Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 5 compound words that contain roche. The most common are listed below. Open roche in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- Roche limitThe closest a satellite can approach its parent body before the gravitational forces holding it together are overwhelmed by tidal forces pulling it apart.
- roche moutonnéeA rock formation created by glacial erosion.
- Roche lobeThe teardrop-shaped region around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star.
- Baulme-la-RocheA commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- Roche radiusSynonym of Roche limit: The closest a satellite can approach its parent body before the gravitational forces holding it together are overwhelmed by tidal forces pulling it apart.
- Roche sphereSynonym of Hill sphere: The region in which a given astronomical body dominates the attraction of satellites.
- Roche lobesplural of Roche lobe: The teardrop-shaped region around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star.
- La Roche-sur-YonA commune, the capital of Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
- La Roche-sur-ForonA commune in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- Roche limitsplural of Roche limit: The closest a satellite can approach its parent body before the gravitational forces holding it together are overwhelmed by tidal forces pulling it apart.
- Roche spheresplural of Roche sphere: The region in which a given astronomical body dominates the attraction of satellites.
- Roche radiiplural of Roche radius: The closest a satellite can approach its parent body before the gravitational forces holding it together are overwhelmed by tidal forces pulling it apart.
- tripe de rocheSynonym of rock tripe: An edible lichen of the genus Umbilicaria that grows on rocks.
- La Roche San MiguelA barangay of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Compound words 5
- RochelleA surname from Old French.
- RochefortA surname from French.
- RochegudeA village in Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- Rochefortsplural of Rochefort: A surname from French.
- carrocheObsolete form of caroche: A form of stately carriage or chariot