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rooster, n. c.o.c.k, chanticleer; c.o.c.kerel (young); capon (castrated).
root, n. rootstock, radix, taproot, spur; rootlet, radicel; tuber, bulb.
root, n. etymon, stem, radix, radical.
rooted, a. radicated; implanted, fixed, ingrained.
rooting, n. radication; burrowing; implantation.
rooting out. uprooting, eradication, extirpation.
rope, n. cordage, cable, hawser, la.s.so, lariat, cabestro, tether, tow; pl. shrouds, ratlines. a.s.sociated Words: marline, marline spike, marling, strand, oak.u.m, winch, windla.s.s, lif, contline.
rope-dancer, n. funambulist, equilibrist, acrobat.
rope-dancing, n. funambulation. a.s.sociated Words: funambulate, funambulatory, poy.
rope-walker, n. equilibrist.
ropy, a. stringy, tenacious, sticky.
rose, n. a.s.sociated Words: attar, rodomel.
rose-colored, a. roseate, rosy; alluring.
rosedrop, n. grogblossom, rosy whelk.
rose-grower, n. rosarian.
rose rash. roseola.
rosery, n. rosarium, rosary.
rosin, n. colophony.
rostrum, n. platform, stage, dais.
rosy, a. rose-colored, roseate, ruddy, alluring.
rot, n. decomposition, decay, putrescence, corruption, putridity.
Antonyms: preservation, imputrescence, incorruption, soundness.
rotary, a. turning, rotating.
rotary motion. rotation. a.s.sociated Words: trochilics, trochilic.
rotate, v. revolve, turn, gyrate, whirl.
rotation, n. turning, revolution; succession.
rotten, a. decayed, putrid, putrescent, carious, corrupt, decomposed, putrefied; malodorous, fetid.
rottenness, n. putrefaction. See rot. a.s.sociated Words: antiseptic, imputrescible, septic, putrescible, aseptic.
rotund, a. round, spherical, globular, orbicular.
rotundity, n. roundness, sphericity, circularity, globosity.
roue, n. rake.
rouge, n. ferric oxide, crocus; cosmetic.
rough, a. uneven, jagged, craggy, rugged, cragged, scraggy; rude, inurbane, burly, unrefined, discourteous, uncivil, blunt, bluff, brusque, austere, abrupt, gruff, boorish, uncourtly; boisterous, tumultuous, tempestuous, stormy; harsh, hard, severe, inclement, drastic, violent; harsh, grating, raucous, discordant, inharmonious; unkempt, disheveled, s.h.a.ggy; incomplete, superficial, cursory, crude, uncut, unpolished, scabrous.
rough, n. bully, ruffian, rowdy.
round, a. circular, spherical, orbicular, orbed, globular, annular, discoid, rotund; cylindrical; convex, protuberant, bulging; orotund.
round, n. revolution, cycle, rotation, series, succession; rung, rundle, ranee, step; circuit, beat; bout.
roundabout, a. circuitous, indirect, tortuous; encircling, ambient, circ.u.mambient, encompa.s.sing.
roundabout language. circ.u.mlocution.
round building or room. rotunda.
roundelay, n. rondeau, rondel, round.
roundness, n. circularity, globularity, sphericity, rotundity, cylindricity, globosity, annularity, orbiculation, orotundity, convexity.
rouse, v. See arouse.
rousing, a. exciting, stirring; (Colloq.) astounding, startling.
rout, n. overthrow, defeat, discomfiture, vanquishment: clamor, tumult, uproar, din, brawl; mob, rabble.
rout, v. vanquish, defeat, scatter.
route, n. course, way, road, pa.s.sage.
routine, a. custom, round, course.
rove, v. range, ramble, straggle. See wander.
rover, n. See wanderer.
row, n. (Colloq.) brawl, broil, affray, rumpus, squabble, melee, tumult, fracas.
row, n. rank, line, file, series.
