| right angle |
an angle formed by the meeting of two perpendicular lines and measuring ninety degrees. |
| right ascension |
the angular distance of the arc of one of the hour circles of a celestial body, measured eastward along the equator from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle, and expressed in degrees or hours; the celestial equivalent of longitude. |
| right away |
at once; immediately. |
| righteous |
morally upright. [3 definitions] |
| righteousness |
the quality of being righteous or condition of living righteously. |
| right field |
the section of a baseball field outside the diamond and to the right of home plate. [2 definitions] |
| right fielder |
in baseball, the player who is stationed in right field and whose primary function is to defend that territory. |
| rightful |
having a legal or legitimate claim. [3 definitions] |
| right-hand |
situated on or directed toward the right side. [3 definitions] |
| right-handed |
tending to use the right hand more often or more easily than the left. [5 definitions] |
| rightism |
politically conservative or reactionary views or activities. |
| rightist |
of or pertaining to conservative or reactionary political views. [2 definitions] |
| rightly |
in the correct or proper way. [2 definitions] |
| right-minded |
having thoughts and beliefs that are correct, sound, and just. |
| rightness |
the condition or quality of being correct, just, or accurate. [3 definitions] |
| right now |
exactly now, or immediately. |
| right of asylum |
the right to have or give protection within a country, its embassy, or another facility so designated by law or custom. |
| right off |
at once; immediately. |
| right off the bat |
at once; immediately. |
| right of search |
the right of a nation at war to stop and search a neutral ship on the open sea. |
| right of way |
the right by law or custom for one vehicle, vessel, person, or the like to move ahead of or in front of another. [3 definitions] |