ross

ross is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
2. transitive verb. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.
3. noun. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
4. noun. a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
5. noun. British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
6. noun. British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
7. noun. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

Common word forms

ros, rosser

Words from these letters

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