Words containing rub
3 letter words containing rub
- rub — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
4 letter words containing rub
- drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
- grub — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- rubi — furigana
- ruby — a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
5 letter words containing rub
- aruba — an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Venezuela, a dependency of the Netherlands with special status; part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. Chief town: Oranjestad. Pop: 109 153 (2013 est). Area: about 181 sq km (70 sq miles)
- drubs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drub.
- grubs — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- krubi — a plant of the arum family, Amorphophallus titanium, that has an unpleasant smell and produces the largest known unbranched flower
- rubai — a verse form of Persian origin consisting of four-line stanzas
6 letter words containing rub
- cherub — A cherub is a kind of angel that is represented in art as a naked child with wings.
- grubby — dirty; slovenly: children with grubby faces and sad eyes.
- rubato — having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
- rubbed — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubber — (in certain card games, as bridge and whist)
7 letter words containing rub
- backrub — therapeutic manipulation of the muscles of the back; massage of the back.
- brubeck — Dave. 1920–2012, US modern jazz pianist and composer; formed his own quartet in 1951
- cherubs — Plural form of cherub.
- crubeen — a pig's trotter, esp one that has been cooked
- drubbed — Simple past tense and past participle of drub.
8 letter words containing rub
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
9 letter words containing rub
- bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
- bilirubin — an orange-yellow pigment in the bile formed as a breakdown product of haemoglobin. Excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance associated with jaundice. Formula: C32H36O6N4
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- drubbings — Plural form of drubbing.
- grubbling — Present participle of grubble.
10 letter words containing rub
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
11 letter words containing rub
- anzengruber — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1839–89, Austrian playwright and novelist.
- covarrubias — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–57, Mexican caricaturist, illustrator, and painter.
- doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
- erubescence — the process of growing red or a condition of redness
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
12 letter words containing rub
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rubber-tyred — having a tyre or tyres made of rubber
13 letter words containing rub
- brass-rubbing — an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.
- money-grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- moneygrubbing — Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
- rubberbanding — (in online video games) the backward popping of characters in motion to their recently occupied spaces that results from high latency in the network connection.
14 letter words containing rub
- money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
18 letter words containing rub
- hyperbilirubinemia — an abnormally high level of bilirubin in the blood, manifested by jaundice, anorexia, and malaise, occurring in association with liver disease and certain hemolytic anemias.
19 letter words containing rub
- hydroxydaunorubicin — Doxorubicin.
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