rust of plants. ferrugo.

rusty, a. seruginous; ferruginous; reasty, [rancid], [musty], fusty, mildewed; discolored, stained; rubiginous.

rut, n. [groove]; roaring (of waves), rote.

rut, n. œstrus, [heat], œstruation. Associated word: œstrual.

ruth, n. [pity], tenderness, [compassion], [mercy].

ruthful, a. [pitiful], [tender], compassionate, [merciful].

ruthless, a. [pitiless], [cruel], truculent, [relentless], [implacable], fell, [hard-hearted].

ruthlessness, n. truculence, implacability, cruelty, mercilessness.

ruttish, a. [lustful], [salacious], [lascivious].

rye, n. Associated words: ergot, ergotism, ergotized.