English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 389 of 430

round onverb

To turn and attack someone or something.

round outverb

To become rounder or plumper.

round robinnoun

Senses relating to something with a round shape, or which goes around.

Round Rockname

An island of the British Virgin Islands.

round shipnoun

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, used as a generic term encompassing most European ancient and mediaeval ships up to the Age of Sail except galleys and longships, variously including or excluding cogs and coccas (the length-to-beam ratio of which could rise to over three to one); a ship (type) of this class.

round shotnoun

A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

round tablenoun

A conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange views.

round the bendprep_phrase

Crazy, mad or insane.

round the clockprep_phrase

Nonstop, 24 hours per day.

round the Hornverb

To sail around Cape Horn.

round the wicketprep_phrase

Alternative form of around the wicket.

round toverb

To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.

round tripnoun

A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

round tuitnoun

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 around to it".

round upverb

To collect or gather (something) together.

round uponverb

To turn and attack a potential attacker

round-earnoun

A human or half-human.

round-heeledadj

Easily defeated; a pushover.

round-likeadj

circular; round

round-offnoun

Alternative spelling of roundoff.

round-topnoun

A platform at the top of a ship's mast.

round-trippableadj

Able to be exported and later reimported without loss of fidelity.

round-trippernoun

Home run.

roundaboutadj

Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.

roundaboutlyadv

In a roundabout manner; indirectly.

roundaboutnessnoun

The state or quality of being roundabout.

roundarmadj

An obsolete style of bowling where the bowler's arm is at right angles to the body at the point of delivery.

roundbacknoun

Kyphosis.

roundballnoun

The sport of basketball.

roundballernoun

A basketball player.

roundeadv

Obsolete spelling of round.

roundedverb

simple past and past participle of round

roundedlyadv

In a rounded manner.

roundednessnoun

The quality of being rounded.

roundelnoun

Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.

roundelaynoun

A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.

roundenverb

To make round or rounded

roundeningverb

present participle and gerund of rounden

rounderadj

comparative form of round: more round

roundersnoun

A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.

roundethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of round

roundeyenoun

A Westerner (from the purported point of view of an Asian or other person with naturally narrower eyes).

roundfishnoun

Any fish that is not a flatfish.

roundhandnoun

A style of handwriting in which the letters are well rounded and free.

Roundheadnoun

A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War (in the 17th century).

roundheadedadj

Having a round head or top.

roundheelsnoun

A sexually promiscuous woman.

roundhousenoun

A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.

roundhousemannoun

A person who works in the roundhouse.

roundienoun

A television set with a round cathode ray tube.

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 389. 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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