Index of English words, starting with "ro"

(1) - Roux (n.) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.

(1) - Rove (n.) The act of wandering; a ramble.
(2) - Rove (v. t.) To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
(3) - Rove (v. t.) To wander over or through.
(4) - Rove (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
(5) - Rove (v. i.) Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
(6) - Rove (v. i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
(7) - Rove (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
(8) - Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
(9) - Rove (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
(10) - Rove (v. t.) To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
(11) - Rove (v. t.) To draw through an eye or aperture.
(12) - Rove (imp. & p. p.) of Reeve

(1) - Rover (v. i.) A sort of arrow.
(2) - Rover (v. i.) Casual marks at uncertain distances.
(3) - Rover (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
(4) - Rover (v. i.) Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
(5) - Rover (v. i.) One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
(6) - Rover (v. i.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

(1) - Row (n.) The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
(2) - Row (v. i.) To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
(3) - Row (v. i.) To use the oar; as, to row well.
(4) - Row (v. t.) To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
(5) - Row (v. t.) To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
(6) - Row (n.) A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.
(7) - Row (n.) A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.
(8) - Row (a. & adv.) Rough; stern; angry.