Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z roominess The quality of being roomy roomkeeper A person employed by a hotel or similar establishment to clean, maintain and restock the rooms. roomless Without a room. roomlessness Absence of room or rooms. roomlet A little room or room-like space. roomlike Resembling a room. roomly roomy; spacious roommate A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. roommatehood The state of being a roommate. roommateless Without a roomate; not having a roommate. roommately Of or befitting a roommate. roommateness The state of individuals being or acting like roommates. roommateship The state or relationship of being roommates. roomset A model or part of a showroom etc. furnished to look like a room in a house. roomsome Characterised or marked by room or roominess; spacious. roomspace The amount of space within a room. roomth Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place. roomthy roomy; spacious roomward Toward a room. roomwise In terms of rooms. roomy Spacious, expansive, comfortable. roon A shred or remnant (usually of cloth). rooned Ruined; utterly spoiled or destroyed. Rooney A surname from Irish. Rooneyesque Reminiscent or characteristic of Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. in 1920), American film actor and entertainer. roop To cry; shout. Roopa A female given name from Sanskrit. roopit Hoarse; husky. roopy Hoarse. roorbach A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue. Roorda A surname. Roorkee A city and municipal corporation in the state of Uttarakhand, India. roos A surname. roose To flatter or praise. Roosendaal A city and municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands. Roosevelt An American surname from Dutch; borne by a political family who produced two presidents of the United States. Rooseveltian Relating to the Roosevelt family, an American political family including Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th president of the United States, and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd president of the United States Rooseveltiana Objects, materials, or documents relating to the Roosevelt family. Rooseveltism Rooseveltian politics rooseveltite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, and oxygen. Rooshian A Russia German (Russian German, German from Russia) in the US (member of one of the German communities which migrated first to the Russian Empire and then from there to the US). Roosky A village in County Roscommon, Ireland, on the River Shannon. roost The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch). roostcock The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. rooster A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird. roosterfish A game fish of species Nematistius pectoralis, sole species of family Nematistiidae, found in the warmer waters of the East Pacific from Baja California to Peru, distinguished by its "rooster comb", seven very long spines of the dorsal fin. roosterhead Synonym of shooting star (“flowering plant”). roosterhood The state or period of being a rooster. roosterish Resembling or characteristic of a rooster. roosterless Without a rooster. roosterlike Resembling or characteristic of a rooster. roosterly Resembling or characteristic of a rooster. roosterness The quality of being a rooster, or having characteristics typical of a rooster; cockiness. roostership A term of address for a rooster. roostertail A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat. roosting The place or period where a creature roosts. roostmate A bird that shares a roost with another. root The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. rootable That can be rooted. rootage The process of forming roots. rootball The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container. rootbound Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled. rootch To root or rummage around (in search of something). rooted Having roots, or a certain type of roots. rootedly In a rooted manner; ingrainedly. rootedness The state or quality of being rooted rooter One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots. rootery A stumpery rootes A peerage in the United Kingdom. rootfast Firmly rooted. rootfastness The quality of being rootfast. rootfinder An algorithm for finding roots of an equation. rootfinding The process of finding the root of an equation. Rooth A surname. roothold Attachment by means of roots. roothole A hole in the ground formed by the growth of plant roots. rootiness The quality of being rooty. rooting A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding. rootkit A set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user. rootle to dig into the ground, with the snout. rootless Of a plant or another thing, having no roots. rootlessly In a rootless manner. rootlessness The property of being rootless. rootlet One of the smallest roots, hair roots. rootlike Resembling a root or roots (of a plant), or some aspect of them. rootling A small or miniature root; a rootlet. rootogram A frequency graph in which one axis is scaled by the square root of the frequencies, so as to emphasize the smaller values. roots Ancestry. rootsiness The quality of being rootsy. rootstalk Synonym of rhizome. rootstock A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture. Rootstown A township in Portage County, Ohio, United States. rootsy Unadorned; suggestive of earlier times. rootward Toward the root of a plant. rootwise In terms of the root of a tooth. rootwork hoodoo rootworker A practitioner of rootwork, or hoodoo. rootworm A worm that tunnels through the roots of young plants. rooty Full of roots. ROP A Render Output unit or raster operations pipeline. ropalomerid Any fly of the family Ropalomeridae. ropani A unit of area equal to 5476 square feet or roughly 0.126 acres. Ropar Rupnagar (place in India). ropax A RORO vessel built for freight vehicle transport along with passenger accommodation. rope Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. ropeable Able to be roped and so restrained. ropeband A small piece of rope, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. ropebark Synonym of leatherwood (“Dirca species”). ropedancing Synonym of tightrope walking. ropefish Erpetoichthys calabaricus ropefuel Material that provokes suicidal ideation. ropehead A person with dreadlocks. ropeheaded Dreadlocked. ropeless Without rope. ropelike Resembling rope. ropeline A line of rope with the purpose of moving people or goods from one location to another. ropeloft A building for storing and repairing of nets, ropes, and ships' rigging. ropemaker A maker of ropes. ropemaking The manufacture of rope. ropeman Someone who uses a rope. ropemate someone to whom one is connected by a rope ropemaxx To commit suicide ropemaxxing Suicide. roper A ropemaker (a maker of ropes). ropery Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble. ropes Basic skills of a job. ropesman someone who uses a rope ropesmith A worker who inspects ropes. ropewalk A place where rope is made, a rope factory. ropewalker An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer. ropewalking tightrope walking ropeway A system of cables, slung from towers, from which carriers are suspended to transport materials. ropework The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike. ropeworker One who carries out ropework. ropily In a ropy manner. ropiness The quality of being ropy. roping The act of catching an animal with a rope. ropinirole A particular dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. ropish Somewhat ropy. ropishness The state or quality of being ropish. ropivacaine A local anesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group. Ropley A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6431). Ropp A surname. Roppolo A surname from Italian. ropporin A rhophilin in the flagella of sperm ropy Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. roque A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface. Roquefort A blue cheese made from sheep unpasteurized milk, produced in the south of France. roquefortine Any of a group of toxic alkaloids found in various fungi, particularly Penicillium species. roquelaure A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.