RUINIFORM
RU'INIFORMadjective [Latin ruina and form.] Having the appearance of ruins, or the ruins of houses. Certain minerals are said to be ruiniform
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RUINING
RU'INING, participle present tense Demolishing; subverting; destroying; reducing to poverty; bringing to endless misery.
RUINOUS
RU'INOUS, adjective [Latin ruinosus.]1. Fallen to ruin; entirely decayed; demolished; dilapidated; as an edifice, bridge or wall in a ruinous state.2. Destructive; baneful; pern...
RUINOUSLY
RU'INOUSLY, adverb In a ruinous manner; destructively.
RUINOUSNESS
RU'INOUSNESS, noun A ruinous state or quality.
RULE
RULE, noun [Latin regula, from rego, to govern, that is, to stretch, strain or make straight.]1. Government; sway; empire; control; supreme command or authority.A wise servant s...
RULED
RU'LED, participle passive Governed; controlled; conducted; managed; established by decision.
RULER
RU'LER, noun1. One that governs, whether emperor, king, pope or governor; any one that exercises supreme power over others.2. One that makes or executes laws in a limited or fre...
RULING
RU'LING, participle present tense1. Governing; controlling the will and actions of intelligent beings, or the movements of other physical bodies.2. Marking by a ruler.3. Decidin...
RULY
RU'LY, adjective [from rule.] Orderly; easily restrained. [Not in use.] [See Unruly.]
RUM
RUM, noun1. Spirit distilled from cane juice; or the scummings of the juice from the boiling house, or from the treacle or molasses which drains from sugar, or from dunder, the ...
RUMBLE
RUM'BLE, verb intransitive [Heb., Gr., Latin fremo.]To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as thunder rumbles at a distance, but when near, its sound is sharp and rattling. A he...
RUMBLER
RUM'BLER, noun The person or thing that rumbles.
RUMBLING
RUM'BLING, participle present tense Making a low, heavy continued sound; as rumbling thunder. A rumbling noise is a low, heavy, continued noise.RUM'BLING, noun A low, heavy, con...
RUMBUD
RUM'BUD, noun A grog blossom; the popular name of a redness occasioned by the detestable practice of excessive drinking. rumbuds usually appear first on the nose, and gradually ...
RUMINANT
RU'MINANT, adjective [Latin rumino.] Chewing the cud; having the property of chewing again what has been swallowed; as ruminant animals.RU'MINANT, noun An animal that chews the ...
RUMINATE
RU'MINATE, verb intransitive [Latin rumino, from rumen, the cud.]1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. Oxen, sheep, deer, goats, camels,...
RUMINATED
RU'MINATED, participle passive Chewed again; mused on.
RUMINATING
RU'MINATING, participle present tense Chewing the cud; musing.
RUMINATION
RUMINA'TION, noun [Latin ruminatio.]1. The act of chewing the cud.2. The power or property of chewing the cud.Rumination is given to animals, to enable them at once to lay up a ...
RUMINATOR
RU'MINATOR, noun One that ruminates or muses on any subject; one that pauses to deliberate and consider.
RUMMAGE
RUM'MAGE, noun A searching carefully by looking into every corner and by tumbling over things.RUM'MAGE, verb transitive [Latin rimor.]To search narrowly by looking into every co...
RUMMAGED
RUM'MAGED, participle passive Searched in every corner.
RUMMAGING
RUM'MAGING, participle present tense Searching in every corner.
RUMMER
RUM'MER, nounA glass or drinking cup. [Not in use.]
RUMOR
RU'MOR, noun [Latin]1. Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another without any known authority for the truth of it.Rumor next and chance and tum...
RUMORED
RU'MORED, participle passive Told among the people; reported.