<B>rowel, </B>noun, verb, <B>-eled,</B> <B>-eling</B> or (especially British) <B>-elled,</B> <B>-elling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small wheel with sharp points, attached to the end of a spur. <BR> <I>Ex. Striking his rowels into his horse, he was out of sight in an instant (Jane Porter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a piece of silk or other material inserted under the skin of an animal to cause a discharge of pus or fluid. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to spur (a horse) with a rowel; use a rowel on. <DD><B> 2. </B>to insert a rowel in (an animal). </DL>
<A NAME="rowen">
<B>rowen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath. </DL>
<A NAME="rowhouse">
<B>row house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a row of attached houses of the same design, usually two floors high and occupied by one family. </DL>
<A NAME="rowingboat">
<B>rowing boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a rowboat. </DL>
<A NAME="rowlock">
<B>rowlock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a notch, metal support, or wooden pegs in which the oar rests in rowing; oarlock. </DL>
<B>roxburghe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bookbinding of plain leather with cloth or paper boards and gilt leaves. </DL>
<A NAME="roy">
<B>Roy.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Royal. </DL>
<A NAME="royal">
<B>royal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>of kings and queens. <BR> <I>Ex. the royal family.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>belonging to the family of a king or queen. <BR> <I>Ex. a royal prince.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>belonging to a king or queen. <BR> <I>Ex. royal power, a royal palace.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>serving a king or queen. <BR> <I>Ex. the royal household.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>founded by, or under the patronage of, a king or queen. <BR> <I>Ex. the Royal Academy.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>from or by a king or queen. <BR> <I>Ex. a royal command.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>of a kingdom. <BR> <I>Ex. a royal army or navy.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>appropriate for a king or queen; splendid. <BR> <I>Ex. a royal welcome, a royal feast.</I> (SYN) magnificent. <DD><B> 7. </B>like a king; noble; majestic. <BR> <I>Ex. The lion is a royal beast.</I> (SYN) august. <DD><B> 8. </B>fine; excellent. <DD><B> 9. </B>rich and bright. <BR> <I>Ex. royal red.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>chemically inert; noble. <BR> <I>Ex. royal metals.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small mast, sail, or yard, set above the topgallant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a size of writing paper (19 X 24 inches). <DD><B> 3. </B>a size of printing paper (20 X 25 inches). <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a member of a royal family; royal personage. <BR> <I>Ex. The Swedish royals are French (Time). He thinks that his true parents are European royals (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>any one of various former coins, such as the ryal. adv. <B>royally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="royalairforce">
<B>Royal Air Force,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the air force of Great Britain. (Abbr:) R.A.F. </DL>
<A NAME="royalanncherry">
<B>Royal Ann cherry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of sweet cherry having a pale yellow color, usually blotched with light red. </DL>
<A NAME="royalantler">
<B>royal antler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the third branch of an antler. </DL>
<A NAME="royalblue">
<B>royal blue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bright purplish blue color. </DL>
<A NAME="royalcoachman">
<B>royal coachman,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fishing fly with white wings, a greenish and red body, and a golden tail. </DL>
<A NAME="royalcommission">
<B>royal commission,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in Canada: <DD><B> a. </B>a group of people commissioned by the Crown to conduct an inquiry into any matter that concerns the federal or provincial governments. <DD><B> b. </B>the inquiry conducted by such a group. </DL>
<A NAME="royaldemesne">
<B>royal demesne,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the private property of the Crown; crown lands. </DL>
<A NAME="royalfern">
<B>royal fern,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fern with tall, upright fronds, growing in clumps. </DL>
<A NAME="royalflush">
<B>royal flush,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a straight flush in poker in which the highest card is an ace. </DL>
<A NAME="royalism">
<B>royalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> adherence to a king or to a monarchy. </DL>
<A NAME="royalist">
<B>royalist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a supporter of a king or of a royal government, especially in times of war or rebellion. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with royalists or royalism. <BR> <I>Ex. royalist principles, a royalist party.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="royalist">
<B>Royalist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a supporter of Charles I in England in his struggle with Parliament; Cavalier. <DD><B> 2. </B>a supporter of the British in the American Revolution; Tory; Loyalist. <DD><B> 3. </B>a supporter of the Bourbons in France since 1793. </DL>
<A NAME="royalistic">
<B>royalistic, </B>adjective. =royalist.</DL>
<A NAME="royalize">
<B>royalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make royal. </DL>
<A NAME="royaljelly">
<B>royal jelly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a creamy, jellylike substance rich in vitamins and proteins, fed to the young larvae of honeybees and throughout the larval stage to queen bees to give the queen a longer life and greater fertility. A preparation containing royal jelly is used by women as a cosmetic. <BR> <I>Ex. The U.S. Government is inquiring whether the advertising and sale of royal jelly, the queen bee food, is a "racket" (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="royalmast">
<B>royal mast,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the mast next above the topgallant. </DL>
<A NAME="royalmoth">
<B>royal moth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any large, hairy moth of a group, including the regal moth and imperial moth. </DL>
<A NAME="royalpalm">
<B>royal palm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tall, graceful palm tree of tropical America that has a whitish trunk and is often planted for ornament. </DL>
<A NAME="royalpoinciana">
<B>royal poinciana,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical tree of the pea family often cultivated for its large spikes of scarlet and orange flowers; flamboyant. </DL>
<A NAME="royalpurple">
<B>royal purple,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dark bluish purple color. </DL>
<A NAME="royaltennis">
<B>royal tennis,</B> =court tennis.</DL>
<A NAME="royaltern">
<B>royal tern,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large tern, white with a grayish mantle. The royal tern is found along the coast in the warmer parts of North and South America. </DL>
<A NAME="royalty">
<B>royalty, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a royal person or royal persons. Kings, queens, princes, and princesses are royalty. <DD><B> 2. </B>the rank or dignity of a king or queen; royal power. <BR> <I>Ex. The crown is a symbol of royalty.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>kingly nature; royal quality; nobility. (SYN) kingliness. <DD><B> 4. </B>a royal right or privilege. <DD><B> 5. </B>a royal domain; realm. <DD><B> 6a. </B>a share of the receipts or profits paid to an owner of a patent, copyright, or mineral right for the use of it. An author receives royalties from the publishers of his books. <BR> <I>Ex. He prevailed upon the management to pay a small royalty for the use of the fourth movement of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a payment for the use of any one of various rights. <BR> <I>Ex. The joint enterprise will pay a royalty to the government, as the owner of the underground oil (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="royalwater">
<B>royal water,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid; aqua regia. <BR> <I>Ex. It is termed royal water because of [its] action upon the noble, or royal, metals (W. N. Jones).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rozwi">
<B>Rozwi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-wi</B> or <B>-wis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a subgroup of the Mashona living in Rhodesia and western Mozambique. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Bantu language of this group. </DL>
<A NAME="rozzer">
<B>rozzer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a policeman or detective. </DL>
<A NAME="rp">
<B>Rp.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> rupiah. </DL>
<A NAME="rp">
<B>R.P.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Reformed Presbyterian. <DD><B> 2. </B>Regius Professor. </DL>
<B>RPG</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>report program generator (a computer language designed for programs involving analysis or tabulation of data). <DD><B> 2. </B>rocket-propelled grenade. </DL>
<A NAME="rpm">
<B>r.p.m.</B> or <B>rpm</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> revolutions per minute. </DL>
<A NAME="rpm">
<B>RPM</B> (no periods) or <B>R.P.M.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> resale price maintenance. </DL>
<A NAME="rpo">
<B>R.P.O.</B> or <B>RPO</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Railway Post Office. <DD><B> 2. </B>Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. </DL>
<A NAME="rps">
<B>r.p.s.</B> or <B>rps</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> revolutions per second. </DL>
<A NAME="rpt">
<B>rpt.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> report. </DL>
<A NAME="rpv">
<B>RPV</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> remotely piloted vehicle (an unmanned aircraft controlled from the ground for use in aerial reconnaissance, target practice, bomb delivery, and the like). </DL>
<A NAME="rq">
<B>R.Q.</B> or <B>r.q.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> respiratory quotient. </DL>
<B>RRB</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Railroad Retirement Board. </DL>
<A NAME="rrlyraestar">
<B>RR Lyrae star,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any variable star of a class with short periods between fluctuations of brightness. Such fluctuations are usually less than a day. </DL>
<A NAME="rrna">
<B>rRNA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> ribosomal RNA. <BR> <I>Ex. Then virtually everyone still believed that the templates were the RNA molecules (rRNA) found in the small cellular particles called ribosomes (James D. Watson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="rs">
<B>rs.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> rupees. </DL>
<A NAME="rs">
<B>Rs</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> rupees. </DL>
