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Round ArchnounMWEan arch formed in a continuous curveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round BonenounMWEbones that are round in shapeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round ClamnounMWEAtlantic coast round clams with hard shellsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round DancenounMWEa ballroom dance characterized by revolving movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round DancingnounMWEa ballroom dance characterized by revolving movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round FilenounMWEa file with a circular cross sectionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round HandnounMWEa clearly written style of longhand with large round curvesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round KeynounMWERound keys are values derived from the Cipher Key using the Key Expansion routine; they are applied to the State in the Cipher and Inverse Cipher.CredentialRestrictedMay 12, 2026
Round Ligament of the UterusnounMWEligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majoraverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round of DrinksnounMWEa serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Round of GolfnounMWEthe activity of playing 18 holes of golfverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round RobinnounMWEa tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round ScadnounMWEsmall fusiform fish of western AtlanticverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round ShotnounMWEa solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round SteaknounMWEa lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shankverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round TablenounMWEa meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of viewsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round TopnounMWEa canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round TripnounMWEa trip to some place and back againverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round WhitefishnounMWEa whitefish with a bronze backverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round WindownounMWEfenestra leading into the cochleaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Bottom FlasknounMWEa spherical flask with a narrow neckverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Headed LeeknounMWEOld World leek with a spherical bulbverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Leaved Rein OrchidnounMWEorchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Spored GyromitranounMWEa gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round sporesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Table ConferencenounMWEa meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of viewsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Tailed MuskratnounMWEof Florida wetlandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-The-Clock PatrolnounMWEa continuous nonstop patrolverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Trip Light TimenounMWEthe elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting pointverifiedMay 18, 2026
Round-Trip TicketnounMWEa ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundabout WaynounMWEa roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundednessnounthe property possessed by a rounded convexityverifiedMay 18, 2026
RoundelnounEnglish form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and thirdverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundelaynouna song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundersnounan English ball game similar to baseballverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundheadnouna brachycephalic personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundhousenounworkplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotivesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundingnoun(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rounding ErrornounMWE(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundnessnounthe property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angularverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundsmannouna workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Roundwormnouninfections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patchesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rousernounsomeone who rouses others from sleepverifiedMay 18, 2026
Roustaboutnouna member of a ship's crew who performs manual laborverifiedMay 18, 2026
Routemarchnouna long training march for troopsverifiedMay 18, 2026
RouternounA LAN/WAN device operating at Layers 1 (physical), 2 (data link), and 3 (network) of the OSI 7 Layer Reference Model.NetworkMay 9, 2026
Router PlanenounMWEa woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottomsverifiedMay 18, 2026
RoutingnounThe process of moving information from its source to the destination.ProcessMay 9, 2026
Routing Information ProtocolnounMWERouting Information Protocol is a distance vector protocol used for interior gateway routing which uses hop count as the sole metric of a path's cost.NetworkMay 9, 2026
Routing LoopnounMWEA routing loop is where two or more poorly configured routers repeatedly exchange the same packet over and over.VulnerabilityMay 9, 2026
Routing numbernounMWEAlso referred to as the ABA number. A nine-digit number (eight digits and a check digit) that identifies a specific financial institution.DataRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Rove BeetlenounMWEactive beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rovernounsomeone who leads a wandering unsettled lifeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rownoundescribes a single entity or observation and the columns describe properties about that entity or observation. The more rows you have, the more examples from the problem domain that you have.DataMay 18, 2026
Row HousenounMWEa house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common wallsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Row of BricksnounMWEa course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line)verifiedMay 18, 2026
RowannounEurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowan TreenounMWEEurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowanberrynoundecorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowdinessnounrowdy behaviorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowdyismnounrowdy behaviorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowelnouna small spiked wheel at the end of a spurverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowernounsomeone who rows a boatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowingnounthe act of rowing as a sportverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowing BoatnounMWEa rowboatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowlocknouna holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rowlock ArchnounMWEan arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal AgaricnounMWEwidely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaricverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal BluenounMWEa shade of blue tinged with purpleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal BracenounMWEa brace to secure the royal mastverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal CasinonounMWEa form of casino in which face cards have extra point valuesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal CharternounMWEa charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal CourtnounMWEthe sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a stateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal FamilynounMWEroyal persons collectivelyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal FernnounMWElarge deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted frondsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal FlushnounMWEa poker hand with the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 all in the same suitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal HousenounMWEroyal persons collectivelyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal JellynounMWEa secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queensverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal LinenounMWEroyal persons collectivelyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal MastnounMWEtopmast immediately above the topgallant mastverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal OsmundnounMWElarge deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted frondsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal PalmnounMWEtall feather palm of southern Florida and CubaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal PoinciananounMWEshowy tropical tree or shrub native to MadagascarverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal PurplenounMWEa shade of purple tinged with redverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal RoadnounMWEan auspicious way or means to achieve somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal StagnounMWEstag with antlers of 12 or more branchesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal TennisnounMWEan ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled courtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royal Velvet PlantnounMWEJavanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royalismnounadherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royalistnounan advocate of the principles of monarchyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Royaltynounpayment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their propertyverifiedMay 18, 2026
RozellenounEast Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiberverifiedMay 18, 2026
RPC ScansnounMWERPC scans determine which RPC services are running on a machine.CapabilityMay 9, 2026
Rpmnounrate of revolution of a motorverifiedMay 18, 2026
RSAnounA public key cryptosystem developed by R. Rivest, A. Shamir and L. Adleman used for both encryption and digital signatures Scope Note: The RSA has two different keys, the public encryption key and the secret decryption key. The strength of the RSA depends on the difficulty of the prime number factorization. For applications with high- level security, the number of the decryption key bits should be greater than 512 bits.CapabilityMay 12, 2026
Rub UpnounMWEa review that refreshes your memoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rub-A-Dubnounthe sound made by beating a drumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rubatonouna flexible tempoverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rubber BandnounMWEa narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) togetherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rubber BoanounMWEboa of grasslands and woodlands of western North AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rubber BootnounMWEa high boot made of rubberverifiedMay 18, 2026