- 2. Uncommonly beautiful, extravagantly fine, pleasing.
Rosed, a. Crimsoned, flushed, rosy.
Rose-elder, n. Gelder-rose, snowball-tree (Viburnum opulus).
Rose-fever, n. Hay-fever, rose-cold.
Rose-fish, n. Norway haddock.
Rose-fly, n. Rose-beetle, rose-chafer (Cetonia aurata).
Roseola, n. Rose-rash, scarlet rash.
Rose-red, a. Rose-colored, roseate, ruddy.
Rosin, n. Colophony, resin (from the pine).
Rossignol, n. Nightingale, philomel, philomela (Luscinia philomela).
Rostrum, n. Platform, stage.
Rosy, a. Blooming, ruddy, blushing, rosy, roseate, rose-colored, red, flushed.
Rot, n. Putrefaction, corruption, decomposition, decay.
Rot, v. n.
- 1. Putrefy, corrupt, decompose, decay, spoil.
- 2. Moulder, rust.
Rotary, a. Whirling, rotating, rotatory, turning.
Rotate, v. n. Revolve, wheel, whirl, turn, go round, turn round.
Rotation, n. Succession, order, series, course round.
Rotatory, a. Whirling, rotating, rotary.
Rote, n.
- 1. Repetition.
- 2. Rut (of the sea).
Rotten, a.
- 1. Putrid, corrupt, carious, decomposed, putrefied, decaying, decayed, fetid, putrescent, foul.
- 2. Unsound, defective.