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

• spotted Joe-Pye weed
• spotted lynx
• spotted owl
• spotted ray
• spotted salamander
• spotted sandpiper
• spotted sea trout
• spotted skunk
• spotted squeateague
• spotted sunfish
• spotted water hemlock
• spotted weakfish
• spotter
• spottiness
• spotting
• spotty
• spotweld
• spousal
• spousal equivalent
• spousal relationship
• spouse
• spouse equivalent
• spout
• spouter
• spouting