8-Letter Words Containing: ROUN

• somewhat round in appearance or form

• collect or look around for (food)

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold

• a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"

• the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• censure severely or angrily

• (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground