English dictionary: words starting with rou - page 5

Meanings of Rousette:

noun

A fruit bat that feeds mainly on nectar and pollen, forming very large colonies in caves from africa to the solomon islands.

Meanings of Rousing:

adjective

Exciting; stirring.

Usage examples:

A rousing speech

verb

Cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

She was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder

Meanings of Rousseauan:

adjective

= rousseauian .

noun

= rousseauist .

Meanings of Rousseauism:

noun

The beliefs or doctrines of jean-jacques rousseau.

Meanings of Rousseauist:

noun

A follower or adherent of jean-jacques rousseau or his beliefs.

adjective

= rousseauian .

Meanings of Rousseauite:

noun

= rousseauist .

adjective

= rousseauian .

Meanings of Roussette:

noun

Any of various fruit bats constituting the genus rousettus (family pteropodidae); especially r. aegyptiacus, which occurs widely from africa to south asia.

Meanings of Roussillon:

proper noun

A former province of southern france, on the border with spain in the eastern pyrenees, now part of languedoc-roussillon. part of spain until 1659, roussillon retains many of its spanish characteristics and traditions and catalan is widely spoken.

Meanings of Roust:

verb

Cause to get up or start moving; rouse.

Usage examples:

I rousted him out of bed with a cup of coffee

Meanings of Roustabout:

noun

An unskilled or casual labourer.

Usage examples:

It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a …

Meanings of Roustabouts:

noun

An unskilled or casual labourer.

Usage examples:

It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a …

Meanings of Rousted:

verb

Cause to get up or start moving; rouse.

Usage examples:

I rousted him out of bed with a cup of coffee

Meanings of Rouster:

noun

= "roustabout".

Meanings of Rousters:

noun

= "roustabout".

Meanings of Rousting:

verb

Cause to get up or start moving; rouse.

Usage examples:

I rousted him out of bed with a cup of coffee

Meanings of Rousts:

verb

Cause to get up or start moving; rouse.

Usage examples:

I rousted him out of bed with a cup of coffee

Meanings of Rout:

noun

A disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

Usage examples:

The retreat degenerated into a rout

verb

Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.

Usage examples:

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed

Meanings of Route:

noun

A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.

Usage examples:

The scenic route from florence to siena

verb

Send or direct along a specified course.

Usage examples:

All lines of communication were routed through london

Meanings of Route-march:

noun

A long, difficult walk, especially one done by soldiers as part of their training

Meanings of Routed:

verb

Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.

Usage examples:

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed

noun

A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.

Usage examples:

The scenic route from florence to siena

Meanings of Router:

noun

A power tool with a shaped cutter, used in carpentry for making grooves for joints, decorative mouldings, etc.

Usage examples:

He needs a variety of power tools, drills, routers, circular saws, jigsaws and packets of blades.

Meanings of Routers:

noun

A power tool with a shaped cutter, used in carpentry for making grooves for joints, decorative mouldings, etc.

Usage examples:

He needs a variety of power tools, drills, routers, circular saws, jigsaws and packets of blades.

Meanings of Routes:

noun

A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.

Usage examples:

The scenic route from florence to siena

verb

Send or direct along a specified course.

Usage examples:

All lines of communication were routed through london

Meanings of Routeway:

noun

A line of travel or passage.

Meanings of Routeways:

noun

A line of travel or passage.