English Words: R

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rue the dayverb

To seriously regret one's actions.

rue-bargainnoun

A bad bargain.

Ruebname

A surname from German.

ruedanoun

A kind of salsa round dance.

Ruedasname

A surname from Spanish.

Rueffname

A surname from German.

ruefuladj

Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way.

ruefulladj

Obsolete form of rueful.

ruefullyadv

In a rueful manner; causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.

ruefulnessnoun

The property of being rueful.

Ruegername

A surname from German.

Rueggname

A surname from German.

Ruegseggername

A surname from German.

Rueifangname

Alternative form of Ruifang.

Rueisueiname

Alternative form of Ruisui.

ruel-bonenoun

A piece of ivory, generally from a marine mammal.

Ruelasname

A surname.

ruelessadj

Not rueful; not causing or experiencing sorrow or compassion.

ruelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of the plant called rue.

ruellenoun

The space between the bed and the wall.

ruellianoun

Any member of the genus Ruellia of flowering plants.

Ruepisaname

A gewog of Wangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan.

ruesnoun

plural of rue

ruesomeadj

rueful

rufescentadj

Becoming reddish; tinged with red.

ruffnoun

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

ruffableadj

Able to be ruffed.

Ruffaloname

A surname from Italian.

ruffenoun

Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.

ruffedverb

simple past and past participle of ruff

ruffed lemurnoun

Any of several nocturnal lemurs of the genus Varecia, from Madagascar that have white ruffs around the face.

ruffemansnoun

Alternative spelling of ruffmans.

ruffernoun

One who ruffs.

ruffiannoun

A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.

ruffianagenoun

collectively, ruffians; a group of ruffians.

ruffiandomnoun

The state or condition of a ruffian.

ruffianhoodnoun

The state or condition of a ruffian.

ruffianishadj

Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian.

ruffianismnoun

The behaviour of a ruffian; ruffians collectively.

ruffianizeverb

To act like a ruffian.

ruffianlikeadj

Like a ruffian

ruffianlyadj

Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.

ruffianonoun

A ruffian.

ruffianousadj

Like a ruffian.

Ruffieuxname

A village in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

ruffinadj

disordered

Ruffininame

A surname from Italian

Ruffini's corpusclenoun

The synaptic ending of the sensory nervous system which are encapsulated and respond to stretch and torque. These responses are propagated back to dorsal root ganglia in the form of an action potential.

rufflenoun

Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

ruffle some feathersverb

To cause a disturbance; to arouse resentment, anger, or concern.

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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 405. 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.

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