English Words: R

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rupturelessadj

Without rupture.

rupturewortnoun

A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially Herniaria glabra, formerly used in the treatment of hernia and for other medicinal purposes.

rupturistadj

of, or relating to advocacy of rupture

ruracionoun

bride price

ruraladj

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

Ruralesnoun

The Mexican Guardia Rural (Rural Guard), a force of mounted police or gendarmerie that existed between 1861 and 1914.

ruralisationnoun

Alternative form of ruralization.

ruralishadj

Somewhat rural.

ruralismnoun

Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living.

ruralistnoun

One who exhibits characteristics or qualities of rural life, or ruralism.

ruralitenoun

A person who lives in the country.

ruralitynoun

The state of being rural.

ruralizationnoun

the process of making rural.

ruralizeverb

To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone).

rurallikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of rural areas.

rurallyadv

In a rural way.

ruralnessnoun

The quality of being rural.

ruraloidnoun

A person who lives in a rural area.

ruralpolitannoun

An urbanite who moves to the countryside, especially to start an agricultural venture.

rurbanadj

Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics.

rurban fringenoun

An overlapping area between city and countryside which has some characteristics of each.

rurbanismnoun

Rurban living generally; the combination of urban and rural characteristics in a place.

rurbanistnoun

Synonym of rurbanite.

rurbanitenoun

A person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.

rurbanizationnoun

The formation of rurban areas (by urban expansion into the countryside).

rurbanizeverb

To make rurban.

ruricolistnoun

A country dweller.

ruridecanaladj

Of or pertaining to a rural dean.

rurigenousadj

Born in the countryside.

Ruritanianame

A fictional kingdom in Central Europe.

Ruritanianadj

Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.

rurnverb

Pronunciation spelling of ruin.

RURPnoun

A very tiny piton used in thin, shallow seams.

rursiradiateadj

Inclined backward.

rurunoun

The morepork.

Rusname

A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities.

rus in urbenoun

Country in the city.

rusakovitenoun

A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.

rusalkanoun

A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.

rusbanknoun

A type of settee with the seat and back made from woven strips of leather

ruscaceousadj

Of or relating to the Ruscaceae.

Ruschname

A surname.

Ruschename

A surname from German.

Ruscismname

Russian fascism, Russianism, Great Russian chauvinism; the ideology of Russia, seen as fascism or as fascist.

ruscistnoun

Alternative form of russist.

rusenoun

A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.

ruse de guerrenoun

A stratagem of war.

Rusevname

A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Русев (Rusev).

rushnoun

A sudden forward motion.

rush defencenoun

blitz defence

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 420. 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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