Phrase Hound found 186 phrases and 153 compound words that contain root. The most common are listed below. Open root in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 186
- take rootTo grow roots into soil.
- root causeAn initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
- square rootThe number which, when squared, yields another number.
- root beerA beverage, most often a carbonated soft drink made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses, among other things.
- root canalThe hollow part of the root of a tooth, containing the nerve and blood vessels.
- root of unityAn element of a given field (especially, a complex number) x such that for some positive integer n, xⁿ = 1.
- root systemThe structure comprising the roots of a plant.
- root and branchTotal, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic.
- root zoneThe region of soil in which the roots of plants can effectively extract water and nutrients essential for growth.
- Root Directory
- root hairThe rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.
- root outTo remove or abolish completely.
- root userSynonym of root (“the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration”).
- cube rootOf a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.
- root vegetableA vegetable whose edible part is the root, such as the carrot, potato, or onion.
- cancer rootAny of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, including:
- principal rootA complex number which, when raised to the power of n, yields the radicand of its nth degree radical, and which has the greatest real part among all such numbers, and positive imaginary part in case of equality of the real parts.
- root mean squareThe square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers or values.
- root causesplural of root cause: An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
- Root Node
- Root access
- China rootAn East Asian plant of species Smilax glabra and the drugs made from the root, used in traditional Chinese medicine and formerly as a treatment for syphilis.
- root of all evilSomething that is perceived to be a root cause of all the world's evil.
- root capA cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root.
- root doctorA person who uses roots and other herbal remedies for healing.
Compound words 153
- REMInitialism of rapid eye movement: Fast movement of the eyes, characterising REM sleep
- taprootA long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions).
- beetrootA normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
- uprootTo tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
- arrowrootMaranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
- rootkitA set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.
- bitterrootLewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.
- rootstockA healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.
- webrootThe topmost directory in which the files making up a web site are located on a web server.
- rootyFull of roots.