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ruby

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Noun

  1. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
  2. A deep red colour.
  3. The tincture red or gules.
  4. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
  5. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
  6. The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
  7. A red spinel.
  8. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Ruby (“curry”).
  10. A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray.

Adjective

  1. Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.

Verb

  1. To make red; to redden.

Proper noun

  1. A female given name.
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name.
  4. A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s.
  5. A city in Alaska.
  6. A ghost town in Arizona.
  7. A town in South Carolina.
  8. A town in Wisconsin.
  9. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.

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