| roach | (noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | Synonyms: cockroach |
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| (noun) European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | Synonyms: Rutilus rutilus |
| (noun) the butt of a marijuana cigarette | - |
| (noun) street names for flunitrazepam | Synonyms: circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roofy, rope, rophy |
| (noun) a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead | - |
| (verb) cut the mane off (a horse) | - |
| (verb) comb (hair) into a roach | - |
| road | (noun) a way or means to achieve something | - |
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| (noun) an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | Synonyms: route |
| roadbed | (noun) a bed supporting a road | - |
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| roadblock | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: barricade |
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| (noun) any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | Synonyms: barrier |
| roadbook | (noun) a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer | - |
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| roadhog | (noun) a driver who obstructs others | Synonyms: road hog |
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| roadhouse | (noun) an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling | - |
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| roadkill | (noun) the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle | - |
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| roadless | (adjective) lacking pathways | Synonyms: pathless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden |
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| roadman | (noun) a salesman who travels to call on customers | Synonyms: bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, traveling salesman, travelling salesman |
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| (noun) a workman who is employed to repair roads | Synonyms: road mender |
| roadrunner | (noun) speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas | Synonyms: chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus |
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| roads | (noun) a partly sheltered anchorage | Synonyms: roadstead |
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| roadside | (noun) edge of a way or road or path | Synonyms: wayside |
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| roadstead | (noun) a partly sheltered anchorage | Synonyms: roads |
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| roadster | (noun) a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse | Synonyms: buggy |
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| (noun) an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat | Synonyms: runabout, two-seater |
| roadway | (noun) a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel | - |
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| roadworthiness | (noun) (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road | - |
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| roam | (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
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| roamer | (noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, rover, wanderer |
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| roan | (adjective) (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey | - |
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| (noun) a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray | - |
| (noun) a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding | - |
| roar | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roaring, yowl |
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| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roaring, thunder |
| (noun) the sound made by a lion | - |
| (verb) laugh unrestrainedly and heartily | Synonyms: howl |
| (verb) make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles | Synonyms: howl |
| (verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl |
| (verb) utter words loudly and forcefully | Synonyms: thunder |
| (verb) make a loud noise, as of animal | Synonyms: bellow |
| (verb) act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way | - |
| roarer | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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| roaring | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving |
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| (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl |
| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roar, thunder |
| (adverb) extremely | - |
| roast | (adjective) (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven | Synonyms: roasted |
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| (noun) negative criticism | Synonyms: knock |
| (noun) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion | Synonyms: joint |
| (verb) cook with dry heat, usually in an oven | - |
| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule |
| roasted | (adjective) (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven | Synonyms: roast |
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| roaster | (noun) a special cooking pan for roasting | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting | - |
| (noun) a cook who roasts food | - |
| (noun) a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment) | - |
| roasting | (noun) cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added) | - |
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