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beginning with letter R
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r.
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abbreviation
  1. rare
rd.
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abbreviation
  1. road
Rod
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Roman mile
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noun
  1. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards.
rule
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noun
  1. A regulation, law, guideline.
  2. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
  3. Something to keep order.
verb (rul, ing)
  1. To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
ruler
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noun (wikipedia, ruler, ruler (measuring device))
  1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement, a rule, a straightedge with markings, a measure
  2. A leader of a nation, one who rules
rundlet
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noun
  1. A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
  2. A measure for liquids, as for wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
1882, Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.
running
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noun
  1. The action of the verb to run.
His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
  1. The activity of running as a form of exercise or as a sport.
Running is good exercise.
verb
  1. (present participle of, run)
adjective
  1. That which runs or run.
running paint
running taps
adverb
  1. (context, informal) consecutively; in a row
Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years .
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