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Words starting with ROT

There are 80 words starting with ROT in the standard word-game list. The most common are rotten, rotting, rotation, rotate, rotating, rotted.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
rottenvery bad6
rotting(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action8
rotationthe act of rotating as if on an axis8
rotateturn on or around an axis or a center6
rotatingUndergoing physical rotation9
rotteddamaged by decay; hence unsound and useless7
rotaryrelating to or characterized by rotation9
rotorthe rotating armature of a motor or generator5
rota(Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan…4
rotatedturned in a circle around an axis8
rottweilerGerman breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs13
rottera person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible6
rotiA kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.4
rotememorization by repetition4
rotisseriean oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns10
rotatorOne who or that which rotates.7
rotameterA device used to measure fluid flow, in which a float rises in a tapered vertical tube to a height dependent…11
rotatablecapable of being rotated11
rotationalof or pertaining to rotation10
rotativeTurning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.11
rotativelyIn a rotative manner.16
rotatoresA group of muscles that lie beneath the multifidus. Somewhat quadrilateral in form, they are present in all…9
rotatoryof or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn11
rotavirusthe reovirus causing infant enteritis12
rotcheA bird, the little auk.11
rotenonea white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from…8
rotgutany alcoholic beverage of inferior quality7
rotiferminute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion;…10
rotiformHaving the shape of a wheel.13
rotla unit of weight used in some Muslim countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds4
rotoA Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.4
rotogravureprinting by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press15
rotorcraftAny aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors.15
rototillTo break up and turn soil using a rototiller.8
rototillerA motorized cultivator having rotating blades10
rototillingThe use of a rototiller.12
rottenlyin a terrible manner11
rottennessin a state of progressive putrefaction10
rottenstonea weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing11
rotundspherical in shape7
rotundaa building having a circular plan and a dome8
rotunditythe roundness of a 3-dimensional object13
rotundlyin a sonorous manner12
rotundnessthe roundness of a 3-dimensional object11
roturierA commoner or plebeian; a person of low rank; especially, in pre-Revolutionary France, a member of the…8

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