English words: runemistress to rush-bearing

300 English words, part 94 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words runemistress to rush-bearing

runemistress noun: A female runemaster.
runer noun /ˈɹuːnə(ɹ)/: A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.
RuneScaper noun: A player of the fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game RuneScape.
runesmith noun: One who carves runes.
runesong noun: A poem or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation; magical or esoteric poetry.
runestaff noun: A runic letter or character.
runestave noun: Alternative form of runestaff.
runester noun: A person well versed in runelore; an expert at runes; a user of runes for esoteric purposes.
runestone noun /ˈɹunˌstoʊn/: An ancient monument consisting of a typically raised stone with a runic inscription.
Runet proper noun: The Russian-language community on the Internet.
runeword noun: A word written in runes.
runework noun: The use of runes for esoteric purposes.
runflat adjective, noun: Alternative form of run-flat.
runfluencer noun: An influencer who posts content relating to the sport of running.
rung adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹʌŋ/: A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
Runge-Kutta method noun: Any of an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations.
runged adjective: Having rungs.
runghead noun: The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.
rungless adjective: Without rungs.
rungu noun: A member of an ethnic people of Borneo.
rungus noun: An Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Sabah in Malaysia.
runholder noun /ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/: A person who leases or owns a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep.
runholding noun: The lease of a run, generally a sheep farm.
runic adjective /ˈɹuːnɪk/: Alternative letter-case form of runic.
runic divination noun: The practice of using runes as a method for divination.
runically adverb: In a runic way.
runiform adjective /ˈɹuːnɪfɔːm/: Resembling, or in the form of, runes.
Runion proper noun: A surname.
runish adjective: Of or relating to runes, runic inscription, or runic language; runic.
Runk proper noun: A surname from German.
Runkel proper noun: A surname.
runkle noun, verb: A wrinkle or crease.
runlength noun: The length of a sequence of repeated characters in a string
runless adjective: Without runs, or not susceptible to runs.
runlessness noun: Absence of runs scored.
runlet noun /ˈɹʌnlət/: A small brook or stream.
runlevel noun: Any of a set of modes of operation in certain operating systems, defining the state of the machine after boot.
runman noun: A deserter from a ship of war.
runn noun: A tract of sandy or boggy land often overflowed by the tide.
runnability noun: The quality of being runnable.
runnable adjective: Capable of being run.
runnel noun, verb /ˈɹʌnəl/: A small stream, a rivulet.
runnelkarren noun: Synonym of rinnenkarren.
runner noun /ˈɹʌnɚ/: A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
runner bean noun: A climbing plant of species Phaseolus coccineus, having long bean pods.
runner poison noun: The plant Gastrolobium ovalifolium.
runner-runner adjective: Describing a situation where the last two community cards make a winning hand for a player who was previously behind.
runner's diarrhea noun: A condition among runners characterized by the urgent need for a relatively liquid bowel movement during a run.
runner's diarrhoea noun: Alternative spelling of runner's diarrhea.
runner's high noun: A euphoric release of endorphins and endocannabinoids reported to result from strenuous exercise.
runner's knee noun: Any of various overuse injuries involving pain around the kneecap.
runner's trots noun: Runner's diarrhea.
runner stone noun: The topmost millstone in a windmill.
runner up noun /ˌɹʌn.əˈɹʌp/: The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
runnerless adjective: Without runners.
runners noun: running shoes, sneakers, trainers
runners and riders noun: The horses and respective jockeys entered
runners knee noun: Alternative form of runner's knee.
runnerup noun: Alternative form of runner-up.
runnily adverb: In a runny manner.
runnin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of running.
runniness noun: The state or characteristic of being runny or free-flowing.
running adjective, adverb, noun, preposition, verb /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/: Moving or advancing at a run.
running and racing phrase: To be in a rush or all over the place
running back noun, verb: An offensive back whose primary role is to be the ballcarrier.
running battle noun: A fight that moves, with attacks occurring in various places.
running block noun: A block in an arrangement of pulleys.
running board noun: A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.
running commentary noun: A continuous verbal, or written description of events as they happen.
running coupling noun: A coupling whose strength measurement appears to deviate from its true value as the energy scale at which it is probed shrinks, the deviation being a...
running day noun: Any of the days occupied on a voyage, etc., under a charter, including Sundays.
running dictation noun: A classroom exercise in which students run to a text, and then pass the message verbally to a partner.
running fight noun: A fight kept up between one party that flees and another that pursues.
running fire noun: The rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops.
running flush noun: a hand containing three cards of consecutive value and the same suit in three card brag; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
running footman noun: Synonym of footman (“a servant who runs in front of his master's carriage”)
running gag noun: An ongoing joke, one that is regularly repeated or continued.
running game noun, verb: Any tables game in which there is no hitting or pinning, and players race around the board in the same direction.
running gear noun: The wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and usually the chassis of a motor vehicle.
running hand noun: A style of rapid handwriting without lifting the pen.
running head noun: Alternative form of running headline.
running heading noun: Alternative form of running headline.
running headline noun /ˈɹʌnɪŋ ˈhɛdlaɪn/: Text (such as a title) printed at the top of every (or every other) page of a book, newspaper, etc.
running hyena noun: An extinct genus of hyenas, †Chasmaporthetes.
running in noun: The operating of a new engine (especially that of a motor vehicle) at less than its normal speed until proper working has been established.
running iron noun: A branding iron which is not bent into the shape of the mark but rather requires the user to write the desired brand (and thus allows writing any brand).
running joke noun: An ongoing joke, one that is regularly repeated or continued.
running knot noun: Synonym of slip knot
running lane noun: The portion of the field between the basepath and the foul ball line in which a batter is allowed to run without causing or receiving interference. Also...
running light noun: A light shown by vessels between sunset and sunrise.
running lights noun: headlights
running line noun: A railway line used to operate trains on, as opposed to a siding.
running load noun: The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing of an aircraft.
running madness noun: rabies
running man noun: A dance move popular in the late 1980s to early 1990s, characterized by running movements done in place with hands going in an alternating forward-backward...
running mate noun: A candidate on a joint ticket.
running meter noun: length of one meter of a product that is sold by meter, such as fabric or board
running of the bulls noun: Synonym of bull run.
running order noun: The order in which people, exhibitions, etc. are presented at an event or on a recording.
running powers noun: Permission given in an agreement allowing one railway company to run trains over certain tracks belonging to another railway company.
running rail noun: One of the two rails of a railway track with which the wheels of a train make contact.
running rein noun: A form of driving rein for a horse.
running rigging noun: The ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
running room noun: Freedom; flexibility; options.
running sand noun: Saturated sand which flows into an excavation or void due to water pressure.
running script noun: A form of Chinese calligraphy in which round brush-strokes predominate and there are no sharp strokes or ticks
running serviceberry noun: Amelanchier spicata.
running shed noun: A building used for the maintenance and preparation for service of locomotives.
running shoe noun: A trainer with sharp spikes in the soles.
running sore noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see running, sore.; an ulcer that oozes pus.
running speech noun: The continuous sound of spoken dialogue from which the listener is able to distinguish individual words and sentences.
running start noun: A start to a race in which a contestant is already at full speed before reaching the starting line or take-off point.
running stationer noun: A street hawker of books and newspapers.
running stitch noun: A simple embroidery stitch in which the needle is passed in and out of the fabric in a series of even stitches in a straight row.
running stroller noun: Synonym of jogging stroller.
running target noun: A target that is towed across a range as the shooter shoots.
running text noun: The main body of a document; text in the form of sentences and paragraphs, as distinct from headings, captions, footnotes, and other added content.
running the gauntlet noun, verb: A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass
running therapy noun: The use of running as a therapy for mild depression, or for heart exercise.
running thrush noun: A disease in the feet of horses.
running time noun: The duration of a film or other recorded work.
running title noun: The title or short title of a volume printed at the top of left-hand text pages or sometimes of all text pages.
running track noun: a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.
running trap noun: A pipe formed so as to be a seal against the passage of gases.
running W noun: A dangerous stunt used to trip a horse by means of a tripwire.
running water noun: Water available from taps.
runningback noun: Alternative spelling of running back.
runningly adverb: In a running manner; so as to run.
runningwear noun: Clothing designed to be worn while running.
runnion noun: Alternative form of ronyon.
runny adjective /ˈɹʌni/: Fluid; readily flowing.
runny nose noun: A condition of discharge of mucus from the nose, often a symptom of the common cold.
Runnymede proper noun: A meadow near the Thames in Surrey, where the Magna Carta was signed.
runoff noun: That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
runographic adjective: Relating to the study or depiction of runes.
runological adjective: Of or pertaining to runology.
runologist noun: One who studies runology.
runology noun: The academic study of Runic alphabets and inscriptions and their history.
runout noun /ˈɹʌnaʊt/: Something that has been run out.
runover noun: A line of text that overruns the available space, either breaking to a new line within the column or violating the margin.
runpast noun: A staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.
runproof adjective: Not susceptible to runs.
runrate noun: The extrapolation of financial results into future periods.
runridge noun: Alternative form of runrig.
runrig noun: A system of land tenure in which farmland was divided into irregular strips and allocated to tenants in rotation; a strip of such land.
runround noun: A felon or whitlow.
runs noun, verb /ɹʌnz/: Diarrhea/diarrhoea.
runscorer noun: Someone who scores runs.
runscoring noun: The scoring of runs
runspace noun: In Microsoft PowerShell, an isolated environment in which a script or command executes.
runstand noun: The number of runs scored by two batters in a partnership
runt noun /ɹʌnt/: The smallest animal of a litter.
runt disease noun: A wasting graft-versus-host disease of animals.
runt of the litter noun: The smallest and weakest person in a group, especially a group of siblings.
runted adjective: Not properly grown; having a growth shortage.
runtedness noun: The state or condition of being runted.
runthrough adjective, noun: Alternative form of run-through.
runtime adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of run-time.
runtiness noun: The quality of being runty.
runting noun: The production of a runt in a litter of animals.
runting-stunting syndrome noun: A condition of stunted growth in birds.
runtish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a runt; weak and stunted; puny.
runtishly adverb: In a runtish manner.
runtishness noun: The quality of being runtish.
runtling noun: A little runt.
Runton proper noun: A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.
runty adjective: Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
runup noun: Alternative spelling of run-up.
runway noun /ˈɹʌnweɪ/: A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for access.
runway model noun: A person who poses to display clothing by walking along a narrow stage in front of an audience.
runwayed adjective: Having a runway.
runwaylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a runway.
Runyan proper noun: A surname.
Runyon proper noun: A surname.
Runyonesque adjective: Reminiscent of Damon Runyon (1880–1946), American newspaperman and writer, best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York...
runza noun: A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.
Ruocco proper noun: A surname.
Ruoff proper noun: A surname.
ruok phrase: Alternative form of RUOK.
ruote noun /ɹuˈəʊ.teɪ/: A type of pasta in the shape of a spoked wheel.
ruotee noun: Alternative form of rowtee (“kind of tent”).
Ruotolo proper noun: A surname.
rupa noun: form, shape, outward appearance.
rupatadine noun: A second-generation antihistamine used to treat allergies.
rupchanda noun: A Chinese silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis.
Rupe proper noun: A surname.
rupee noun /ˌɹuːˈpiː/: Any of the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka.
rupellary adjective /ɹuːˈpɛləɹi/: Rocky.
Rupenide adjective, noun: Alternative form of Rubenid.
Rupert adjective, noun /ˈɹupɚt/: A junior army officer.
Rupert's drop noun: A glass bead created by dripping molten glass into cold water so it solidifies into a tadpole shape with a very tough head but a long fragile tail which, if...
Rupert's tear noun: Synonym of Rupert's drop.
Ruperto proper noun: A surname.
rupes noun: An escarpment on another planet or a moon.
rupestral adjective: Made on or placed on rock surfaces.
rupestrian adjective /ɹuːˈpɛstɹiən/: Occurring, or executed on rocks, or on cave walls
rupestrine adjective /ɹuːˈpɛs.tɹaɪn/: Growing on rocks or cliffs.
rupi noun: Alternative form of rupee.
rupia noun /ˈɹuːpi.ə/: An ulcer due to syphilis.
rupiah noun: The unit of currency in Indonesia.
rupial adjective: Of or pertaining to rupia (the ulcer).
rupicaprine adjective, noun: Relating to, or resembling, the chamois, or other extinct mammals of the genus Rupicapra.
rupicola noun: Any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus Rupicola, having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head.
rupicoline adjective: Dwelling among the rocks.
rupicolous adjective: Growing on or among rocks.
Rupinder proper noun: A male given name of Indian usage.
rupintrivir noun: A particular synthetic protease inhibitor used as an antiviral drug.
rupioid adjective: Having well-defined, grossly cone-shaped, circular, thick keratotic lesions shaped like oyster shells or barnacles.
ruplizumab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody intended for the treatment of rheumatic diseases.
rupophobia noun /ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/: The fear of rubbish or dirt.
rupophobic adjective /ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bik/: Suffering from rupophobia; having an irrational fear of dirt and rubbish.
RUPP noun: Acronym of road used as public path (“a former type of right of way in England and Wales”).
Ruppe proper noun: A surname.
Ruppel proper noun: A surname.
Rüppell's fox noun: A fox species (Vulpes rueppellii) living in desert and semi-desert regions of North Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia.
Rüppell's sand fox noun: Synonym of Rüppell's fox.
Rüppell's vulture noun: Gyps rueppelli, a large, high-flying vulture mainly native to the Sahel region and East Africa.
Rüppell's warbler noun: Sylvia ruppeli, an Old World warbler.
Ruppert proper noun: A surname.
Ruppert–Prakash reagent noun: Synonym of trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane.
ruptile adjective: dehiscent by an irregular splitting of the walls
ruption noun /ˈɹʌpʃən/: A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
ruptive adjective: disruptive
ruptuary noun: One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
rupturable adjective: Capable of being ruptured.
rupture noun, verb /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/: A burst, split, or break.
rupture of membranes noun: The rupture of the amniotic sac, whether naturally at the onset of labour, occurring prematurely, or artificially induced.
ruptured adjective, verb: Having a rupture; broken, leaking.
ruptured duck noun: The Honorable Service Lapel Button, a military award bearing the image of an eagle.
ruptured membrane noun: During pregnancy, a premature rupture in which amniotic fluid is discharged from the uterus and vagina putting encumbent infant at risk for infection.
ruptureless adjective: Without rupture.
rupturewort noun: A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially Herniaria glabra, formerly used in the treatment of hernia and for other medicinal purposes.
rupturist adjective, noun: of, or relating to advocacy of rupture
Rupununi proper noun: A region in southwestern Guyana, bordering the Brazilian Amazon.
RUPV noun: Initialism of right upper pulmonary vein.
RUQ noun: Initialism of right upper quadrant (of the human abdomen).
ruqya noun: Alternative form of ruqyah.
ruqyah noun: An Islamic spiritual healing practice involving the recitation of Qur'anic verses, specifically Surah Al-Fatiha and the last three Surahs along with a du'a'...
ruracio noun: bride price
rural adjective, noun /ˈɹʊəɹəl/: Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
rural coach noun: A private tutor not connected with a college.
rural dean noun: A dean who, under the bishop, has the special care and inspection of the clergy in certain parishes.
rural district noun: A kind of local government area established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural...
Rural Gothic noun: Synonym of Carpenter Gothic.
rural sanitary district noun: A sanitary district established in an area not having a town government.
rural-type settlement noun: a semi-official designation for a settlement with a rural character, where settlement would not be enough to distinguish it from urban-type settlement
Rurales noun: The Mexican Guardia Rural (Rural Guard), a force of mounted police or gendarmerie that existed between 1861 and 1914.
ruralisation noun: Alternative form of ruralization.
ruralise verb: Alternative spelling of ruralize.
ruralish adjective: Somewhat rural.
ruralism noun: Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living.
ruralist noun: One who exhibits characteristics or qualities of rural life, or ruralism.
ruralistic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to ruralism; characteristic of the countryside.
ruralite noun: A person who lives in the country.
rurality noun: The state of being rural.
ruralization noun: the process of making rural.
ruralize verb: To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone).
rurallike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of rural areas.
rurally adverb: In a rural way.
ruralness noun: The quality of being rural.
ruralpolitan noun: An urbanite who moves to the countryside, especially to start an agricultural venture.
rurban adjective /ˈɹɜːb(ə)n/: Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics.
rurban fringe noun: An overlapping area between city and countryside which has some characteristics of each.
rurbanism noun: Rurban living generally; the combination of urban and rural characteristics in a place.
rurbanist noun: Synonym of rurbanite.
rurbanite noun: A person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.
rurbanization noun: The formation of rurban areas (by urban expansion into the countryside).
rurbanize verb: To make rurban.
ruricolist noun /ɹuːˈɹɪkəlɪst/: A country dweller.
ruridecanal adjective: Of or pertaining to a rural dean.
rurigenous adjective: Born in the countryside.
Rurikid noun: A member of the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangian prince Rurik.
Ruritania proper noun: A fictional kingdom in Central Europe.
Ruritanian adjective, noun /ˌɹʊə.ɹɪˈteɪ.ni.ən/: Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.
rurn verb: Pronunciation spelling of ruin.
rurp noun: A very tiny piton used in thin, shallow seams.
rursiradiate adjective: Inclined backward.
ruru noun /ˈɹuːɹuː/: The morepork.
Rus adjective, noun /ɹuːs/: A person from Rus.
rus in urbe noun: Country in the city.
rusa deer noun: Cervus timorensis, a species of deer native to the islands of Java.
rusakovite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.
rusalka noun: A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
rusbank noun: A type of settee with the seat and back made from woven strips of leather
ruscaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Ruscaceae.
Rusch proper noun: A surname.
Rusche proper noun: A surname from German.
ruscin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
ruscism noun: Alternative form of Ruscism.
ruscogenin noun: A chemical compound found in the rhizome of butcher's broom.
ruscoponticoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
ruscoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
ruscus noun: Any of the genus Ruscus of butcher's broom and related plants.
ruse noun, verb /ɹuːz/: A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
ruse de guerre noun /ˌɹuːz.dəˌɡɛə/: A stratagem of war.
Rusev proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Русев (Rusev).
rusfertide noun: A drug used to treat polycythemia vera.
rush adjective, noun, verb /ɹʌʃ/: A sudden forward motion.
rush and roulette noun: Eggcorn of Russian roulette.
rush-bearing noun: Alternative form of rushbearing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.