Words Containing RUS

Here's the list of all the 876 Words Containing RUS in the English Language.

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trust
1. something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
2. certainty based on past experience
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virus
1. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
2. a harmful or corrupting agency
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rush
1. move hurridly
2. attack suddenly
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trusted
1. (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
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brush
1. rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
2. touch lightly and briefly
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thesaurus
1. a book containing a classified list of synonyms
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chorus
1. any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
2. a group of people assembled to sing together
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trustee
1. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
2. members of a governing board
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citrus
1. any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
2. any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
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rust
1. a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
2. a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi
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crush
1. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
2. a dense crowd of people
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thrust
1. push forcefully
2. press or force
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intrusion
1. any entry into an area not previously occupied
2. entrance by force or without permission or welcome
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frustration
1. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
2. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
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frustrated
1. disappointingly unsuccessful
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brushed
1. touched lightly in passing; grazed against
2. (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush
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rushing
1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
2. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
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crushed
1. treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
2. subdued or brought low in condition or status
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rusty
1. covered with or consisting of rust
2. of the brown color of rust
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rustic
1. an unsophisticated country person
2. characteristic of rural life
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rushed
1. done under pressure
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frustrating
1. discouraging by hindering
2. preventing realization or attainment of a desire
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crust
1. the outer layer of the Earth
2. a hard outer layer that covers something
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antitrust
1. of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
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phosphorus
1. a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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crusade
1. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
2. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
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truss
1. tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
2. secure with or as if with ropes
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uterus
1. a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
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crushing
1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
2. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
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trustworthy
1. worthy of trust or belief
2. taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations
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trusting
1. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
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toothbrush
1. small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth
2. slang for a mustache
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intrusive
1. tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
2. of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
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airbrush
1. paint with an airbrush
2. an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
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crusader
1. a disputant who advocates reform
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brushing
1. the act of brushing your teeth
2. the act of brushing your hair
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extrusion
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
2. squeezing out by applying pressure
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cirrus
1. usually coiled
2. a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
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thrush
1. candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults
2. a woman who sings popular songs
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distrust
1. doubt about someone's honesty
2. the trait of not trusting others
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crusher
1. a device that crushes something
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papyrus
1. paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
2. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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peruse
1. examine or consider with attention and in detail
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trusty
1. a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
2. worthy of trust or belief
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torus
1. a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
2. commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
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entrust
1. confer a trust upon
2. put into the care or protection of someone
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rusk
1. slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
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walrus
1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
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crusty
1. having a hardened crust as a covering
2. brusque and surly and forbidding
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overuse
1. make use of too often or too extensively
2. exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
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adenovirus
1. any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye
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sagebrush
1. any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
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mistrust
1. doubt about someone's honesty
2. the trait of not trusting others
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ruse
1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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rusted
1. having accumulated rust
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thrusting
1. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
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unobtrusive
1. not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
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crustal
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
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cytomegalovirus
1. any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
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frustrate
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
2. treat cruelly
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trustworthiness
1. the trait of deserving trust and confidence
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perusal
1. reading carefully with intent to remember
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paintbrush
1. a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)
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encrusted
1. having a hardened crust as a covering
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crusted
1. having a hardened crust as a covering
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gyrus
1. a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
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tyrannosaurus
1. large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
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thruster
1. one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
2. a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
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rotavirus
1. the reovirus causing infant enteritis
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cruse
1. small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
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perusing
1. reading carefully with intent to remember
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rusting
1. the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
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russet
1. of brown with a reddish tinge
2. a reddish brown homespun fabric
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coronavirus
1. a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020
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poliovirus
1. the virus causing poliomyelitis
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rustling
1. the stealing of cattle
2. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
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crustacean
1. of or belonging to the class Crustacea
2. any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
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retrovirus
1. any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
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rustle
1. make a dry crackling sound
2. take illegally
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protrusion
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
2. the act of projecting out from something
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estrus
1. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
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trusteeship
1. a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
2. the position of trustee
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brushy
1. covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
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humerus
1. bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow
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untrustworthy
1. not worthy of trust or belief
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rusher
1. (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
2. someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory
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parvovirus
1. any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease
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obtrusive
1. sticking out; protruding
2. undesirably noticeable
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hairbrush
1. a brush used to groom a person's hair
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coruscant
1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
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