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Run-On SentencenounMWEan ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunctionverified
Runaway RobinnounMWEtrailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging basketsverified
Runcinate LeafnounMWEa leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the baseverified
Runenounany character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Agesverified
Runic LetternounMWEany character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Agesverified
Runnernoun(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive playverified
Runner BeannounMWEtropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennialverified
Runner-Up FinishnounMWEThe action of finishing a race in second place, i.e. being beaten by exactly one opponent.verified
Running BacknounMWE(football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmageverified
Running BlackberrynounMWEany of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North Americaverified
Running GamenounMWEin American football, describes plays in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team collectively verified
Running HandnounMWErapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paperverified
Running HeadnounMWEa heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a bookverified
Running HeadlinenounMWEa heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a bookverified
Running PlaynounMWE(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing teamverified
Running PostmannounMWEhairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowersverified
Running StartnounMWEa racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting lineverified
Running SuitnounMWEa matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspirationverified
Runwaynouna bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can rollverified
Ruptured Intervertebral DiscnounMWEa painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebraeverified
Rush HournounMWEthe times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from workverified
Russian RoulettenounMWEa stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the triggerverified
Rustingnounthe formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of waterverified
Rusty GracklenounMWENorth American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fallverified
Rusty WoodsianounMWEa common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate frondsverified
Rutherfordnouna unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per secondverified