REDINTEGRATE Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.

Redintegrate

Rediscount

""DISPOSITION The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. as, the disposition of a man's property by will.""

Dealt out again

Colourful is the gift of hundreds given out once more

Leftie is given commendations for what he does in Robin-Hood act (wordplay)

Legislative activity, 1965.

Reductionism

Reductionist

Reductive

Inflected form of DUPLICATING Inflected form of DUPLICATE Double; twofold.

Process of doing twice (or four times?) over

Repetition

Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate.

""ELIGIBILITY The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage. as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.""

Reemployment

Reencounter

Reengagement

Reenlistment

Reescalation

Somehow she's liberated, back in business again (wordplay)

Reestablish

Reevaluation

(A) repeat interview (of witness)

Further check

""EXPORTATION The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.""

Referential

An instrument for measuring the reflectance of a surface.

An instrument for measuring the reflectance of a surface.

REFLECTORIZE

Reflectorize

Reflexivity

Replanting with trees; reconversion into a forest; the act of reforesting.

FORMABILITY

Inflected form of FORMATIONAL Inflected form of FORMATION The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

Ace politicians backing think tank and other institutions for inprovement

""Inflected form of FORMULATING Inflected form of FORMULATE To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.""

""FORMULATION The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.""

Refoundation

A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.

Any of several instruments used to measure the index of refraction of a substance.

REFRIGERATE To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

Process of chilling food

Act of cooling

Chilling process

Cool places for rare tigers to play

Abstract noun (-ity)

Thorough change of decor etc

Doing-up

Renovation

Regeneration

Process of organising

Strict organisation and control

Strict control of budget meeting may be held

REGIONALIST

Enrollments

Regretful

""REGURGITATE To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.""

Bringing up a storybook character round about ancient city, getting into trouble

Rehabilitant

Restored to normal functioning

Helped back into society

Helped to readapt

Rehabilitate

Inflected form of HABILITATOR Inflected form of HABILITATE Qualified or entitled.

""HOSPITALIZE To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.""

Inflected form of HYPNOTIZING Inflected form of HYPNOTIZE To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

Reidentify

Repayment (of money)

Compensation for money spent

Money to cover expenses already incurred

""The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.""

Reimposition

Inflected form of INCARNATING Inflected form of INCARNATE Not in the flesh; spiritual.

Rebirth (of a soul)

An encore of sorts.

Restrain auto people?

Embody anew

Reindictment

INFESTATION The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.

Bridle because setter provides stress

Check with regard to concrete support

Check for binder giving strength

""Inflected form of INNERVATING Inflected form of INNERVATE To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches. as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.""

INNERVATION The act of innerving or stimulating.

""Inflected form of INOCULATING Inflected form of INOCULATE To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.""

INOCULATION The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

INSPECTIONS inspection

Check account suggesting restoration

Return to post and check report

Making good check on publication

Inflected form of INSTITUTING Inflected form of INSTITUTE Established; organized; founded.

INTEGRATING the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.

""A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration. Redintegration.""

INTEGRATIVE tending to combine and coordinate diverse elements into a whole.

Reinterpret

Reinterview

""Inflected form of INTRODUCING Inflected form of INTRODUCE To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawingroom. as, to introduce a person into a drawingroom.""

To investigate again.

Reinvestment

Inflected form of INVIGORATED Inflected form of INVIGORATE To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

Reinvigorate

Inflected form of INVIGORATOR Inflected form of INVIGORATE To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

Reiterative

Rejuvenation

""Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.""

Relatedness

Loves displaying oriental craft

Sexual liaisons

Connections

Reliability

Religiosity

""Inflected form of LUBRICATING Inflected form of LUBRICATE To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.""

LUBRICATION The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

""MANUFACTURE The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.""

""MATERIALIZE To invest wich material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.""

""MEASUREMENT The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required. as, measurement is required.""

Possible to remedy: remediable problems.

""MILITARIZED Equipped with eapons; armed; -- used of persons, regions, or the military. Contrasted to unarmed and demilitarized.unarmed and demilitarized.""

Remilitarize

Reminiscent

Remonstrance

In a remonstrant manner.

Protesting.

Protesting

Turning violently on traitors, men protest

Disapproval

Protesting forcefully

Remonstrator

Remotivation

Remuneration

""MYTHOLOGIZE To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.""

""NATIONALIZE To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.""

Renaturation

Rencounter