Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
rubellite |
noun |
A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium. |
rubescent |
adjective |
Growing or becoming red; tending to redness. |
rubicelle |
noun |
A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil. |
rubiretin |
noun |
One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid. |
rubricate |
noun |
Marked with red., To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. |
rubrician |
noun |
Alt. of Rubricist |
rubricist |
noun |
One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics. |
rubricity |
noun |
Redness. |
rucervine |
adjective |
Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India. |
ructation |
noun |
The act of belching wind. |
ruddiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky. |
rudenture |
noun |
Cabling. See Cabling. |
rudmasday |
noun |
Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually. |
rufescent |
adjective |
Reddish; tinged with red. |
ruffianly |
adjective |
Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal. |
ruination |
noun |
The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined. |
ruiniform |
adjective |
Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; — said of certain minerals. |
ruminated |
imp. & past participle |
of Ruminate, Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. |
ruminator |
noun |
One who ruminates or muses; a meditator. |
rummaging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Rummage |
rumseller |
noun |
One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail. |
runcation |
noun |
A weeding. |
runcinate |
adjective |
Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion. |
runningly |
adverb |
In a running manner. |
rupellary |
noun |
Rocky. |
rupturing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Rupture |
ruralized |
imp. & past participle |
of Ruralize |
ruralness |
noun |
The quality or state of being rural. |
rushiness |
noun |
The quality or state of abounding with rushes. |
rushingly |
adverb |
In a rushing manner. |
rushlight |
noun |
A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light. |
russeting |
noun |
See Russet, n., 2 and 4. |
rusticate |
verb i. |
To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize., To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on. |
rusticity |
noun |
The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. |
rustiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being rusty. |
ruta-baga |
noun |
A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip. |
rutaceous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu. |
ruthenium |
noun |
A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum. |
rutinose. |
|
A disaccharide present in glycosides. |
rutterkin |
noun |
An old crafty fox or beguiler — a word of contempt. |