5-letter words starting with ro
- rooti — bread.
- roots — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rooty — abounding in or consisting of roots.
- roper — decoy, esp one lures people into a gambling house
- ropey — If you say that something is ropey, you mean that its quality is poor or unsatisfactory.
- roque — a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- rorem — Ned, born 1923, U.S. composer and author.
- rosas — Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roset — resin; rosin.
- roshi — the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- rosie — a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin — Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rospa — Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- rosse — William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rösti — a Swiss dish consisting of grated potato formed into a cake, sometimes with onion, fried, and topped with cheese
- rosys — a female given name, form of Rose.
- rot13 — /rot ther'teen/ [Usenet: from "rotate alphabet 13 places"], v. The simple Caesar-cypher encryption that replaces each English letter with the one 13 places forward or back along the alphabet, so that "The butler did it!" becomes "Gur ohgyre qvq vg!" Most Usenet news reading and posting programs include a rot13 feature. It is used to enclose the text in a sealed wrapper that the reader must choose to open - e.g. for posting things that might offend some readers, or spoilers. A major advantage of rot13 over rot(N) for other N is that it is self-inverse, so the same code can be used for encoding and decoding.
- rotal — relating to wheels or rotation
- rotch — a little auk
- roter — routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living.
- rotfl — (chat) (Or "ROFL") Rolling on the floor laughing (or rolls...). Used in chat, MUD, news. See also ROTFLMAO, ROTFLOL.
- roton — a quantum of vortex motion
- rotor — Electricity. a rotating member of a machine. Compare stator (def 1).
- rotos — rotogravure.
- rotte — rote2 .
- rouen — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
- roues — a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouge — any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roupy — hoarse or husky.
- rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- roust — to rout, as from a place: to roust someone out of bed.
- route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- routh — abundance; plenty.
- routs — a bellow.
- rouyn — a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.
- roven — to pass (a rope or the like) through a hole, ring, or the like.
- rover — a familiar name for a dog.
- rovno — a city in NW Ukraine, NE of Lvov.
- rowan — the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- rowdy — a rough, disorderly person.
- rowed — a noisy dispute or quarrel; commotion.
- rowel — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- rowen — Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- rower — to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.
- rowie — a bread roll made with butter and fat
- roxas — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1892–1948, Philippine statesman: 1st president of the Philippines 1946–48.
- royal — of or relating to a king, queen, or other sovereign: royal power; a royal palace.
- royce — Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.