Name Report For First Name ROCH:

ROCH

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

Rhymes with ROCH - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ROCH

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ROCH AS A WHOLE:

rochelle brochan darroch roche yuroch

NAMES RHYMING WITH ROCH (According to last letters):

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

coaxoch xiloxoch conlaoch deoch bailoch enoch murdoch seanlaoch fionnlaoch chanoch tenoch

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

adanech laoidheach toirdealbach vach bich abdimelech cynfarch rhydderch culhwch gwernach matholwch twrch uisnech bearach coigleach coilleach deasach ealadhach muireach toirdealbhach erich friedrich heinrich baruch cailleach luighseach moireach rioghnach abimelech abukcheech aldrich birch buach calbhach carthach ceallach ceardach cearnach clach cruadhlaoich darach deutsch dietrich feich fytch keallach kellach muireadhach nathrach nixkamich parisch pesach pessach raleich rich searbhreathach shadrach tearlach tiarchnach tighearnach treasach welch zach noach avimelech ulrich dutch diederich raghallach rabhartach leamhnach dubhthach dubhloach diomasach choilleich clunainach cleirach bradach lach fitch burch usenech aballach cathasach blanch gerlach upchurch gwenhwyfach awarnach

NAMES RHYMING WITH ROCH (According to first letters):

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

rocio rock rocke rockford rockland rockwell rocky

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 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 roel roesia rogan rogelio roger rohais rohan rohon roi roial roibeard roibin rois roka roland rolanda rolande rolando roldan roldana rolf rolfe rollan rolland rollie rollo roma romain romaine roman romana romanitza romano romeo romhild romhilda romhilde romia romil romilda

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ROCH:

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

ra'idah raananah rabah rabiah radeyah radolph raedleah raedpath rahimah rahimateh rajah raleah raleigh ralph randolph raniyah rawdah rawiyah rebekah reidhachadh reileigh reinh reneigh ridpath rinnah riyadh roth ruairidh ruanaidh ruhleah ruqayyah rush ruth ruwaydah ryeleigh ryleigh

English Words Rhyming ROCH

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ROCH AS A WHOLE:

actinotrochanoun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

amphitrochanoun (n.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.

antitrochanternoun (n.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

atrochanoun (n.) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

aurochloridenoun (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.

aurochsnoun (n.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Caesar, with which it has often been confused.

arthrochondritisnoun (n.) Chondritis of a joint.

brochantitenoun (n.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

brochenoun (n.) See Broach, n.
 adjective (a.) Woven with a figure; as, broche goods.
 adjective (a.) Stitched; -- said of a book with no cover or only a paper one.

brochettenoun (n.) A small spit or skewer.

carochenoun (n.) A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach.

carochedadjective (a.) Placed in a caroche.

cephalotrochanoun (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.

crochenoun (n.) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

crochetnoun (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.

crochetingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crochet

ditrocheanadjective (a.) Containing two trochees.

ditrocheenoun (n.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

entrochaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

entrochitenoun (n.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

epitrochleanoun (n.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

epitrochlearadjective (a.) Relating to the epitrochlea.

epitrochoidnoun (n.) A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.

erythrochroicadjective (a.) Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.

erythrochroismnoun (n.) An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.

extraparochialadjective (a.) Beyond the limits of a parish.

fibrochondrostealadjective (a.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous.

gastrotrochanoun (n.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.

heterochromousadjective (a.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.

heterochronismnoun (n.) Alt. of Heterochrony

heterochronynoun (n.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.

hydrochloratenoun (n.) Same as Hydrochloride.

hydrochloricadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric.

hydrochloridenoun (n.) A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base.

hypotrochoidnoun (n.) A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid.

iatrochemicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

iatrochemistnoun (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

iatrochemistrynoun (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

infratrochlearadjective (a.) Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

intertrochantericadjective (a.) Between the trochanters of the femur.

macrochiresnoun (n. pl.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

mesotrochaladjective (a.) Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia; -- said of the larvae of certain marine annelids.

metrochromenoun (n.) An instrument for measuring colors.

microchronometernoun (n.) A chronoscope.

neurochordadjective (a.) Alt. of Neurochordal

neurochordaladjective (a.) See Neurocord.

nitrohydrochloricadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids.

parochialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

parochialismnoun (n.) The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.

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


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


agallochnoun (n.) Alt. of Agallochum

broochnoun (n.) An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
 noun (n.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
  (imp. & p. p.) To adorn as with a brooch.

capochnoun (n.) A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.

epochnoun (n.) A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era.
 noun (n.) A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation.
 noun (n.) A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.
 noun (n.) The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position.
 noun (n.) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860.

grallochnoun (n.) Offal of a deer.
 verb (v. t.) To remove the offal from (a deer).

heretochnoun (n.) Alt. of Heretog

lochnoun (n.) A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
 noun (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

loochnoun (n.) See 2d Loch.

molochnoun (n.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.
 noun (n.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

pibrochnoun (n.) A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle.

torgochnoun (n.) The saibling.

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


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


rocnoun (n.) A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.

rocambolenoun (n.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.

roccellicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.

roccellinnoun (n.) A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.

rochenoun (n.) Rock.

rochelimenoun (n.) Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime.

rochellenoun (n.) A seaport town in France.

rochetnoun (n.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.
 noun (n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
 noun (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.

rocknoun (n.) See Roc.
 noun (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
 noun (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
 noun (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
 noun (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
 noun (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
 verb (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
 verb (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
 verb (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

rockingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rock
 adjective (a.) Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.

rockelaynoun (n.) Alt. of Rocklay

rocklaynoun (n.) See Rokelay.

rockernoun (n.) One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
 noun (n.) One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
 noun (n.) Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
 noun (n.) A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
 noun (n.) A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
 noun (n.) A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
 noun (n.) Same as Rock shaft.

rockeredadjective (a.) Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel.

rockerynoun (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.

rocketnoun (n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
 noun (n.) Damewort.
 noun (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.
 noun (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.
 noun (n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust.
 verb (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.

rocketingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rocket

rocketernoun (n.) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

rockfishnoun (n.) Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa.
 noun (n.) The striped bass. See Bass.
 noun (n.) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus Epinephelus.
 noun (n.) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.

rockinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being rocky.

rocklessadjective (a.) Being without rocks.

rocklingnoun (n.) Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels.

rockrosenoun (n.) A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.

rocksuckernoun (n.) A lamprey.

rockweednoun (n.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.

rockwoodnoun (n.) Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.

rockworknoun (n.) Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.
 noun (n.) A rockery.

rockyadjective (a.) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
 adjective (a.) Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.
 adjective (a.) Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

rocoanoun (n.) The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.

rococonoun (n.) A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.

rocaillenoun (n.) Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens.
 noun (n.) The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ROCH:

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

raashnoun (n.) The electric catfish.

rachnoun (n.) Alt. of Rache

radiographnoun (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays.
 noun (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
 noun (n.) An image or picture produced upon a sensitive surface, as of a photographic plate, by some form of radiation other than light, as the Rontgen rays, radium rays, etc.; esp., a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays; a skiagraph.
 verb (v. t.) To make a radiograph of.

radishnoun (n.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

raffishadjective (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.

ragabashnoun (n.) Alt. of Ragabrash

ragabrashnoun (n.) An idle, ragged person.

rajahadjective (a.) A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts.

rakishadjective (a.) Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
 adjective (a.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.

ralphnoun (n.) A name sometimes given to the raven.

rammishadjective (a.) Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.

ranchnoun (n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
 verb (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

rashnoun (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
 noun (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
 superlative (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
 superlative (superl.) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
 superlative (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
 superlative (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
 superlative (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
 verb (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
 verb (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare with haste.

ratchnoun (n.) Same as Rotche.
 noun (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.

ratfishnoun (n.) Same as Rat-tail.

rathnoun (n.) A hill or mound.
 noun (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Rathe
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Rathe

rawishadjective (a.) Somewhat raw.

rayahnoun (n.) A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.

reachnoun (n.) An effort to vomit.
 noun (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
 noun (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
 noun (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
 noun (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
 noun (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
 noun (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
 verb (v. i.) To retch.
 verb (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
 verb (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
 verb (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
 verb (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
 verb (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
 verb (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
 verb (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
 verb (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
 verb (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
 verb (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
 verb (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
 verb (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

reddishadjective (a.) Somewhat red; moderately red.

redfinchnoun (n.) The European linnet.

redfishnoun (n.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
 noun (n.) The rosefish.
 noun (n.) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
 noun (n.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.

redmouthnoun (n.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

refreshnoun (n.) The act of refreshing.
 adjective (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
 adjective (a.) To make as if new; to repair; to restore.

regrowthnoun (n.) The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.

rehashnoun (n.) Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.
 verb (v. t.) To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

reichsrathnoun (n.) The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

relishnoun (n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
 noun (n.) Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
 noun (n.) A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
 noun (n.) That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
 noun (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
 verb (v. t.) To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
 verb (v. t.) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
 verb (v. i.) To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.

researchnoun (n.) Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
 verb (v. t.) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

retouchnoun (n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
 verb (v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.

rewthnoun (n.) Ruth.

rhabdolithnoun (n.) A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.

rhemishadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.

rhenishnoun (n.) Rhine wine.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.

rhinolithnoun (n.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

ribaldishadjective (a.) Like a ribald.

ricketishadjective (a.) Rickety.

riggishadjective (a.) Like a rig or wanton.

rishnoun (n.) A rush (the plant).

roachnoun (n.) A cockroach.
 noun (n.) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
 noun (n.) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
 noun (n.) The redfin, or shiner.
 noun (n.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to arch.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

roguishadjective (a.) Vagrant.
 adjective (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
 adjective (a.) Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.

roinishadjective (a.) See Roynish.

romanishadjective (a.) Pertaining to Romanism.

romanschnoun (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.

romishadjective (a.) Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.

rompishadjective (a.) Given to rude play; inclined to romp.

roomthnoun (n.) Room; space.

roorbachnoun (n.) A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.

ropishadjective (a.) Somewhat ropy.

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

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.

roughnoun (n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
 noun (n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.
 noun (n.) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
 noun (n.) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.
 noun (n.) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.
 noun (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
 noun (n.) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
 noun (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
 noun (n.) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.
 noun (n.) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
 noun (n.) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
 noun (n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
 noun (n.) Produced offhand.
 noun (n.) Boisterous weather.
 noun (n.) A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
 adverb (adv.) In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
 verb (v. t.) To render rough; to roughen.
 verb (v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
 verb (v. t.) To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.

roughishadjective (a.) Somewhat rough.

roundfishnoun (n.) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
 noun (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.

roundishadjective (a.) Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

routishadjective (a.) Uproarious; riotous.

rowdyishadjective (a.) Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.

roxburghnoun (n.) A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.

roynishadjective (a.) Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.

roytishadjective (a.) Wild; irregular.

rubbishnoun (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.

rudishadjective (a.) Somewhat rude.

ruffianishadjective (a.) Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.

rukhnoun (n.) The roc.
 noun (n.) A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.

runchnoun (n.) The wild radish.

rushnoun (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
 noun (n.) The merest trifle; a straw.
 noun (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
 noun (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
 noun (n.) A perfect recitation.
 noun (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
 noun (n.) The act of running with the ball.
 verb (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
 verb (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
 verb (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
 verb (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

ruttishadjective (a.) Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.

ryshnoun (n.) Rush, a plant.

rythnoun (n.) A ford.

radiotelegraphnoun (n.) A wireless telegraph.

rotographnoun (n.) A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed at a very rapid rate.