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- English Word Red Definition A red pigment.
- English Word Red Definition An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
- English Word Red Definition The menses.
- English Word Red-gum Definition An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.
- English Word Red-gum Definition A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
- English Word Red-hand Definition Alt. of Red-handed
- English Word Red-handed Definition Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
- English Word Red-hot Definition Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.
- English Word Red-letter Definition Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
- English Word Red-riband Definition The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.
- English Word Red-short Definition Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.
- English Word Red-tailed Definition Having a red tail.
- English Word Red-tape Definition Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.
- English Word Red-tapism Definition Strict adherence to official formalities.
- English Word Red-tapist Definition One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.
- English Word Redact Definition To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
- English Word Redacteur Definition See Redactor.
- English Word Redaction Definition The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
- English Word Redactor Definition One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.
- English Word Redan Definition A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.