<B>rubricator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who inserts rubrics in a manuscript. </DL>
<A NAME="rubrician">
<B>rubrician, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies or is an expert in religious rubrics. </DL>
<A NAME="rubricity">
<B>rubricity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the assumption of a red color. <BR> <I>Ex. the periodical ... rubricity of the Nile (Auckland C. Geddes).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>adherence to liturgical rubrics. </DL>
<A NAME="rubus">
<B>rubus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bus.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any bramble, such as the blackberry, raspberry, and dewberry. </DL>
<A NAME="ruby">
<B>ruby, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a clear, hard, red precious stone. It is a variety of corundum. Real rubies are very rare. <DD><B> 2. </B>its color, a deep, glowing red. <BR> <I>Ex. the natural ruby of your cheek (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>something made of ruby, especially a bearing in a watch. <DD><B> 4. </B>red wine. <BR> <I>Ex. Still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields (Edward FitzGerald).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(British.) a size of printing type; approximately 5 1/2 points. In the United States it is called <I>agate.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(British Slang.) blood. <DD><I>adj. </I> deep, glowing red. <BR> <I>Ex. ruby lips, ruby wine.</I> adj. <B>rubylike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ruby">
<B>Ruby, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a red-fleshed variety of grapefruit developed from natural sports of other varieties. </DL>
<A NAME="rubycrownedkinglet">
<B>ruby-crowned kinglet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tiny, grayish, North American bird, the male of which has a bright ruby patch on the crown. </DL>
<B>ruby spaniel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chestnut red variety of the English toy spaniel. </DL>
<A NAME="rubyspinel">
<B>ruby spinel,</B> =spinel ruby.</DL>
<A NAME="rubytail">
<B>rubytail, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small, solitary, stinging insects that are brilliantly colored and lay their eggs in the nests of other insects. One variety has a ruby-colored abdomen. </DL>
<B>ruby-throated hummingbird,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hummingbird of eastern North America with bright-green plumage above. The male also has a brilliant-red throat. </DL>
<A NAME="ruc">
<B>R.U.C.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Royal Ulster Constabulary. </DL>
<A NAME="rucervine">
<B>rucervine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a group of large East Indian deer that have branching antlers and long tines extending forward over the brow. </DL>
<A NAME="ruche">
<B>ruche, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a full pleating or frill of lace, ribbon, net, or other decorative material, used as trimming, especially on the collars and cuffs of women's dresses. Also, <B>rouche.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ruched">
<B>ruched, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>made into a ruche or ruches. <BR> <I>Ex. The top and hem are ruched nylon and lace (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having a ruche or ruches. <BR> <I>Ex. a ruched collar, a ruched dress.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ruching">
<B>ruching, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>trimming made of ruches. <DD><B> 2. </B>material used to make ruches. </DL>
<A NAME="ruck">
<B>ruck</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large group; crowd; throng. <BR> <I>Ex. a ruck of people, a ruck of horses.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the great mass of common or inferior people or things. <DD><B> 3. </B>the horses left behind in a race. <BR> <I>Ex. a brilliant young charioteer in the ruck of the race (George Meredith).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Rugby.) a group of players pressing aggressively for possession of the ball. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Rugby.) to form a ruck so as to gain possession of the ball. <BR> <I>Ex. As usual, the Oxford pack rucked exceedingly well (Sunday Times).</I> noun <B>rucker.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ruck">
<B>ruck</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a crease; wrinkle. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=ridge.</B> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become creased or wrinkled. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to crease; wrinkle. <DD><B> 2. </B>to gather in folds. </DL>
<A NAME="rucksack">
<B>rucksack, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of knapsack, usually of canvas with two shoulder straps. </DL>
<A NAME="ruckumlaut">
<B>Ruckumlaut, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) the absence of umlaut. </DL>
<A NAME="ruckus">
<B>ruckus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a noisy disturbance or uproar; row. <BR> <I>Ex. Like most old campaigners, [he] often likes to stir up a ruckus (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ruction">
<B>ruction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a disturbance; quarrel; row. <BR> <I>Ex. when the racial ructions rise (Rudyard Kipling).</I> </DL>
<B>rud, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Archaic.) red or ruddy color. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Dialect.) ruddle. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) complexion. </DL>
<A NAME="rudbeckia">
<B>rudbeckia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various herbs of the composite family with showy flowers consisting of petals around a conical dark center; coneflower. <BR> <I>Ex. The yellow daisy or the black-eyed Susan is a common rudbeckia.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rudd">
<B>rudd, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a red-finned, European freshwater fish related to the carp. </DL>
<A NAME="rudder">
<B>rudder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a movable flat piece of wood or metal at the rear end of a boat or ship, by which it is steered. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar piece on an aircraft (for right-and-left steering). <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a person or thing that guides, directs, or controls. </DL>
<A NAME="rudderbar">
<B>rudder bar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a foot-operated bar in the cockpit of certain light airplanes, to which the control cables leading to the rudder are attached. </DL>
<A NAME="ruddered">
<B>ruddered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a rudder. </DL>
<A NAME="rudderhead">
<B>rudderhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the upper end of the rudder, into which the tiller is fitted. </DL>
<A NAME="rudderless">
<B>rudderless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a rudder or controls. <BR> <I>Ex. a rudderless boat. (Figurative.) Left rudderless, Pakistan drifted on the currents of opportunism, intrigue and corruption (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) drifting, aimless. </DL>
<A NAME="rudderpost">
<B>rudderpost, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an extension of the sternpost on which the rudder is hung. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=rudderstock.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="rudderstock">
<B>rudderstock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a rudder by which it is connected to the ship. </DL>
<A NAME="ruddle">
<B>ruddle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>=red ocher.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to mark or color with ruddle. </DL>
<A NAME="ruddleman">
<B>ruddleman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dealer in ruddle. </DL>
<A NAME="ruddock">
<B>ruddock, </B>noun, pl. <B>-docks</B> or (collectively) <B>-dock.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the European robin. <BR> <I>Ex. The sweet And shrilly ruddock, with its bleeding breast (Thomas Hood).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ruddy">
<B>ruddy, </B>adjective, <B>-dier,</B> <B>-diest,</B> adverb, verb, <B>-died,</B> <B>-dying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>red or reddish. <BR> <I>Ex. the ruddy glow of a fire. As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) rubicund, florid. <DD><B> 2a. </B>of a fresh, healthy red. <BR> <I>Ex. ruddy cheeks.</I> (SYN) rosy. <DD><B> b. </B>having such a color in the cheeks. <BR> <I>Ex. a short, stout, ruddy young fellow (Herman Melville).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(British Slang.) bloody; blinking. <BR> <I>Ex. But one thinks the bad words--one says them back of one's teeth while one is nodding and smiling at the ruddy idiot (Smith's London Journal).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> (British Slang.) very; surely; extremely. <BR> <I>Ex. He was ruddy near right! We'll ruddy well see the admiral (Maclean's).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make ruddy; redden. <BR> <I>Ex. A wondrous blaze was seen to gleam ... It ruddied all the copsewood glen (Scott).</I> adv. <B>ruddily.</B> noun <B>ruddiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ruddyduck">
<B>ruddy duck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small North American freshwater duck with a long, broad bill, a stiff tail, and white cheeks; fool duck. The male is reddish-brown in the spring and summer. </DL>
<A NAME="ruddyturnstone">
<B>ruddy turnstone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an American shore bird related to the plover, black, white, and chestnut above, black and white below in breeding plumage. It uses its wedge-shaped bill to turn over stones in search of food. </DL>
<A NAME="rude">
<B>rude, </B>adjective, <B>ruder,</B> <B>rudest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not courteous; impolite. <BR> <I>Ex. It is rude to stare at people or to point.</I> (SYN) uncivil, discourteous, impertinent, impudent. <DD><B> 2. </B>roughly made or done; without finish or polish; coarse; rough. <BR> <I>Ex. rude tools, a rude cabin, a rude sketch; ... a rude bed upon the floor (Dickens).</I> (SYN) unwrought, raw, crude. <DD><B> 3. </B>rough in manner or behavior; violent; harsh. <BR> <I>Ex. the rude winds of winter. Rude hands seized the dog and threw him into the car. He had a rude shock when the boys threw a pail of water on him. In far less polished days, A time when rough rude men had naughty ways (Robert Burns).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>harsh to the ear; unmusical. <DD><B> 5. </B>not having learned much; rather wild; barbarous. <BR> <I>Ex. Life is rude in tribes that have few tools. ... the rude forefathers of the hamlet (Thomas Gray).</I> (SYN) primitive. <DD><B> 6. </B>belonging to the poor or to uncultured people; without luxury or elegance; simple. <BR> <I>Ex. a rude, primitive culture. The temple ... is of rude design and indifferent execution (Amelia B. Edwards).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>not fully or properly developed. <DD><B> 8. </B>robust; sturdy; vigorous. <BR> <I>Ex. rude health, rude strength.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Archaic.) inexpert; unskilled. adv. <B>rudely.</B> noun <B>rudeness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ruderal">
<B>ruderal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> growing in rubbish or waste places. <BR> <I>Ex. a ruderal plant, ruderal vegetation.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a ruderal weed. <BR> <I>Ex. ... ruderals of open ground (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
