Rosie [an English given name]

[chemistry] Rhodium, Rh, atomic number 45

Roberta [an English given name]

[alternate spelling of โรแมนติค ]

[Thai transcription for foreign loan word] rosemary; rosemary, an herb in the mint family

[is] without; lacking; devoid of; in need of

[prefix corresponding to the English suffix] -less; without

(of a gun) having no recoil

a Sanskrit ligature (consonant and vowel combination) which can be pronounced as ริ (ฤทธิ์) or รึ (พฤกษา) or เรอ (ฤกษ์ ). The character is not normally listed in the Thai alphabet although appearing between ร and ล in Thai alphabetical order

[a particle indicating negation] not; no [usually used in Thai poetry]

[interrogative] which? what?

rainy season (July - October in Thailand)

lit. “a hermit shepherding turtles”

(metaphor) a government of geriatric and unresponsive leaders

to register

to descend; go down

to settle down

His Majesty; Her Majesty

[ลมมรสุม] the monsoon wind

to fall down and get up again; be uncertain; weak

to pass; go by; elapse; roll by; slip away; lapse

bicycle wheel

to go on a cruise; take a trip on a cruise ship

Loi Kratong, Loy Krathong, a Thai festival and ceremony of Brahmin origin celebrated throughout the nation on the full moon night of November each year by floating กระทง  onto the local rivers or canals to ask for forgiveness from the River Goddess Ganges (พระแม่คงคา) for having polluted her in the past and to express gratitude toward her for giving everyone water

comedy

to hesitate; waver; tarry; be reluctant

[grammar] a classifier, a numerative noun

colonialism

to fall behind; to be behind the time; to lag behind

One trillion (1,000,000,000,000)

throat

(creating) confusion and havoc; [lit.] a monkey trying to repair a fishing net

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] "Lipitor"—a Cholesterol lowering drug, cholesterol medication

to slip; slide; skid