Vocabulary : Roody to Rook

Roody : Rank in growth.
Roof : 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. ;; 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. ;; The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. ;; To cover with a roof. ;; To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
Roofed : of Roof
Roofer : One who puts on roofs.
Roofing : of Roof ;; The act of covering with a roof. ;; The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. ;; Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. ;; The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.
Roofless : Having no roof; as, a roofless house. ;; Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Rooflet : A small roof, covering, or shelter.
Rooftree : The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
Roofy : Having roofs.
Rook : Mist; fog. See Roke. ;; To squat; to ruck. ;; One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. ;; A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species. ;; A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. ;; To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
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