Name Report For First Name ROSS:

ROSS

First name ROSS's origin is German. ROSS means "red. surname". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ROSS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ross.(Brown names are of the same origin (German) with ROSS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ROSS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ROSS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ROSS AS A WHOLE:

norcross rosselin rosselyn rosswald rossiter rosston

NAMES RHYMING WITH ROSS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (oss) - Names That Ends with oss:

devoss joss moss

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ss) - Names That Ends with ss:

ariss yabiss ferghuss alliss alyss arliss berniss bess bliss blyss candiss caress corliss countess jenalyss lsss marliss tess welss arlyss cass chess daileass douglass iniss inness jess mannuss ness prentiss terriss burgess hovhaness natass ioness lass kandiss curtiss russ

NAMES RHYMING WITH ROSS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ros) - Names That Begins with ros:

ros rosa rosaleen rosalia rosalie rosalind rosalinda rosalinde rosamaria rosamonde rosamund rosana rosanne rosario roschelle rosco roscoe rose roselin roselyn rosem rosemaria rosemarie rosemary rosemonde rosemunda rosetta roshan roshin rosiyn roslin roslyn rostislav roswal roswald roswalt roswell

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ro) - Names That Begins with ro:

roald roan roana roane roanne roano roark rob robb robbie robbin robby robena robert roberta robertia roberto robertson robin robina robinetta robinette roble robynne roch roche rochelle rocio rock rocke rockford rockland rockwell rocky rod rodas rodd roddric roddrick roddy rodel rodell roderic roderica roderick roderiga roderigo roderik roderika rodes rodger rodica rodika rodman rodney rodolfo rodor rodric rodrick rodrigo rodrik rodwell roe

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ROSS:

First Names which starts with 'r' and ends with 's':

rafas rais rakkas ramos ramses rans rares rasmus rawlins rawls reaves reeves remedios reyes reynolds rhadamanthus rhesus rhodes rhoecus rhys riggs rohais rois royns ryons

English Words Rhyming ROSS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ROSS AS A WHOLE:

acrossnoun (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
 adverb (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
 adverb (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

albatrossnoun (n.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

christcrossnoun (n.) The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.
 noun (n.) The beginning and the ending.

corossonoun (n.) The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

crisscrossnoun (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
 noun (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
 verb (v. t.) To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.
 adverb (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
 adverb (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.

crossnoun (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.
 noun (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
 noun (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
 noun (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
 noun (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
 noun (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
 noun (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.
 noun (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
 noun (n.) Church lands.
 noun (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.
 noun (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
 noun (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
 noun (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
 adjective (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
 adjective (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
 adjective (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.
 verb (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
 verb (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.
 verb (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.
 verb (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
 verb (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
 verb (v. t.) To interfere and cut off; to debar.
 verb (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.
 verb (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
 verb (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.
 verb (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
 verb (v. i.) To be inconsistent.
 verb (v. i.) To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.
 prep (prep.) Athwart; across.

crossingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross
 verb (v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
 verb (v. t.) The act of making the sign of the cross.
 verb (v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
 verb (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
 verb (v. t.) A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
 verb (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

crossbarnoun (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.

crossbarredadjective (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.
 adjective (a.) Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin.

crossbeaknoun (n.) Same as Crossbill.

crossbeamnoun (n.) A girder.
 noun (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

crossbillnoun (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
  () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.

crossbitenoun (n.) A deception; a cheat.
  (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.

crossbonesnoun (n. pl.) A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.

crossbownoun (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.

crossbowernoun (n.) A crossbowman.

crossbowmannoun (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

crossbredadjective (a.) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

crossbreednoun (n.) A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.
 noun (n.) Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

crosscutnoun (n.) A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
 noun (n.) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
 verb (v. t.) To cut across or through; to intersect.

crossettenoun (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.
 noun (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

crossfishnoun (n.) A starfish.

crossgrainedadjective (a.) Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.
 adjective (a.) Perverse; untractable; contrary.

crosshatchingnoun (n.) In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.

crossheadnoun (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

crossjacknoun (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

crossleggedadjective (a.) Having the legs crossed.

crossletnoun (n.) A small cross.
 noun (n.) A crucible.
 adjective (a.) Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.

crossnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

crossopterygiannoun (n.) One of the Crossopterygii.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii.

crossopterygiinoun (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

crosspatchnoun (n.) An ill-natured person.

crosspiecenoun (n.) A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.
 noun (n.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

crossroadnoun (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

crossrownoun (n.) The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.
 noun (n.) A row that crosses others.

crossruffnoun (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

crosstreesnoun (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

crosswaynoun (n.) See Crossroad.

crosswortnoun (n.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.

crossenoun (n.) The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.

drossnoun (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.
 noun (n.) Rust of metals.
 noun (n.) Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

drosselnoun (n.) A slut; a hussy; a drazel.

drosslessadjective (a.) Free from dross.

engrossingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross

engrossernoun (n.) One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.
 noun (n.) One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.

engrossmentnoun (n.) The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.
 noun (n.) That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.

grossadjective (a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
 superlative (superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
 superlative (superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
 superlative (superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
 superlative (superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
 superlative (superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
 superlative (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
 superlative (superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
  (sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

grossbeaknoun (n.) See Grosbeak.

grossificationnoun (n.) The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
 noun (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ROSS (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (oss) - English Words That Ends with oss:


bossnoun (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
 noun (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
 noun (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
 noun (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
 noun (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
 noun (n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
 noun (n.) A head or reservoir of water.
 noun (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
 verb (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.

buglossnoun (n.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

cossnoun (n.) A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.
 noun (n.) A thing (only in phrase below).

dossnoun (n.) A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep.

flossnoun (n.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
 noun (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
 noun (n.) A small stream of water.
 noun (n.) Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
 noun (n.) A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.

glossnoun (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.
 noun (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
 noun (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
 noun (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
 noun (n.) A false or specious explanation.
 verb (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
 verb (v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
 verb (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
 verb (v. i.) To make comments; to comment; to explain.
 verb (v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations.

gossnoun (n.) Gorse.

intercrossnoun (n.) The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To cross each other, as lines.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.

jossnoun (n.) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

karossnoun (n.) A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square.

matrossnoun (n.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.

montrossnoun (n.) See Matross.

mossnoun (n.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
 noun (n.) A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.
 verb (v. t.) To cover or overgrow with moss.

ossnoun (n.) To prophesy; to presage.

overgrossadjective (a.) Too gross.

reardossnoun (n.) A reredos.

ringtossnoun (n.) A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

rossnoun (n.) The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
 verb (v. t.) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.

sossnoun (n.) A lazy fellow.
 noun (n.) A heavy fall.
 noun (n.) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
 verb (v. i.) To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
 verb (v. t.) To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.

tossnoun (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
 noun (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
 verb (v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
 verb (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
 verb (v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.
 verb (v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
 verb (v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
 verb (v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ROSS (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ros) - Words That Begins with ros:


rosaceousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces.
 adjective (a.) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
 adjective (a.) Of a pure purpish pink color.

rosacicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.

rosalgarnoun (n.) realgar.

rosalianoun (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.

rosanilinenoun (n.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper.

rosariannoun (n.) A cultivator of roses.

rosarynoun (n.) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
 noun (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
 noun (n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
 noun (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.

roscidadjective (a.) Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy.

roscoelitenoun (n.) A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.

rosenoun (n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere
 noun (n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.
 noun (n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
 noun (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.
 noun (n.) The erysipelas.
 noun (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
 noun (n.) The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
 noun (n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
 verb (v. t.) To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.
 verb (v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.
  (imp.) of Rise
  () imp. of Rise.

rosealadjective (a.) resembling a rose in smell or color.

roseateadjective (a.) Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
 adjective (a.) resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.

rosebaynoun (n.) the oleander.
 noun (n.) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron.
 noun (n.) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.

rosebudnoun (n.) The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

rosebushnoun (n.) The bush or shrub which bears roses.

rosedropnoun (n.) A lozenge having a rose flavor.
 noun (n.) A kind of earring.
 noun (n.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.

rosefinchnoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.

rosefishnoun (n.) A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.

roseheadnoun (n.) See Rose, n., 4.
 noun (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.

roseinenoun (n.) See Magenta.

roselitenoun (n.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.

rosellanoun (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.

rosellenoun (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.

rosemaloesnoun (n.) The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.

rosemarynoun (n.) A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.

rosenadjective (a.) Consisting of roses; rosy.

roseolanoun (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.

rosernoun (n.) A rosier; a rosebush.

roserootnoun (n.) A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.

roserynoun (n.) A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.

rosetnoun (n.) A red color used by painters.

rosettenoun (n.) An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
 noun (n.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
 noun (n.) A red color. See Roset.
 noun (n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.
 noun (n.) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand.
 noun (n.) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

rosewoodnoun (n.) A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.

rosewormnoun (n.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

rosewortnoun (n.) Roseroot.
 noun (n.) Any plant nearly related to the rose.

rosicruciannoun (n.) One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.

rosiedadjective (a.) Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.

rosiernoun (n.) A rosebush; roses, collectively.

rosinnoun (n.) The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
 verb (v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.

rosinessnoun (n.) The quality of being rosy.

rosinweednoun (n.) The compass plant. See under Compass.
 noun (n.) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.

rosinyadjective (a.) like rosin, or having its qualities.

roslandnoun (n.) heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.

rosmarinenoun (n.) Dew from the sea; sea dew.
 noun (n.) Rosemary.
 noun (n.) A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.

rosolicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin.

rosselnoun (n.) Light land; rosland.

rossellyadjective (a.) Loose; light.

rostnoun (n.) See Roust.

rostelnoun (n.) same as Rostellum.

rostellaradjective (a.) Pertaining to a rostellum.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ROSS:

English Words which starts with 'r' and ends with 's':

rabidnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rabid.

rabiesnoun (n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

rabiousadjective (a.) Fierce.

racemiferousadjective (a.) Bearing racemes, as the currant.

racemousadjective (a.) See Racemose.

rachisnoun (n.) The spine; the vertebral column.
 noun (n.) Same as Rhachis.

rachitisnoun (n.) Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.
 noun (n.) A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.

racinessnoun (n.) The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

rackabonesnoun (n.) A very lean animal, esp. a horse.

raclenessnoun (n.) See Rakelness.

radicalnessnoun (n.) Quality or state of being radical.

radiciflorousadjective (a.) Rhizanthous.

radiousadjective (a.) Consisting of rays, as light.
 adjective (a.) Radiating; radiant.

radiusnoun (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
 noun (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
 noun (n.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2.
 noun (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.
 noun (n.) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates.
 noun (n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.

ragiousadjective (a.) Raging; furious; rageful.

raininessnoun (n.) The state of being rainy.

rainlessadjective (a.) Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.

raisnoun (n.) Same as 2d Reis.

rakishnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rakish.

ramagiousadjective (a.) Wild; not tame.

ramentaceousadjective (a.) Covered with ramenta.

rameousadjective (a.) Ramal.

ramiflorousadjective (a.) Flowering on the branches.

ramigerousadjective (a.) Bearing branches; branched.

ramiparousadjective (a.) Producing branches; ramigerous.

rammishnessnoun (n.) The quality of being rammish.

ramousadjective (a.) Ramose.

rampaciousadjective (a.) High-spirited; rampageous.

rampageousadjective (a.) Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.

ramulousadjective (a.) Ramulose.

ramulusnoun (n.) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

ramusnoun (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.

rancidnessnoun (n.) The quality of being rancid.

rancorousadjective (a.) Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

ranknessnoun (n.) The condition or quality of being rank.

ransomlessadjective (a.) Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom.

ranunculaceousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.

ranunculusnoun (n.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.

rapacesnoun (n. pl.) Same as Accipitres.

rapaciousadjective (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
 adjective (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.
 adjective (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.

raphidesnoun (n. pl.) See Rhaphides.

rapidnessnoun (n.) Quality of being rapid; rapidity.

rapinousadjective (a.) Given to rapine.

raptoresnoun (n. pl.) Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.

raptoriousadjective (a.) Raptorial.

rapturousadjective (a.) Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.

rarenessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being rare.

rasnoun (n.) See 2d Reis.

rascalessnoun (n.) A female rascal.

rashnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rash.

raspisnoun (n.) The raspberry.

rationalnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rational; rationality.

ratlinesnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Ratlins

ratlinsnoun (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

rattlewingsnoun (n.) The golden-eye.

rattlingsnoun (n. pl.) Ratlines.

raucousadjective (a.) Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone.

ravenousadjective (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
 adjective (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.

rawnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being raw.

raylessadjective (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.

reaccessnoun (n.) A second access or approach; a return.

reachlessadjective (a.) Being beyond reach; lofty.

readinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

realmlessadjective (a.) Destitute of a realm.

realnessnoun (n.) The quality or condition of being real; reality.

reasonablenessnoun (n.) Quality of being reasonable.

reasonlessadjective (a.) Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind.
 adjective (a.) Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.

rebelliousadjective (a.) Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.

rebucousadjective (a.) Rebuking.

rebusnoun (n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.
 noun (n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.
 verb (v. t.) To mark or indicate by a rebus.

recchelesadjective (a.) Reckless.

receivednessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion.

recentnessnoun (n.) Quality or state of being recent.

receptivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being receptive.

recessnoun (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
 noun (n.) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
 noun (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
 noun (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
 noun (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
 noun (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.
 noun (n.) A sinus.
 noun (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
 verb (v. t.) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

rechlessadjective (a.) Reckless.

recidivousadjective (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

reciprocalnessnoun (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.

reciprocornousadjective (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram.

reciprocousadjective (a.) Reciprocal.

recklessadjective (a.) Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
 adjective (a.) Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.

reclaimlessadjective (a.) That can not be reclaimed.

reclusenessnoun (n.) Quality or state of being recluse.

recomfortlessadjective (a.) Without comfort.

recrementitiousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.

rectilineousadjective (a.) Rectilinear.

rectitisnoun (n.) Proctitis.

rectoressnoun (n.) A governess; a rectrix.
 noun (n.) The wife of a rector.

rectressnoun (n.) A rectoress.

rectusnoun (n.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

recurelessadjective (a.) Incapable of cure.

recurvousadjective (a.) Recurved.

redeemablenessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.

redelessadjective (a.) Without rede or counsel.

redlegsnoun (n.) The redshank.
 noun (n.) The turnstone.

rednessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being red; red color.

redressnoun (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
 noun (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
 noun (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
 verb (v. t.) To dress again.
 verb (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
 verb (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
 verb (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

redresslessadjective (a.) Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.

reduciblenessnoun (n.) Quality of being reducible.

reedlessadjective (a.) Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.