9-letter words starting with ro
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
- rotor arm — the revolving arm of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- rotundate — rounded
- rotundity — the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person.
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- rough out — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rough-cut — cut into small, irregular pieces (contrasted with fine-cut): rough-cut tobacco.
- rough-dry — to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.
- rough-hew — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- roughened — made rough
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughshod — shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points.
- rouletted — cut or engraved with a roulette
- roumanian — Romania.
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- round lot — the conventional unit or quantity in which commodities or securities are bought and sold.
- round off — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- round out — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- round top — a platform round the masthead of a sailing ship
- round-arm — denoting or using bowling with the arm held more or less horizontal
- round-eye — a term used by Asians to refer to a white person of European origin.
- round-off — of or relating to the act or process of rounding.
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- roundball — basketball
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- roundhand — a style of handwriting with large rounded curves
- roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
- roundheel — an eagerly immoral woman
- roundness — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- roundwood — small pieces of timber (about 5–15 cm, or 2–6 in.) in diameter; small logs
- roundworm — any nematode, especially Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- roussette — a type of dogfish
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- route one — a style of play involving long high kicks towards a central striker
- routineer — a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
- routinely — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- routinier — a person who adheres to a routine; esp., a competent but uninspired orchestra conductor
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- routinize — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routously — in a routous manner