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38 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• ruby n. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
• ruby n. (Obsolete) A red spinel.
• ruby n. A deep red colour.
• ruby n. (Heraldry) The tincture red or gules.
• ruby n. (Uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
• ruby n. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
• ruby n. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
• ruby adj. Of a deep red colour.
• ruby v. (Transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.
• ruby n. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
• Ruby prop.n. A female given name from English.
• Ruby prop.n. (Rare) A surname.
• Ruby prop.n. (Rare) A male given name.
• Ruby prop.n. (Computer languages) A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed…
• Ruby prop.n. A city in Alaska.
• Ruby prop.n. A ghost town in Arizona.
• Ruby prop.n. A town in South Carolina.
• Ruby prop.n. A town in Wisconsin.
• Ruby prop.n. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
• Ruby n. (Cockney rhyming slang) A curry, short for Ruby Murray.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • ruby n. Nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rub.
• Middle english
  • ruby n. A ruby (red precious stone).
  • ruby n. (Figuratively) A precious individual.
  • ruby v. Alternative form of robben.
• Silesian
  • ruby adj. Fat, thick.
• Tagalog
  • Ruby prop.n. A female given name from English.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• ruby n. Robijn.

— English words, defined in French —

• ruby n. (Minéralogie) Rubis.
• ruby adj. Rubis.
• Ruby prén. Prénom féminin.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• ruby s. Rubí.
• ruby adj. Rubí.
• Ruby s. Nombre propio de mujer.
• Ruby s. Informática. Un lenguaje de programación.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• ruby s. Rubino.
• ruby s. (Araldica) indica il colore rosso quando riferito a nobili.

— In Dutch —

• Ruby eig. (Vrouwelijke naam) meisjesnaam.

— In French —

• Ruby n.prop. (Informatique) Langage de programmation.

117 English words from 26 English definitions

above accusative Alaska Alternative American and Arizona beside between bird bird␣of␣paradise Carolina characters Chinese city clear Cockney Cockney␣rhyming␣slang colour Computer Computer␣languages corundum curry dated deep developed dynamic English Fat female Figuratively for form from general general-purpose ghost ghost␣town given given␣name guide gules Heraldry hummer hummingbird individual instrumental island Islands Japanese language languages make male Murray name Nominative nonpareil object object-oriented Obsolete Of␣a on␣the oriented paradise pearl plural poetic point precious precious␣stone printing programming programming␣language pronunciation pronunciation␣guide purpose Rare red redden reflective rhyming rhyming␣slang rub ruby Ruby␣Murray Saint Saint␣Croix settlement short short␣for size slang South South␣American South␣Carolina spinel standardized States stone surname the thick tincture town Transitive type Uncountable United United␣States valued variety Virgin Virgin␣Islands vocative Wisconsin written

3 English words from 12 foreign definitions

indica naam Rubino

4 foreign words from 26 English definitions

Croix general␣purpose robben rubra

23 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

Araldica colore féminin Informática Informatique Langage lenguaje meisjesnaam Minéralogie mujer nobili Nombre Nombre␣propio Prénom programación programmation propio quando riferito Robijn rosso Rubí Rubis

34 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

rubying Rubyist ruby-red ruby␣red Rubygate Rubyists rubylate rubylike ruby␣port rubyspot rubytail rubywood rubylated ruby␣ports rubyspots rubytails ruby␣tiger ruby␣blende rubylation Ruby␣Murray ruby␣silver rubythroat ruby␣tigers ruby␣blendes ruby␣jubilee Ruby␣Murrays rubythroats ruby␣wedding ruby␣jubilees ruby␣slippers ruby␣weddings ruby␣chocolate ruby␣anniversary ruby␣anniversaries

6 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Hrubys Trubys Shrubya derubylation Siberian␣rubythroat Siberian␣rubythroats

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Hruby Truby nonruby rock␣ruby balas-ruby balas␣ruby fluororuby

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

rub RUB

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bur Bur bur-

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

bury Bury -bury

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Aubry Bubyr Burby Burky burly burny burpy burry Burry burye Buryn Burys buyer Byrum curby Furby Hruby rebuy rugby Rugby run␣by Truby

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bru Bru bur Bur bur- buy by'r BYU RBY rub RUB Ryu Ury yur

15 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Duby Juby Luby nuby Raby RGBY Roby rube Rube rubi rubs RUBs rudy Rudy ruly

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

RBY rub RUB

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

rugby Rugby run␣by

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