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- English Word Runnion Definition See Ronion.
- English Word Runology Definition The science of runes.
- English Word Runround Definition A felon or whitlow.
- English Word Runt Definition Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
- English Word Runt Definition A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
- English Word Runt Definition A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
- English Word Runt Definition The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.
- English Word Runty Definition Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
- English Word Runway Definition The channel of a stream.
- English Word Runway Definition The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
- 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.