English words: rusticated to rymovirus

300 English words, part 96 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words rusticated to rymovirus

rusticated adjective, verb: Constructed so as to produce a jagged or heavily textured surface.
rusticatio noun: Full-immersion Latin-language “summer camp” in the countryside or a secluded setting. Participants eat, work, play, and speak nothing but Latin for the...
rustication noun: Residence in the country.
rusticator noun: The instigator or perpetrator of rustication.
rusticise verb: Alternative spelling of rusticize.
rusticism noun: A rustic custom or characteristic.
rusticity noun: The quality of being rustic.
rusticization noun: The process of rusticizing.
rusticize verb: To make (something or someone) rustic.
rusticle noun: An icicle-shaped rust formation, formed on shipwrecks etc. by underwater microbes that consume iron.
rusticness noun: The quality of being rustic.
Rusticoat noun: A variety of potato.
rusticola noun: Scolopax rusticola, the Eurasian woodcock.
rusticware noun: Alternative spelling of rustic ware.
rusticyanin noun: A copper-containing protein involved in electron transfer, being a strong oxidant.
rustily adverb: In a rusty manner
Rustin proper noun: A surname.
rustiness noun: The state of being rusty.
rusting noun, verb: The development of rust on a surface.
rustle noun, verb /ˈɹʌsəl/: A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
rustle someone's jim-jams verb: Synonym of rustle someone's jimmies.
rustle someone's jimmies verb: To bother someone; to make someone feel upset.
rustle time noun: The average time interval between the clicks of a Geiger counter.
rustle up verb: To forage for, or (figuratively) to quickly prepare, something.
rustler noun: One who rustles; a cattle (or other livestock) thief.
rustless adjective: That does not rust; stainless.
rustlessness noun: The state or condition of being rustless; absence of rust.
rustlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of rust.
rustlin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of rustling.
rustling noun, verb: The rounding up and theft of animals, cattle in particular.
rustlingly adverb: With a rustling sound.
rustly adjective: Tending to rustle; making a rustling noise.
Rusto noun /ˈɹʌstəʊ/: Rust-Oleum spraypaint
Ruston proper noun: A surname.
rustproof adjective, verb: Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion.
rustproofer noun: A person who rustproofs something.
rustproofing noun, verb: The process of making something rustproof.
rustre noun: A lozenge with a smaller round hole in the centre, showing the field (rarely used).
rustred adjective: Having rustres.
rustumite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
rustwort noun: A liverwort of the genus Marsupella.
rusty adjective, noun /ˈɹʌsti/: Marked or corroded by rust.
rusty blackbird noun: Euphagus carolinus, a medium-sized blackbird, closely related to the grackles.
rusty dusty noun: The buttocks of someone who sits and does nothing.
rusty guts noun: A blunt, rough old fellow.
rusty-margined guan noun: A species of bird in the family Cracidae (Penelope superciliaris)
rusty nail noun: A cocktail made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch.
rusty pitohui noun: A passerine bird of the species Pseudorectes ferrugineus, from New Guinea.
rusty plum aphid noun: An aphid of species Hysteroneura setariae.
rusty-spotted cat noun: Prionailurus rubiginosus, one of the smallest members of the cat family, native to India and Sri Lanka.
rusty thicketbird noun: Cincloramphus rubiginosus, a bird species, found only in New Britain.
rusty tinamou noun: A tinamou, Crypturellus brevirostris.
rustyback noun: Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum), a fern with orange-brown trichomes.
rustyback fern noun: Synonym of rustyback
rustyguts noun: Alternative form of rusty guts.
rustyhood noun: Any of a number of orchids in the genus Pterostylis.
rustyish adjective: Somewhat rusty.
Rusu proper noun: A surname from Romanian.
rusud noun: Alternative form of russud.
rusure noun: The sliding down of a bank.
ruswut noun: An inspissated extract from the wood and roots of various berberis species, used in medicine.
Rusyn adjective, noun /ˈruːsɪn/: A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
Rusynness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Rusyn.
rut noun, verb /ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ]: Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced.
rut roh interjection: Alternative form of ruh-roh.
Ruta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
ruta-baga noun: Alternative form of rutabaga.
rutabaga noun /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/: The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
rutaceous adjective: Of or relating to plants of the family Rutaceae.
rutaecarpine noun: An alkaloid present in Evodia rutaecarpa
rutalean adjective: Of or pertaining to the obsolete Rutales order of plants.
rutamycin noun: Any of a particular group of related macrolide antibiotics.
Rutan proper noun: A surname.
rutate noun: A salt of rutic acid.
rutch verb /ɹʊt͡ʃ/: To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
rute noun /ɹuːt/: A beater for drums, consisting of a bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it...
rutecarpine noun: Alternative form of rutaecarpine.
rutelid noun: Any beetle of the family Rutelidae.
ruteline adjective: Belonging to the Rutelinae, a subfamily of scarab beetles.
Ruter proper noun: A surname from German.
RUTF noun: Initialism of ready-to-use therapeutic food.
Rutgers proper noun /ˈrʌtɡərz/: An American surname from Dutch.
ruth noun /ɹuːθ/: Sorrow for the misery of another person; compassion, mercy, pity.
ruthe noun: Alternative spelling of rute.
Ruthen noun: Ruthenian.
ruthenacycle noun: Any cyclic organometallic compound of ruthenium
ruthenarsenite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, nickel, and ruthenium.
ruthenate noun: The oxyanion of ruthenium RuO₄²⁻; any salt or mineral containing this anion, formally derived from ruthenic acid.
ruthenation noun: Any reaction in which a carbon-to-ruthenium bond is formed.
Ruthene noun: Alternative form of Ruthenian.
Ruthenia proper noun /ɹuːˈθiː.ni.ə/: The territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.
ruthenian adjective, noun: Containing ruthenium
ruthenic adjective: Of or pertaining to ruthenium
ruthenic acid noun: The oxyacid or ruthenium (VI) H₂RuO₄
ruthenio- prefix: Containing ruthenium.
ruthenious adjective: Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium
rutheniridosmine noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing iridium, osmium, and ruthenium.
ruthenium noun /ɹuːˈθiːniəm/: A metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.
ruthenium red noun: An inorganic dye used in histology to stain aldehyde-fixed mucopolysaccharides
ruthenium tetroxide noun: The compound RuO₄
rutheno- prefix: ruthenium
ruthenocene noun: An organoruthenium compound consisting of a ruthenium ion sandwiched in between two cyclopentadienyl rings.
ruthenocenyl adjective: Derived from ruthenocene.
ruthenocuprate noun: Any of a class of cuprates of ruthenium, especially those that have superconducting or magnetoresistive properties
ruthenylated adjective: Reacted with ruthenium tetroxide
ruther adverb: rather
rutherford noun: An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.
Rutherford atom noun: The type of atom described by the Rutherford model.
Rutherford scattering noun: The scattering of alpha particles through thin metal foils.
Rutherfordian adjective: Of, pertaining to, or in the style of any of various persons and institutions named Rutherford.
rutherfordine noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, oxygen, and uranium.
rutherfordium noun /ˌɹʌðəɹˈfɔːɹdiəm/: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rf) with an atomic number of 104.
Rutherfordton proper noun: A town, the county seat of Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States.
Rutherglen proper noun /ˈɹʌðə(ɹ).ɡlɪn/: A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6161).
Rutherglen bug noun: Nysius vinitor, a kind of false chinch bug.
ruthful adjective /ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/: Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
ruthfully adverb: Sorrowfully, ruefully.
ruthfulness noun: The state or condition of being ruthful; sorrowfulness; contrition.
Ruthian adjective: Prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run.
Ruthie proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Ruth.
Ruthin proper noun: A town and community in and the county town of Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1258).
ruthless adjective /ˈɹuːθləs/: Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
ruthlessly adverb /ˈɹuːθ.ləs.li/: In a ruthless manner; with cruelty; without pity or compassion.
ruthlessness noun: The property of being ruthless.
Ruthven proper noun /ˈɹɪvən/: A village in the committee area of Marr, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5046).
Ruthwell proper noun /ˈɹɪvəl/: A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NY1067).
Ruthy proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Ruth.
rutic acid noun: Capric acid.
ruticilla noun: A bird, the redstart.
rutilance noun: redness; a red glow; the quality of being rutilant
rutilant adjective /ˈɹuːtɪl(ə)nt/: Shining or glowing with a red colour or light.
rutilate verb /ˈɹuːtɪleɪt/: To shine; to emit rays of light.
rutilation noun: A reddening; a red glow.
rutile noun: The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂.
rutin noun: A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose.
rutinic acid noun: Capric acid.
rutinose noun: A disaccharide, consisting of rhamnose and glucose, derived from rutin.
rutinoside noun: Any glycoside of rutinose.
rutinosyl noun: A univalent radical derived from rutinose
rutinulose noun: A particular disaccharide.
Rutkowski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Rutland proper noun /ˈɹʌt.lənd/: A small landlocked county in the East Midlands of England.
Rutland beauty noun: Synonym of hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Rutledge proper noun: A surname of uncertain etymology.
rutless adjective: Of a road, without ruts.
Rutman proper noun: A surname from German.
Ruto proper noun: Synonym of Lutos (“a Central Sudanic language”).
rutoceratid noun: Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Rutoceratidae.
rutoside noun: rutin
rutsch verb: Alternative form of rutch (“squirm”).
rutschblock noun: A wide block of snow that is isolated from the rest of a slope and progressively loaded in order to judge stability and the risk of avalanche.
rutstroemiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Rutstroemiaceae.
Rutt proper noun: A surname.
rutted adjective, verb /ˈɹʌtɪd/: Marked or grooved with ruts.
ruttee noun: Alternative form of ratti (“Indian unit of measure”).
Rutten proper noun: A surname.
rutter noun /ˈɹʌtə/: A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
ruttier adjective, noun /ˈrʌtɪə/: A chart of a course, especially at sea.
ruttily adverb: In a rutty manner; with ruts.
ruttiness noun: The quality of being rutty.
rutting noun, verb: Pairing; the period of time when certain ungulates mate.
rutting season noun: The time of the year when certain animals mate.
rutting time noun: Synonym of rutting season.
ruttish adjective: Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal
ruttishly adverb: In a ruttish manner.
ruttishness noun: Feeling ruttish; sexual arousal.
ruttle noun, verb: A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.
rutty adjective, noun /ˈɹʌti/: Imprinted with ruts.
rutuburi noun: A ritual dance of the Tarahumara people.
Rutul noun: A member of an ethnic group in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia and parts of Azerbaijan.
Rutuli noun: An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in Latium, modern-day Italy, whose capital was Ardea.
Rutulian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the ancient Rutuli people.
rutway noun: A type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the...
rutylene noun: A liquid hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₁₈, of the acetylene series.
Rutz proper noun: A surname.
Ruud proper noun /ɹʌd/: A male given name from Dutch
Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome noun: Synonym of Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome.
ruvid adjective: rough
ruvoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Ruwallah noun: A large Arab tribe of the northern Arabian Peninsula and Syrian Desert, including Jordan.
rux noun: A noisy disturbance or commotion.
ruxolitinib noun: A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of several diseases including myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera.
Ruzicka proper noun: A surname from Czech.
Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder characterized by icthyosis, deafness, intellectual disability, and skeletal anomalies.
RV noun, verb: Initialism of recreational vehicle.
RV life noun: A lifestyle similar to vanlife, but in a recreational vehicle.
RVA noun: Initialism of relative virtual address.
rvalue noun: Any value that is not an lvalue.
rvalue reference noun: In C++, a reference which is bound to an rvalue.
RVC noun: Initialism of reticulated vitreous carbon
RVer noun: A recreational vehicle enthusiast.
RVF noun: Initialism of Rift Valley fever.
RVH noun: Initialism of right ventricular hypertrophy.
RVM noun: Initialism of Religious of the Virgin Mary.
RVO noun: Initialism of return value optimization.
RVOT noun: Initialism of right ventricular outflow tract.
RVP noun: Initialism of rendezvous point (for emergency services).
RVR noun: Initialism of runway visual range.
RVSVP phrase: Used in writing to request a prompt reply to an invitation.
rvv noun, verb: Initialism of revert vandalism; used in edit summaries to indicate that the editor has reverted another user's vandalism of a page.
RW noun: Initialism of random walk.
RWA adjective, noun: Initialism of ready, willing and able.
Rwanda proper noun /ɹuˈændə/: A country in East Africa.
Rwandan adjective, noun: A person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.
Rwandanness noun: The quality or state of being Rwandan.
Rwandese adjective, noun /ɹə.wænˈdiːz/: A person from Rwanda or of Rwandese descent.
Rwandophone adjective, noun: Having Kinyarwanda as one’s mother tongue; Kinyarwanda-speaking.
RWC noun: Initialism of Rugby World Cup.
RWD noun: Abbreviation of rewind.
RWE noun: Initialism of real world evidence.
Rwenzori proper noun: A mountain range in eastern equatorial Africa, on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
RWH noun: Initialism of red wine headache.
RWI noun: Initialism of rotary-wing intercept.
RWR noun: Initialism of radar warning receiver
rwy noun: Abbreviation of roadway
rx noun, verb: Alternative form of ℞: prescription.
Rx burn noun: Synonym of prescribed burn.
RxJS noun: Abbreviation of Reactive Extensions for JavaScript.
rxn noun: Abbreviation of reaction.
RXR noun: Abbreviation of retinoid X receptor.
RY noun, suffix /ɹi/: Alternative form of -ery.
rya noun: A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
ryal noun: Alternative form of rial (old English coin)
Ryall proper noun: A village in Worcestershire.
Ryan proper noun /ˈɹaɪən/: A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain (literally “descendant of Riaghan, Rian”).
Ryann proper noun: A female given name, a less common spelling of Ryan.
ryanodine noun /rʌɪˈæn.əd.iːn/: A poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American shrub Ryania speciosa (family Flacourtiaceae) and has been used as an insecticide...
ryanoid noun: Any of a class of insecticides with the same mechanism of action as the alkaloid ryanodine.
ryanotoxin noun: A peptide having properties similar to that of ryanodine.
Ryans proper noun: plural of Ryan
ryasna noun: A part of a woman's headwear, typically worn in Russia, either hanging from a diadem or as a temple ring.
Ryazan proper noun /ɹjɪˈzɑn/: An oblast of Russia.
ryazhanka noun: A type of East Slavic yogurt-like beverage made from baked milk.
Ryba proper noun: A surname.
Rybachy trap noun: A variation of the Heligoland trap, consisting of linked funnels terminating in a small chamber.
Rybak proper noun: A surname.
rybat noun: A vertical dressed stone beside a door or window.
Ryberg proper noun: A surname.
Rybicki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Rybinsk proper noun: A city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
Rybka proper noun: A surname.
Rybolovlev proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Рыболовлев (Rybolovlev).
Ryburn proper noun: A surname.
Ryce proper noun: A surname.
Ryckman proper noun: A surname.
Rycroft proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Rydal proper noun: A village in Lakes parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3606).
Rydalmere proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Rydberg proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Rydberg atom noun: Any atom which has a single valence electron in a shell well outside any other electrons in the aton; approximates the hydrogen atom.
Rydberg constant noun: A universal scaling factor for all spectroscopic transitions.
Rydberg molecule noun: A molecule, especially one consisting of two atoms of the same element, that has a permanent dipole because one of the atoms is in a very high excited state.
Rydberg's goldenbush noun: Ericameria obovata, a species of flowering shrub found in North America.
Rydberg state noun: Any of those electronically excited states of an atom or molecule with energies that follow the Rydberg formula as they converge on an ionic state with an...
Ryde proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England.
Rydell proper noun: A surname.
Ryden proper noun: A surname.
ryder noun /ˈɹaɪdə(ɹ)/: A gold coin of Zealand (Netherlands) worth 14 florins.
rye noun /ɹaɪ/: A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
rye bread noun: A bread made partly or entirely with rye flour, which may be wholemeal (wholegrain) flour or not.
rye flake noun: A rye groat that is cut, cooked and rolled into a flake, used as a breakfast cereal.
rye flour noun: Flour that has been made or prepared from rye.
rye grass noun: Alternative spelling of ryegrass.
rye seed noun: Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.
rye wolf noun: An evil creature of German folklore lurking in the rye-fields.
rye-worm noun: The larva of a fly, Chlorops pumilionis, an agricultural pest which feeds on stems of several species of grain and other grasses.
ryebread noun: Alternative form of rye bread.
ryebuck adjective /ˈɹaɪ.bʌk/: Good, excellent
Ryecroft proper noun: A suburb of Rawmarsh, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4496).
Ryedale proper noun: A former local government district in North Yorkshire, England, formed in April 1974, and abolished without replacement in April 2023.
ryeflour noun: Alternative form of rye flour
Ryegate proper noun: A town, the county seat of Golden Valley County, Montana, United States.
ryegrass noun: Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.
ryelage noun /ˈɹaɪlɪd͡ʒ/: Silage made from rye: rye silage.
Ryeland noun: A sheep breed originating in England.
ryemeal noun: Rye meal (coarse flour)
ryepeck noun: Alternative form of rypeck.
Ryer proper noun: A surname.
Ryerson proper noun: A surname.
Ryhope proper noun: A coastal village in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ4152).
Ryker proper noun /ˈɹaɪkə/: An American surname.
Rylan proper noun: A rare surname from Old English.
Rylance proper noun: A surname.
Ryland proper noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
Rylander proper noun: A surname.
Rylands proper noun: A surname.
Ryle proper noun: A surname.
Ryle's tube noun: Nasogastric tube.
Rylean adjective: Of or relating to Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), British philosopher.
Rylee proper noun: A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Riley.
Ryleigh proper noun: A female given name.
rylene noun: Any of a family of compounds, typically dyes, related to perylene
Ryles proper noun: A surname.
Ryley proper noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
Rylie proper noun: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Rylstone proper noun: A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9658).
Rym proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
Ryman proper noun: A surname.
RYMer noun: A user of the website Rate Your Music.
rymovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Rymovirus

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.