| race baiting |
the act of using racially derisive language, actions or other forms of communication to anger or intimidate a person or groups of people, or to make those persons behave in ways that are inimical to their personal or group interests |
| race car |
A car that goes at very fast speeds designed for use on race tracks. |
| race glass |
a field glass used at horseraces |
| race rotation |
the rotary, rather than propulsive motion produced by a propeller |
| race to the bottom |
Where competition between goverments leads to excessive deregulation. |
| racecar |
A car for racing. |
| racecourse |
a course over which races are run |
| raced |
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| racehorse |
A horse which competes in races |
| racemate |
a racemic mixture |
| raceme |
An inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis. |
| racemes |
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| racemic |
containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active; typically, will be synthetic rather than natural |
| racemic acid |
an equal mixture of the d- and l- forms of tartaric acid found in grape juice; the isomers can be separated via crystallization |
| racemization |
the formation of a racemate from a pure enantiomer |
| racemose |
Having flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme, spike, or catkin. |
| racephedrine |
synthetic ephedrine, being a racemate of the R- and S- forms |
| racer |
Someone who takes part in a race. |
| racers |
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| races |
Plural of race. |
| racetrack |
a course over which any type of races are run |
| racewalk |
To participate in the sport of racewalking. |
| racewalking |
A sport in which people try to walk as fast a possible subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running). Also called speedwalking. |
| raceway |
A place where races are held. A race track. |
| rach |
rache |
| Rachel |
A female given name. |
| rachiometer |
a device used for measuring spinal curvature |
| rachitic |
of, relating to, or affected by rickets |
| rachitis |
rickets |
| racial |
Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion. |
| racial integration |
The process of countering racial segregation |
| racial slur |
a racist term used against another person |
| racial supremacy |
A perceived superiority based on race. |
| racialism |
Variant of racism. |
| racialisms |
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| racialist |
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| racialization |
Processes of the discursive production of racial identities. It signifies the extension of racial meanings to a previously racially unclassified relationship, social practice, or group. |
| racially |
Relating to race. |
| racily |
In a racy manner. |
| raciness |
The property of being racy. |
| racing |
present participle of race |
| racing crab |
any of several swift-running crabs of the family Ocypodidae |
| racism |
The belief that members of one race are superior to members of other races |
| racist |
an advocate of racism |
| racists |
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| rack |
a series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other |
| rack and snail |
a mechanism in a striking timepiece that allows the hands to be advanced without having to wait for it to strike |
| rack one's brain |
To struggle to think of or remember something. |
| rack rent |
a rent equal or nearly equal to the annual value of the property |
| rackabones |
A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse. |
