Nouns

rupicola

noun

cock of the rocks

ruptiliocarpon

noun

new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized...

rupturewort

noun

common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover...

ruralism

noun

a rural characteristic or trait

ruralist

noun

a man who lives in the country and has country ways

ruritania

noun

an imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scen...

ruritanian

noun

an imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania

ruscaceae

noun

one of many subfamilies into which some classification syste...

ruscus

noun

a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in fa...

russula

noun

large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and n...

russulaceae

noun

used in some classification systems for the genus Russula

rustbelt

noun

urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by conc...

rusticism

noun

a rural idiom or expression

rusticity

noun

the quality of being rustic or gauche

rustiness

noun

ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of...

rutaceae

noun

a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have...

rutilus

noun

roaches

rya

noun

a shag rug made in Sweden

rydberg

noun

a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each el...

rynchopidae

noun

coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers

rynchops

noun

type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers

rypticus

noun

a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfish...

ryukyuan

noun

a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands...

s.c.

noun

a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

s.d.

noun

a state in north central United States

s.t.p.

noun

standard temperature and pressure

s.u.v.

noun

a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck cha...

s/n

noun

the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity

saame

noun

a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern...

sabahan

noun

a Malaysian from Sabah

sabal

noun

American dwarf fan palms

sabaoth

noun

(plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the...

sabbatia

noun

any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually p...

sabbatum

noun

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbat...

sabertooth

noun

any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having lo...

sabinea

noun

small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib...

saccharase

noun

an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into gluc...

saccharomyces

noun

single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; us...

saccharomycetaceae

noun

family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by...

saccharum

noun

tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asi...

sacerdotalism

noun

a belief that priests can act as mediators between human bei...

saceur

noun

commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander...

saclant

noun

commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States...

saddhu

noun

(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man

saddlebill

noun

large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill...

sadhe

noun

the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

sadleria

noun

low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lav...

saek

noun

a branch of the Tai languages

safaqis

noun

the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunis...

safebreaker

noun

a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents