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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

roughish
adjective somewhat rough

roughly
adverb with rough motion as over a rough surface; `ride rough`

roughness
noun harsh or severe speech or behavior; `men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity`; `the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet`

roughness
noun used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

roughrider
noun a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle

roughshod
adjective (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping

roughtail stingray
Dasyatis centroura noun one of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras

roulade
noun (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable

rouleau
noun a roll of coins wrapped in paper

roulette
toothed wheel noun a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations

roulette ball
noun the ball used to play roulette

roulette wheel
noun game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in

round
circular adjective having a circular shape

round
one shot noun a charge of ammunition for a single shot

round arch
noun an arch formed in a continuous curve

round bone
noun bones that are round in shape

round dance
ring dance noun a folk dance; dancers form a circle

round dance
noun a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement

round dancing
noun a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement

round file
noun a file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes

round hand
noun a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves

round ligament of the uterus
ligamentum teres uteri noun ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora

round of drinks
noun a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); `he ordered a second round`

round of golf
noun the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; `a round of golf takes about 4 hours`

round out
verb fill out; `These studies round out the results of many years of research`

round robin
noun a letter signed by a number of people

round scad
cigarfish noun small fusiform fish of western Atlantic

round shape
noun a shape that is curved and without sharp angles

round steak
noun a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank

round table
roundtable noun a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; `a roundtable on the future of computing`

round trip
noun a trip to some place and back again

round whitefish
Menominee whitefish noun a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia

round-arm
adjective with the arm swung round at shoulder height; `round-arm bowling`

round-bottom flask
noun a spherical flask with a narrow neck

round-bottomed
round-bottom adjective having a rounded bottom; `round-bottom flasks`

round-fruited
adjective bearing round fruit

round-headed leek
Allium sphaerocephalum noun Old World leek with a spherical bulb

round-leaved rein orchid
Habenaria orbiculata noun orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground; from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States

round-tailed muskrat
Florida water rat noun of Florida wetlands

round-the-clock patrol
noun a continuous nonstop patrol

round-trip light time
RTLT noun the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point

round-trip ticket
return ticket noun a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)

rounded
adjective curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; `low rounded hills`; `rounded shoulders`

roundedness
bulginess noun the property possessed by a rounded convexity

roundel
noun round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit

roundelay
noun a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

rounder
noun a tool for rounding corners or edges

rounders
noun an English ball game similar to baseball

roundhead
noun a brachycephalic person

roundhouse
noun a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing

rounding
rounding error noun (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; `the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding`; `taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small`

roundish
adjective somewhat round in appearance or form

roundly
adverb in a round manner; `she was roundly slim`

roundness
rotundity noun the fullness of a tone of voice; `there is a musky roundness to his wordiness`

roundsman
noun a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)

roundup
noun the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police; `a mass roundup of suspects`

Rous
Peyton Rous noun United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)

rouser
arouser noun someone who rouses others from sleep

rousing
stirring adjective capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; `a rousing sermon`; `stirring events such as wars and rescues`

Rousseau
Le Douanier Rousseau noun French primitive painter (1844-1910)

Rousseauan
adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

rout
noun an overwhelming defeat

rout
rootle verb dig with the snout; `the pig was rooting for truffles`

routemarch
noun a long training march for troops

router
noun a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves

router plane
noun a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms

routine
adjective occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; `made her routine trip to the store`

routine
bit noun a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; `he did his act three times every evening`; `she had a catchy little routine`; `it was one of the best numbers he ever did`

routinely
habitually adverb according to routine or established practice; `he routinely parked in a no-parking zone`

roux
noun a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces

rove beetle
noun active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits

rover
noun an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

row
noun a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; `they won the championship three years in a row`

row
noun (construction) a layer of masonry; `a course of bricks`

row house
noun a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls

row of bricks
noun a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line)

rowan
rowan tree noun Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits

rowanberry
noun decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree

rowdily
adverb in a rowdy manner; `the crowd got drunk and started to behave rowdily`

rowdiness
rowdyism noun rowdy behavior

rowel
noun a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur

rowing
row noun the act of rowing as a sport

rowing boat
noun a rowboat

rowing club
noun a club for person who row

rowlock arch
noun an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs

Roy Wilkins
noun United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)

royal
adjective invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; `the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe`

Royal Academy
Royal Academy of Arts noun an honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain

royal agaric
Caesar`s agaric noun widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric

Royal Air Force
RAF noun the airforce of Great Britain

royal brace
noun a brace to secure the royal mast

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP noun the federal police force of Canada

royal casino
noun a form of casino in which face cards have extra point values

royal charter
noun a charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain)

royal fern
royal osmund noun large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds

royal flush
noun a poker hand with the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 all in the same suit

royal jelly
noun a secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens

royal mast
noun topmast immediately above the topgallant mast

Royal National Eisteddfod
noun an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts

royal palm
Roystonea regia noun tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba