Vocabulary : Rockrose to Roddy

Rockrose : A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
Rocksucker : A lamprey.
Rockweed : Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
Rockwood : Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.
Rockwork : Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough. ;; A rockery.

Rocky : Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. ;; Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. ;; Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
Rocoa : The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.
Rococo : A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century. ;; Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
Rod : A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). ;; An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. ;; A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. ;; A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. ;; A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. ;; An instrument for measuring. ;; A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.
Roddy : Full of rods or twigs. ;; Ruddy.

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