7-letter words containing ru
- rubicon — a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- rublyov — Andrey (ˈandre). ?1370–1430, Russian icon painter. His masterpiece is The Old Testament Trinity
- ruching — material for making a ruche.
- ruck up — If cloth or someone's clothing rucks up, it forms folds so that it covers a smaller area than it did before.
- rucking — a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- ruckman — a person who plays in the ruck
- ruction — a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- ruddier — of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
- ruddock — robin (def 1).
- ruderal — (of a plant) growing in waste places, along roadsides or in rubbish.
- rudesby — a rude person
- rudolph — 1218–91, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1273–91: founder of the Hapsburg dynasty.
- rudyard — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “red” and “guarded.”.
- ruellia — any tropical plant of the genus Ruellia
- ruffian — a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.
- ruffled — (of apparel) having ruffles.
- ruffler — to destroy the smoothness or evenness of: The wind ruffled the sand.
- rufiyaa — rupee (def 3).
- rug rat — a child not yet walking
- rugging — a bulky, coarse fabric with a full nap, used as a floor covering.
- ruggles — Carl, 1876–1971, U.S. composer.
- ruinate — to ruin.
- ruining — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- rule in — If you say that you are not ruling in a particular course of action, you mean that you have not definitely decided to take that action.
- rullion — a rawhide shoe
- rum-dum — a stupid or ignorant person.
- rumania — Romania.
- rumbled — to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
- rumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- rumford — Count, Benjamin Thompson.
- ruminal — (of an animal) ruminant
- rummage — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- rummily — in a rummy manner
- rummish — rather strange, peculiar or odd
- rumored — a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.
- rumpled — Rumpled means creased or untidy.
- run dry — dry up
- run off — 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 out — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- run-off — 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-out — the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- runanga — a Māori assembly or council
- runaway — a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.
- runback — Football. a run made by a player toward the goal line of the opponents after receiving a kick, intercepting a pass, or recovering an opponent's fumble. the distance covered in making such a run.
- runcorn — a town in NW England, in Halton unitary authority, N Cheshire, on the Manchester Ship Canal: port and industrial centre; designated a new town in 1964. Pop: 60 072 (2001)
- rundale — (formerly) the name given, esp in Ireland and earlier in Scotland, to the system of land tenure in which each land-holder had several strips of land that were not contiguous
- rundled — rounded
- rundlet — an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).