Phrase Hound found 97 phrases and 35 compound words that contain roses. The most common are listed below. Open roses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 97
- Red RosesThe England women's national rugby union team
- bed of rosesA pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.
- Wars of the RosesA civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.
- Pink Roses
- guns and rosesThe glamour of love, war, and adventure, as opposed to mundane reality.
- War of the RosesAlternative form of Wars of the Roses: A civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.
- smell the rosesAlternative form of stop and smell the roses: To relax; to take time out of one's busy schedule to enjoy or appreciate the beauty of life.
- run for the rosesThe Kentucky Derby horse race.
- bread and rosesFair wages and dignified conditions.
- Ring a Ring o' RosesA traditional children's game involving dancing in a ring around a person in the middle.
- milk of rosesA skin cream to improve the complexion, usually made from rosewater, sweet almonds and salt of tartar.
- China rosesplural of China rose: A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
- Chinese rosesplural of Chinese rose: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
- Christmas rosesplural of Christmas rose: A plant that flowers near Christmas.
- desert rosesplural of desert rose: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert, rose.
- English rosesplural of English rose: An Englishwoman of fine and delicate beauty, akin to that of a rose.
- green rosesplural of green rose: A variation of Rosa chinensis, having green sepals that resemble petals.
- Japanese rosesplural of Japanese rose: The plant Kerria japonica, native to China, Japan, and Korea.
- old rosesplural of old rose: A rose belonging to any of the classes of cultivated roses in existence before the hybrid tea roses were developed.
- Portland rosesplural of Portland rose: A historic class of hybrid garden roses known for their compact growth and repeat-flowering habit.
- rock rosesplural of rock rose: Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae.
- tea rosesplural of tea rose: A plant of a Chinese rose species with tea-scented flowers, Rosa odorata.
- sunshine and rosesSynonym of sunshine and rainbows: Happy, positive things, sometimes with a connotation of unrealistic expectations.
- Fontenay-aux-RosesA town and commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, France.
- otto of rosesAlternative form of attar of roses: a perfume made from an essential oil extracted from rose flowers
Compound words 35
- primrosesplural of primrose: A flowering plant of the genus Primula.
- agarosesplural of agarose: A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
- alpenrosesplural of alpenrose: An evergreen alpine shrub of species Rhododendron ferrugineum.
- altrosesplural of altrose: An aldohexose epimeric with mannose
- argyrosesplural of argyrosis: A condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust, the most dramatic symptom of which being that the skin turns purple or purple-grey.
- arthrosesplural of arthrosis: Any articulation (joint) in an animalian body.
- Bellerosesplural of Bellerose: A surname from French.
- Bemrosesplural of Bemrose: A surname from Cornish.
- Botrosesplural of Botros: A surname from Arabic.
- Boutrosesplural of Boutros: A surname from Arabic.