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Rosewood
- noun - any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black
- hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
Roseworm
- - The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.
Rosewort
- - Roseroot. (b) Any plant nearly related to the rose.
Rotenone
- noun - a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube
Rozelles
- noun - East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber
Sober Up
- verb - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
- become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
Sobering
- verb - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
- become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
- cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"
- tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a sobering effect"
Solecism
- noun - A grammatical mistake
- a socially awkward or tactless act
Solecist
- - One who commits a solecism.