hassle scuffle tussle dogfight rough-and-tumble | disorderly fighting |
crested myna Acridotheres tristis | dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia |
rough-legged hawk roughleg Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa | newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
tree swift crested swift | birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
crested screamer | distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head |
crested cariama seriema Cariama cristata | Brazilian Cariama, sole representative of the genus Cariama |
great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
rock hopper crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
cuckoo-bumblebee | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
rough fish | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
rough | the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
Rough Rider | a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War () |
ragged robin cuckoo flower Lychnis flosuculi Lychins floscuculi | common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals |
lady's smock cuckooflower cuckoo flower meadow cress Cardamine pratensis | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
rough-leaved aster | a variety of aster |
rough-stemmed goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
crested coral root Hexalectris spicata | orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins, southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States |
crested wheatgrass crested wheat grass fairway crested wheat grass Agropyron cristatum | Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control |
green bristlegrass green foxtail rough bristlegrass bottle-grass bottle grass Setaria viridis | European foxtail naturalized in North America, often a troublesome weed |
rough bindweed Smilax aspera | creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers, Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India |
singletary pea Caley pea rough pea wild winterpea Lathyrus hirsutus | a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States, cultivated as a cover and pasture crop |
common wood sorrel cuckoo bread shamrock Oxalis acetosella | Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers |
scouring rush rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems, formerly used for scouring utensils |
hard time rough sledding | a difficulty that can be overcome with effort, we had a hard time getting here, analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers |
choppiness roughness rough water | used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather |
rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing, rough-dry the laundry |
cuckoo | repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call |
rough-hew roughcast | hew roughly, without finishing the surface, rough-hew stone or timber |
rough-sand | sand roughly, rough-sand the door before painting it |
rough up | treat violently, The police strong-armed the suspect |
rough in rough rough out | prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner |
crested plumed | (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume |
crested topknotted tufted | (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head, often used in combination, golden crested, crested iris, crested oriole, tufted duck, tufted loosestrife |
crested | bearing an heraldic device |
pugnacious rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence, pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville, they were rough and determined fighting men |
rough-haired | having hair that feels rough |
grating gravelly rasping raspy rough scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound, a gravelly voice |
boisterous fierce rough | violently agitated and turbulent, boisterous winds and waves, the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound, rough weather, rough seas |