| racker |
A horse that has a racking gait. |
| racket |
(may be used with or without an article, but is not in the plural) A loud noise. |
| racketeer |
one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business. |
| racketeered |
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| racketeering |
The criminal action of being involved in a racket. |
| racketeers |
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| rackets |
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| rackett |
An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys. |
| raclette |
a dish, of Swiss origin, similar to a fondue, consisting of melted cheese traditionally served on boiled potatoes and accompanied with pickles |
| racon |
a beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, transmits a coded navigation signal |
| raconteur |
, a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit. |
| RACQ |
Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (Australian Automobile Association) |
| racquet |
racket |
| racquetball |
A sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball |
| racquets |
plural of racquet |
| RACT |
Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania (Australian Automobile Association) |
| RACV |
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (Australian Automobile Association) |
| RACWA |
Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (Australian Automobile Association) |
| racy |
Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich. |
| rad |
radian |
| radar |
A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves reflected from their surfaces |
| radar astronomy |
a technique that uses radar echoes to examine bodies within the solar system, obtaining information about size, shape, topography, surface density, spin etc |
| radar dome |
A weatherproof enclosure used to protect a radar antenna. |
| radar meteorology |
the application of radar to the study of the atmosphere, and to the observation and prediction of weather |
| radar reflector |
A device designed to reflect radar waves well in order to make it clearly visible on radar screens. Radar reflectors can be installed for example in boats or signal buoys. |
| radarman |
a radar operator |
| radarscope |
an oscilloscope used as the viewing screen of a radar system |
| raddle |
a red ochre |
| radge |
violent or crazy. |
| radgepacket |
Someone prone to extreme outbursts of bad temper. |
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| radges |
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| radgie |
A violent or aggressive person. |
| radgie gadgie |
A bad tempered old man, usually pertaining to security guards. |
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| Radha |
Raadhaa |
| Radha Soami |
an Indian philosophical or religious movement |
| radiability |
the state of being radiable; transparent to X-rays |
| radial |
arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre |
| radial bearing |
a ball bearing in a bearing race that has been shaped so that a radial load passes radially through the bearing |
| radial canal |
any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge |
| radial distribution function |
, A function which specifies the average density of atoms, molecules etc in three dimensions from a given point |
| radial gate |
a tainter gate |
| radial keratotomy |
an eye surgery procedure to correct myopia (near-sightedness) using a series of incisions in the cornea, radiating from a central point (hence radial). |
| radial saw |
a circular saw in which the saw wheel cuts downward from a suspended arm |
| radial shield |
either of the two plates situated on the disk at the base of each ray of some starfish |
| radial velocity |
motion of a star toward or away from the earth. |
| radially |
In a radial manner, outward from a center. |
| radian |
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad |
