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8-letter words starting with ro

  • roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
  • road hog — a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.
  • road map — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
  • road tax — In Britain, road tax is a tax paid every year by the owners of every motor vehicle which is being used on the roads.
  • roadkill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
  • roadshow — travelling entertainment
  • roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
  • roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
  • roadwork — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
  • roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
  • roarming — severe
  • roasting — roasted: roast beef.
  • robert i — ("Robert the Devil") died 1035, duke of Normandy 1028–35 (father of William I of England).
  • robinsonBill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
  • robocall — a telephone call placed to large numbers of people by a computerized device that automatically dials the telephone numbers and plays a recorded message: Many but not all robocalls are illegal.
  • robohelp — (tool)   A Microsoft Windows Help authoring tool from Blue Sky Software. Used with Microsoft Word to create Help files for inclusion in a Windows application or for stand alone use.
  • roborant — strengthening.
  • robosign — to sign (a document) without reviewing its contents or supporting documents: The bank instructed employees to robosign piles of mortgages.
  • robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
  • robotism — a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
  • robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.
  • robstown — a city in S Texas.
  • roburite — a flameless safety explosive used in mines
  • robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
  • rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
  • rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
  • rochelle — a seaport in and the capital of Charente Maritime, in W France; besieged while a Huguenot stronghold 1627–29.
  • rock art — painting or engraving on rock
  • rock cod — rockfish (defs 1–3).
  • rock elm — an elm, Ulmus thomasii, of eastern North America, having deeply furrowed, grayish-brown bark.
  • rock oil — petroleum.
  • rock out — listen enthusiastically to pop music
  • rock-eel — rock blenny.
  • rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
  • rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
  • rockaway — a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top.
  • rocketed — any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
  • rocketer — a game bird such as a pheasant that launches itself into the air like a rocket after it is forced to take flight, for example by a dog
  • rocketry — the science of rocket design, development, and flight.
  • rockface — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
  • rockfall — an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.
  • rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
  • rockford — a city in N Illinois.
  • rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • rockless — lacking rocks
  • rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
  • rockling — any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
  • rockrose — any plant of the genus Cistus or some allied genus, as Helianthemum.
  • rockweed — a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
  • rockwellNorman, 1894–1978, U.S. illustrator.

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