Nouns

rondeau

noun

a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

rondelet

noun

a shorter form of rondeau

rookery

noun

a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

roomer

noun

a tenant in someone's house

roomette

noun

a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car

rootage

noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into bein...

rootlet

noun

small root or division of a root

rootstalk

noun

a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below se...

rootstock

noun

a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below se...

ropedancer

noun

an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height a...

ropeway

noun

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carrie...

rorqual

noun

any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae h...

rosebay

noun

late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America h...

rosefish

noun

North Atlantic rockfish

roselle

noun

East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshr...

rosemaling

noun

a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on...

roseola

noun

any red eruption of the skin

rosinweed

noun

any of various western American plants of the genus Grindeli...

rotenone

noun

a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for ma...

rotifera

noun

a phylum including: rotifers

rotifer

noun

minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated whe...

rotogravure

noun

using photography to produce a plate for printing

rotl

noun

a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Medi...

rottenstone

noun

a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered...

rotundity

noun

the roundness of a 3-dimensional object

roughrider

noun

a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle

roundelay

noun

a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

roundel

noun

English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain...

roundhead

noun

a brachycephalic person

roundsman

noun

a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make...

roustabout

noun

a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

rowlock

noun

a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oa...

rowel

noun

a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur

rubato

noun

a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat

rubberneck

noun

a person who stares inquisitively

rubeola

noun

an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by disti...

rubicelle

noun

a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel

rudbeckia

noun

North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower...

ruction

noun

the act of making a noisy disturbance

rudderpost

noun

a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables...

rudderfish

noun

fish having the habit of following ships; found in North Ame...

rudderstock

noun

a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables...

rudiment

noun

the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier...

ruffianism

noun

violent lawless behavior

ruminant

noun

any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach d...

rummer

noun

a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking t...

rumormonger

noun

a person given to gossiping and divulging personal informati...

rumrunner

noun

someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border

rundle

noun

one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

rurality

noun

a rural characteristic or trait