English dictionary: words starting with r - page 424
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Meanings of Rustproof:
adjective(of metal or a metal object) not susceptible to corrosion by rust.
Usage examples:
Rustproof screws
verbMake resistant to corrosion by rust.
Usage examples:
Was it practicable to rustproof metallic structures, as one did cars?
Meanings of Rustre:
nounA 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:
verbBe affected with rust.
Usage examples:
The blades had rusted away
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA large, round, yellow-fleshed root that is eaten as a vegetable; a swede.
Meanings of Rutabagas:
nounA large, round, yellow-fleshed root that is eaten as a vegetable; a swede.
Meanings of Rutaceous:
adjectiveBelonging 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:
nounA 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 nounA 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:
nounA salt containing oxyanions of ruthenium; specifically a salt of the anion ruo₄ 2−.
Meanings of Ruthene:
nounA native or inhabitant of the south-western part of the east slavonic-speaking region, including ukraine, belarus, and galicia; now only = rusyn .
adjectiveOf or relating to ukraine or ukrainian, inhabiting or native to ukraine; now only = rusyn .
Meanings of Ruthenian:
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the eastern european region of ruthenia or its inhabitants.
Usage examples:
The ruthenian border regions
nounA native or inhabitant of the eastern european region of ruthenia.
Usage examples:
The ruthenians had no wish to be ruled over
Meanings of Ruthenic:
adjectiveOf or containing ruthenium, especially in the tetravalent state.
Meanings of Ruthenium:
nounThe 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:
adjectiveOf or containing ruthenium, especially in the divalent state.
Meanings of Ruther:
adverbNon-standard spelling of rather, used in representing dialectal speech.
Usage examples:
I'd ruther walk
Meanings of Rutherfordine:
nounA uranium-containing mineral occurring typically as yellow fibrous masses formed by alteration of uraninite.
Meanings of Rutherfordium:
nounThe 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:
adjectiveFull of compassion or pity; compassionate; merciful. also as noun (with the with plural agreement): those people who are compassionate or merciful.
Meanings of Ruthfully:
adverbIn a pitiable or lamentable fashion; piteously, dolefully, dismally. now usually: in a wryly regretful manner, ruefully.
Meanings of Ruthless:
adjectiveHaving or showing no pity or compassion for others.
Usage examples:
A ruthless manipulator
Meanings of Ruthlessly:
adverbWithout pity or compassion for others.
Usage examples:
They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them
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