rubble
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
rubdown
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes
Rube Goldberg
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
rube
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rubefacient
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
rubel
— Navneord
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～ the basic unit of money in Belarus
rubella
— Navneord
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～ a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
rubella panencephalitis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents; associated with the rubella virus
rubens
— Navneord
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～ prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640)
rubeola
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
Rubia cordifolia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
Rubia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots
rubiaceae
— Navneord
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～ widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
rubiaceous plant
— Navneord
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～ any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
rubiales
— Navneord
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～ an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary
rubicelle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel
Rubicon
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
rubicon
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
rubicund
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"
rubidium
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite