Index of English words, starting with "ro"

(1) - Rower (n.) One who rows with an oar.

(1) - Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.

(1) - Royal (n.) An old English coin. See Rial.
(2) - Royal (n.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.
(3) - Royal (n.) A small mortar.
(4) - Royal (n.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
(5) - Royal (n.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.
(6) - Royal (n.) Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.
(7) - Royal (a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.
(8) - Royal (a.) Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
(9) - Royal (a.) Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.