Name Report For First Name RUSH:

RUSH

First name RUSH's origin is English. RUSH means "rush". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with RUSH below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of rush.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with RUSH and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with RUSH - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming RUSH

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES RUSH AS A WHOLE:

aarushi aarush rushe rushkin rushford jerusha

NAMES RHYMING WITH RUSH (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ush) - Names That Ends with ush:

anoush

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (sh) - Names That Ends with sh:

alitash negash darwish fahesh hirsh eilish nevish scelflesh trish aashish ash joash josh kourosh macintosh mackintosh marsh milosh naalnish nash nosh stosh tanish tavish tosh utkarsh vaiveahtoish walsh welsh yash yehoash yahoash standish parrish anguysh

NAMES RHYMING WITH RUSH (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (rus) - Names That Begins with rus:

rusalka russ russel russell russu rust rusty

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ru) - Names That Begins with ru:

ruadhagan ruadhan ruadson ruaidhri ruairidh ruanaidh ruarc ruark ruben rubie ruby ruck rudd ruddy rudella rudelle rudiger rudo rudrani rudy rudyard rueban ruelle rufa ruff ruffe rufford rufina rufio rufo ruford rugby ruhdugeard ruhleah rui rukan rule ruma rumford rune runihura ruodrik ruomhildi rupert rupetta rupette ruprecht ruqaya ruqayyah ruta rute rutger ruth rutherford ruthie rutledge rutley ruusu ruwaydah ruza

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RUSH:

First Names which starts with 'r' and ends with 'h':

ra'idah raananah rabah rabhartach rabiah radeyah radolph raedleah raedpath raghallach rahimah rahimateh rajah raleah raleich raleigh ralph randolph raniyah rawdah rawiyah rebekah reidhachadh reileigh reinh reneigh rhydderch rich ridpath rinnah rioghnach riyadh roch roth ryeleigh ryleigh

English Words Rhyming RUSH

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES RUSH AS A WHOLE:

brushnoun (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.
 noun (n.) The bushy tail of a fox.
 noun (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
 noun (n.) Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
 noun (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
 noun (n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
 noun (n.) The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.
 noun (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
 noun (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
 noun (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
 noun (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
 noun (n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
 noun (n.) In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
 verb (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

brushingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brush
 adjective (a.) Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
 adjective (a.) Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.

brushernoun (n.) One who, or that which, brushes.

brushinessnoun (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.

brushitenoun (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.

brushwoodnoun (n.) Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.
 noun (n.) Small branches of trees cut off.

brushyadjective (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.

bulrushnoun (n.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

crushingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crush
 adjective (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.

crushnoun (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
 noun (n.) Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
 verb (v. t.) To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
 verb (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
 verb (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
 verb (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
 verb (v. t.) To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
 verb (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

crushernoun (n.) One who, or that which, crushes.

dustbrushnoun (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

frushnoun (n.) Noise; clatter; crash.
 noun (n.) The frog of a horse's foot.
 noun (n.) A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled thrush.
 adjective (a.) Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
 verb (v. t.) To batter; to break in pieces.

hairbrushnoun (n.) A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

inrushnoun (n.) A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide.
 verb (v. i.) To rush in.

kneebrushnoun (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
 noun (n.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.

nailbrushnoun (n.) A brush for cleaning the nails.

onrushnoun (n.) A rushing onward.

rushnoun (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
 noun (n.) The merest trifle; a straw.
 noun (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
 noun (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
 noun (n.) A perfect recitation.
 noun (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
 noun (n.) The act of running with the ball.
 verb (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
 verb (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
 verb (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
 verb (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

rushingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rush

rushbucklernoun (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.

rushedadjective (a.) Abounding or covered with rushes.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Rush

rushernoun (n.) One who rushes.
 noun (n.) One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.

rushinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of abounding with rushes.

rushlightnoun (n.) A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.

rushlikeadjective (a.) Resembling a rush; weak.

rushyadjective (a.) Abounding with rushes.
 adjective (a.) Made of rushes.

sagebrushnoun (n.) A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.

scratchbrushnoun (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

thrushnoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
 noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.
 noun (n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.
 noun (n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

thrushelnoun (n.) The song thrush.

thrushernoun (n.) The song thrush.

toothbrushnoun (n.) A brush for cleaning the teeth.

underbrushnoun (n.) Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

uprushnoun (n.) Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava.
 verb (v. i.) To rush upward.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RUSH (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ush) - English Words That Ends with ush:


blushnoun (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.
 noun (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
 verb (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.
 verb (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
 verb (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.
 verb (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
 verb (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.

bushnoun (n.) A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
 noun (n.) A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
 noun (n.) A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
 noun (n.) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
 noun (n.) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
 noun (n.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.
 noun (n.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
 verb (v. i.) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
 verb (v. t.) To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.
 verb (v. t.) To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

buttonbushnoun (n.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

flushnoun (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
 noun (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
 noun (n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.
 noun (n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
 noun (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
 noun (n.) A hand of cards of the same suit.
 adjective (a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
 adjective (a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
 adjective (a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of cards of one suit.
 verb (v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
 verb (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
 verb (v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
 verb (v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
 verb (v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
 verb (v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
 verb (v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
 adverb (adv.) So as to be level or even.
 verb (v. t.) To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
 verb (v. i.) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
 verb (v. i.) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.

hobblebushnoun (n.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

hopplebushnoun (n.) Same as Hobblebush.

hushnoun (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
 adjective (a.) Silent; quiet.
 verb (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
 verb (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
 verb (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

jewbushnoun (n.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P. tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.

lushnoun (n.) Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.
 adjective (a.) Full of juice or succulence.

maybushnoun (n.) The hawthorn.

mushnoun (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.
 noun (n.) A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; as, he had a long mush before him; -- also used attributively.
 verb (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.
 verb (v. i.) To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs.
 verb (v. t. ) To cause to travel or journey.
 verb (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

namaycushnoun (n.) A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.

outgushnoun (n.) A pouring out; an outburst.
 verb (v. i.) To gush out; to flow forth.

plushnoun (n.) A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

pushnoun (n.) A pustule; a pimple.
 noun (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
 noun (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
 noun (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
 noun (n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
 noun (n.) A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang.
 verb (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
 verb (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
 verb (v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
 verb (v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
 verb (v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
 verb (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
 verb (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
 verb (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.

rosebushnoun (n.) The bush or shrub which bears roses.

saltbushnoun (n.) An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.

shagebushnoun (n.) A sackbut.

slushnoun (n.) Soft mud.
 noun (n.) A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
 noun (n.) A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
 noun (n.) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
 noun (n.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
 verb (v. t.) To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.
 verb (v. t.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

spicebushnoun (n.) Spicewood.

staggerbushnoun (n.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.

tushnoun (n.) A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.
  (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

upgushnoun (n.) A gushing upward.
 verb (v. i.) To gush upward.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RUSH (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (rus) - Words That Begins with rus:


rusenoun (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.

rusineadjective (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.

rusknoun (n.) A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.
 noun (n.) A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
 noun (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.

rusmanoun (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.

russnoun (n. sing. & pl.) A Russian, or the Russians.
 noun (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Russians.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Russians.

russetnoun (n.) A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
 noun (n.) Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
 noun (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
 noun (n.) An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
 adjective (a.) Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
 adjective (a.) Coarse; homespun; rustic.

russetingnoun (n.) See Russet, n., 2 and 4.

russetyadjective (a.) Of a russet color; russet.

russianoun (n.) A country of Europe and Asia.

russiannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.

russificationnoun (n.) The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.

russophilenoun (n.) Alt. of Russophilist

russophilistnoun (n.) One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.

russophobianoun (n.) Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.

rustnoun (n.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
 noun (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
 noun (n.) That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
 noun (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
 noun (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
 noun (n.) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
 verb (v. i.) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
 verb (v. i.) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
 verb (v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
 verb (v. t.) To impair by time and inactivity.

rustingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rust

rustfuladjective (a.) Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty.

rusticnoun (n.) An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
 noun (n.) A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.
 adjective (a.) Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.
 adjective (a.) Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
 adjective (a.) Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.

rusticaladjective (a.) Rustic.

rusticatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rusticate

rusticatedadjective (a.) Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Rusticate

rusticationnoun (n.) The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.
 noun (n.) Rustic work.

rusticitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.

rustinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rusty.

rustlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rustle

rustlenoun (n.) A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
 verb (v. i.) To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
 verb (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

rustlernoun (n.) One who, or that which, rustles.
 noun (n.) A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person.

rustlessadjective (a.) Free from rust.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RUSH:

English Words which starts with 'r' and ends with 'h':

raashnoun (n.) The electric catfish.

rachnoun (n.) Alt. of Rache

radiographnoun (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays.
 noun (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
 noun (n.) An image or picture produced upon a sensitive surface, as of a photographic plate, by some form of radiation other than light, as the Rontgen rays, radium rays, etc.; esp., a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays; a skiagraph.
 verb (v. t.) To make a radiograph of.

radishnoun (n.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

raffishadjective (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.

ragabashnoun (n.) Alt. of Ragabrash

ragabrashnoun (n.) An idle, ragged person.

rajahadjective (a.) A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts.

rakishadjective (a.) Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
 adjective (a.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.

ralphnoun (n.) A name sometimes given to the raven.

rammishadjective (a.) Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.

ranchnoun (n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
 verb (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

rashnoun (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
 noun (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
 superlative (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
 superlative (superl.) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
 superlative (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
 superlative (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
 superlative (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
 verb (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
 verb (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare with haste.

ratchnoun (n.) Same as Rotche.
 noun (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.

ratfishnoun (n.) Same as Rat-tail.

rathnoun (n.) A hill or mound.
 noun (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Rathe
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Rathe

rawishadjective (a.) Somewhat raw.

rayahnoun (n.) A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.

reachnoun (n.) An effort to vomit.
 noun (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
 noun (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
 noun (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
 noun (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
 noun (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
 noun (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
 verb (v. i.) To retch.
 verb (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
 verb (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
 verb (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
 verb (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
 verb (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
 verb (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
 verb (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
 verb (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
 verb (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
 verb (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
 verb (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
 verb (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

reddishadjective (a.) Somewhat red; moderately red.

redfinchnoun (n.) The European linnet.

redfishnoun (n.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
 noun (n.) The rosefish.
 noun (n.) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
 noun (n.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.

redmouthnoun (n.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

refreshnoun (n.) The act of refreshing.
 adjective (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
 adjective (a.) To make as if new; to repair; to restore.

regrowthnoun (n.) The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.

rehashnoun (n.) Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.
 verb (v. t.) To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

reichsrathnoun (n.) The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

relishnoun (n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
 noun (n.) Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
 noun (n.) A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
 noun (n.) That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
 noun (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
 verb (v. t.) To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
 verb (v. t.) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
 verb (v. i.) To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.

researchnoun (n.) Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
 verb (v. t.) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

retouchnoun (n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
 verb (v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.

rewthnoun (n.) Ruth.

rhabdolithnoun (n.) A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.

rhemishadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.

rhenishnoun (n.) Rhine wine.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.

rhinolithnoun (n.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

ribaldishadjective (a.) Like a ribald.

ricketishadjective (a.) Rickety.

riggishadjective (a.) Like a rig or wanton.

rishnoun (n.) A rush (the plant).

roachnoun (n.) A cockroach.
 noun (n.) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
 noun (n.) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
 noun (n.) The redfin, or shiner.
 noun (n.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to arch.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

rockfishnoun (n.) Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa.
 noun (n.) The striped bass. See Bass.
 noun (n.) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus Epinephelus.
 noun (n.) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.

roguishadjective (a.) Vagrant.
 adjective (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
 adjective (a.) Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.

roinishadjective (a.) See Roynish.

romanishadjective (a.) Pertaining to Romanism.

romanschnoun (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.

romishadjective (a.) Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.

rompishadjective (a.) Given to rude play; inclined to romp.

roomthnoun (n.) Room; space.

roorbachnoun (n.) A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.

ropishadjective (a.) Somewhat ropy.

rosefinchnoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.

rosefishnoun (n.) A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.

roughnoun (n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
 noun (n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.
 noun (n.) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
 noun (n.) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.
 noun (n.) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.
 noun (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
 noun (n.) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
 noun (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
 noun (n.) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.
 noun (n.) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
 noun (n.) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
 noun (n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
 noun (n.) Produced offhand.
 noun (n.) Boisterous weather.
 noun (n.) A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
 adverb (adv.) In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
 verb (v. t.) To render rough; to roughen.
 verb (v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
 verb (v. t.) To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.

roughishadjective (a.) Somewhat rough.

roundfishnoun (n.) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
 noun (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.

roundishadjective (a.) Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

routishadjective (a.) Uproarious; riotous.

rowdyishadjective (a.) Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.

roxburghnoun (n.) A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.

roynishadjective (a.) Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.

roytishadjective (a.) Wild; irregular.

rubbishnoun (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.

rudishadjective (a.) Somewhat rude.

ruffianishadjective (a.) Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.

rukhnoun (n.) The roc.
 noun (n.) A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.

runchnoun (n.) The wild radish.

ruttishadjective (a.) Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.

ryshnoun (n.) Rush, a plant.

rythnoun (n.) A ford.

radiotelegraphnoun (n.) A wireless telegraph.

rotographnoun (n.) A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed at a very rapid rate.