Roots

What do we mean by roots?

The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.

A root vegetable.

The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.

The primary source; origin.

Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.

A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).

A zero (of an equation).

The single node of a tree that has no parent.

The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.

(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.

The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.

The lowest place, position, or part.

In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.

The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.

A penis, especially the base of a penis.

The number of times you've scored (had sex). Urban Dictionary

A slang term for a womens legs, often used by lowlife drunks. Urban Dictionary

1. Alex Haley's 1974 Reader's Digest story series, "Roots." 2. Alex Haley's 1976 book, "Roots: Saga of an American Family." 3. Alex Haley's 1977 ABC miniseries, "Roots." Urban Dictionary

The ethnic historical significance of any event which occurs - normally this is related to phrases such as: pared, boyed, murked, failed - however, this is with respect to a 'Neo Third World' perspective on the matter at hand. Urban Dictionary

The feeling of not being able to move, especially under the influence of marijuana, just as though your body has roots attached to you keeping you grounded. Urban Dictionary

Short for "right out of the shower" Urban Dictionary

South Texas stoner interjection that expresses a negative or angry feeling or emotion Urban Dictionary

The first video game system you ever played in your own home, or another word for an early video game system such as the Magnavox Oddysey or the Atari 2600. Urban Dictionary

A person who acts stupid or acts retarded but has no disabilities. Urban Dictionary

Informal support or hope for the success of (a person or group entering a contest or undertaking a challenge). "the whole of this club is rooting for him" Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to roots:
roots, root, boots, rooms, rooty, roofs, toots, riots, roos, routs, hoots, oots, robots, rots, rooks, coots, moots, roosts, roods, foots, loots, poots, ryots, soots, rorts, groots, froots.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word roots:
tubers, polynomial, reggae, traced, root, stems, nutrients, bark, soil, unity, stem, plants, equation, lie, leaves, grow, blues, fruits, folk, seeds, plant, grass, traditions, tree, influences, trees, flowers, branches, leaf.

Words that rhyme with roots:
attributes, grassroots, cahoots, boots, suits, constitutes, fruits, toots, shoots, glutes, bruits, bootes, wootz, refutes, disputes, hoots, routes, pursuits, newts, recruits, brutes, institutes, flutes, chutes, absolutes, lutes, coots, moots, executes, jutes, cutes, prostitutes, offshoots, lawsuits, pollutes, duits, substitutes, buttes, commutes, bandicoots, cowboy boots, dilutes, loots, pantsuits, scutes, mutes, scoots, parachutes, salutes, swimsuits, computes, snoots, hip boots, thigh boots, bootz, prosecutes, grapefruits, ski boots, persecutes, schuetz, jumpsuits, stutes, smoots, spacesuits, shutes, puetz, schuetze, feutz, kreutz, macoutes, mootz, putes, ruetz, stoots.

Adjectives that are often used to describe roots:
deep, historical, square, very, posterior, cultural, real, strong, grass, fibrous, spinal, deeper, fine, anterior, adventitious, aerial, complex, ancient, edible, characteristic, religious, african, intellectual, nerve, tuberous, deepest, cervical, greek, dorsal, lateral, fleshy, european, shallow, multiple, firm, sensory, thick, psychological, biological, wild, spiritual, philosophical, secondary, latin, ethnic, historic, numerous, gnarled, fresh, ideological, distinct, hairy, verbal, latent, mangrove, tangled, native, like, rural, imaginary, dead, indigenous, bulbous, theological, ancestral.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective roots:
level, organizations, movement, support, organization, democracy, movements, groups, participation, politics, activism, activists, efforts, campaign, blower, activity, approach, effort, organisations, socialism, activities, leaders, initiatives, communities, mobilization, pressure, development, action, lobbying, involvement, levels, women, projects, members, leadership, opposition, units, base, opinion, campaigns, group, type, pump, initiative, sentiment, network, organisation, workers, institutions, america, program, protest, membership, programs, organizers, phenomenon, response, supporters, organizing, strength, community, resistance, cadres, associations, demand, supercharger, networks, campaigning, constituency, organizer, appeal, rebellion, revolution, operation, activist, struggle, demands, contacts, leader, planning, committees, reaction, origins, pressures, administration, protests.

Consonant match to roots:
rights, rates, ritz, rites, rats, routs, ruts, routes, rots, writes, rutz, writs, ratz, retz, wrights, rotz, reits, reitz, ratts, reetz, raatz, ritts, hritz, raetz, rietz, ruetz, rutts.

Words that sound like roots:
roots, routes, rights, rats, rates, ritz, writes, rots, rites, ruts, rets, rits, writs, routs, wrights, ratz, reitz, rutz, retz, ritts, rotes, rotz, raatz, rietz, reits, route, root, fruits, brutes, rts, rooty, erts, rute, ruta, ruit, rudes, ertz, earts, roosts, irts, roods, reuss, ruti, arouet, bruits, rootsy, rtz, rsts, ruet, rouet, wroot, groots, shoots, hoots, chutes, utes, yutes, shutes, schuetz, schuetze, brats, fritz, brits, crates, frets, frights, breats, aris, droughts, brights, grates, frats, arrests, bratz, crits, frits, frites, crites, britts, aurous, freights, critz, fritts, britz, carets, charites, fretz, ariss, graetz, frates, cretes, bretz, braatz, aretes, aerates, burettes, borates, droits, aroids, aurate.