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— English words —

• rub n. An act of rubbing.
• rub n. A difficulty or problem.
• rub n. (Archaic) A quip or sarcastic remark.
• rub n. In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
• rub n. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
• rub n. (UK, naval slang) A loan.
• rub v. (Transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with…
• rub v. (Transitive) To rub something against (a second thing).
• rub v. (Intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
• rub v. (Transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
• rub v. (Dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
• rub v. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
• rub v. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
• rub v. (Transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
• RUB n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins similar to ubiquitin.
• RUB n. Initialism of rich urban biker.

— International convention —

• RUB sym. (International standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the Russian ruble.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • rub n. Back (the reverse side).
  • rub n. The other (often negative) aspect of a situation.
• Lower sorbian
  • rub v. Second-person singular imperative of rubaś.
• Manx
  • rub n. Rub.
  • rub v. To rub.
• Serbo-croatian
  • rub n. Rim.
  • rub n. Edge, brink.
• Yola
  • rub n. Rib.

— English word, defined in German —

• rub V. Etwas polieren, einreiben.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• rub n. Massage.
• rub n. Wrijving.
• rub w. Wrijven.

— English words, defined in French —

• rub n. Friction.
• rub n. Hic.
• rub v. Frictionner, frotter.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• rub v. Frotar.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• rub v. Esfregar.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• rub s. Strofinamento.

— In German —

• ruß V. Schweiz und Liechtenstein: russ.
• ruß V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rußen.
• Ruß S. Schweiz und Liechtenstein: Russ, Aussprache: [ʁuːs].
• Ruß S. Schwarzer Rückstand (Kohlenstoff), der bei unvollständiger…

102 English words from 25 English definitions

act against another any applied Archaic area aspect Back biker Biochemistry bowl bowls brighten brink burnish cleanse code contact course cross crown crown␣green crown␣green␣bowls currency currency␣code Dated designed difficulty diverted Edge for from game green group hinder imperative Initialism International In␣the␣game Intransitive ISO its jack loan maintaining move naval negative normal object obstacle of␣a often one other over pass person polish problem proteins quip remark reverse Rib rich Rim rub rubbed rubbing ruble Russian sarcastic scour second Second␣person Second-person␣singular side similar singular situation slang smear some something spread standards substance the thing thinly thwart touch Transitive ubiquitin urban which while with with␣difficulty

11 English words from 14 foreign definitions

der des Friction Hic Liechtenstein Massage Person Russ Singular und Verbs

22 foreign words from 14 foreign definitions

Aktiv Aussprache bei einreiben Esfregar Etwas Frictionner Frotar frotter Imperativ Kohlenstoff polieren Präsens rußen Rückstand russ Schwarzer Schweiz Strofinamento unvollständiger Wrijven Wrijving

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

rube Rube rubi rubs RUBs ruby Ruby rubab rubai ruba'i Rubbo Ruben rubes rubin Rubin rub␣in Rubio ruble Ruble rubli rublu rubor rub-up rub␣up rubus rubabs rubace rubais ruba'is rubarb rubati rubato rubbed rubber rubbin' rubble rubbly Rubbos Rubeck rubedo rubefy Rubens Rubert Rubery rubian rubied rubies rubify rubigo rubine +520 words

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

Aruba drubs erubs Grubb Grube grubs Hruby krubi trubs Truby urubu Aruban Berube brubru curuba drubly Furube Grubbs grubby Gruber grub␣up Hrubys krubut Otruba rerubs scrubs shrubs Strube strubs Strubs Trubys urubus utrubi Vrubel Wrubel Yoruba Zaruba Arubans Arubian Berubes brubrus carubin cherubs crubeen curubas drubbed drubber grubbed grubber grubble +518 words

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

drub erub grub srub trub rerub scrub shrub Shrub strub Strub cherub backrub bescrub chub␣rub footrub handrub hand␣rub heat␣rub pub␣grub rescrub bug␣scrub canegrub chest␣rub Dutch␣rub subshrub deckscrub grass␣grub handscrub hand␣scrub undergrub intershrub sweetshrub thornscrub thornshrub undershrub witjuti␣grub Princeton␣rub witchety␣grub witchity␣grub brigalow␣scrub witchetty␣grub Siberian␣peashrub therein␣lies␣the␣rub Tasmanian␣grass␣grub

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

bur Bur bur-

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

bru Bru bur Bur bur-

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

Baur blur Bour Bøur Brau BrdU brud Brue bruh BRUK brum Brum brus Brus brut bruv brux buer Buhr Bura burb 'burb burd Burd bure Bure burg Burg -burg burh Buri burk Burk burl Burl burn Burn buro burp burr Burr burs Burs Burt Buru bury Bury -bury curb drub +21 words

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

Br BR Br. bu Bu BU B/U RB r&b R&B R␣&␣B Ru. UB ur Ur UR ur-

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

AUB bub Bub cub Cub CUB dub Dub DUB Dub. fub gub hub KUB nub pub pub. Pub. Rab RCB reb Reb REB RFB RGB rhb RHB rib RIB RMB RnB R'n'B rob Rob ROB RTB Rua ruc RUC rud Rud RUD rue Rue rug Rug Rui rUK rum Rum Rùm run RUP RUQ Rus RUS Rus' Rus. R␣Us rut rux Rxb. sub sub- sub. tub wub

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

RB r&b R&B R␣&␣B Ru. UB

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

Reub Rueb

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