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Rubblework

Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

Rubbly

Relating to, or containing, rubble.

Rubefacient

Making red. An external application which produces redness of the skin.

rubella

An acute but mild viral infection characterized by a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but attended by only mild respiratory problems or fever; -- called also German measles. The infective virus is called Rubella virus, or Rubivirus. If contracted by a woman during the first several months of pregnancy, rubella may cause serious abnormalities in the fetus.

Rubelle

A red color used in enameling.

Rubellite

A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.

Ruberythrinic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.

Rubescence

The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.

Rubescent

Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.

Rubiaceous

Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.

Rubiacin

A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Rubian

One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.

Rubianic

pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid.

Rubican

Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses.

Rubicelle

A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil.

Rubicon

A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar.

Rubicund

Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.

Rubicundity

The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.

Rubidic

Of or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium.

Rubidine

A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds of which rubidine is the type.

Rubidium

A rare metallic element of the alkali metal series, atomic number 37. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.48.

Rubific

Making red; as, rubific rays.

Rubiform

Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun.

Rubiretin

One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Ruble

The unit of monetary value in Russia. -- and, 1917-1992, in the Soviet Union --> It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents.

Rubric

To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.

Rubricate

To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.

Rubstone

A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.

Rubus

A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.

Ruby

To make red; to redden.

Ruby-tailed

Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.

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).

Rubywood

red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

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.

Ruching

A ruche, or ruches collectively.

Ruction

An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.

Rud

To make red.

Rudbeckia

A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows.

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

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.

Rudderhead

The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached.

Rudderhole

The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost passes.

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 mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.

Rude

Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

Rudesby

An uncivil, turbulent fellow.

Rudiment

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.

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

Sorrow; repetance.

Rueful

Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.

Ruelle

A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.

Ruff

To ruffle; to disorder.

Ruffe Ruff

A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone perch, or striped perch.

Ruffian

To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

Ruffianage

Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians.

Ruffianish

Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.

Ruffianly

Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.

Ruffle

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.

Ruffler

One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.

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.

Ruft

Eructation; belching.

Rug

To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

Rug-gowned

Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug.

Ruga

A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.

Rugate

Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.

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.

Rugging

A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.

Rugine

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; having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.

Rugosity

The quality or state of being rugose.

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