1. Abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps
   "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine"
   - rockbound 
2. Tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
   "rock-ribbed republican"
   - die-hard

See also: inflexible, rough, unsmooth

• desertification
• desertion
• deserts
• deserve
• deserved
• quinque-
• quinquefoliate
• quinquefoliate leaf
• quinquennial
• quinquennium
• quinquereme
• quinsy
• quint
• quintain
• quintal
• Quintana Roo
• quinte
• quintessence
• quintessential
• quintessentially
• quintet
• quintette
• quintic
• quintile
• quintillion