5 Letter Words That Start With RU

ruddy

Adjective : Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

Adjective : Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).

Adjective : (British, Australia, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

rummy

Noun : A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Adjective : Resembling or tasting of rum.

Adjective : (UK, colloquial, dated) Peculiar; odd.

rural

Adjective : Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

Noun : (obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.

runty

Adjective : Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

rutty

Adjective : Imprinted with ruts.

Adjective : (US, dated) In a rut (dull routine).

Adjective : Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal.

ruler

Noun : A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Noun : A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Verb : (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

rules

Noun : (informal) Australian rules football.

rusty

Adjective : Marked or corroded by rust.

Adjective : Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.

Adjective : Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.

rumor

Noun : (countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

Noun : (uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

Noun : (uncountable, archaic) Report, news, information in general.

rumba

Noun : A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

Verb : To dance the rumba.

runic

Noun : (nonstandard, lax) Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.

Adjective : Of a song or verse, mystically or obscurely expressed.

ruins

Noun : the remains of a civilization's architecture.

Noun : a Japanese music duo composed only of drummer/vocalist Tatsuya Yoshida and a bass guitarist (there have been four such bassists in the band's history).

Noun : a two-issue comic book miniseries, written by Warren Ellis with painted artwork by Terese Nielsen, her husband Cliff Nielsen, and Chris Moeller, who took over for the last 17 pages of the second issue.

rumen

Noun : The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

run up

Verb : To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.

Verb : (with to) To approach (an event or point in time).

Verb : (transitive) To take to a destination or before an authority.

rugby

Noun : (usually uncountable, sports)

Noun : A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

Noun : (specifically) The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).

run on

Verb : (idiomatic) To continue without interruption

Verb : Using a certain time zone.

Verb : (idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time.

rubus

Noun : (botany) Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.

run by

Verb : (ditransitive) To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).

Verb : (transitive) To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.

Verb : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, by.

runch

Noun : The wild radish.

Verb : (Scotland, transitive) To grind, as with the teeth; to crunch.

runes

Noun : the third studio album by British metalcore band Bury Tomorrow.

rungs

Noun : A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

Noun : A crosspiece between legs of a chair.

Noun : (figurative) A position in a hierarchy.

rudas

Adjective : (Scotland, obsolete) bold; masculine; coarse

rudat

rutch

Verb : (US, informal) To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.

Verb : (especially Pennsylvania Dutch English) To squirm; to move around frequently.

run in

Adjective : Alternative form of run-in (adj) (styled open when in predicative position)

Adjective : (participial adjective; editing, typography) (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.

Adjective : (participial adjective; mechanical, engineering) (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.

ruled

Adjective : Having printed lines.

Adjective : (geometry, of a surface) Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S there is a straight line that lies on S.

rushy

Adjective : (of a marsh etc) Abounding in rushes.

Adjective : Having the characteristics of a rush (the plant); rushlike.

Adjective : Characterised by rushing; hurried; fast-paced

rubor

Noun : (pathology) redness, one of the main signs of inflammation

rudra

Noun : (Vedic religion) A Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt.

ruche

Noun : A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

Noun : A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

Noun : A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

rub up

Verb : (transitive) To polish or scrub; to cover (something with a substance) by rubbing.

Verb : (transitive) To rub (a body part): to massage, give a massage to.

Verb : (transitive) To create (something) by rubbing.

rubin

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name.

Noun : Alternative form of rubine (“(obsolete) a ruby”). [A reddish aniline dye.]

ruder

Adjective : Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.

Adjective : Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.

Adjective : Violent; abrupt; turbulent.

russo

Noun : A surname.

runup

Noun : Alternative spelling of run-up. [(cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.]

rucks

Noun : A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.

Noun : In Australian rules football

Noun : A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.

ruses

Noun : (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.

Noun : (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.

Noun : (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.

rudie

Noun : (Jamaica, slang) A juvenile delinquent.

Noun : A surname from German.

rumpy

Noun : A Manx cat with virtually no tail, particularly prized among Manx breeders.

rudge

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name.

Noun : A hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197).

Noun : A hamlet in Beckington parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8251).

runge

russe

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Russell.

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : (dated) Of or relating to the Russians.

rufie

Noun : (slang) Alternative spelling of roofie [(slang, often in the plural) Rohypnol.]

Verb : (slang) Alternative spelling of roofie [(slang, transitive) To put roofies in; to spike with roofies.]

rugal

Adjective : (botany, zoology) folded

rumah

rumpo

Noun : (colloquial, humorous) Sexual intercourse.

rusot

Noun : Alternative form of ruswut [(obsolete) An inspissated extract from the wood and roots of various berberis species, used in medicine.]

rudad

rubey

rupee

Noun : The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka.

Noun : (historical) A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains).

Noun : (video games) The primary currency of Hyrule.

ruble

Noun : The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

Noun : A surname.

runny

Adjective : Fluid; readily flowing.

Adjective : Liable to run or drip.

ru 486

Noun : an abortion-inducing drug (trade name mifepristone) developed in france; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embry

rutin

Noun : (biochemistry) A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose.

rufus

Noun : Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).

Noun : A male given name from Latin, used since the seventeenth century.

Noun : A minor city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States.

rubia

Noun : the type genus of the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants, which also contains coffea (coffee).

Noun : a genus of flowering plant.

ruffe

Noun : Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.

Noun : Other species in the same genus.

rumbo

Noun : (now rare, archaic) A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.

Noun : A surname from Galician.

rumex

Noun : (botany) Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.

rupia

Noun : (pathology) An ulcer due to syphilis.

Noun : (historical) The former currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.

ruing

Noun : る, in hiragana, or ル in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

Noun : The cuneiform ru sign is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Noun : a novel by Vietnamese-born Canadian novelist Kim Thúy, first published in French in 2009 by Montreal publisher Libre Expression.

rugae

Noun : In anatomy, rugae (: ruga) are a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ.

rumps

Noun : The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs

Noun : A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

Noun : The buttocks.

rusts

Noun : The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.

Noun : A similar substance based on another metal.

Noun : A reddish-brown color.

rubel

Noun : the basic unit of money in belaru

ruben

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

rurik

Noun : (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; ; ; died 879) a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862.

Noun : a semi-legendary Varangian chieftain of the Rus'.

ruggy

Adjective : fusty, frowsy

Adjective : Of, relating to, or resembling a rug.

run to

Verb : (idiomatic) To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.

Verb : (idiomatic) To be capable of reaching or achieving.

Verb : To go to a responsible person or authority figure for support; to require another to support oneself.

runts

Noun : crunchy candies sold by Ferrara Candy Company.

rub in

Verb : (transitive) To apply by rubbing.

Verb : (transitive) Of butter, to mix in by rubbing.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To make a point in an irritatingly emphatic manner.

ruffs

Noun : A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

Noun : Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.

Noun : Senses relating to animals.

rusma

Noun : (archaic) A powerful depilatory fluid made from quicklime and sulphite of arsenic boiled in an alkaline solution.

ruana

Noun : An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.

rugin

rumal

Noun : Alternative form of romal (“Indian handkerchief”) [A long quirt attached to the end of a set of closed reins that are connected to the bridle of a horse, and used to assist in moving cattle.]

runer

Noun : A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.

Noun : Someone who writes runes

rusks

Noun : a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit

Noun : a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)

Noun : a weaning food for children

rufol

Noun : (chemistry) A phenol derivative of anthracene which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.

rugen

ruach

Noun : (Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and morality.

rumly

Verb : (UK, colloquial, dated) In a rum manner; oddly, strangely.

rutic

rubio

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

rueda

Noun : A surname.

rumpf

rundi

Noun : The dialect Kirundi, spoken in Burundi.

rusch

Noun : A surname.

rub it

rubes

Noun : a syndicated newspaper single-panel cartoon created by Leigh Rubin on November 1, 1984.

rupes

Noun : (astronomy, geology) An escarpment on another planet or a moon.

rudel

Noun : (derogatory) One who is rude.

rulli

Noun : A surname from Italian.

ruska

rubai

Noun : (poetry) A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.

ruber

rubra

runed

Adjective : Inscribed with runes.

ruane

Noun : A surname from Irish.

ruano

Noun : A surname.

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