Vocabulary : Rupee to Rupture

Rupee : A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
Rupellary : Rocky.
Rupert's drop : A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
Rupia : An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
Rupial : Of or pertaining to rupia.

Rupicola : A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
Rupicoline : Rock-inhabiting.
Ruption : A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
Ruptuary : One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
Rupture : The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. ;; Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture. ;; Hernia. See Hernia. ;; A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion. ;; To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. ;; To produce a hernia in. ;; To suffer a breach or disruption.

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