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the startthe States
the straw that broke the camel's back
the Street
the strength of
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the subscriber
The supernatural
The Supreme
the tapis
the Tempter
The Ten Commandments
The Tetragonal or Dimetric system
The Thirty-nine Articles
the three estates
The time is up
the tip of the iceberg
the top of the tree
the traffic will bear
The Triclinic system
the trinity
the trots
the true
The Twelve
The twelve disciples
the twins
the Ukraine
The unconditioned
The undersigned
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
R R ([aum]r). R, the eighteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 178, 179, and 250-254. ``R is the dog's letter and hurreth in the sound.'' --B. Jonson. Note: In words derived from the Greek language the letter h is generally written after r to represent the aspirated sound of the Greek "r, but does not affect the pronunciation of the English word, as rhapsody, rhetoric. The English letter derives its form from the Greek through the Latin, the Greek letter derived from the Ph[oe]nician, which, it is believed, is ultimately of Egyptian origin. Etymologically, R is most closely related to l, s, and n; as in bandore, mandole; purple, L. purpura; E. chapter, F. chapitre, L. capitulum; E. was, were; hare, G. hase; E. order, F. ordre, L. ordo, ordinis; E. coffer, coffin. The three Rs, a jocose expression for reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic, -- the fundamentals of an education.
