Roper
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  • Roper, North Carolina
    Roper, North Carolina
    Roper is a town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 613 at the 2000 census. It was known as Lee's Mill until 1890, when the John L...

    , USA
  • Roper River
    Roper River
    The Roper River is one of the largest rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia, extending east for over 500 km to meet the sea in Limmen Bight on the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is navigable for about 145 km, until the tidal limit at Roper Bar, and forms the southern boundary of the region...

    , Northern Territory, Australia
  • Roper Road
    Roper Road
    Roper Road is a major arterial road in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It runs parallel with, and serves the residential and industrial areas north of, Whitemud Drive.-Neighbourhoods:List of neighbourhoods Roper Road runs through, in order from west to east:...

    , Edmonton, Canada

Other

  • Roper v. Simmons
    Roper v. Simmons
    Roper v. Simmons, was a decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18. The 5-4 decision overruled the Court's prior ruling upholding such sentences on offenders above or at the...

  • Roper resonance
    Roper resonance
    The Roper resonance, also known as P11, is an unstable baryon state/particle with a mass of about 1,440 MeV/c2 and with a relatively wide full Breit-Wigner width Γ≈300 MeV/c2. It contains three quarks with total spin J=1/2 and total isospin I=1/2...

    , an unstable subatomic particle
  • Roper Industries
    Roper Industries
    Roper Industries is a diversified industrial company that produces engineered products for global niche markets. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.Roper provides a wide range of products and services to customers in over 100 countries...

  • Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing
    Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing
    The Roper, Logan and Tierney model of nursing is a model of nursing care based upon activities of living. It is extremely prevalent in the United Kingdom, particularly in the public sector . The model is named after the authors – Nancy Roper, Winifred W. Logan and Alison J...

  • USS Roper (DD-147)
    USS Roper (DD-147)
    USS Roper was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later converted to a high-speed transport and redesignated APD-20.She was named for Lieutenant Commander Jesse M...

    , an American navy ship
  • Roper, a style of cowboy boot
    Cowboy boot
    Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys. They have a Cuban heel, rounded to pointed toe, high shaft, and, traditionally, no lacing...

     with a short heel and round toe
  • Ropers, mascots of the Will Rogers High School
    Will Rogers High School
    Will Rogers High School, located on 3909 E. 5th Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was built by Tulsa Public Schools in 1939 using WPA workers and designed by Joseph R. Koberling, Jr. and Leon B. Senter. It was named for the humorist Will Rogers, who died in 1935 along with Wiley Post in a plane crash...

  • Roper, a Whirlpool Corporation brand of household appliances
  • Roper (band)
    Roper (band)
    Roper was a Christian pop-punk band formed in Denver, Colorado. The band consisted of Reese Roper on lead vocals, Jonathan Byrnside on lead guitar, Jonathan Till on bass, Matt Emmett on rhythm guitar, and Nick White on drums.-Background :Guerilla RodeoGuerilla Rodeo was a short-lived project...

    , an American Christian pop-punk band
  • The Ropers
    The Ropers
    The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...

    , an American sitcom
  • Roper (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Roper (Dungeons & Dragons)
    In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the roper is a magical beast, resembling a conical structure similar in appearance to rock, wrapped in rope-like tentacles which conceal a mouth...

    , a magical beast in a fantasy role playing game
  • The Margaret B. Roper, a schooner of 393 net tons which collided with the Fannie Brown on 26 Dec 1899 off the coast of Cape Hatteras, sinking the Brown
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