| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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| rung | of Ring, of Ring, imp. & p. p. of Ring., A floor timber in a ship., One of the rounds of a ladder., One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff., One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel. | |
| ruby | noun | A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum., The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint., That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle., See Agate, n., 2., Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast., Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips., To make red; to redden. |
| ruck | noun | A roc., To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet., A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework., To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs., A heap; a rick., The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race. |
| rudd | noun | A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach. |
| rude | superl. | Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse., Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; — said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship., Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; — said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like., Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; — said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter., Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; — said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies., Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; — said of literature, language, style, and the like. |
| rued | imp. & past participle | of Rue |
| ruff | noun | A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it., The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led., To trump., A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children., Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name., An exhibition of pride or haughtiness., Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct., A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle., A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar., A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird., A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve., A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck., To ruffle; to disorder., To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum., To hit, as the prey, without fixing it., Alt. of Ruffe |
| ruft | noun | Eructation; belching. |
| ruga | noun | A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach. |
| ruin | noun | The act of falling or tumbling down; fall., Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes., That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like., The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin., That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction., To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow., To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish. |
| rukh | noun | The roc., A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar. |
| rule | adjective | That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket., Uniform or established course of things., Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o’clock., Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions., Conduct in general; behavior., The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control., An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit., A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root., A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but “man” forms its plural “men”, and is an exception to the rule., A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler., A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly., A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work., A composing rule. See under Conposing., To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage., To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; — used chiefly in the passive., To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice., To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court., To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book., To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; — often followed by over., To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule., To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before. |
| ruly | adjective | Orderly; easily restrained; — opposed to unruly. |
| rump | noun | The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks., Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef., The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. |
| rune | noun | A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general., Old Norse poetry expressed in runes. |
| runt | adjective | Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; — applied particularly to domestic animals., A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier., A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; — used opprobriously., The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. |
| ruse | noun | An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. |
| rush | noun | A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus., The merest trifle; a straw., To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice., To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation., To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward., To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error., A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water., Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business., A perfect recitation., A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush., The act of running with the ball. |
| rusk | noun | A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit., A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores., Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar. |
| russ | noun sing. & pl. | A Russian, or the Russians., The language of the Russians., Of or pertaining to the Russians. |
| rust | noun | The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion., A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish., That which resembles rust in appearance or effects., A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below., Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat., Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence., To contract rust; to be or become oxidized., To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants., To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction., To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind., To impair by time and inactivity. |
| ruth | verb | Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness., That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight. |