English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 425 of 430

rustproofernoun

A person who rustproofs something.

rustrenoun

A lozenge with a smaller round hole in the centre, showing the field (rarely used).

rustredadj

Having rustres.

rustsnoun

plural of rust

rustumitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

rustyadj

Marked or corroded by rust.

rusty dustynoun

The buttocks of someone who sits and does nothing.

rusty gutsnoun

A blunt, rough old fellow.

rusty trombonenoun

The act of simultaneously performing anilingus and a hand job.

rusty-margined guannoun

A species of bird in the family Cracidae (Penelope superciliaris)

rusty-spotted catnoun

Prionailurus rubiginosus, one of the smallest members of the cat family, native to India and Sri Lanka.

rustybacknoun

Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum), a fern with orange-brown trichomes.

rustyhoodnoun

Any of a number of orchids in the genus Pterostylis.

rustyishadj

Somewhat rusty.

Rusuname

A surname from Romanian.

rusulnoun

plural of rasul

Rusynnoun

A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.

Ruszkowskiname

A surname from Polish.

rutnoun

Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season.

rut rohintj

Alternative form of ruh-roh.

Rutaname

A surname from Italian.

rutabaganoun

The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica

rutaceousadj

Of or relating to plants of the family Rutaceae.

rutamycinnoun

Any of a particular group of related macrolide antibiotics.

rutatenoun

A salt of rutic acid.

rutchverb

To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.

rutenoun

A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding.

Rutername

A surname from German.

Rutgersname

An American surname from Dutch.

ruthnoun

Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.

Ruth Islandname

An island of the United States Virgin Islands.

Ruthanasianoun

The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.

Ruthename

A surname.

ruthenarsenitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, nickel, and ruthenium.

ruthenatenoun

The oxyanion of ruthenium RuO₄²⁻; any salt or mineral containing this anion, formally derived from ruthenic acid.

Ruthenianame

The territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.

ruthenianadj

Containing ruthenium

ruthenicadj

Of or pertaining to ruthenium

rutheniousadj

Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium

rutheniridosminenoun

A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing iridium, osmium, and ruthenium.

rutheniumnoun

A metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.

ruthenocupratenoun

Any of a class of cuprates of ruthenium, especially those that have superconducting or magnetoresistive properties

Ruthername

A surname from German.

rutherfordnoun

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 Countyname

One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Rutherfordton.

Rutherford modelname

A conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.

Rutherfordianadj

Of, pertaining to, or in the style of any of various persons and institutions named Rutherford.

rutherfordinenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, oxygen, and uranium.

rutherfordiumnoun

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rf) with an atomic number of 104.

Rutherglenname

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6161).

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 425. 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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