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31rou|leau — «roo LOH», noun, plural leaux or leaus « LOHZ». 1. a roll of coins wrapped in paper. 2. a roll; coil. ╂[< French rouleau < Middle French rolel < Old French role or roule; see etym. under roll (Cf. ↑roll)] …
32rou|lette — «roo LEHT», noun, verb, let|ted, let|ting. –n. 1. a gambling game in which the players bet on the numbered or colored section of a revolving wheel into which a small ball will come to rest. 2. a small wheel with sharp teeth for making lines of… …
33rou|tined — «roo TEEND», adjective. 1. subjected to or regulated by routine: »There we led a routined, rigorous existence in a residential community of over five hundred females (Alison Adburgham). 2. disciplined in routine; practiced: »[He] is a thoroughly… …
34rou|ti|neer — «ROO tuh NIHR», noun. a person who acts by, or adheres to a routine: »My poem “Flying Crooked” was written as a satire on the ingenious routineers of poetry, as also on the ingenious routineers of science…who fail to understand that…erratic… …
35rou|tine|ly — «roo TEEN lee», adverb. 1. as a matter of routine; regularly: »Routinely the youth squad checks bars for underage patrons (Time). 2. in a routine manner; without varying: »The reactor has since been rebuilt and has operated routinely since 1957… …
36rou|ti|nier — «ROO tee NYAY», noun. a very conservative or conventional orchestra conductor: »Heger, an experienced man, conducts with a firm grip on the music but in the fashion of a utinier, making little effort to achieve the dynamic scheme of the opera,… …
37rou|tin|ism — «roo TEE nihz uhm», noun. adherence to routine …
38rou|tin|ist — «roo TEE nihst», noun. person who believes in following or is dominated by routine …
39rou|tin|i|za|tion — «roo TEE nuh ZAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of routinizing: »Professor Brown is evidently horrified by the routinization of the imaginative which occurs in the contemporary academy (Harper s). 2. the fact or state of being routinized:… …
40rou|tin|ize — «roo TEE nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to cause to become a routine; make habitual: »to routinize a process or operation, to routinize religion …
