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Roughlegs
- noun - large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
Roughneck
- noun - a cruel and brutal fellow
- worker on an oil rig
Roughness
- noun - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
- harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
- rowdy behavior
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
- used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Roughshod
- adjective - (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
- unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
Roughtail
- - Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.
Roughwork
- - To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.
Roulettes
- noun - a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
- a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
- a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
Roumanian
- adjective - of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; "Romanian folk music"
Rounceval
- - Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
Round Off
- verb - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
- express as a round number; "round off the amount"
- make round; "round the edges"