Romance (n.) A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.
Romance (n.) The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
Romance (n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.
Romance (a.) Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
Romanced (imp. & p. p.) of Romance
Romancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Romance
Romance (v. i.) To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.
Romancer (n.) One who romances.
Romancist (n.) A romancer.
Romancy (a.) Romantic.
Romanesque (a.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
Romanesque (a.) Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
Romanesque (n.) Romanesque style.
Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to Rome or its people.
Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
Romanic (n.) Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.
Romanish (a.) Pertaining to Romanism.
Romanism (n.) The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.
Romanist (n.) One who adheres to Romanism.
Romanized (imp. & p. p.) of Romanize
Romanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Romanize
Romanize (v. t.) To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms.
Romanize (v. t.) To convert to the Roman Catholic religion.
Romanize (v. i.) To use Latin words and idioms.
Romanize (v. i.) To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech.
Romanizer (n.) One who Romanizes.
Romansch (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.
Romant (n.) A romaunt.
Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.
Romantic (a.) Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.
Romantic (a.) Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
Romantical (a.) Romantic.
Romanticaly (adv.) In a romantic manner.
Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.
Romanticist (n.) One who advocates romanticism in modern literature.
Romanticly (adv.) Romantically.
Romanticness (n.) The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.
Romany (n.) A gypsy.
Romany (n.) The language spoken among themselves by the gypsies.
Romanza (n.) See Romance, 5.
Romaunt (n.) A romantic story in verse; as, the "Romaunt of the Rose."
Romble (v.& n.) Rumble.
Rombowline (n.) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear.
Romeine (n.) Alt. of Romeite
Romeite (n.) A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.
Romekin (n.) A drinking cup.
Rome penny () Alt. of Rome scot
Rome scot () See Peter pence, under Peter.
Romeward (adv.) Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.
Romeward (a.) Tending or directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.
Romic (n.) A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler.
Romish (a.) Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.
Romist (n.) A Roman Catholic.
Romped (imp. & p. p.) of Romp
Romping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Romp
Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
Romp (n.) A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
Romp (n.) Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.
Romping (a.) Inclined to romp; indulging in romps.
Rompingly (adv.) In a romping manner.
Rompish (a.) Given to rude play; inclined to romp.
Rompu (a.) Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like.
Roncador (n.) Any one of several species of California sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, / Johnius, saturna).
Ronchil (n.) An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish.
Ronco (n.) See Croaker, n., 2. (a).
Rondache (n.) A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.
Rondeau (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.
Rondeau (n.) See Rondo, 1.
Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Rondel (n.) Same as Rondeau.
Rondel (n.) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth.
Rondeletia (n.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
Rondle (n.) A rondeau.
Rondle (n.) A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible.
Rondo (n.) A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
Rondo (n.) See Rondeau, 1.
Rondure (n.) A round; a circle.
Rondure (n.) Roundness; plumpness.
Rong () imp. & p. p. of Ring.
Rong (n.) Rung (of a ladder).
Rongeur (n.) An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone.
Ronion (n.) Alt. of Ronyon
Ronyon (n.) A mangy or scabby creature.
Ronne () obs. imp. pl.
Ronnen () obs. p. p. of Renne, to run.
Ront (n.) A runt.
Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Rood (n.) A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.
Rood (n.) The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
Roodebok (n.) The pallah.
Roody (a.) Rank in growth.
Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.
Roof (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.
Roof (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Roofed (imp. & p. p.) of Roof
Roofing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roof
Roof (v. t.) To cover with a roof.
Roof (v. t.) To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.