Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 2
Rachialgia (n.) (Med.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.
Rachidian (a.) (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.
Rachilla (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) Same as Rhachilla.
Rachiodont (a.) (Zool.) Same as Rhachiodont.
Rachises (n. pl. ) of Rachis.
Rachides (n. pl. ) of Rachis.
Rachis (n.) (Anat.) The spine; the vertebral column.
Rachis (n.) (Bot. & Zool.) Same as Rhachis.
Rachis (n.) Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
Rachis (n.) The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis].
Rachitic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
Rachitic (a.) Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" [syn: rickety, rachitic].
Rachitis (n.) (Med.) Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.
Rachitis (n.) (Bot.) A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds. -- Henslow.
Compare: Rickets
Rickets (n. pl.) (Med.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues.
Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
Rachitis (n.) Inflammation of the vertebral column.
Rachitis (n.) Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus [syn: rickets, rachitis].
Rachitome (n.) A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal. [Written also rachiotome.]
Racial (a.) Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.
Racial (a.) Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people; "racial groups".
Racial (a.) Of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrimination" [ant: nonracial].
Racily (adv.) In a racy manner.
Racily (adv.) In a racy manner; "racily vernacular language".
Raciness (n.) The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
Racing () a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i.
Racism (n.) 種族主義；種族歧視；人種偏見 Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a persons social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.
Racism (n.) The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races.
Racism (n.) Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: racism, racialism, racial discrimination].
Rack (n.) A fast amble.
Rack (v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.
It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. -- Bacon.
Rack vintage, Wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. -- Cowell.
Rack (n.) Same as Arrack.
Compare: Arrack
Arrack (n.) (Also A rak) [Mass noun] 亞力酒（以椰子汁等製成）；（東方釀的）燒酒（尤指用椰汁、米、糖蜜或棗製成者） An alcoholic spirit made in Eastern countries from the sap of the coco palm or from rice.
Rack (n.) （羊、豬等帶前肋的）頸脊 The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.]
Rack and ruin, Destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.]
To go to rack, To perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] "All goes to rack." -- Pepys.
Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. -- Shak.
The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without noise. -- Bacon.
And the night rack came rolling up. -- C. Kingsley.
Rack (n.) 架子；掛物架；（行李）網架 [C] An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:
Rack (n.) 肢刑架，拷問臺 [the S ] An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons.
During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a rack was introduced into the Tower, and was occasionally used under the plea of political necessity. -- Macaulay.
Rack (n.) An instrument for bending a bow.
Rack (n.) A grate on which bacon is laid.
Rack (n.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts.
Rack (n.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.
Rack (n.) (Natu.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot.
Rack (n.) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed.
Rack (n.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
Rack (n.) A distaff.
Rack (n.) (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it.
Rack (n.) That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] -- Sir E. Sandys.
Mangle rack. (Mach.) See under Mangle. n.
Rack block. (Naut.) See def. 1 (f), above.
Rack lashing, A lashing or binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around.
Rack rail (Railroads), A toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of a locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.
Rack saw, A saw having wide teeth.
Rack stick, The stick used in a rack lashing.
To be on the rack, To suffer torture, physical or mental.
To live at rack and manger, To live on the best at another's expense. [Colloq.]
To put to the rack, To subject to torture; to torment.
A fit of the stone puts a king to the rack, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject. -- Sir W. Temple.
Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
Racked (imp. & p. p.) of Rack.
Racking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rack.
Rack (v. i.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. -- Fuller.
Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints.
He was racked and miserably tormented. -- Foxe.
Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair. -- Milton.
Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.
The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants. -- Spenser.
They [landlords] rack their rents an ace too high. -- Gascoigne.
Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof. -- Fuller.
Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be racked even to the uttermost. -- Shak.
Rack (v. t.) (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
Rack (v. t.) (Natu.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
To rack one's brains or To rack one's brains out or To rack one's wits, To exert one's thinking processes to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something; as, I racked my brains out trying to find a way to solve the problem.
Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear.
Rack (n.) Framework for holding objects.
Rack (n.) Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton.
Rack (n.) The destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" [syn: wrack, rack].
Rack (n.) An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims [syn: rack, wheel].
Rack (n.) A support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" [syn: rack, stand].
Rack (n.) A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body.
Rack (n.) A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately [syn: rack, single-foot]
Rack (v.) Go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: single- foot, rack].
Rack (v.) Stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains."
Rack (v.) Put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera."
Rack (v.) Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring].
Rack (v.) Run before a gale [syn: scud, rack].
Rack (v.) Fly in high wind.
Rack (v.) Draw off from the lees; "rack wine."
Rack (v.) Torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack].
Rack (v.) Work on a rack; "rack leather".
Rack (v.) Seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block.
Rack (v.) Torture on the rack.
Rackabones (n.) A very lean animal, esp. a horse.
- racked (suffix) （表示遭受某種肉體、精神的巨大痛苦、深陷某種麻煩等） Showing or feeling the physical or mental pain, trouble, etc. mentioned.
// A pain-racked gesture.
// A guilt-racked society.
Racker (n.) One who racks.
Racker (n.) A horse that has a racking gait.
Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
Racket (n.) A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.
Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Racket (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.
Racket (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket.
Racket (n.) Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
Racket (n.) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Racketed (imp. & p. p.) of Racket.
Racketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Racket.
Racket (v. i.) To make a confused noise or racket.
Racket (v. i.) To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
Racket (v. i.) To carouse or engage in dissipation.
Racketer (n.) One who makes, or engages in, a racket.
Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
Rackety (a.) Making a tumultuous noise.
Racking (n.) Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.
Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent.
Rack-renter (n.) One who exacts rack-rent.
Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.
Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.
Racle (a.) See Rakel.
Racleness (n.) See Rakelness.
Raconteur (n.) 善談者，健談者 A relater; a storyteller.
Raconteur (n.) Someone who is good at telling stories.
Raconteur (n.) A person who excels in telling anecdotes.
Raconteur (n.) A person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist, raconteur].
Racoonda (n.) The coypu.
Racovian (n.) One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.
Racquet (n.) See Racket.
Ractopamine (n.) 萊克多巴胺（瘦肉精） Is an animal feed additive used to promote leanness and increase food conversion efficiency in livestock in some countries, but banned in others. Pharmacologically, it is a phenol-based TAAR1 agonist and β adrenoreceptor agonist that stimulates β1 and β2 adrenergic receptors. [1] [2] It is most commonly administered to animals for meat production as ractopamine hydrochloride. [3] It is the active ingredient in products marketed in the US as Paylean for swine, Optaflexx for cattle, and Topmax [4] for turkeys. [5] It was developed by Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company.
Racy (a.) 美味的；爽利的；有生氣的；辛辣的；近乎淫猥的 Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored to light. -- Pope.
Racy (a.) Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively; vigorous; spirited.
Our raciest, most idiomatic popular words. -- M. Arnold.
Burns's English, though not so racy as his Scotch, is generally correct. -- H. Coleridge.
The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh from the plow. -- Prof. Wilson.
Racy (a.) Somewhat suggestive of sexual themes; slightly improper; risqu['e].
Syn: Spicy; spirited; lively; smart; piquant; risqu['e].
Usage: {Racy}, {Spicy}. Racy refers primarily to that peculiar flavor which certain wines are supposed to derive from the soil in which the grapes were grown; and hence we call a style or production racy when it "smacks of the soil," or has an uncommon degree of natural freshness and distinctiveness of thought and language. Spicy, when applied to style, has reference to a spirit and pungency added by art, seasoning the matter like a condiment. It does not, like racy, suggest native peculiarity. A spicy article in a magazine; a spicy retort. Racy in conversation; a racy remark.
Rich, racy verses, in which we The soil from which they come, taste, smell, and see. -- Cowley.
Racy (a.) Full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style" [syn: {lively}, {racy}].
Racy (a.) Marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: {full-bodied}, {racy}, {rich}, {robust}].
Racy (a.) Suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" [syn: {blue}, {gamy}, {gamey}, {juicy}, {naughty}, {racy}, {risque}, {spicy}].
Racy (a.) Designed or suitable for competing in a race.
Rad () imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede.
Radde () imp. of Read, Rede.
Raddle <parallel> ["On the Design of Large Distributed Systems", I.R. Forman, Proc 1st IEEE Intl Conf Comp Langs, pp.25-27 (Oct 1986)]. (2008-07-30)
Raddle (n.) A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
Raddle (n.) 枝條 (編籬笆等所用) A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also {raddle hedge}. -- Todd.
Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.
Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.
Compare: Interweave
Interweave (v.) 使交織；使混雜Weave or become woven together.
[With object] ‘The rugs are made by tightly interweaving the strands.’
[No object] ‘The branches met and interwove above his head.’
Interweave (v.) [With object] Blend closely.
‘Wordsworth's political ideas are often interwoven with his philosophical and religious beliefs.’
Raddle (n.) A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. "A raddle of rouge." -- Thackeray.
Raddle (v. t.) To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and raddled old women." -- Thackeray.
Raddle (n.) Another term for Reddle.
Raddle (n.) [Count noun] 枝條；泥壁內枝條 A block or stick of reddle.
Reddle (n.) [Mass noun] 赭石；塗赭色；胭脂色等 A red pigment consisting of ochre.
Compare: Ochre
Ochre (US Ocher) (n.) [Mass noun] 【美】【礦】赭石；赭土 An earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown or red.
[With modifier] ‘Yellow ochre.’
Ochre (US Ocher) (n.) 黃土色；赭色 A pale brownish yellow colour.
Raddled (a.) 濃妝的；昏亂的；壞掉的；衰弱的 Showing signs of age or fatigue.
‘She's beginning to look quite raddled.’
Raddled (a.) Coloured with or as if with raddle.
‘Raddled sheep.’
Raddled (a.) Used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles" [syn: {raddled}, {worn-out}].
Raddled (a.) Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: {careworn}, {drawn}, {haggard}, {raddled}, {worn}].
Raddock (n.) The ruddock.
Rade (n.) A raid.
Radeau (n.) A float; a raft.
Radial (a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.
Radialia (n. pl. ) of Radiale.
Radiale (n.) The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.
Radiale (n.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.
Radially (adv.) In a radial manner.
Radian (n.) An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.
Radiance (n.) Alt. of Radiancy.
Radiancy (n.) The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.
Radiant (a.) 光芒四射的；明亮照耀的 [B]；容光煥發的；（面容，目光）洋溢著幸福的 [（+with）] Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
Radiant (a.) Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.
Mark what radiant state she spreads. -- Milton.
Radiant (a.) Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
Radiant (a.) (Happy/ beautiful) Obviously very happy, or very beautiful.
// He gave a radiant smile when he heard her news.
Radiant (a.) (Heat/ light) [ Before noun ] Producing heat or light.
// A radiant heater.
// The radiant heat of the sun.