English words: rootlet to rose mallow

300 English words, part 83 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words rootlet to rose mallow

rootlet noun: One of the smallest roots, hair roots.
rootlike adjective: Resembling a root or roots (of a plant), or some aspect of them.
rootling noun, verb: A small or miniature root; a rootlet.
rootogram noun: A frequency graph in which one axis is scaled by the square root of the frequencies, so as to emphasize the smaller values.
rootrot noun: Alternative form of root rot.
roots noun /ɹuːts/: Ancestry.
roots drink noun: Synonym of roots wine.
roots music noun: Any style of folk music, or any style of modern popular music influenced by traditional styles.
roots reggae noun: A genre of reggae with a rootsy, folk-influenced style and a lyrical focus on social, political and spiritual (especially Rastafarian) themes.
roots rock noun: A genre of popular rock music influenced by Americana and roots music.
roots wine noun: A naturally fermented medicinal drink popular in Jamaica, made from herbs and roots often blended with honey or molasses.
rootsiness noun: The quality of being rootsy.
rootstalk noun: Synonym of rhizome.
rootstock noun: A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.
Rootstown proper noun: A township in Portage County, Ohio, United States.
rootsy adjective: Unadorned; suggestive of earlier times.
rootward adjective: Toward the root of a plant.
rootwise adverb: In terms of the root of a tooth.
rootwork noun: hoodoo
rootworker noun: A practitioner of rootwork, or hoodoo.
rootworm noun: A worm that tunnels through the roots of young plants.
rooty adjective: Full of roots.
rootzone noun: Alternative form of root zone
rooyebok noun: Alternative form of rooibok.
ROP noun: A Render Output unit or raster operations pipeline.
ROPA noun: Acronym of reception of oocytes from partner.
ropa vieja noun: A Hispanic dish made from shredded beef cooked in a tomato sauce.
ropable adjective: Alternative spelling of ropeable.
ropalic adjective: Alternative form of rhopalic.
ropalomerid noun: Any fly of the family Ropalomeridae.
ropani noun: A unit of area equal to 5476 square feet or roughly 0.126 acres.
Ropar proper noun: Rupnagar (place in India).
ropax noun: A RORO vessel built for freight vehicle transport along with passenger accommodation.
rope noun, verb /ɹəʊp/: Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
rope-a-dope noun, verb: A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake.
rope and choke noun: The measurement of a person's body fat, by means of a measuring tape around parts of the body, to determine whether they meet physical fitness standards for...
rope bed noun: A platform bed supported by a rope grid.
rope bridge noun: A suspension bridge constructed chiefly of rope.
rope bunny noun: A person who enjoys being tied up with rope.
rope burn noun: A burning sensation in the hands after sliding down a rope too rapidly.
rope clamp noun: A pair of clamping jaws for securing the end of a cord.
rope dance noun: A tightrope walk.
rope dancer noun: A tightrope walker; an acrobat.
rope dart noun: A weapon that originated in ancient China, consisting of a long rope with a metal dart at the end, used to attack long-range targets repeatedly.
rope drilling noun: A technique for boring holes by means of tools attached to a rope and alternately lifted and lowered.
rope grass noun: Ampelodesmos mauritanicus, a tall grass of the Mediterranean region.
rope-house noun: A building used for evaporation in salt manufacture.
rope in verb: To cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.
rope into verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rope, into.
rope-jump noun: Synonym of jump rope (“a single jump in game or activity of jumping rope, counted as a measure of achievement”)
rope kiss noun /ˈroʊ̯p kɪs/: A temporary imprint or mark left on the skin by a rope.
rope ladder noun: A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top.
rope line noun: A rope used as a barrier to separate spectators from the spectacle they are observing.
rope machine noun: A machine for making ropes out of yarn.
rope of sand noun: Something incohesive, flimsy, disconnected or unreliable
rope off verb: To separate by ropes; to cordon off.
rope out verb: Of a tornado funnel, to narrow and lengthen and perhaps curl into complex, rope-like shapes, usually during dissipation.
rope porter noun: A pulley to save the ropes of steam ploughs from friction.
rope pulling noun: The game of tug of war, where people pull on opposite ends of a rope, trying to draw each other over a line on the ground.
rope pump noun: A pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope.
rope railway noun: funicular railway
rope-ripe adjective: Of a person: deserving of being hanged.
rope runner noun: A railway brakesman.
rope's end noun, verb: To beat with the end of a rope.
rope stitch noun: A kind of work in which the stitches are laid diagonally side by side.
rope swing noun: Synonym of Tarzan swing: a rope hung outdoors, usually on a tree, and often over a river.
rope tornado noun: A tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.
rope trick noun: The Indian rope trick.
rope twist noun: A kind of braid in which strands of natural and synthetic hair are wrapped together.
rope up verb: To tie up using a rope.
rope-walk noun: Alternative spelling of ropewalk.
rope wall noun: A type of wall obstacle in an obstacle course with a flat straight vertical wall and a rope that is used to assist in climbing up the wall, and another rope...
rope-way noun: Alternative spelling of ropeway.
rope winch noun: A set of three whirlers for simultaneously twisting the three yarns of a rope.
rope worm noun: An intestinal worm, purported to cause various conditions but especially autism; typically identified with strands of intestinal mucus flushed during an enema.
rope-worthy adjective: Deserving of being hanged.
rope yarn noun: The yarn or thread composing the strands of a rope.
Rope Yarn Sunday noun: A period, traditionally a Wednesday afternoon, set aside for the repair of uniforms, hammocks, etc. instead of normal duties.
ropeable adjective: Able to be roped and so restrained.
ropeband noun: A small piece of rope, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
ropebark noun: Synonym of leatherwood (“Dirca species”).
ropebridge noun: Alternative spelling of rope bridge.
ropedance noun: Alternative form of rope dance.
ropedancer noun: Alternative form of rope dancer.
ropedancing noun: Synonym of tightrope walking.
ropefish noun: Erpetoichthys calabaricus
ropefuel noun: Material that provokes suicidal ideation.
ropeginterferon alfa-2b noun: A medication used to treat polycythemia vera.
ropeladder noun: Alternative form of rope ladder.
ropeless adjective /ˈɹoʊplɪs/: Without rope.
ropelike adjective: Resembling rope.
ropeline noun: A line of rope with the purpose of moving people or goods from one location to another.
ropeloft noun: A building for storing and repairing of nets, ropes, and ships' rigging.
ropemaker noun: A maker of ropes.
ropemaking noun: The manufacture of rope.
ropeman noun: Someone who uses a rope.
ropemate noun: someone to whom one is connected by a rope
ropemax verb: Alternative form of ropemaxx.
ropemaxx verb /ˈɹoʊp.mæks/: To commit suicide
ropemaxxing noun, verb: Suicide.
roper noun /ˈɹəʊpə(ɹ)/: Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
roper-in noun: Synonym of roper (“person hired to bring potential customers to a gambling establishment”).
ropery noun /ˈɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/: Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
ropes noun, verb /ɹoʊps/: plural of rope
ropes course noun: An outdoor teambuilding activity for teenagers or adults, involving climbing and often ziplining, and requiring trust and reliance on others to complete...
ropesman noun: someone who uses a rope
ropesmith noun: A worker who inspects ropes.
ropeswing noun: Alternative form of rope swing
ropetrick noun: Alternative form of rope trick.
ropewalk noun: A place where rope is made, a rope factory.
ropewalker noun: An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.
ropewalking noun: tightrope walking
ropeway noun /ˈɹoʊpˌweɪ/: A system of cables, slung from towers, from which carriers are suspended to transport materials.
ropework noun: The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
ropeworker noun: One who carries out ropework.
ropey adjective: Alternative spelling of ropy.
ropeyarn noun: Alternative form of rope yarn.
Ropeyarn Sunday noun: Alternative form of Rope Yarn Sunday.
ropily adverb: In a ropy manner.
ropiness noun: The quality of being ropy.
roping adjective, noun, verb: The act of catching an animal with a rope.
roping boot noun: A kind of tall leather boot traditionally worn by rodeo participants.
ropinirole noun /ɹəˈpɪn.əˌɹoʊl/: A particular dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
ropish adjective: Somewhat ropy.
ropishness noun: The state or quality of being ropish.
ropivacaine noun /ɹoʊˈpɪv.əˌkeɪn/: A local anesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group.
Ropp proper noun: A surname.
ropporin noun: A rhophilin in the flagella of sperm
ropy adjective /ˈɹəʊpi/: Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
roque noun /ɹoʊk/: A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.
Roquefort noun: A blue cheese made from sheep unpasteurized milk, produced in the south of France.
roquefortin noun: Alternative form of roquefortine.
roquefortine noun: Any of a group of toxic alkaloids found in various fungi, particularly Penicillium species.
roquelaure noun: A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
roquesite noun: A tetragonal-scalenohedral gray mineral containing copper, indium, and sulfur.
roquet noun, verb: In croquet, the act of hitting another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
roquette noun: A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.
roquin noun: A gene, mutation of which leads to the symptoms of lupus
roquinimex noun: A quinoline-derived immunostimulant.
ROR noun: Initialism of rate of return.
Roraima proper noun /ɹəʊˈɹaɪmə/: A large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
roral adjective /ˈɹɔːɹəl/: Relating to dew; dewy.
roration noun /rəʊˈreɪʃən/: Synonym of dewfall.
rore noun /ɹɔː/: dew
Rorer proper noun: A surname from German.
Rori noun: Synonym of Sangu (“ethnic group”).
roric adjective: Resembling, pertaining to, or containing dew; dewy.
Rorick proper noun: A surname.
roricon noun: Alternative spelling of lolicon.
rorid adjective /ˈɹɔːɹɪd/: Dewy; containing dew.
roridin noun: Any of a group of trichothecenes produced by several fungi
Rorie proper noun: A surname.
roriferous adjective /ɹəʊˈɹɪf.əɹ.əs/: Producing or generating dew.
rorifluent adjective: flowing with dew
rorikon noun: Alternative spelling of lolicon.
rorisite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, chlorine, fluorine, and magnesium.
Rork proper noun: A surname from Irish.
RORO adjective, noun: Abbreviation of roll-on roll-off.
rorqual noun /ˈɹɔɹkwəl/: Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand...
rorringtoniid noun: Any trilobite of the family Rorringtoniidae.
Rorschach noun: The Rorschach test.
Rorschach inkblot test noun: Synonym of Rorschach test.
Rorschach test noun /ˈɹɔːʃɑːk tɛst/: A method of psychological evaluation that uses a person's interpretations of inkblots or similar images to discover information concerning his or her...
Rorschachian adjective: Of or relating to Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922), Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best known for developing the Rorschach test.
rort noun, verb /ɹɔː(ɹ)t/: A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources.
rorter noun: A small-scale confidence trickster.
rortiness noun: The state of being rorty; boisterousness; vitality.
rorty adjective /ˈɹɔː(ɹ)ti/: Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
Rortyan adjective: Of or relating to Richard McKay Rorty (1931–2007), American philosopher who rejected representationalism in favour of his own neopragmatism.
rortyness noun: Alternative spelling of rortiness.
rorulent adjective: Full of dew.
rory adjective /ˈɹɔː.ɹi/: Covered by dew.
rory-cum-tory adjective: rory-tory
rory-tory adjective: loud (in sound or in colour)
ROS noun: Abbreviation of reactive oxygen species.
ros solis noun: Alternative form of rosa solis.
rosa noun, verb /ˈɹoʊzə/: to hide, vanish, shadow
rosa-de-montana noun: A perennial vine of species Antigonon leptopus.
rosa mundi noun: A sport of the apothecary rose, featuring semidouble flowers with deep, pink stripes on a white or pale background.
rosa solis noun: A cordial made with spirits and various flavorings.
Rosabel proper noun: A female given name.
rosacea noun /ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/: A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
rosaceaform adjective: Alternative form of rosaceiform.
rosaceal adjective: Resembling or relating to rosacea.
rosacealike adjective: Resembling rosacea.
rosacean noun: A person who has rosacea.
rosaceiform adjective: Resembling rosacea.
rosaceous adjective /roʊˈzeɪʃəs/: Of or relating to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants.
rosacic adjective: Uric, as in uric acid.
rosacic acid noun: uric acid
rosado noun: A Spanish rosé wine.
Rosal proper noun: A surname.
RosaLee proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
Rosaleen proper noun: A female given name from Irish.
Rosales proper noun: A municipality of Pangasinan, Philippines.
rosalgar noun: realgar
rosalia noun: A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower
rosalia longicorn noun: Rosalia alpina, a species of large, vividly black and blue longhorn beetle found throughout southern Europe and parts of northwest Asia such as the Caucasus.
Rosalie proper noun: A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
Rosalina proper noun: A female given name, variant of Rosaline.
Rosalind proper noun /ˈɹɑzəlɪnd/: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Rosalindian adjective /rɒzəˈlɪndiən/: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Rosalind.
rosaline noun: A type of needlepoint.
Rosalyn proper noun: A female given name from Latin, variant of Rosaline.
Rosalynn proper noun: A female given name from Latin, variant of Rosaline.
rosamine noun: Any of a class of fluorone dyes related to rhodamine but lacking a carboxylic acid group on the attached benzene ring
Rosamond proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Rosamund.
Rosamund proper noun /ˈrɒzəmənd/: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
rosanilin noun: Alternative form of rosaniline.
rosaniline noun: An organic base, C₂₀H₁₉N₃, used to make the dye fuchsine
Rosanna proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
Rosanne proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
Rosano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
rosarian noun /rəʊˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/: An expert in the cultivation and propagation of roses.
Rosario proper noun: A surname.
rosarium noun /ɹəʊˈzɛəɹi.əm/: A rose-garden.
rosary noun /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/: Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).
rosary bangle noun: A rosary, consisting of a decade of Hail Mary beads, worn around the wrist
rosary pea noun: A leguminous plant, of species Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds which are sometimes used as beads.
rosary shell noun: The shell of any marine gastropods of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly.
rosasite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.
rosated adjective: crowned with roses
Rosati proper noun /ɹɔːˈzɑː.tɪ/: A surname from Italian.
Rosato proper noun: A surname from Italian.
rosavin noun: A cinnamyl alcohol glycoside found in the plant Rhodiola rosea.
Rosberg proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
rosbif noun: An English person (as viewed by the French).
Rosborough proper noun: A surname.
rosc noun: Initialism of return of spontaneous circulation.
ROSCA noun: Acronym of rotating savings and credit association, a group of individuals who agree to meet for a defined period of time in order to save and borrow...
roscherite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Roscian adjective: famous for being an actor
roscid adjective: Containing or consisting of dew; dewy.
ROSCO noun /ˈɹɒskəʊ/: Abbreviation of rolling stock (leasing) company.
roscoe noun: A handgun, particularly a revolver.
roscoelite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and vanadium.
Roscoff noun /ˈɹɒs.kəʊ/: A kind of sweet pink onion from Brittany in France.
Roscommon proper noun: A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Roscommon).
roscón noun: A sweet bread-based ring-shaped dessert filled with guava paste, common in Colombia.
Roscosmos proper noun: A Russian state corporation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
roscovitin noun: Alternative form of roscovitine.
roscovitine noun: A drug currently (2006) on trial for the treatment of leukemia, herpes and HIV infection.
Roscrea proper noun: A town in County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 1389).
rose adjective, noun, verb /ɹəʊz/: A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
rose-a-ruby noun: Synonym of pheasant's eye (Adonis annua)
rose acacia noun: A shrub of species Robinia hispida, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States.
rose alder noun: An Australian plant of species Ackama australiensis.
rose aphid noun: Macrosiphum rosae, an aphid that infests rosebushes.
rose apple noun: Angophora costata, a common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia.
rose beetle noun: Synonym of rose chafer (“Cetonia aurata”).
rose bengal noun: 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-2',4',5',7'-tetraiodofluorescein, a stain whose sodium salt is commonly used in eyedrops to stain damaged cells and thereby identify damage.
rose between two thorns noun: A woman situated between two men.
rose bit noun: A cylindrical bit whose oblique surface is cut into teeth.
rose box noun: A perforated box attached to the input pipe of a bilge pump, to trap any solid material that might otherwise clog the pump.
rose-breasted cockatoo noun: Synonym of galah (“Eolophus roseicapilla”).
rose-breasted grosbeak noun: Pheucticus ludovicianus, a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).
rose-bud noun: Alternative form of rosebud.
rose bug noun: Synonym of rose chafer (“Cetonia aurata”).
rose burner noun: A common type of gas burner in which the shape of the flame resembles a rosette, with gas issuing from a series of openings arranged radially around a center.
rose bush noun: Alternative spelling of rosebush.
rose camphor noun: A solid odourless substance which separates from rose oil.
rose campion noun: The flowering plant Silene coronaria (syn. Lychnis coronaria).
rose chafer noun: A metallic-green beetle, Cetonia aurata, with a distinct V-shaped scutellum, native to Eurasia.
rose cold noun: A variety of hay fever, once attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses.
rose-colored adjective: Alternative spelling of rose-coloured.
rose-colored glasses noun: A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.
rose-colored lenses noun: Alternative form of rose-colored glasses.
rose-colored pastor noun: Alternative spelling of rose-coloured pastor.
rose-colored spectacles noun: Synonym of rose-colored glasses.
rose-colored starling noun: Alternative form of rose-coloured starling.
rose-coloured adjective: Having a pink colour suggestive of that of a pink rose.
rose-coloured glasses noun: UK standard spelling of rose-colored glasses.
rose-coloured pastor noun: Synonym of rosy starling.
rose-coloured spectacles noun: Alternative form of rose-colored glasses.
rose-coloured starling noun: Synonym of rosy starling.
rose comb noun: A type of comb resembling a rose flower, found in various breeds of domesticated chicken.
rose-crowned fruit-dove noun: A species of fruit dove, Ptilinopus regina, of Wallacea and northern and eastern Australia, the males of which have a pink forecrown.
rose curve noun: Any plane curve that consists of loops (petals) emanating from a central point.
rose cut adjective: Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; said of diamonds and other precious stones.
rose diagram noun: Synonym of polar area diagram.
rose diamond noun: A diamond entirely covered with facets on the surface, and flat below, distinguished from a brilliant.
rose ear noun: A dog's ear that folds backward and shows part of the inside.
rose engine noun: A machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines.
rose fever noun: rose cold
rose fish noun: A large marine food fish, of species Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
rose garden noun: A garden devoted primarily to roses.
rose garnet noun: A pink coloured garnet.
rose geranium noun: Any of several pelargoniums having leaves with a rose scent, including important sources of rosewater and of rose fragrances. Although said to be the...
rose gold noun: A gold-copper alloy used in jewelry for its reddish color.
rose gum noun: Any of various eucalypts having rose-coloured bark or wood, especially Eucalyptus grandis.
rose hip noun: Alternative form of rosehip.
rose-hued adjective: Synonym of rose-coloured.
rose key noun: A key consisting of a hollow stem, whose end has a rose-shaped pattern.
rose knot noun: A rosette of ribbon or other soft material.
rose lake noun: Synonym of rose madder.
rose laurel noun: The oleander (Nerium oleander).
rose leafhopper noun: An insect of species Edwardsiana rosae.
rose leek noun: Synonym of Canada onion.
rose madder noun: A rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy base.
rose mallow noun: Any of various flowering plants in the genus Hibiscus.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.