AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
rubric: that part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.-a titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red.-the title of a statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters.-the directions and rules for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural.-hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed.-to adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.-alt. of rubrical
rubrical: colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.-of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics.
rubricate: marked with red.-to mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.
rubricist: one skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics.
rubstone: a stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.
ruby: a precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red.  it is a red crystallized variety of corundum.-the color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.-that which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. hence, a red blain or carbuncle.-see agate, n., 2.-any species of south american humming birds of the genus clytolaema. the males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.-ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.-to make red; to redden.
rubytail: a european gold wasp (chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. the larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.
rubythroat: any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to trochilus, calypte, stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the eastern united states (trochilus colubris).
rucervine: of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of india.
ruche: a plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.-a pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
ruck: a roc.-to draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.-a wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.-to cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.-a heap; a rick.-the common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.
rud: redness; blush.-ruddle; red ocher.-the rudd.-to make red.
rudd: a fresh-water european fish of the carp family (leuciscus erythrophthalmus). it is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow.  a blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.
rudder: a riddle or sieve.-the mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. it is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.-fig.: that which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
rudderhead: the upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached.
rudderpost: the shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other.
rudderstock: the main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.
ruddiness: the quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.
ruddle: to raddle or twist.-a riddle or sieve.-a species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.-to mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.
ruddock: the european robin.-a piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock.
ruddy: of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame.-of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips.-to make ruddy.
rude: characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.-unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.-of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.-violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.-barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.-not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.
rudiment: that which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.-hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.-an imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.-to furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
rudimentary: of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.-very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.
rudistes: an extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the cretaceous period; -- called also rudista. see illust. under hippurite.
rudmasday: either of the feasts of the holy cross, occuring on may 3 and september 14, annually.
rudolphine: pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by kepler, and founded on the observations of tycho brahe; -- so named from rudolph ii., emperor of germany.
rue: a perennial suffrutescent plant (ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. it is used in medicine.-fig.: bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.-to lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.-to cause to grieve; to afflict.-to repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.-to have compassion.-to feel sorrow and regret; to repent.-sorrow; repetance.
rueful: causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.-expressing sorrow.
ruff: a game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.-the act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.-to trump.-a muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.-something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.-an exhibition of pride or haughtiness.-wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.-a low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.-a collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. see illust. of collar.-a set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.-a limicoline bird of europe and asia (pavoncella, / philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. the males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. they are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. the female is called reeve, or rheeve.-a variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.-to ruffle; to disorder.-to beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.-to hit, as the prey, without fixing it.-alt. of ruffe
ruffe: a small freshwater european perch (acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch.
ruffian: a pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.-a boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.-brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.-to play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
ruffianish: having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.
ruffianly: like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
ruffle: to make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.-to furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.-to oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.-to erect in a ruff, as feathers.-to beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.-to discompose; to agitate; to disturb.-to throw into disorder or confusion.-to throw together in a disorderly manner.-to grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.-to become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.-to be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.-that which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.-a state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.-a low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.-the connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of american marine gastropods of the genus fulgur. see ootheca.
ruffler: one who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.-that which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
rufigallic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.
rufiopin: a yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid.
rufol: a phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.
rufous: reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
rug: a kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.-a piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.-a rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.-to pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
rug-gowned: wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug.
rugged: full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.-not neat or regular; uneven.-rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.-harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.-stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.-rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.-sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.-violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.-vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
rugging: a coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.
rugine: an instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.-to scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.
rugosa: an extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size.  they are characteristic of the paleozoic formations. the radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four.  see cyathophylloid.
rugose: wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.
ruin: the act of falling or tumbling down; fall.-such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.-that which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.-the state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.-that which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.-to bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.-to fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
ruinate: to demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.-to cause to fall; to cast down.-to fall; to tumble.-involved in ruin; ruined.
ruiniform: having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.
ruinous: causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.-characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.-composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
rukh: the roc.-a large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct epiornis of madagascar.
rule: that which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.-uniform or established course of things.-systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.-ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.-conduct in general; behavior.-the act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.-an order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.-a determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.-a general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in england, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.-a straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.-a measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.-a thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.-a composing rule. see under conposing.-to control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.-to control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.-to establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.-to require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.-to mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.-to have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.-to lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.-to keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.
ruler: one who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.-a straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines.  cf. rule, n., 7 (a).
ruling: of rule-predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.-used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.-the act of one who rules; ruled lines.-a decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
rullichies: chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. they are cut in slices and fried.
rum: a kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.-old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.-a queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
rumble: to make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.-to murmur; to ripple.-a noisy report; rumor.-a low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.-a seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.-a rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.-to cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. see rumble, n., 4.
rumen: the first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. see illust. below. -the cud of a ruminant.
rumicin: a yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.
ruminant: chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the ruminantia.-a ruminant animal; one of the ruminantia.
ruminantia: a division of artiodactyla having four stomachs. this division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
ruminantly: in a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.
ruminate: to chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.-to think again and again; to muse; to meditate;  to ponder; to reflect.-to chew over again.-to meditate or ponder over; to muse on.-alt. of ruminated
ruminated: of ruminate-having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the north american papaw.
rumination: the act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.-the state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.-the regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
rummage: a place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.-a searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.-to make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.-to search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.-to search a place narrowly.
rummager: one who rummages.-a person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager.
rummy: of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.-one who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.-strange; odd.
rumor: a flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.-a current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.-a prolonged, indistinct noise.-to report by rumor; to tell.
rumorous: of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.-famous; notorious.-murmuring.
rump: the end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.-among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. see illust. of beef.-the hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.
rump-fed: a shakespearean word of uncertain meaning.  perhaps "fattened in the rump, pampered."
rumple: to make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.-a fold or plait; a wrinkle.
rumseller: one who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.
runagate: a fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. see renegade.
runaway: one who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.-the act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.-running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.-accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.-won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory.-very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller.
runcinate: pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.
rundel: a moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet.-a circle.
rundle: a round; a step of a ladder; a rung.-a ball.-something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan.-one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
rundlet: a small barrel of no certain dimensions. it may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons.
rune: a letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient norsemen, or scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of northern europe in general.-old norse poetry expressed in runes.
rung: of ring-of ring-imp. & p. p. of ring.-a floor timber in a ship.-one of the rounds of a ladder.-one of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.-one of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
runic: of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
runlet: a little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.-same as rundlet.
runner: one who, or that which, runs; a racer.-a detective.-a messenger.-a smuggler.-one employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.-a slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.-the rotating stone of a set of millstones.-a rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.-one of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.-a horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel.-a trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.-the movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.-a food fish (elagatis pinnulatus) of florida and the west indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. the name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.-any cursorial bird.-a movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.-a tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.