a person who rules or commands
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

ruler

swayer

sample sentences

"swayer of the universe"

measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rule

ruler

the position of ruler
<noun.act>

rulership

a body of rules followed by an assembly
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

order

parliamentary law

parliamentary procedure

rules of order

exercising power or authority
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

regnant

reigning

ruling

the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

opinion

ruling

the class of people exerting power or authority
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

people in power

ruling class

neat and tidy
<adj.all>

ruly

sample sentences

"a small ruly beard"

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

curious

funny

odd

peculiar

queer

rum

rummy

singular

sample sentences

"a curious hybrid accent"
"her speech has a funny twang"
"they have some funny ideas about war"
"had an odd name"
"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
"something definitely queer about this town"
"what a rum fellow"
"singular behavior"

a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
<noun.act>

rum

rummy

liquor distilled from fermented molasses
<noun.food>

rum

a baba soaked in rum
<noun.food>

baba au rhum

rum baba

large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit
<noun.plant>

Prunus serotina

black cherry

black cherry tree

rum cherry

a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice
<noun.food>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

daiquiri

rum cocktail

enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
<noun.state>

brandy nose

copper nose

hammer nose

hypertrophic rosacea

potato nose

rhinophyma

rum nose

rum-blossom

toper's nose

a sling made with rum
<noun.food>

rum sling

enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
<noun.state>

brandy nose

copper nose

hammer nose

hypertrophic rosacea

potato nose

rhinophyma

rum nose

rum-blossom

toper's nose

a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
<noun.act>

rhumba

rumba

a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
<noun.act>

rhumba

rumba

syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
<noun.communication>

rhumba

rumba

dance the rhumba
<verb.motion>

rhumba

rumba

a loud low dull continuous noise
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

grumble

grumbling

rumble

rumbling

sample sentences

"they heard the rumbling of thunder"

a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
<noun.act>

gang fight

rumble

a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
<noun.artifact>

rumble

make a low noise
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

grumble

rumble

sample sentences

"rumbling thunder"

to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

growl

grumble

rumble

sample sentences

"he grumbled a rude response"
"Stones grumbled down the cliff"

a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars
<noun.artifact>

rumble seat

continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound
<adj.all>

grumbling

rumbling

sample sentences

"the rumbling rolling sound of thunder"

a loud low dull continuous noise
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

grumble

grumbling

rumble

rumbling

sample sentences

"they heard the rumbling of thunder"

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

boisterous

rambunctious

robustious

rumbustious

unruly

sample sentences

"a boisterous crowd"
"a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"
"a robustious group of teenagers"
"beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"
"an unruly class"

the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
<noun.animal>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

first stomach

rumen

related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
<adj.pert>

ruminant

sample sentences

"ruminant mammals"

any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
<noun.animal>

ruminant

reflect deeply on a subject
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

chew over

contemplate

excogitate

meditate

mull

mull over

muse

ponder

reflect

ruminate

speculate

think over

sample sentences

"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

chew the cuds
<verb.consumption>

ruminate

sample sentences

"cows ruminate"

regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
<noun.act>

rumination

(of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
<noun.act>

rumination

sample sentences

"ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"

a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

contemplation

musing

reflection

reflexion

rumination

thoughtfulness

deeply or seriously thoughtful
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

brooding

broody

contemplative

meditative

musing

pensive

pondering

reflective

ruminative

sample sentences

"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"

a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
<noun.person>

muller

muser

ponderer

ruminator