English Words: R

A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.

The property of being rough, coarseness.

A parameter of some vertical wind profile equations that model the horizontal mean wind speed near the ground; in the log wind profile, it is equivalent to the height at which the wind speed theoretically becomes zero.

plural of roughness

A device that is attached to a motor vehicle in order to measure the roughness of a road surface.

The process of roughing out; anything that has been thus roughed out.

plural of roughout

A horsebreaker.

A rodeo event involving the riding of an untamed horse.

The lowest class of people; the rabble.

Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.

Characterised or marked by roughness; crude; unrefined

A garment made from roughly spun yarn or made from a coarse material.

Collectively, broncos; horses not fully broken that are likely to buck when ridden.

Having a rough tail.

Rare form of rough talk.

A placename:

A swallow of the genus Stelgidopteryx.

To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.

A fish in family Trachichthyidae

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.

A Chinese meat sandwich, usually containing pork that has been stewed in a seasoned soup, originating from the cuisine of Shaanxi.

A traditional Easter event in the town of Vrontados (Βροντάδος) on the Greek island of Chios, in which rival church congregations fire large numbers of home-made rockets across town, attempting to hit each other's bell towers.

Genuine pre-estimated damages on the cancellation of a sale or lease, usually relating to immovable property.

An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.

A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.

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 stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

Resembling or characteristic of the gambling game of roulette.

A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.

A gamebird in the pheasant family, the crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul).

A deep blue dye.

The area of the Greek mainland north of the Peloponnese; Central Greece, especially seen as a district of the Ottoman Empire.

A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered).

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.

A giant; anything large.

A horse, especially a common riding-horse.

Of shape:

At a point or time approximately equal to.

In a repeated circular motion.

An angle of 360 degrees; a full circle.

An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.

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.

A metal file with a circular or rounded shape, used for shaping round surfaces.

A game where each player plays for himself or herself, without teams or partners.

Alternative form of roundhouse.

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.

Either of two ligaments running from the uterus through the inguinal canal to the labia majora; ligamentum teres uteri.

A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits.

An outburst of clapping among a group or audience.