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rupia
an eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
rupial
of or pertaining to rupia.
rupicola
a genus of beautiful south american passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
rupicoline
rock-inhabiting.
ruption
a breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
ruptuary
one not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
rupture
the act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
rupture
breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
rupture
hernia. see hernia.
rupture
a bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. see explosion.
ruptured
of rupture
rupturing
of rupture
rupture
to part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
rupture
to produce a hernia in.
rupture
to suffer a breach or disruption.
ruptured
having a rupture, or hernia.
rupturewort
same as burstwort.
rupturewort
a west indian plant somewhat resembling burstwort.
rural
of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.
rural
of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
rurales
the gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
ruralism
the quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
ruralism
a rural idiom or expression.
ruralist
one who leads a rural life.
ties
of rurality
rurality
the quality or state of being rural.
rurality
a rural place.
ruralized
of ruralize
ruralizing
of ruralize
ruralize
to render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
ruralize
to become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
rurally
in a rural manner; as in the country.
ruralness
the quality or state of being rural.
ruricolist
an inhabitant of the country.
ruridecanal
of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.
rurigenous
born in the country.
ruse
an artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
rush
a name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of juncus and scirpus.
rush
the merest trifle; a straw.
rushed
of rush
rushing
of rush
rush
to move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
rush
to enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
rush
to push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
rush
to recite or pass without an error.
rush
a moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
rush
great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
rush
a perfect recitation.
rush
a rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
rush
the act of running with the ball.
rush-bearing
a kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.
rushbuckler
a bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
rushed
abounding or covered with rushes.
rusher
one who rushes.
rusher
one who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.
rushiness
the quality or state of abounding with rushes.
rushingly
in a rushing manner.
rushlight
a rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.
rushlike
resembling a rush; weak.
rushy
abounding with rushes.
rushy
made of rushes.
rusine
of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus rusa, which includes the sambur deer of india.
rusk
a kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.
rusk
a kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
rusk
bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
rusma
a depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the turks. see rhusma.
russ
a russian, or the russians.
russ
the language of the russians.
russ
of or pertaining to the russians.
russet
of a reddish brown color, or a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
russet
coarse; homespun; rustic.
russet
a russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
russet
cloth or clothing of a russet color.
russet
a country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
russet
an apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the english russet, and the roxbury russet.
russeting
see russet, n., 2 and 4.
russety
of a russet color; russet.
russia
a country of europe and asia.
russian
of or pertaining to russia, its inhabitants, or language.
russian
a native or inhabitant of russia; the language of russia.
russianize
to make russian, or more or less like the russians; as, to russianize the poles.
russification
the act or process of russifying, or the state of being russified.
russify
to russianize; as, to russify conquered tribes.
russophile
alt. of russophilist
russophilist
one who, not being a russian, favors russian policy and aggrandizement.
russophobe
alt. of russophobist
russophobist
one who dreads russia or russian influence.
russophobia
morbid dread of russia or of russian influence.
rust
the reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
rust
a minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses , now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew . as rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
rust
that which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
rust
a composition used in making a rust joint. see rust joint, below.
rust
foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
rust
corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
rusted
of rust
rusting
of rust
rust
to contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
rust
to be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
rust
to degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
rust
to cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.