8-letter words starting with ro
- rockwork — stonework.
- rod bolt — a long, double-ended bolt.
- rod mill — Metalworking. a mill for making metal rods.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- roe deer — a small, agile Old World deer, Capreolus capreolus, the male of which has three-pointed antlers.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- roentgen — Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- rogation — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- rogatory — pertaining to asking or requesting: a rogatory commission.
- roger ii — 1095–1154, Norman king of Sicily (1130–54). His court was an intellectual centre for Muslim and Christian scholars
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- role set — the set of roles associated with a single social stratum.
- roleplay — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- roll bag — a small zippered duffel bag for carrying school supplies, sports gear, or the like.
- roll bar — a heavy steel transverse bar in the form of an inverted U rising from the framework of an automobile to prevent its occupants from being crushed if the vehicle rolls over.
- roll off — Electronics. the rate of loss or attenuation of a signal beyond a certain frequency.
- roll out — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- roll top — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
- roll-off — Electronics. the rate of loss or attenuation of a signal beyond a certain frequency.
- roll-top — made with a flexible top of parallel slats that slides back
- rollable — able to roll or be rolled
- rollaway — designed to be rolled out of the way or out of sight when not in use: rollaway bed.
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- rollicky — rollicking or merry
- rollmops — a fillet of fresh herring rolled up on a pickle or onion and marinated
- rollneck — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
- rollocks — rowlock.
- rollover — an accident involving an overturned vehicle.
- rom bios — Basic Input/Output System
- romancer — a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending. Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.
- romanian — a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- romeward — to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.
- roncador — any of several types of fish found along the Pacific Coast of North America
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- rondelet — a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- rondelle — a small disk of glass used as an ornament in a stained-glass window.
- rondonia — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.