English dictionary: words starting with r - page 424

Meanings of Rustproof:

adjective

(of metal or a metal object) not susceptible to corrosion by rust.

Usage examples:

Rustproof screws

verb

Make resistant to corrosion by rust.

Usage examples:

Was it practicable to rustproof metallic structures, as one did cars?

Meanings of Rustre:

noun

A charge in the form of a lozenge, with a round hole in the middle through which the field appears.

Meanings of Rustred:

adjective

(of a coat of mail) made or provided with overlapping rings.

Meanings of Rusts:

verb

Be affected with rust.

Usage examples:

The blades had rusted away

noun

A reddish- or yellowish-brown flaking coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation, especially in the presence of moisture.

Usage examples:

Paint protects your car from rust

Meanings of Rusty:

adjective

(of a metal object) affected by rust.

Usage examples:

A rusty hinge

Meanings of Rut:

noun

A long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.

Usage examples:

A stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging

verb

(of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity.

Usage examples:

Researchers say the deer are rutting earlier

Meanings of Rutabaga:

noun

A large, round, yellow-fleshed root that is eaten as a vegetable; a swede.

Meanings of Rutabagas:

noun

A large, round, yellow-fleshed root that is eaten as a vegetable; a swede.

Meanings of Rutaceous:

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the rutaceae, a family of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs often containing aromatic essential oils and compounds in their leaves, fruit, etc., and including the genus citrus and the type genus ruta.

Meanings of Ruth:

noun

A feeling of pity, distress, or grief.

Usage examples:

The young men, fiery savage children of a gentle civilized mother, slew with neither ruth nor pity.

proper noun

A book of the bible telling the story of ruth, a moabite woman, who married her deceased husband's kinsman boaz and bore a son who became grandfather to king david.

Meanings of Ruthenate:

noun

A salt containing oxyanions of ruthenium; specifically a salt of the anion ruo₄ 2−.

Meanings of Ruthene:

noun

A native or inhabitant of the south-western part of the east slavonic-speaking region, including ukraine, belarus, and galicia; now only = rusyn .

adjective

Of or relating to ukraine or ukrainian, inhabiting or native to ukraine; now only = rusyn .

Meanings of Ruthenian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the eastern european region of ruthenia or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

The ruthenian border regions

noun

A native or inhabitant of the eastern european region of ruthenia.

Usage examples:

The ruthenians had no wish to be ruled over

Meanings of Ruthenic:

adjective

Of or containing ruthenium, especially in the tetravalent state.

Meanings of Ruthenium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 44, a hard silvery-white metal of the transition series.

Usage examples:

To this group belong the important steel alloying elements nickel and manganese, as well as cobalt …

Meanings of Ruthenous:

adjective

Of or containing ruthenium, especially in the divalent state.

Meanings of Ruther:

adverb

Non-standard spelling of rather, used in representing dialectal speech.

Usage examples:

I'd ruther walk

Meanings of Rutherfordine:

noun

A uranium-containing mineral occurring typically as yellow fibrous masses formed by alteration of uraninite.

Meanings of Rutherfordite:

noun

= rutherfordine .

Meanings of Rutherfordium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 104, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions.

Usage examples:

The american team, on the other hand, proposed the name rutherfordium for the new element, in honor…

Meanings of Ruthful:

adjective

Full of compassion or pity; compassionate; merciful. also as noun (with the with plural agreement): those people who are compassionate or merciful.

Meanings of Ruthfully:

adverb

In a pitiable or lamentable fashion; piteously, dolefully, dismally. now usually: in a wryly regretful manner, ruefully.

Meanings of Ruthfulness:

noun

Sorrowfulness; regretfulness.

Meanings of Ruthless:

adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

Usage examples:

A ruthless manipulator

Meanings of Ruthlessly:

adverb

Without pity or compassion for others.

Usage examples:

They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them