n.

ruin, v. overthrow, subvert, destroy, wreck, ruinate, impoverish.

ruination, n. ruin.

ruinous, a. destructive.

rule, n. regulation, prescript, prescription, order, ruling;
standard, criterion, touchstone, brocard; maxim, law, canon; norm;
government, sway, regency, domination, authority, direction, empire,
dynasty, supremacy, administration, regime.

rule, v. govern, dominate; restrain, influence, sway, prevail,
dominate, preponderate, domineer.

ruler, n. governor, sovereign, monarch, president, king, potentate,
dynast, lord, satrap, rajah, emir, caliph, burgrave, procurator, Pharaoh,
interregent, despot, regent, dominator, arbiter, viceroy, vicegerent,
autocrat, oligarch, liege lord, protector, kaiser, czar, dey, doge, mogul,
pasha, bey, tetrarch, khedive, sultan, emperor.

ruling, a. regnant, reigning; predominant, dominative, dominant,
prevailing.

ruling, n. government, regnancy.

rum, a. (Slang) queer, odd, old-fashioned.

ruminate, v. meditate, muse, ponder, reflect.

rumination, n. meditation.

rummage, v. ransack.

runmy, a. (Slang) strange, odd, freakish, singular.

rumor, n. hearsay, gossip, bruit, _on dit_.

rump, n. buttocks.

rump bone. aitchbone, edgebone, natch bone.

rumple, v. crumple, wrinkle, pucker, crease.

rumple, n. crumple, pucker, wrinkle, crease.

rumpus, n. (Colloq.) disturbance, quarrel, affray, brawl, row,
fracas.

run, v. sprint, lope, scamper, scud, speed, his, hasten, scour,
scuttle, flee, race, pace, gallop, trot; proceed, flow; melt, fuse;
elapse, pass; pursue, follow, tag; stampede; abscond.

run, n. running, sprint, sprinting; course, series, repetition
pressure, demand, importunity; generality.

run, n. brook, rill, streamlet, rivulet.

run after. pursue, follow, tag.

runagate, n. renegade, deserter, apostate, vagabond.

runaway, n. fugitive, absconder, deserter, truant, renegade.

runaway, a. fugitive, absconding, truant.

run away. flee, escape, desert, elope, abscond.

run away with. accompany.

run down. decline, deteriorate; decry, belittle, disparage, derogate.

rung, n. round, rime, rundle (of a ladder).

run into. collide.

runner, n. racer, sprinter; messenger, courier.

running, a. successive, consecutive; flowing, easy, cursive;
continuous; trailing.

running after. pursuit.

running away. desertion, fleeing, absconding, elopement.

running down. decline, deterioration; decrial, disparagement.

running into. colli