Index of English words, starting with "ro"

(1) - Roofless (a.) Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
(2) - Roofless (a.) Having no roof; as, a roofless house.

(1) - Rooftree (n.) The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.

(1) - Rook (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
(2) - Rook (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
(3) - Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
(4) - Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
(5) - Rook (v. i.) To squat; to ruck.
(6) - Rook (n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.

(1) - Rookery (n.) A brothel.
(2) - Rookery (n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
(3) - Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
(4) - Rookery (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
(5) - Rookery (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.