Words Containing: ROUN

• in a round manner

• in a blunt direct manner

• the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold

• a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"

• the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

• the enclosed land around a house or other building

• a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

• a justification for something existing or happening

• dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

• curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged

• stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float

• with the bottom lodged on the ground

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• censure severely or angrily

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

• a tool for rounding corners or edges

• English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third

• round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit

• (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle