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lichen ruber planus
(encz) | lichen ruber planus, n: |
pseudorubella
(encz) | pseudorubella, n: |
rubefacient
(encz) | rubefacient, n: |
rubel
(encz) | rubel, n: |
rubella
(encz) | rubella,zarděnky Zdeněk Brož |
rubella panencephalitis
(encz) | rubella panencephalitis, n: |
ruben
(encz) | Ruben,Ruben n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
rubens
(encz) | Rubens,Rubens n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
rubeola
(encz) | rubeola,zarděnky n: [med.] Michal Ambrož |
dřevorubec
(czen) | dřevorubec,bushwhackern: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,fallern: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,fellern: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,loggern: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,lumberern: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,lumberjackn: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,lumbermann: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,sawyern: Zdeněk Broždřevorubec,woodcuttern: webdřevorubec,woodsmann: [amer.] PetrV |
nátrubek
(czen) | nátrubek,embouchuren: Zdeněk Brož |
ruben
(czen) | Ruben,Rubenn: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
rubens
(czen) | Rubens,Rubensn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
trubec
(czen) | trubec,dronen: Zdeněk Brož |
zárubeň
(czen) | zárubeň,doorcase Zdeněk Brožzárubeň,doorframe Zdeněk Brožzárubeň,jambn: PetrV |
Accentor rubeculoides
(gcide) | Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally
meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.;
akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) +
beraht bright. See Bright, Hob a clown.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula),
having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin
redbreast}, robinet, and ruddock.
(b) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having
the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are
olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also
robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
(c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the
genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as,
the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
(d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins.
See Indian robin, below.
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Beach robin (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot.
Blue-throated robin. (Zool.) See Bluethroat.
Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird.
Golden robin (Zool.), the Baltimore oriole.
Ground robin (Zool.), the chewink.
Indian robin (Zool.), any one of several species of Asiatic
saxoline birds of the genera Thamnobia and Pratincola.
They are mostly black, usually with some white on the
wings.
Magrie robin (Zool.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus
saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black
glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.
Ragged robin. (Bot.) See under Ragged.
Robin accentor (Zool.), a small Asiatic singing bird
(Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the
European robin.
Robin redbreast. (Zool.)
(a) The European robin.
(b) The American robin.
(c) The American bluebird.
Robin snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.
(b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.
Robin's plantain. (Bot.) See under Plantain.
Sea robin. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the
genus Prionotus. They are excellent food fishes. Called
also wingfish. The name is also applied to a European
gurnard.
(b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.]
Water robin (Zool.), a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa),
native of India.
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Arisaema atrorubens
(gcide) | jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
(Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
Indian turnip.
Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum,
Arisaema atrorubens.
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2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.
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Asterias rubens
(gcide) | Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\ (f[imac]v"-f[i^][ng]`g[~e]r), n.
1. (Bot.) See Cinquefoil.
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2. (Zool.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
[1913 Webster]Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
[1913 Webster]But-thorn \But"-thorn`\, n. (Zool.)
The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).
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Centranthus ruber
(gcide) | Jupiter \Ju"pi*ter\, n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See Jove.]
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1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and
reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He
corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
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2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the fifth from the
sun, the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them
all, its mean radius being about 43,345 miles (69,758
kilometers), almost exactly one-tenth that of the sun. It
revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance
of 5.2025 from the sun (778,140,000 km), the earth's mean
distance (the astronomical unit) being taken as unity. It
has a mass of 1.901 x 10^27 kg, about one-thousandth
that of the sun, and more than the remainder of the
planets combined. It has an average solar day equal to
9.842 earth hours. The rapid revolution causes a
noticeable flattening at the poles; the diameter at the
equator is 71,370 km, and at the poles 66,644 km. --HCP61
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Jupiter's beard. (Bot.)
(a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red
blossoms (Centranthus ruber).
(b) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called
from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
beard of Jove. --Prior.
(c) the cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis.
Jupiter's staff (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called
from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms. Jupon |
Cepola rubescens
(gcide) | Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia),
fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. ???,
Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf.
Herpes.]
1. (Zool.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake,
especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
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Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move
partly by bending the body into undulations or folds
and pressing them against objects, and partly by using
the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to
rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the
ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees.
A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See
Ophidia, and Fang.
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2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
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3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it
passess through the air or along the ground.
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4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens.
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5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone,
formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes
introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
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Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a
combustible white substance which in burning gives off a
poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous
residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is
employed as a scientific toy.
Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine
fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes
colubrina}; also, the plant itself.
Serpent eage (Zool.), any one of several species of
raptorial birds of the genera Circaetus and Spilornis,
which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern
Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is
Circaetus Gallicus.
Serpent eater. (Zool.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor.
Serpent fish (Zool.), a fish (Cepola rubescens) with a
long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running
lengthwise.
Serpent star (Zool.), an ophiuran; a brittle star.
Serpent's tongue (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; --
so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root.
Serpent withe (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant
(Aristolochia odoratissima).
Tree serpent (Zool.), any species of African serpents
belonging to the family Dendrophidae.
[1913 Webster]Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably
of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring
circle, and band.] [Written also riband, ribband.]
1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used
for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges,
and other decorative purposes.
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2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon;
sails torn to ribbons.
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3. (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.
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4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athenaeum.
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5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth
as wide.
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6. (Spinning) A silver.
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Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often
used to designate the British orders of the Garter and
of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are
suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue
ribbon}, under Blue.
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Ribbon fish. (Zool.)
(a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish
of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species
of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish
(Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is
sometimes over twenty feet long.
(b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
(c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola,
having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European
species (Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout.
Called also band fish.
Ribbon grass (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having
the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also
Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.
Ribbon seal (Zool.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca
fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously
banded and striped with yellowish white.
Ribbon snake (Zool.), a common North American snake
(Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with
bright yellow and dark brown.
Ribbon Society, a society in Ireland, founded in the early
part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers
banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took
its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.)
(a) A tapeworm.
(b) A nemertean.
[1913 Webster]Fireflame \Fire"flame`\, n. (Zool.)
The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).
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Cercopithecus ruber
(gcide) | Patas \Pa*tas"\, n. (Zool.)
A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber);
the red monkey.
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Erubescence
(gcide) | Erubescence \Er`u*bes"cence\ (?; 135), Erubescency
\Er`u*bes"cen*cy\, n. [L. erubescentia: cf. F. ['e]rubescence.]
The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of
anything; a blushing.
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Erubescency
(gcide) | Erubescence \Er`u*bes"cence\ (?; 135), Erubescency
\Er`u*bes"cen*cy\, n. [L. erubescentia: cf. F. ['e]rubescence.]
The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of
anything; a blushing.
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Erubescent
(gcide) | Erubescent \Er`u*bes"cent\, a. [L. erubescens, p. pr. erubescere
to grow red; e out + rubescere. See Rubescent.]
Red, or reddish; blushing. --Johnson.
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erubescite
(gcide) | Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.]
(Min.)
A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and
sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or
erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the
slightly tarnished surface.
[1913 Webster]Erubescite \Er`u*bes"cite\, n. (Min.)
See Bornite.
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Erubescite
(gcide) | Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.]
(Min.)
A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and
sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or
erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the
slightly tarnished surface.
[1913 Webster]Erubescite \Er`u*bes"cite\, n. (Min.)
See Bornite.
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Erythacus rubecula
(gcide) | Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally
meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.;
akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) +
beraht bright. See Bright, Hob a clown.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula),
having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin
redbreast}, robinet, and ruddock.
(b) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having
the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are
olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also
robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
(c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the
genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as,
the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
(d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins.
See Indian robin, below.
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Beach robin (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot.
Blue-throated robin. (Zool.) See Bluethroat.
Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird.
Golden robin (Zool.), the Baltimore oriole.
Ground robin (Zool.), the chewink.
Indian robin (Zool.), any one of several species of Asiatic
saxoline birds of the genera Thamnobia and Pratincola.
They are mostly black, usually with some white on the
wings.
Magrie robin (Zool.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus
saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black
glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.
Ragged robin. (Bot.) See under Ragged.
Robin accentor (Zool.), a small Asiatic singing bird
(Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the
European robin.
Robin redbreast. (Zool.)
(a) The European robin.
(b) The American robin.
(c) The American bluebird.
Robin snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.
(b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.
Robin's plantain. (Bot.) See under Plantain.
Sea robin. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the
genus Prionotus. They are excellent food fishes. Called
also wingfish. The name is also applied to a European
gurnard.
(b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.]
Water robin (Zool.), a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa),
native of India.
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P ruber
(gcide) | Flamingo \Fla*min"go\, n.; pl. Flamingoes. [Sp. flamenco, cf.
Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr.
meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See
Flame.] (Zool.)
Any bird of the genus Ph[oe]nicopterus. The flamingoes have
webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if
broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American
flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.
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Pratincola rubetra
(gcide) | Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
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Rubedinous
(gcide) | Rubedinous \Ru*bed"i*nous\, a. [L. rubedo redness, fr. rubere to
be red.]
Reddish. [R.] --M. Stuart.
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Rubefacient
(gcide) | Rubefacient \Ru`be*fa"cient\, a. [L. rubefaciens, p. pr. of
rubefacere to make red; rubere to be red + facere to make.]
Making red. -- n. (Med.) An external application which
produces redness of the skin.
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Rubefaction
(gcide) | Rubefaction \Ru`be*fac"tion\, n.
The act or process of making red.
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rubelet
(gcide) | rubelet \ru"be*let\ (r[udd]"b[-e]*l[e^]t), n.
A little ruby. --Herrick.
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rubella
(gcide) | Measles \Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in
senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E.
mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See Mazer.]
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1. (Med.) A contagious viral febrile disorder commencing with
catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the
third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots,
which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised
above the surface, and after the fourth day of the
eruption gradually decline; rubeola. It is a common
childhood disease.
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Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of
fever. --Am. Cyc.
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2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the
flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of
the tapeworm.
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3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]
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4. pl. (Zool.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the
cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also
bladder worms.
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German measles A mild contagious viral disease, which may
cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman
during early pregnancy; also called rubella.
[PJC]rubella \ru*bel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. rubellus reddish.] (Med.)
An acute but mild viral infection characterized by a dusky
red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but
attended by only mild respiratory problems or fever; --
called also German measles. The infective virus is called
Rubella virus, or Rubivirus. If contracted by a woman
during the first several months of pregnancy, rubella may
cause serious abnormalities in the fetus.
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rubella virus
(gcide) | rubella virus \ru*bel"la vi"rus\, n.
The virus that causes rubella.
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Rubelle
(gcide) | Rubelle \Ru*belle"\, n. [L. rubellus reddish.]
A red color used in enameling. --Weale.
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Rubellite
(gcide) | Rubellite \Ru"bel*lite\, n. [L. rubellus reddish, dim. of ruber
red.] (Min.)
A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to
a deep ruby, and containing lithium.
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Rubeola
(gcide) | Rubeola \Ru*be"o*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. ruber red.] (Med.)
(a) the measles.
(b) Rubella.
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Ruberythrinic
(gcide) | Ruberythrinic \Ru`ber*y*thrin"ic\, a. [L. ruber red + erythrin.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder
root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which
alizarin is obtained.
[1913 Webster]Rubianic \Ru`bi*an"ic\, a. (Chem.)
pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically,
designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid. [Obs.]
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ruberythrinic
(gcide) | Ruberythrinic \Ru`ber*y*thrin"ic\, a. [L. ruber red + erythrin.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder
root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which
alizarin is obtained.
[1913 Webster]Rubianic \Ru`bi*an"ic\, a. (Chem.)
pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically,
designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid. [Obs.]
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Rubescence
(gcide) | Rubescence \Ru*bes"cence\, n.
The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a
flush.
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Rubescent
(gcide) | Rubescent \Ru*bes"cent\, a. [L. rubescens, -entis, p. pr. of
rubescere to grow red, v. incho from rubere to be red: cf. F.
rubescent. See Ruby.]
Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.
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Sebastichthys ruber
(gcide) | Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of
the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish
(Sebastichthys ruber). They are among the most
important of California market fishes. Called also {rock
cod}, and garrupa.
(b) The striped bass. See Bass.
(c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
groupers of the genus Epinephelus.
(d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
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Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
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amanita rubescens
(wn) | Amanita rubescens
n 1: yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched
[syn: blushing mushroom, blusher, Amanita rubescens] |
anton rubenstein
(wn) | Anton Rubenstein
n 1: Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) [syn:
Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, {Anton Gregor
Rubinstein}, Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein] |
arisaema atrorubens
(wn) | Arisaema atrorubens
n 1: common American spring-flowering woodland herb having
sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with
overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet
berries [syn: jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, {wake-
robin}, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens] |
centranthus ruber
(wn) | Centranthus ruber
n 1: European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred
flowers [syn: red valerian, French honeysuckle,
Centranthus ruber] |
erithacus rubecola
(wn) | Erithacus rubecola
n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn:
robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin,
Erithacus rubecola] |
lichen ruber planus
(wn) | lichen ruber planus
n 1: an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy)
papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs [syn: {lichen
planus}, lichen ruber planus] |
peter paul rubens
(wn) | Peter Paul Rubens
n 1: prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English
king Charles I (1577-1640) [syn: Rubens, {Peter Paul
Rubens}, Sir Peter Paul Rubens] |
picea rubens
(wn) | Picea rubens
n 1: medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber
spruce of the area; source of pulpwood [syn: red spruce,
eastern spruce, yellow spruce, Picea rubens] |
pseudorubella
(wn) | pseudorubella
n 1: a viral disease of infants and young children;
characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a
few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for
a few hours to a few days [syn: exanthema subitum,
roseola infantum, roseola infantilis, pseudorubella] |
rube goldberg
(wn) | Rube Goldberg
n 1: United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of
very complicated and impractical contraptions that
accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970) [syn:
Goldberg, Rube Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg] |
rubefacient
(wn) | rubefacient
n 1: a medicine for external application that produces redness
of the skin |
rubel
(wn) | rubel
n 1: the basic unit of money in Belarus |
rubella
(wn) | rubella
n 1: 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 [syn: German measles,
rubella, three-day measles, epidemic roseola] |
rubella panencephalitis
(wn) | rubella panencephalitis
n 1: a rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents;
associated with the rubella virus |
rubens
(wn) | Rubens
n 1: prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English
king Charles I (1577-1640) [syn: Rubens, {Peter Paul
Rubens}, Sir Peter Paul Rubens] |
rubeola
(wn) | rubeola
n 1: an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by
distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in
children [syn: measles, rubeola, morbilli] |
saxicola rubetra
(wn) | Saxicola rubetra
n 1: brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn:
whinchat, Saxicola rubetra] |
sebastodes ruberrimus
(wn) | Sebastodes ruberrimus
n 1: a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn:
red rockfish, Sebastodes ruberrimus] |
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