Words in english starting with R

• rosin — Noun – English ～ any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
• rosin — Verb – English ～ rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"
• rosiness — Noun – English ～ a dusty pink color
• rosiness — Noun – English ～ a healthy reddish complexion
• rosiness — Noun – English ～ a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
• rosinweed — Noun – English ～ North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers
• rosinweed — Noun – English ～ any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
• rosita — Noun – English ～ erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States
• Rosmarinus officinalis — Noun – English ～ widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
• Rosmarinus — Noun – English ～ rosemary
• Ross — Noun – English ～ American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
• Ross — Noun – English ～ British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
• Ross — Noun – English ～ a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
• Ross — Noun – English ～ Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
• Ross — Noun – English ～ British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
• rossbach — Noun – English ～ a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
• Rossetti — Noun – English ～ English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882)
• Rossini — Noun – English ～ Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868)
• rostand — Noun – English ～ French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)
• roster — Noun – English ～ a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"

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