| nubbly | (adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface | Synonyms: homespun, nubby, slubbed, tweedy |
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| nubby | (adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface | Synonyms: homespun, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy |
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| nubile | (adjective) of girls or women who are eligible to marry | Synonyms: marriageable |
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| obnubilate | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obscure |
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| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obscure |
| oubliette | (noun) a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling | - |
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| oversubscribed | (adjective) sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets | - |
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| pickelhaube | (noun) a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers | - |
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| prepubertal | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubescent |
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| prepuberty | (noun) a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur | - |
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| prepubescent | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubertal |
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| protuberance | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling |
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| (noun) the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | - |
| protuberant | (adjective) curving outward | Synonyms: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy |
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| protuberate | (verb) form a rounded prominence | - |
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| (verb) cause to bulge out or project | - |
| pseudorubella | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: exanthema subitum, roseola infantilis, roseola infantum |
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| pub | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, public house, saloon, taphouse |
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| pubertal | (adjective) of or related to puberty | - |
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| puberty | (noun) the time of life when sex glands become functional | Synonyms: pubescence |
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| puberulent | (adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down | Synonyms: downy, pubescent, sericeous |
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| pubes | (noun) the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs | Synonyms: loins, pubic region |
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| pubescence | (noun) the time of life when sex glands become functional | Synonyms: puberty |
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| pubescent | (adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down | Synonyms: downy, puberulent, sericeous |
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| (adjective) (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature | - |
| pubic | (adjective) relating or near the pubis | - |
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| pubis | (noun) one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis | Synonyms: os pubis, pubic bone |
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| public | (adjective) not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole | - |
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| (adjective) affecting the people or community as a whole | - |
| (noun) people in general considered as a whole | Synonyms: populace, world |
| (noun) a body of people sharing some common interest | - |
| publically | (adverb) in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | Synonyms: in public, publicly |
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| publican | (noun) the keeper of a public house | Synonyms: tavern keeper |
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| publication | (noun) the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | Synonyms: publishing |
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| (noun) the act of issuing printed materials | Synonyms: issue |
| (noun) the communication of something to the public; making information generally known | - |
| (noun) a copy of a printed work offered for distribution | - |
| publicise | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicize |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicize |
| publicised | (adjective) made known; especially made widely known | Synonyms: publicized |
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| publiciser | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publicist, publicizer |
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| publicist | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publiciser, publicizer |
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| publicity | (noun) the quality of being open to public view | - |
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| (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promo, promotion, promotional material |
| publicize | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicise |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicise |
| publicized | (adjective) made known; especially made widely known | Synonyms: publicised |
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| publicizer | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publiciser, publicist |
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| publicizing | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: advertising, merchandising |
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| publicly | (adverb) in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | Synonyms: in public, publically |
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| (adverb) by the public or the people generally | - |
| publish | (verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, issue, put out, release |
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| (verb) have (one's work) issued for publication | - |
| (verb) put into print | Synonyms: print |
| publishable | (adjective) suitable for publication | - |
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| published | (adjective) prepared and printed for distribution and sale | - |
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| (adjective) formally made public | Synonyms: promulgated |
| publisher | (noun) a firm in the publishing business | Synonyms: publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house |
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| (noun) a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music | - |
| (noun) the proprietor of a newspaper | Synonyms: newspaper publisher |
| publishing | (noun) the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | Synonyms: publication |
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| redouble | (verb) double in magnitude, extent, or intensity | - |
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| (verb) make twice as great or intense | - |
| (verb) double again | - |
| redoubled | (adjective) become much greater in intensity or size or amount | - |
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| redoubt | (noun) an entrenched stronghold or refuge | - |
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| (noun) (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses | - |
| redoubtable | (adjective) inspiring fear | Synonyms: formidable, unnerving |
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| (adjective) worthy of respect or honor | - |
| republic | (noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: commonwealth, democracy |
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| (noun) a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch | - |
| republican | (adjective) relating to or belonging to the Republican Party | - |
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| (adjective) having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government | - |
| (noun) an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) | - |
| republicanism | (noun) the political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government | - |
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| republication | (noun) the act of publishing again | Synonyms: republishing |
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| (noun) something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work) | - |
| republish | (verb) revive (a cancelled will or a libel) | - |
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| (verb) publish again | - |
| republishing | (noun) the act of publishing again | Synonyms: republication |
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| resublime | (verb) sublime (a compound) once again | - |
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| resubmit | (verb) submit (information) again to a program or automatic system | Synonyms: feed back |
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| rhubarb | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: pieplant |
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| (noun) plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous | Synonyms: rhubarb plant |
| rouble | (noun) the basic unit of money in Russia | Synonyms: ruble |
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| rub | (noun) the act of rubbing or wiping | Synonyms: wipe |
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| (noun) an unforeseen obstacle | Synonyms: hang-up, hitch, snag |
| (verb) move over something with pressure | - |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fray, fret, scratch |
| (verb) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | Synonyms: itch, scratch |
| rubato | (noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat | - |
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| rubber | (adjective) returned for lack of funds | Synonyms: no-good |
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| (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, galosh, golosh, gumshoe |
| (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: condom, prophylactic, safe, safety |
| (noun) an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil | Synonyms: pencil eraser, rubber eraser |
| (noun) a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides | - |
| (noun) an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products | Synonyms: caoutchouc, gum elastic, India rubber, natural rubber |
| (noun) any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber | Synonyms: synthetic rubber |
| (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubberise, rubberize |
| rubberise | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberize |
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| rubberize | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberise |
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| rubberlike | (adjective) having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness | Synonyms: rubbery |
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| rubberneck | (noun) a person who stares inquisitively | Synonyms: rubbernecker |
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| (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, sightseer, tripper |
| (verb) strain to watch; stare curiously | - |
| rubbernecker | (noun) a person who stares inquisitively | Synonyms: rubberneck |
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| rubberstamp | (verb) approve automatically | - |
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| (verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: handstamp |
| rubbery | (adjective) having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness | Synonyms: rubberlike |
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| (adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: cartilaginous, gristly |
| rubbing | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: detrition, friction |
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| (noun) representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal | - |
| (noun) the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another | Synonyms: friction |
| rubbish | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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| (noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of | Synonyms: scrap, trash |
| (verb) attack strongly | - |
| rubbishy | (adjective) cheap and inferior; of no value | Synonyms: trashy |
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| rubble | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, dust, junk |
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| rubdown | (noun) the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes | - |
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| rube | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, yahoo, yokel |
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| rubefacient | (noun) a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin | - |
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| rubel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Belarus | - |
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| rubella | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: epidemic roseola, German measles, three-day measles |
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| rubeola | (noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children | Synonyms: measles, morbilli |
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| rubicelle | (noun) a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel | - |
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| rubicund | (adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: florid, ruddy, sanguine |
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| rubidium | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: atomic number 37, Rb |
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| rubify | (verb) make ruby red | - |
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| ruble | (noun) the basic unit of money in Russia | Synonyms: rouble |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tajikistan | - |
| rubor | (noun) a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat | Synonyms: inflammation, redness |
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| rubric | (noun) category name | - |
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| (noun) a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type | - |
| (noun) an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text | Synonyms: gloss |
| (noun) an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure | - |
| (noun) directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) | - |
| (noun) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with | Synonyms: statute title, title |
| (verb) adorn with ruby red color | - |
| rubricate | (verb) sign with a mark instead of a name | - |
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| (verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red | Synonyms: miniate |
| (verb) furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics | - |
| (verb) place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint | - |
| ruby | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet |
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| (noun) a deep and vivid red color | Synonyms: crimson, deep red |
| (noun) a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
| (noun) a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers | - |
| salubrious | (adjective) promoting health; healthful | Synonyms: good for you, healthy |
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| (adjective) favorable to health of mind or body | - |
| salubriousness | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubrity |
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| salubrity | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubriousness |
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| scrub | (adjective) (of domestic animals) not selectively bred | - |
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| (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrubbing |
| (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, chaparral |
| (verb) wash thoroughly | Synonyms: scrub up |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scour |
| (verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | Synonyms: call off, cancel, scratch |
| scrubbed | (adjective) made clean by scrubbing | - |
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| scrubber | (noun) a purifier that removes impurities from a gas | - |
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| (noun) a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning | Synonyms: scrub brush, scrubbing brush |
| (noun) a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck) | - |
| scrubbiness | (noun) the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrawniness |
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| scrubbing | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrub |
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| scrubbird | (noun) small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub | Synonyms: scrub-bird, scrub bird |
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| scrubby | (adjective) inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrawny, stunted |
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| (adjective) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush | Synonyms: scrabbly |
| scrubland | (noun) an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation | - |
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| scrubs | (noun) protective garment worn by surgeons during operations | Synonyms: gown, surgical gown |
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| scuba | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, aqualung |
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| semipublic | (adjective) having some of the features of public institution | - |
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| shrub | (noun) a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | Synonyms: bush |
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