English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 402 of 430

rublizationnoun

The process of a country, region, or group of people adopting the Russian ruble in parallel to or instead of another (e.g. domestic or previous) currency.

ruboffnoun

The situation where something rubs off, either physically or figuratively.

rubornoun

redness, one of the main signs of inflammation

ruboutnoun

An instance of erasing with a rubber.

rubproofadj

Resistant to damage caused by rubbing.

rubratoxinnoun

Any of a class of mycotoxins found in Penicillium rubrum.

rubricnoun

A heading in a book highlighted in red.

rubricaladj

Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.

rubricallyadv

According to a rubric, or religious directions.

rubricannoun

The member of a religious order who is responsible for seeing that the rubric (directions for a religious service) is followed.

rubricateadj

Marked with red.

rubricationnoun

A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red.

rubricatornoun

The person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript.

rubriciannoun

Someone versed in, or strictly adhering to, the rubric or rubrics.

rubricismnoun

A pedantic or scrupulous emphasis on following rubrics, that is, written directions and regulations, in celebrating the liturgy.

rubricistadj

of or pertaining to rubricism

rubricitynoun

Redness.

rubroolivaryadj

Relating to, or connecting the inferior olive and the parvocellular red nucleus

rubrospinaladj

Of or relating to the rubrospinal tract, part of the nervous system and a major motor control pathway in humans.

rubrousadj

Red.

rubsternoun

Synonym of tribade.

rubstonenoun

a whetstone (stone for scouring or rubbing).

rubulavirusnoun

Any member of the genus Rubulavirus of infectious viruses, including the mumps virus and parainfluenza types 2, 4a and 4b

rubusnoun

Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.

rubynoun

A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

Ruby Murraynoun

A (meal of) curry.

ruby redadj

Having the red colour of a ruby.

ruby slippersnoun

A valuable feature (of software, etc.) overlooked by the user.

Rubygatename

A political scandal in which Silvio Berlusconi was investigated and convicted for having sex with an underage prostitute (Karima El Mahroug, stage name Ruby Rubacuori) and for abuse of office relating to her release from detention.

Rubyistnoun

A user of the Ruby programming language.

rubylikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a ruby.

rubytailnoun

A European wasp, Chrysis ignita, with a bright red underside of the abdomen.

rubythroatnoun

Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat.

rubywarenoun

Articles made from ruby.

rubywoodnoun

red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus

RUCname

Initialism of Royal Ulster Constabulary (now known as the PSNI).

rucaparibnoun

A drug being developed as a cancer treatment.

Ruchbahname

A subgiant, visible as a third-magnitude eclipsing binary blue-white star marking the knee of the figure in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism.

ruchenoun

A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

ruchedadj

with tight elastic folds

Ruchiname

a Prajapati

Ruchillname

An area of Glasgow, Scotland.

ruchingnoun

Ruche.

ruchniknoun

Alternative form of rushnyk.

rucknoun

A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.

Ruckaname

A surname from Czech.

Ruckelname

A surname from German.

Ruckiname

A surname from Polish.

ruckleverb

To crease or wrinkle.

rucklidgeitenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral silver white mineral containing bismuth, lead, and tellurium.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter R contains 21,470 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 430 pages, and you are currently viewing page 402. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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