English words: roughtail to routish

300 English words, part 87 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words roughtail to routish

roughtail adjective, noun: Having a rough tail.
Roughton proper noun: A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
roughwing noun: A swallow of the genus Stelgidopteryx.
roughwork verb: To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
roughy noun: The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
Rouillard proper noun: A surname.
rouille noun /ˈɹuːi/: A type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish dishes, consisting of egg yolk and olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic, and saffron.
roujiamo noun: A Chinese meat sandwich, usually containing pork that has been stewed in a seasoned soup, originating from the cuisine of Shaanxi.
roukoop noun: Genuine pre-estimated damages on the cancellation of a sale or lease, usually relating to immovable property.
roul roul noun: Alternative spelling of roulroul.
roulade noun, verb /ɹuːˈlɑːd/: An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
rouleau noun /ɹuːˈləʊ/: A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
roulement noun: a short deployed tour for a major combat unit or other grouping of personnel on a continuing operation.
roulette noun, verb /ɹuːˈlɛt/: A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball...
roulette wheel noun: A slotted wheel that rotates horizontally; players bet on which slot the ball will stop in.
roulettelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the gambling game of roulette.
rouleur noun /ɹuːˈlɜː/: A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.
roulroul noun: A gamebird in the pheasant family, the crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul).
Roulston proper noun: A surname.
rouly-pouly noun: Alternative form of rolly-pooly (“game”).
roum noun: A deep blue dye.
Roumanian adjective, noun: Dated spelling of Romanian.
roun noun, preposition, verb /ˈɹaʊ̯n/: A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered).
rounce noun, verb: The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
rounce robble hobble noun: The sound of a thunderclap.
rounceval adjective, noun: A giant; anything large.
rouncival adjective: Alternative spelling of rounceval.
rouncy noun /ˈɹaʊnsi/: A horse, especially a common riding-horse.
round adjective, adverb, noun, preposition, verb /ˈɹaʊ̯nd/: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
round about adverb, prepositional phrase: In an opposite direction.
round and round adverb: In a repeated circular motion.
round angle noun: An angle of 360 degrees; a full circle.
round-arm adjective: Alternative form of roundarm.
round-bottomed flask noun: A glass flask used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions, which has a spherical shape for uniform heating, and one or more long...
round bracket noun: Each of the signs in the pair ( ); parenthesis, bracket (in a strict sense).
round character noun: A complex literary character with fully developed and dynamic traits.
round clam noun: Synonym of hard clam.
round dance noun: A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.
round down verb: To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
round-eared tube-nosed bat noun: A bat of species Murina cyclotis, of central and southeastern Asia.
round-eyed adjective: Synonym of wide-eyed.
round file noun: A metal file with a circular or rounded shape, used for shaping round surfaces.
round game noun: A game where each player plays for himself or herself, without teams or partners.
round girl noun: Synonym of ring girl.
round hand noun: Alternative form of roundhand.
round-headed bush clover noun: Lespedeza capitata, a tall, deep-rooting perennial herb native to eastern North America.
round-headed rampion noun: Any of species Phyteuma orbiculare of herbaceous perennial plants.
round heart disease noun: A cardiomyopathy in birds, characterized by unusual roundness of the heart.
round-heeled adjective: Easily defeated; a pushover.
round herring noun: Any of the family Dussumieriidae of clupeiform fish.
round house noun: Alternative form of roundhouse.
round in verb: To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall.
round iron noun: A plumber's tool for finishing soldered work.
round-leaved bloodwood noun: Pterocarpus rotundifolius, a species of bloodwood tree native to Africa and Asia
round ligament noun: Either of two ligaments running from the uterus through the inguinal canal to the labia majora; ligamentum teres uteri.
round-like adjective: circular; round
round lime noun: Synonym of dooja (“Citrus australis”).
round-lobed hepatica noun: A plant of the variety Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa
round lot noun: A block of shares of stock that is a multiple of some number, usually 100.
round-mouthed adjective: Having a mouth without any lower jaw.
round-nosed adjective: Having a round nose.
round number noun: A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits.
round of 16 noun: The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain.
round of 32 noun: The round in a knockout competition before the round of 16, in which thirty two teams or competitors remain.
round of 64 noun: The round in a knockout competition before the round of 32, in which sixty four teams or competitors remain.
round of applause noun: An outburst of clapping among a group or audience.
round of beef noun: A cut of beef from the thigh, through and across the bone.
round of sixteen noun: Alternative form of round of 16.
round off noun, verb: Alternative spelling of roundoff.
round-off error noun: The difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision,...
round on verb: To turn and attack someone or something.
round out verb: To become rounder or plumper.
round-ridge verb: To plough into round ridges.
round robin noun /ˌɹaʊnd ˈɹɒbɪn/: Alternative form of round robin.
round-robin story noun: A type of collaborative fiction or storytelling in which a number of authors each write chapters of a novel or pieces of a story, in rounds.
round s noun: Synonym of short s.
round ship noun: A superclass of wooden sailing ship type with a length-to-beam ratio of roughly two to one and normally having one mast with a single square-rigged sail,...
round shot noun: A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
round-shouldered adjective: Having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward.
round stingray noun: Urobatis halleri, a small common ray found in coastal waters of the tropical and subtropical northeastern Pacific Ocean.
round table noun, verb /ˈɹaʊn(d).teɪbl̩/: A conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange views.
round-tailed muskrat noun: A swamp-dwelling rodent of species Neofiber alleni, found only in the southeastern United States.
round the bend prepositional phrase: Crazy, mad or insane.
round the clock adjective, noun, prepositional phrase: Nonstop, 24 hours per day.
round the corner adjective: Alternative form of around the corner.
round the Horn prepositional phrase, verb: Alternative form of around the Horn.
round the twist prepositional phrase: Mad.
round the wicket prepositional phrase: Alternative form of around the wicket.
round to verb: To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.
round top noun: A platform at the top of a ship's mast.
round trip noun, verb /ˈɹaʊn(d).tɹɪp/: A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
round-trip delay time noun: Round-trip time.
round-trip light time noun: The amount of time required for an electromagnetic signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft or another celestial body within the Solar System and then...
round-trip ticket noun: Synonym of return ticket.
round-trip time noun: The time elapsed for a message to travel to a remote location and then return.
round-trippable adjective: Able to be exported and later reimported without loss of fidelity.
round-tripper noun: Home run.
round tuit noun /ɹaʊnd ˈtuːɪt/: A circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got...
round turn noun: A full encirclement of an object with rope.
round up verb: To collect or gather (something) together.
round upon verb: To turn and attack a potential attacker
round whitefish noun: Any of species Prosopium cylindraceum of whitefish, found in northern North America and north Asia.
round window noun: A membrane-covered opening that leads from the middle ear to the cochlea of the inner ear.
round-wound adjective: With a round outer winding wire.
roundable adjective: Able to be rounded.
roundabout adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/: Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
roundabout dog noun: A form of Swedish street art, a home-made dog sculpture placed on a traffic roundabout.
roundaboutation noun: circumlocution
roundaboutedly adverb: In a roundabouted manner.
roundaboutly adverb: In a roundabout manner; indirectly.
roundaboutness noun: The state or quality of being roundabout.
roundarm adjective: An obsolete style of bowling where the bowler's arm is at right angles to the body at the point of delivery.
roundback adjective, noun: Kyphosis.
roundball noun: The sport of basketball.
roundballer noun: A basketball player.
rounded adjective, verb /ˈɹaʊndɪd/: Made into a circle or sphere.
rounded down adjective, verb: Of a real number, converted to an integer by having its fractional component removed.
rounded up adjective, verb: Of cattle etc.: gathered together as a group.
rounded vowel noun: A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.
roundedly adverb: In a rounded manner.
roundedness noun: The quality of being rounded.
roundel noun /ˈɹaʊn.dəl/: Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
roundelay noun /ˈɹaʊndɪˌleɪ/: A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
rounden verb: To make round or rounded
roundening noun, verb: The act or process of making or becoming rounded
rounder adjective, noun /ˈɹaʊ̯ndəː/: A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
rounder-upper noun: One who rounds up.
rounders noun /ˈɹaʊ̯nd.ə(ɹ)z/: A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.
roundfish noun: Any fish that is not a flatfish.
roundhand noun: A style of handwriting in which the letters are well rounded and free.
Roundhay proper noun: A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SE3238).
roundhead adjective, noun: A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War (in the 17th century).
roundheaded adjective: Having a round head or top.
roundheadedness noun: The state of being roundheaded
roundheel noun: Alternative form of roundheels.
roundheeled adjective: Alternative form of round-heeled
roundheels noun: A sexually promiscuous woman.
roundhouse noun, verb /ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/: A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
roundhouse kick noun: A kick in which the attacker swings his/her leg around in a semicircular motion, striking with the front of the leg or foot.
roundhouseman noun: A person who works in the roundhouse.
roundie noun: A television set with a round cathode ray tube.
roundin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of rounding.
rounding adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/: Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
rounding error noun: The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
roundish adjective: Somewhat round.
roundishly adverb: In a roundish manner.
roundishness noun: The quality of being roundish.
roundleaf adjective: Having round leaves.
roundleaf bat noun: Any of the bats of the genus Hipposideros.
roundless adjective: Not having rounds (sports).
roundlet noun: A small disk, circle or other round object.
roundly adverb: Circularly.
roundman noun: Alternative form of roundsman.
roundmouthed adjective: Alternative form of round-mouthed
roundness noun: The degree of accuracy to which a manufactured object intended to be round fulfills that requirement; it is measured by parameters such as TIR (total...
roundnose grenadier noun: Coryphaenoides rupestris, a marine ray-finned fish in the family Macrouridae.
roundnosed adjective: Alternative form of round-nosed
roundoff noun: A move similar to a cartwheel but ending with the legs together and the gymnast facing in the opposite direction.
roundpole noun: An unsplit young tree, used as a construction material.
roundpole fence noun: A kind of wooden fence, typical of the Scandinavian countryside, usually made from unsplit young trees.
roundrect noun: A rectangle with rounded corners.
rounds noun, verb /ˈɹaʊndz/: The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in their homes according to a predetermined order.
roundshield noun: A circular shield; a rondache or roundel.
roundside adverb, noun, verb: On the curved side.
roundsided adjective, verb: Having rounded sides.
roundsman noun: A worker who makes rounds, especially in order to deliver goods.
roundsome adjective: Characterised or marked by roundness; rotund.
roundsperson noun: A worker who makes rounds, especially in order to deliver goods.
roundsters noun: In the game of marbles, a player's right to move around the edge of the circle to find a better angle to shoot from.
roundstone noun: Small stones used for paving.
roundswoman noun: A female worker who makes rounds, especially in order to deliver goods.
roundtable noun: Alternative form of round table, particularly
roundtop noun: Alternative form of round-top.
Roundtree proper noun: A surname.
roundtrip noun, verb: Alternative form of round trip.
roundup noun: An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
roundure noun: roundness
roundwise adjective, adverb: According to a rounded shape or course.
roundwood noun: Timber as it is cut from the tree, including the bark and without any processing or shaping into planks.
roundworm noun /ˈɹaʊndˌwɝm/: An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.
roundy adjective /ˈɹaʊndi/: round; rounded
rounee noun: Alternative form of rownee (“faussebraye”).
Rountree proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
roup noun, verb /ɹuːp/: To cry or shout.
roup sale noun: An auction.
rouped adjective, verb: Affected with roup; roupy.
Roupenid adjective, noun: Alternative form of Rubenid.
Roupenide adjective, noun: Alternative form of Rubenid.
roupet adjective: Alternative form of roopit.
roupily adverb: In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner.
roupit adjective: Alternative form of roopit.
roupy adjective: hoarse (from shouting)
Rouran noun: A member of the Rouran khaganate.
Rourke proper noun: A surname.
Rous proper noun: A locality in the Ballina council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Rous sarcoma virus noun: A retrovirus that causes sarcoma in chickens.
rousability noun: The condition of being rousable.
rousable adjective: Capable of being roused.
rousant adjective: Rising; represented in profile with its wings raised and typically also addorsed.
rouse adjective, noun, verb /ɹaʊz/: To cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to stir up.
Rouse number noun: A ratio used in fluid dynamics to define a concentration profile of suspended sediment and which determines how sediment will be transported in a flowing fluid.
rouseabout noun: Alternative form of roustabout.
rouseite noun: A triclinic yellow orange mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.
rousement noun: The act of rousing or arousing; incitement to action.
rouser noun: Something very exciting or stimulating.
rousette noun /ɹuːˈzɛt/: Any of a number of species of fruit bat, of the genus Rousettus.
Rousey proper noun: A surname.
Roush proper noun: A surname.
rousie noun: A rouseabout.
rousing adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/: That rouses or excites.
rousingly adverb: In a rousing manner.
rousingness noun: The quality of being rousing.
rousong noun /ʒəʊˈsʊŋ/: A Chinese dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture, made by stewing cuts of pork in a sweetened soy sauce mixture.
Roussanne noun: A white wine grape grown originally in the Rhône wine region of France.
Rousse proper noun: A surname from French.
Rousseau proper noun /ˈɹuːsəʊ/: A surname from French.
Rousseauan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Rousseauian.
Rousseauean adjective: Of or relating to Jacques Rousseau (secular activist) (born 1971).
Rousseauesque adjective: Rousseauian.
Rousseauian adjective, noun /ɹuːˈsəʊɪən/: Of or relating to the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778).
Rousseauism noun: Belief in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophies.
Rousseauist noun: A follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophies.
Rousseauistic adjective: Rousseauian
Rousseauite noun: A proponent of the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Genevan philosopher.
Rousseauvian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Rousseauian.
Rousseff proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Русев (Rusev).
Roussel proper noun: A surname from Old French.
Rousselian adjective: Of or relating to Raymond Roussel (1877–1933), French writer.
Roussell proper noun: A surname.
Rousselle proper noun: A surname from French.
Roussellian adjective: Alternative form of Rousselian.
roussette noun: Any Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger, syn. Pteropus vulgaris) inhabiting islands of the Indian Ocean.
Roussillon proper noun /ˌɹuːsiːˈjoʊn/: A region of the Occitania region, France, approximately coterminous with Pyrénées-Orientales, that was once a part of Catalonia.
Roussillonese adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the Roussillon region, approximately coterminous with the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France but originally part of...
Roussin proper noun: A surname from French.
Roussy proper noun: A surname.
Roussy-Lévy areflexic dystasia noun: Synonym of Roussy-Lévy syndrome.
Roussy-Lévy syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder with progressive muscle wastage.
roust noun, verb /ɹaʊst/: to rout out of bed; to rouse.
roustabout noun, verb: An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
roustabouting noun, verb: The work of a roustabout.
rouster noun: A roustabout.
rout noun, verb /ɹaʊt/: A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
rout cake noun: A kind of rich sweet cake made for routs, or evening parties.
rout chair noun: A type of light chair designed to be easily moved, typically used at parties.
rout seat noun: A bench used to seat people at social events.
routability noun: Ability to be routed.
routable adjective /ˈɹuːt.ə.bl̩/: Able to be routed.
route noun, verb /ɹuːt/: A course or way which is traveled or passed.
route indicator noun: A panel attached to a colour light signal situated just before a junction, which when lit up indicates that a diverging route has been set for the next train.
route march noun, verb: A long march for training purposes.
route mile noun: A mile of track on a route between places.
route of administration noun: The path by which a drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body.
route-one adjective: Pertaining to route one football.
route one football noun: A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the attackers.
route planner noun: A tool for finding optimal routes from one place to another, usually for traveling by car.
route redistribution noun: The exchange of routing information, on a router, between different routing protocols.
route runner noun: A receiver who is good at finding a route through the defensive players on the other team in order to get into position.
route setter noun: A person who designs routes (also called problems) on artificial climbing walls, using grips and holds.
route slip noun: A small piece of paper outlining the route taken by a motorcycle rider, bushwalker, etc.
route step noun: A style of marching in which soldiers walk abreast but are not required to keep their steps in the same rhythm.
routeable adjective: Alternative form of routable (“able to be routed”).
routed adjective, verb /ˈɹuː.tɪd/: assigned a route
routee noun: Alternative form of rowtee (“kind of tent”).
routeing noun, verb: A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a transport network.
routeless adjective: Without a route.
routelessness noun: Absence of routes.
routeman noun: A salesman who has a particular route.
routemarch noun, verb: Alternative form of route-march.
router noun, verb /ˈɹuː.tə(ɹ)/: Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
router on a stick noun: Synonym of one-armed router.
routerless adjective: Without a router.
routeway noun: A way along which a route can be followed; a road or path.
routh noun /ɹaʊθ/: Plenty, abundance.
routhierite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, mercury, sulfur, thallium, and zinc.
routier noun: A French brigand of the 14th century.
routinal adjective: routine; habitual; according to established procedure
routinary adjective: Involving, or pertaining to, routine; customary.
routine adjective, noun /ɹuːˈtiːn/: A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
routine response behavior noun: A consumer's regular purchase of low-cost items of a familiar brand, not requiring significant consideration of the alternatives.
routine response behaviour noun: Alternative form of routine response behavior.
routined adjective: Controlled or regulated by routine.
routineer noun /ˌɹuːtəˈnɪəɹ/: One who follows routine rather than innovating.
routinely adverb /ɹuːˈtiːnli/: In a routine manner, in a way that has become common or expected.
routineness noun: The state or quality of being routine, of possessing the traits of being quotidian, and repeating a pattern regularly
routiner noun: A jazz musician who plays by ear (i.e. not using sheet music, but rather following along with the band and memorizing music when needed).
routing noun, verb /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/: The assignment of a route to anything.
routing leak noun: The situation where the internal routing table of a network provider is broadcast externally to peered networks via Border Gateway Protocol (usually caused...
routing number noun: A number used by a banking institution to designate a certain geographic area in order to sort inquiries and transactions and direct them to the correct...
routing slip noun: A slip of paper that specifies a route for a document to circulate.
routinisation noun: Alternative form of routinization.
routinise verb: Alternative spelling of routinize.
routinish adjective: Characterized by routine; mechanical.
routinism noun: prevalence of, or domination by, routine
routinist noun: Someone who follows a routine.
routinistic adjective: Synonym of routinish.
routinization noun: The process of making something routine.
routinize verb: To make routine, to make common by repetition.
routinized adjective, verb: Carried out as part of a routine
routish adjective: Uproarious; riotous; rowdy.

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.