English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 408 of 430

rugousadj

wrinkled; rugose

rugratnoun

A toddler, a young child.

rugulanoun

Alternative spelling of rugelach.

ruguloreticulateadj

rugulate and reticulate

ruguloseadj

Having small or fine-grained wrinkles.

ruguloselyadv

In a rugulose manner.

rugulosinnoun

Any of a group of toxins produced by Penicillia.

ruh-rohintj

Alternative form of uh-oh.

Ruhename

A surname from German.

Ruhlmanname

A surname from German.

Ruhlmannname

A surname from German.

Ruhmkorff coilnoun

An induction coil.

Ruhnamaname

A two-volume work written by Saparmurat Niyazov, the president of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006, intended to serve as a tool of state propaganda.

Ruhrname

A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, a branch of the river Rhine and its basin.

Ruhrortname

A district of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Rui'anname

A county-level city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

ruibenoun

An Ainu dish of salmon that is frozen outdoors, sliced like sashimi, and served with soy sauce and water peppers.

Ruichengname

A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.

Ruidosoname

A village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States.

Ruifangname

A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Ruiliname

A county-level city of Dehong, Yunnan, China.

ruinnoun

The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

ruin of the yearnoun

The dying back of deciduous plants in late autumn.

ruin pubnoun

A bar, selling alcoholic beverages, inhabiting an old building left in a ramshackle condition; a popular style of pub in Budapest.

ruin valuenoun

The concept of designing a building such that it will leave behind aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting ruins.

ruina montiumnoun

A mining technique in Ancient Rome, similar in principle to Pascal's barrel, where miners would excavate narrow cavities in a mountain and fill them with water to cause pressures high enough to fragment the rock.

ruinableadj

Capable of being ruined.

ruinateverb

To reduce to ruins; to destroy.

ruinationnoun

The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.

ruinatornoun

One who causes ruin.

ruinenoun

Obsolete form of ruin.

ruinedverb

simple past and past participle of ruin

Ruinenlustnoun

Obsession with ruins.

ruinernoun

Someone who ruins.

ruinestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of ruin

ruinethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ruin

ruiniformadj

Having the appearance of the ruins of buildings, despite being natural in origin.

ruinismnoun

An ideology that leads to the destruction of society.

ruinlessadj

Without ruins.

ruinlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a ruin.

ruinousadj

Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.

ruinouslyadv

in a way that will cause ruin

ruinousnessnoun

The quality of being ruinous.

ruinsnoun

plural of ruin

ruintverb

simple past and past participle of ruin

Ruislipname

A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0987).

Ruismnoun

Confucianism.

Ruistadj

Confucianist.

Ruisuiname

A rural township in Hualien County, Taiwan.

ruitenbergitenoun

A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.

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 408. 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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