6-letter words containing ru
- rumsey — James, 1743–92, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- run by — If you run something by someone, you tell them about it or mention it, to see if they think it is a good idea, or can understand it.
- run in — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- run on — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- run to — If you run to someone, you go to them for help or to tell them something.
- run up — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run-in — a quarrel; argument.
- run-on — of or designating something that is added or run on: a run-on entry in a dictionary.
- run-up — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- runcie — Robert Alexander Kennedy, 1921–2000, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1980–91.
- rundle — a rung of a ladder.
- runkle — a crease or wrinkle
- runlet — a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- runnel — a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- runner — a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
- runoff — a final contest held to determine a victor after earlier contests have eliminated the weaker contestants.
- runout — the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- runted — stunted
- runway — a way along which something runs.
- runyon — (Alfred) Damon [dey-muh n] /ˈdeɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1884–1946, U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- rupert — Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- rupiah — an aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Indonesia, equal to 100 sen. Abbreviation: Rp.
- rurban — bringing together the urban and the rural
- ruscus — a European evergreen shrub of the Ruscus genus
- rushed — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- rushee — a college student who is rushed by a fraternity or sorority.
- rushen — made of rushes
- rusher — the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- rushes — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- rusine — of or relating to the rusa
- ruskin — John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- russel — a type of woollen fabric
- russes — a Russian.
- russet — yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- russia — a fine, smooth leather produced by careful tanning and dyeing, especially in dark red: originally prepared in Russia.
- russki — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.
- russky — Russki.
- russo- — Russia or Russian
- rusted — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- ruster — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- rustic — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rustin — Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- rustle — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- ruston — a city in N Louisiana.
- rustre — a lozenge with a round hole in the middle showing the background colour
- rustys — a male or female given name.
- rutile — a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- rutted — the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
- rutter — portolano.
- ruvuma — a river in SE Africa, flowing E along the Tanzania-Mozambique border to the Indian Ocean. About 450 miles (725 km) long.