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<A NAME="roomservice">
<B>room service,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a special service of a hotel or, sometimes, a motel or resort, whereby food and drinks may be ordered for delivery to one's room. <BR> <I>Ex. Entombed as he is, the playwright ... can count on room service to sustain the slender thread of life (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="roomtemperature">
<B>room temperature,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the normal or average temperature of a room, from 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. </DL>
<A NAME="roomy">
<B>roomy, </B>adjective, <B>roomier,</B> <B>roomiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> having plenty of room; large; spacious. <BR> <I>Ex. a roomy house.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="roorback">
<B>roorback</B> or <B>roorbach, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a false story or slander about a candidate for office, circulated for political effect. </DL>
<A NAME="roose">
<B>roose, </B>verb, <B>roosed,</B> <B>roosing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to praise; extol; flatter. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to boast; be proud. </DL>
<A NAME="rooseveltian">
<B>Rooseveltian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or characteristic of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) or Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) or their policies as presidents of the United States. <BR> <I>Ex. Rooseveltian internationalism, a Rooseveltian New Deal.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="roost">
<B>roost, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bar, pole, or perch on which birds rest or sleep. <BR> <I>Ex. the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place for birds to roost in. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. a robber's roost in the mountains. Sam Lawson ... continued to occupy his usual roost in the chimney-corner (Harriet Beecher Stowe).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to sit as birds do on a roost. <DD><B> 2. </B>to settle for the night. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to afford a resting place to; accommodate; harbor. <BR><I>expr. <B>come home to roost,</B> </I>to come back so as to harm the doer or user; backfire; boomerang. <BR> <I>Ex. Curses are like young chickens, and still come home to roost (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rule the roost,</B> </I>(Informal.) to be master. <BR> <I>Ex. CERN [European Council for Nuclear Research] will rule the roost in high-energy physics until the 30-Bev machine at Brookhaven National Laboratory goes into operation next year (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rooster">
<B>rooster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the male of the common domestic bird kept for its eggs and meat; male chicken; cock. (SYN) chanticleer. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a cocky man or boy. </DL>
<A NAME="roosterfish">
<B>roosterfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorful game and food fish found from southern California to Brazil. </DL>
<A NAME="root">
<B>root</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the part of a plant that grows downward, usually into the soil, holds it in place, absorbs water and mineral foods from the soil, and often stores food material. <DD><B> 2. </B>any underground part of a plant, especially when fleshy, such as the carrot or turnip. <DD><B> 3a. </B>something like a root in shape, position, or use. <BR> <I>Ex. the root of a tooth, the roots of the hair.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the bottom of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. A burst of water driven as from the roots of the sea (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a part from which other things grow and develop; cause; source. <BR> <I>Ex. For the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10). There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root (Thoreau).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) the essential part; base. <BR> <I>Ex. to get to the root of a problem.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>an ancestor. <BR> <I>Ex. myself should be the root and father Of many kings (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>an offspring. <BR> <I>Ex. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people (Isaiah 11:10).</I> <DD><B> 7a. </B>a quantity that produces another quantity when multiplied by itself a certain number of times. <BR> <I>Ex. 2 is the square root of 4 and the cube root of 8 (2 X 2 = 4, 2 X 2 X 2 = 8).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a quantity that satisfies an equation when substituted for an unknown quantity. <DD><B> 8a. </B>a word from which other words are made. (Example:) <I>Room</I> is the root of <I>roominess, roomer, roommate,</I> and <I>roomy.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the supposed ultimate element of language. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Music.) the fundamental tone of a chord. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become fixed in the ground; send out roots and begin to grow. <BR> <I>Ex. Some plants root more quickly than others.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to become firmly fixed. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fix by the root. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to fix firmly. <BR> <I>Ex. He was rooted to the spot by surprise. The principle ... was firmly rooted in the public mind (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to pull, tear, or dig (up or out) by the roots; get rid of completely. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) to root out common errors and superstitions, to root out corruption in government.</I> (SYN) extirpate, exterminate. <BR><I>expr. <B>take root,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to send out roots and begin to grow. </I> <I>Ex. Thou ... didst cause it [a vine] to take deep root, and it filled the land (Psalms 80:9).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to become firmly fixed. <BR> <I>Ex. One of the other secret organizations ... took root on the coast (Graham Greene).</I> adj. <B>rootlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="root">
<B>root</B> (2), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to dig with the snout. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to poke; pry; search; rummage. <BR> <I>Ex. to root for an answer. She rooted through the closet looking for her old shoes.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to turn over or dig up with the snout. <BR> <I>Ex. The pigs rooted up the garden.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to search (out); hunt (up). <BR> <I>Ex. to root the truth out of the prisoner.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="root">
<B>root</B> (3), intransitive verb, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to cheer or support a team, a member of (a team, a contestant, or a candidate) enthusiastically. <BR> <I>Ex. to root our team on to victory. Who you rootin' for, for Republican candidate, Mr. Babbitt? (Sinclair Lewis).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rootage">
<B>rootage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of rooting. <DD><B> 2. </B>a condition of being firmly fixed by means of roots. </DL>
<A NAME="rootandbranch">
<B>root and branch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>radical; drastic; extreme. <BR> <I>Ex. Our ... service is obsolete, requiring root and branch reform (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>completely; utterly. <BR> <I>Ex. Political circumstances have forced him to oppose the Marples programme root and branch (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rootbeer">
<B>root beer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a carbonated drink flavored with the juice of the roots of certain plants, such as sarsaparilla or sassafras: It contains no alcohol. </DL>
<A NAME="rootcanal">
<B>root canal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a passage in the root of a tooth through which nerves and vessels pass to the pulp. </DL>
<A NAME="rootcap">
<B>root cap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mass of cells at the tip of growing roots that protects the active growing point immediately behind it. <BR> <I>Ex. The root cap grows from the inside and its old collapsing outer cells wear off as it is pushed through the soil (Fred W. Emerson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rootcellar">
<B>root cellar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cellar for storing root crops. </DL>
<A NAME="rootcollar">
<B>root collar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> that place at the base of a tree where the swelling and spreading of the roots begin. </DL>
<A NAME="rootcrop">
<B>root crop,</B> or <B>rootcrop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a crop of sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, or the like, grown for their edible roots. </DL>
<A NAME="rooted">
<B>rooted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having roots. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) having taken root; firmly fixed. <BR> <I>Ex. a deeply rooted belief.</I> adv. <B>rootedly.</B> noun <B>rootedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="rooter">
<B>rooter</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an uprooter. <DD><B> 2. </B>a machine that roots out or uproots trees, stumps, and the like. <DD><B> 3. </B>a thing or person that takes root. </DL>
<A NAME="rooter">
<B>rooter</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an animal that digs with its snout. </DL>
<A NAME="rooter">
<B>rooter</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who cheers or supports enthusiastically. </DL>
<A NAME="rootfungus">
<B>root fungus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fungus growing in symbiotic association with the roots of plants. </DL>
<A NAME="rootgraft">
<B>root graft,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of grafting scions directly onto a small part of a root. <DD><B> 2. </B>a natural joining of the roots of nearby plants. </DL>
<A NAME="roothair">
<B>root hair,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hairlike outgrowth from a root of a plant. Root hairs absorb water and dissolved minerals from the soil. </DL>
<A NAME="roothold">
<B>roothold, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place in the ground where plants may take firm root. <BR> <I>Ex. Erosion and its debris have provided roothold for hanging, scrubby woodland (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a firm rooting of a plant or plants in the ground. <BR> <I>Ex. There is an accumulation of sand and mud sufficient to permit a roothold (John and Mildred Teal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rootiness">
<B>rootiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being rooty. </DL>
<A NAME="rootknot">
<B>root knot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of plants caused by nematode worms, in which knots form on the roots and the growth of the plant is stunted. </DL>
<A NAME="rootless">
<B>rootless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no roots; not firmly fixed or established; not rooted. noun <B>rootlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="rootlet">
<B>rootlet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a little root; small branch of a root. </DL>
<A NAME="rootmaggot">
<B>root maggot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of several species of dipterous larvae which affect theroots of vegetables and other plants. </DL>
<A NAME="rootmass">
<B>root mass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the lump of earth dug up when transplanting a plant, containing and protecting enough of the root system so that the plant can survive the shock of transplantation. </DL>
