Russianize (v. t.) To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles.
Russification (n.) The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.
Russify (v. t.) To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.
Russophile (n.) Alt. of Russophilist
Russophilist (n.) One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.
Russophobe () Alt. of Russophobist
Russophobist () One who dreads Russia or Russian influence.
Russophobia (n.) Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.
Rust (n.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
Rust (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
Rust (n.) That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
Rust (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
Rust (n.) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
Rusted (imp. & p. p.) of Rust
Rusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rust
Rust (v. i.) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
Rust (v. i.) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
Rust (v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
Rust (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
Rust (v. t.) To impair by time and inactivity.
Rustful (a.) Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty.
Rustic (a.) Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.
Rustic (a.) Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.
Rustic (a.) Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
Rustic (a.) Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.
Rustic (n.) An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
Rustic (n.) A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.
Rustical (a.) Rustic.
Rusticated (imp. & p. p.) of Rusticate
Rusticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rusticate
Rusticate (v. i.) To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.
Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Rusticated (a.) Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.
Rustication (n.) The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.
Rustication (n.) Rustic work.
Rusticity (n.) The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.
Rusticly (adv.) In a rustic manner; rustically.
Rustily (adv.) In a rusty state.
Rustiness (n.) The quality or state of being rusty.
Rustled (imp. & p. p.) of Rustle
Rustling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rustle
Rustle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
Rustle (v. t.) To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
Rustle (n.) A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
Rustler (n.) One who, or that which, rustles.
Rustler (n.) A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person.
Rustless (a.) Free from rust.
Rusty (superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
Rusty (superl.) Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
Rusty (superl.) Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
Rusty (superl.) Rust-colored; dark.
Rusty (superl.) Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
Rusty (superl.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Rut (n.) Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
Rut (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
Rutted (imp. & p. p.) of Rut
Rutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rut
Rut (v. i.) To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut (v. t.) To cover in copulation.
Rut (n.) A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
Rut (v. t.) To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
Ruta-baga (n.) A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.
Rutaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.
Rutate (n.) A salt of rutic acid.
Ruth (v.) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.
Ruthenic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.
Ruthenious (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.
Ruthenium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.
Ruthful (a.) Full of ruth
Ruthful (a.) Pitiful; tender.
Ruthful (a.) Full of sorrow; woeful.
Ruthful (a.) Causing sorrow.
Ruthless (a.) Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.
Rutic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.
Rutilant (a.) Having a reddish glow; shining.
Rutilate (v. i.) To shine; to emit rays of light.
Rutile (n.) A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.
Rutilian (n.) Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata).
Rutin (n.) A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.
Rutinose. () A disaccharide present in glycosides.
Rutter (n.) A horseman or trooper.
Rutter (n.) That which ruts.
Rutterkin (n.) An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.
Ruttier (n.) A chart of a course, esp. at sea.
Ruttish (a.) Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.
Ruttle (n.) A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle.
Rutty (a.) Ruttish; lustful.
Rutty (a.) Full of ruts; as, a rutty road.
Rutty (a.) Rooty.
Rutylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.
Ryal (a.) Royal.
Ryal (n.) See Rial, an old English coin.
Ryder (n.) A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.
Ryder (n.) A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.
Rye (n.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
Rye (n.) A disease in a hawk.