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Look up: Roach

  1. Roach
    The roach is a freshwater fish of north Europe.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Roach
    Roach is slang for the butt of a 'joint'.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. roach
    [n] - the butt of a marijuana cigarette 2. [n] - European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Roach
    Area between the curved leech of a mailsail and a straight line between the head and the clew.
    Found on http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossr.asp

  5. Roach
    the curved area of a sail between the clew and and head
    Found on http://www.dinghysailinguk.co.uk/sailing

  6. roach
    (jargon) A Bell Labs term meaning destroy, especially of a data structure. Hardware gets toasted or fried, software gets roached. [Why?] [Jargon File] (1999-02-08)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  7. roach
    Something-usually a long pin or hatpin-that can be inserted into a marijuana cigarette so that it can be smoked to its full extent Category: General • The very end of a marihuana cigarette after it has been smoked Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Roach
    Roach noun (Zoology) A cockroach.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/87

  9. Roach
    Roach noun [ Middle English rroche ; confer Anglo-Saxon reohha , Dutch rog , roch , German roche , LG. ruche , Danish rokke ray, Swedish rocka , and English ray a fish.] 1. (Zoology) (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family ( Leuciscus rutilus ). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. ( ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/87

  10. Roach
    Roach transitive verb 1. To cause to arch. 2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/87

  11. roach
    <zoology> A cockroach. ... 1. <zoology> A European fresh water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish. ... The redfin, or shiner. ... 2. A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. As sound ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. roach
    noun the butt of a marijuana cigarette
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. roach
    noun a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. roach
    noun European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. Roach
    `Roach` can refer to: * Cockroach, an insect. * To clip, shave, or hog the mane of a horse. * Roach (sail), that part of a sail between the leach and a line between the head and the clew. * Roach (surname), people who bear the last name Roach. * Roach (fish), a small freshwater and brackish water fish. * Roach (drug culture), the butt of a marijuana cigarette. * The roach, a part of a sail. * Roach coach, a slang term for a food vending truck
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roach

  16. Roach
    • (n.) A cockroach. • (n.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. • (n.) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. • (v. t.) To cut off, as a horse`s mane, so that the part left shall stand upright. •...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. roach
    (Rutilus rutilus), common European sport fish of the carp family, Cyprinidae, widely distributed in lakes and slow rivers. A high-backed, yellowish ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/55

  18. roach
    1. the butt of a marijuana cigarette
    2. any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
    3. European freshwater food fish having a greenish back

    Found on

  19. Roach
    The curved portion of a sail extending past a straight line drawn between two corners. In a mainsail, the roach extends past the line of the leech between
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  20. roach
    roach: see cockroach.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09181


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