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- English Word Rupee Definition A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
- English Word Rupellary Definition Rocky.
- English Word Rupert's drop Definition A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
- English Word Rupia Definition An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
- English Word Rupial Definition Of or pertaining to rupia.
- English Word Rupicola Definition A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
- English Word Rupicoline Definition Rock-inhabiting.
- English Word Ruption Definition A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
- English Word Ruptuary Definition One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
- English Word Rupture Definition The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
- English Word Rupture Definition Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
- English Word Rupture Definition Hernia. See Hernia.
- English Word Rupture Definition A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
- English Word Rupture Definition To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
- English Word Rupture Definition To produce a hernia in.
- English Word Rupture Definition To suffer a breach or disruption.
- English Word Ruptured Definition of Rupture
- English Word Ruptured Definition Having a rupture, or hernia.
- English Word Rupturewort Definition Same as Burstwort.
- English Word Rupturewort Definition A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
- English Word Rupturing Definition of Rupture
- English Word Rural Definition Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.
- English Word Rural Definition Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
- English Word Rurales Definition The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
- English Word Ruralism Definition The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
- English Word Ruralism Definition A rural idiom or expression.
- English Word Ruralist Definition One who leads a rural life.
- English Word Rurality Definition The quality or state of being rural.
- English Word Rurality Definition A rural place.
- English Word Ruralize Definition To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.