(US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
(derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
rubi
rubi
noun
Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”)
rubs
rubs
noun
plural of rub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rub
ruby
ruby
adj
Of a deep red colour.
noun
(heraldry) The tincture red or gules.
(obsolete) A red spinel.
(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
A deep red colour.
A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.
rumb
sabu
sbus
slub
slub
noun
(countable) A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.
verb
To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.
snub
snub
adj
(mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
(of a nose) Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
Conspicuously short.
noun
(obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
A deliberate affront or slight.
A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
verb
(transitive) To check; to reprimand.
(transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
(transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
(transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
(transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
(transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
To sob with convulsions.
stub
stub
noun
(chiefly Wikimedia jargon) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
(computing, middleware) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
(obsolete) A blockhead.
(obsolete) A log or block of wood.
(programming) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
(typography, in tabular matter) A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
An old and worn horseshoe nail.
An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
Stub iron.
The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
verb
(transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
(transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
(transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
suba
subg
subj
subj
noun
Abbreviation of subject.
Abbreviation of subjunctive.
subs
subs
noun
plural of sub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sub
tabu
tabu
noun
Alternative spelling of taboo
taub
tebu
trub
trub
noun
(brewing, uncountable) The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
(obsolete) A truffle.
tuba
tuba
noun
(anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.
A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
A large reed stop in organs.
A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
tubb
tube
tube
noun
(Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
(Britain, colloquial, often capitalised as Tube, a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
(Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
(Scotland, slang) An idiot.
(obsolete) One of the tubular tunnels of the London Underground.
(surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
verb
(medicine, transitive, colloquial) To intubate.
(transitive) To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
To ride an inner tube.
tubs
tubs
noun
plural of tub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tub
turb
ubii
ubly
ucsb
umbo
umbo
noun
(anatomy) An inward projection of the tympanic membrane of the ear.
(historical) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
(mycology) A bump or protrusion on the cap of a mushroom or toadstool.
(zoology) One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
unbe
upby
urba
urbs
urbs
noun
A walled city in Ancient Rome.
ussb
yabu
yabu
noun
Alternative form of yaboo (“Afghan pony”)
zebu
zebu
noun
A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos primigenius indicus).
zubr
zubr
noun
(obsolete) One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use.