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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 roric Resembling, pertaining to, or containing dew; dewy. rorid Dewy; containing dew. roriferous Producing or generating dew. rorifluent flowing with dew rorulent Full of dew. rosarium A rose garden. roseous Rose-coloured. rosmarinine A pyrrolizidine alkaloid. rostrate Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate. rostrulum A little rostrum (beak-like projection of an insect). rosulate Arranged in small rose-like clusters. rotal Of or relating to wheels. rotalite Any fossil foraminifer of the family Rotaliidae, abundant in chalk formations. rotundifolious Having round leaves. rotundity The quality of being rotund. Rowley Regis A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9787). r rotunda A curved form of the letter r, found in some medieval and fraktur scripts: ⟨ ꝛ ⟩. rubasse crystalline quartz coloured red by hematite rubedinous reddish rubefacient Making red. ruberythrinic acid An acid extracted from madder root; a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained. rubescent turning red; reddening rubiacin A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid. rubian One of several colour-producing glycosides found in madder root. rubicelle An orange-red spinel. rubicund Possessing a red complexion; ruddy. rubidus A butterfly, hybrid between the viceroy (Limenitis archippus) and the red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). rubific reddening, making red. rubiform reddish rubiretin One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, probably identical with ruberythrinic acid. rubricate Marked with red. rubrocurcumin A red dye formed by the reaction of curcumin with borates in the presence of oxalic acid. rubrous Red. ructation A burp. rudite psephite rufescent Becoming reddish; tinged with red. rufiopin A yellowish-red crystalline substance related to anthracene and obtained from opianic acid. rufol A phenol derivative of anthracene which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone. rugate Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. rugosity The state of being rugose. ruinate To reduce to ruins; to destroy. rumina A trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the scattered disc. runcation The act of weeding by hand. runcinate Having tooth-like projections pointing away from the apex. runcination An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex. rupellary Rocky. rupestral Made on or placed on rock surfaces. rupestrian Occurring, or executed on rocks, or on cave walls rupestrine Growing on rocks or cliffs. rupicoline Dwelling among the rocks. rupicolous Growing on or among rocks. ruricolist A country dweller. ruridecanal Of or pertaining to a rural dean. rurigenous Born in the countryside. rursiradiate Inclined backward. rusticity The quality of being rustic. rutaceous Of or relating to plants of the family Rutaceae. rutilate To shine; to emit rays of light. ruvid rough sabbatarian A person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("Saturday", the Israelite or Jewish Sabbath) as holy in conformity with the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, such as an Orthodox Jew, Seventh-day Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, a member of the Church of God (Seventh Day); a Sabbath-keeper, a Saturday-keeper. Sabellian Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language. Sabellic Synonym of Sabellian. saburration A sand bath (immersion of the body in hot sand). saccharo- sugar sacciferous Bearing a sac. sacculo- sacculus sacerdocy the priesthood sacer vates A divine or sacred poet, or a poet regarded as such. sacrarium In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates) sacrification the act of a sacrifice sacrificator sacrificant, sacrificer sagapenum A yellow to brown bitter gum that derives from plants of the genus Ferula. sagina Any herb of the genus Sagina. sagination The act of saginating; fattening. sagittary A centaur, half-human and half-horse. sagittate Shaped like an arrowhead, with one point at one end, and two points at the other. sagum A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder. Saguntine An inhabitant of Saguntum. salacity The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness. salebrous rough; rugged Salian A member of the Salii, the chief priests of Mars in ancient Rome. Salic Synonym of Salian, particularly in reference to the Salic law. salicaceous Belonging or relating to the species in family Salicaceae of willows. salicet A pipe organ stop of 4-foot or 2-foot pitch. salicin A glucoside derivative of salicylic acid; the active principle of willow bark, once used medicinally. salicylol salicylic acid salited salted salivant A drug or agent that induces salivation. salogen A halogen. salsuginous Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes. saltant Leaping; jumping; dancing. saltatorial Relating to leaping; moving by leaps; saltatory. salutiferous Conducive to good health; healthy. salvable Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery. salvatory A place where things are preserved; a repository. sal volatile Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint. sambocade A kind of cheesecake made with elderflower and rose water. Samian Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. Samogitia An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country. sanable Capable of being healed or cured; remediable.