English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 368 of 430

roof rabbitnoun

cat meat

roof ratnoun

The black rat.

roof ridingnoun

Riding illegally on the roof of a train (or car, bus, etc) for the thrills.

roof treenoun

The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.

roof-brain chatternoun

incoherent, idle thoughts "at the top of the brain"

roofagenoun

Roofing; material used to make a roof, or the roof itself.

roofballnoun

A game in which players attempt to keep a ball in play by alternately bouncing it off a sloping roof.

roofbeamnoun

Any of the beams that form a roof.

roofboltnoun

A safety bolt installed in the roof of an underground mine.

roofboxnoun

A specially contrived opening above a doorway, usually aligned to mark an astronomical event.

roofedadj

Having a roof, or a particular kind of roof.

roofernoun

A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs.

rooffulnoun

A quantity that sits on a roof.

roofienoun

Rohypnol.

roofiedadj

Affected by or under the influence of roofies.

roofingnoun

Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.

rooflessadj

Without a roof, open to the sky.

rooflessnessnoun

The state of being roofless.

roofletnoun

A small roof or covering.

rooflightnoun

Alternative form of roof light.

rooflikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a roof.

rooflinenoun

The profile of a roof or a series of roofs.

roofsnoun

plural of roof

roofscapenoun

A landscape above ground formed by roofs of buildings.

roofspacenoun

The space inside a roof (between the roof and the ceiling).

roofstonenoun

The stone or rock layer immediately above a coal seam.

rooftilenoun

Alternative form of roof tile.

rooftopnoun

The area atop a roof.

rooftoppernoun

A person who takes selfies or videos with expansive and vertiginous urban views and cityscapes, usually, but not always, from locations restricted to the public.

rooftoppingnoun

A form of urban exploration by accessing a rooftop to acquire skyline photography, often done illegally with the risk of personal injury.

rooftreenoun

The primary beam of a roof; the ridgepole; hence, the roof itself.

roofwardadv

Toward the roof.

roofwiseadv

In the manner of a roof.

roofworknoun

Construction work done on a roof.

roofyadj

Having roofs.

Rooh Afzaname

A brand name for a concentrated syrup, commonly diluted with water or milk to create a squash which is widely popular in South Asia; manufactured by the pharmaceutical companies Hamdard Laboratories (India), Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, and Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh.

rooibosnoun

A shrub (Aspalathus linearis) from which a tisane (herbal tea) is made.

rooibos teanoun

A beverage made from the rooibos plant.

Rooielsname

A settlement in Overberg district municipality, Western Cape, South Africa.

rooigrasnoun

A perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets

rooikatnoun

caracal

rooineknoun

An Englishman, or a South African that speaks English as opposed to Afrikaans.

rooinekkenoun

plural of rooinek

rooknoun

A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.

rook polynomialnoun

A generating polynomial of the number of ways to place non-attacking rooks on a generalized form of chessboard.

rook riflenoun

An English single-shot dropping block or break-action small-calibre rifle for shooting rooks and rabbits.

Rookardname

A surname.

rookernoun

A person who rooks (cheats or swindles).

rookeriedadj

Having a rookery.

rookerynoun

A colony of breeding birds or other animals.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter R contains 21,470 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 430 pages, and you are currently viewing page 368. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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