Index of English words, starting with "ro"

(1) - Rossel (n.) Light land; rosland.

(1) - Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.

(1) - Roster (n.) A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

(1) - Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.

(1) - Rostrum (n.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
(2) - Rostrum (n.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
(3) - Rostrum (n.) Same as Rostellum.
(4) - Rostrum (n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.
(5) - Rostrum (n.) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.
(6) - Rostrum (n.) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
(7) - Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.
(8) - Rostrum (n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
(9) - Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
(10) - Rostrum (n.) The beak or head of a ship.