10-letter words starting with ro
- root borer — any insect or insect larva that bores into the roots of plants
- root canal — Also called pulp canal. the root portion of the pulp cavity.
- root cause — origin
- root crops — crops, such as turnips or beets, cultivated for the food value of their roots
- root field — a field containing a given field in which every polynomial can be written as the product of linear factors.
- root graft — Horticulture. the process of grafting a shoot or stem of one plant onto a section of root of another.
- rootedness — having roots.
- rootserver — any of a small number of important large servers on the internet that match addresses at the top-domain level
- rootsiness — the quality of being rootsy
- rope maker — a craftsman who makes ropes
- rope's end — a short piece of rope, esp as formerly used for flogging sailors
- ropedancer — a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- ropewalker — a ropedancer.
- ropinirole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- roquelaure — a cloak reaching to the knees, worn by men during the 18th century.
- rosa parks — Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
- rosa solis — sundew.
- rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
- rosary pea — a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius , of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice.
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- rose apple — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Syzygium, of the myrtle family, especially S. jambos, of the East Indies, having showy, greenish-white flowers and oval, yellowish fruit.
- rose fever — a form of hay fever caused by the inhalation of rose pollen, characterized by nasal discharge and lacrimation.
- rose noble — a former gold coin of England, first issued by Edward IV, being the existing noble with a figure of a rose added to the types on either side: much imitated on the Continent, especially in the Netherlands.
- rose topaz — a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
- rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rosemaries — a female given name.
- rossellini — Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Italian raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Italian rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–77, Italian motion-picture director.
- rostellate — having a rostellum.
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- rotary hoe — a cultivating implement consisting of a row of wheels each with many fingerlike prongs, pulled over the ground to break up the soil and destroy weeds.
- rotary rig — A rotary rig is the equipment used for drilling in most wells, which includes an engine and a hoisting, rotating and mud circulating system.
- rotational — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- rothermere — 1st Viscount, Harold Sidney Harmsworth.
- rothschild — Lionel Nathan, Baron de ("Lord Natty") 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).
- rotisserie — a small broiler with a motor-driven spit, for barbecuing fowl, beef, etc.
- rotorcraft — a rotary-wing aircraft.
- rototiller — a motorized device having spinning blades perpendicular to the ground and arranged like spokes, used for tilling soil.
- rotten ice — ice pitted or honeycombed from melting.
- rottenness — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottweiler — one of a German breed of large, powerful dogs having a short, coarse, black coat with tan to brown markings.
- rough copy — writing: early draft
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- rough work — a preliminary work in preparation for a sketch, report, piece of work, etc
- rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- roughhouse — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.