Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
Running (a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
Running (a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
Running (n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
Running (n.) That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
Running (n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
Runningly (adv.) In a running manner.
Runnion (n.) See Ronion.
Runology (n.) The science of runes.
Runround (n.) A felon or whitlow.
Runt (a.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
Runt (a.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
Runt (a.) A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.
Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Runway (n.) The channel of a stream.
Runway (n.) The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
Rupee (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
Rupellary (n.) Rocky.
Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
Rupia (n.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
Rupial (a.) Of or pertaining to rupia.
Rupicola (n.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
Rupicoline (a.) Rock-inhabiting.
Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
Ruptuary (n.) One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
Rupture (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
Rupture (n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
Rupture (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of Rupture
Rupturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rupture
Rupture (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
Rupture (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
Ruptured (a.) Having a rupture, or hernia.
Rupturewort (n.) Same as Burstwort.
Rupturewort (n.) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
Rural (a.) Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.
Rural (a.) Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
Rurales (n. pl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
Ruralism (n.) The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
Ruralism (n.) A rural idiom or expression.
Ruralist (n.) One who leads a rural life.
ties (pl. ) of Rurality
Rurality (n.) The quality or state of being rural.
Rurality (n.) A rural place.
Ruralized (imp. & p. p.) of Ruralize
Ruralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruralize
Ruralize (v. t.) To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
Ruralize (v. i.) To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
Rurally (adv.) In a rural manner; as in the country.
Ruralness (n.) The quality or state of being rural.
Ruricolist (n.) An inhabitant of the country.
Ruridecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.
Rurigenous (a.) Born in the country.
Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Rush (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
Rush (n.) The merest trifle; a straw.
Rushed (imp. & p. p.) of Rush
Rushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rush
Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
Rush (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
Rush (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Rush (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
Rush (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
Rush (n.) A perfect recitation.
Rush (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.
Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.
Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
Rushed (a.) Abounding or covered with rushes.
Rusher (n.) One who rushes.
Rusher (n.) One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.
Rushiness (n.) The quality or state of abounding with rushes.
Rushingly (adv.) In a rushing manner.
Rushlight (n.) A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.
Rushlike (a.) Resembling a rush; weak.
Rushy (a.) Abounding with rushes.
Rushy (a.) Made of rushes.
Rusine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.
Rusk (n.) A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.
Rusk (n.) A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
Rusk (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
Rusma (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.
Russ (n. sing. & pl.) A Russian, or the Russians.
Russ (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Russians.
Russ (a.) Of or pertaining to the Russians.
Russet (a.) Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
Russet (a.) Coarse; homespun; rustic.
Russet (n.) A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
Russet (n.) Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
Russet (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
Russet (n.) An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
Russeting (n.) See Russet, n., 2 and 4.
Russety (a.) Of a russet color; russet.
Russia (n.) A country of Europe and Asia.
Russian (a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
Russian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.