Words in english starting with R

• root crop — Noun – English ～ crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips
• root hair — Noun – English ～ thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
• root — Noun – English ～ a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
• root — Noun – English ～ the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
• root — Verb – English ～ take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
• root out — Verb – English ～ pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
• root — Verb – English ～ cause to take roots
• root — Verb – English ～ dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
• root — Verb – English ～ plant by the roots
• root — Verb – English ～ become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
• root for — Verb – English ～ take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
• root — Verb – English ～ come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
• root on — Verb – English ～ spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
• root — Verb – English ～ cheer for; "She roots for the Broncos"
• root out — Verb – English ～ destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
• rootage — Noun – English ～ a developed system of roots
• rootage — Noun – English ～ the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
• rootage — Noun – English ～ fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
• rootbound — Adjective – English ～ having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner
• rootbound — Adjective – English ～ (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots

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