English words: racketing to radiesthesia
300 English words, part 3 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.
English words racketing to radiesthesia
- racketing noun, verb: A carouse; a reckless dissipation.
- racketlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a racket (implement with a handle used in sports).
- racketry noun: Synonym of racketeering.
- rackets noun: plural of racket
- rackett noun /ˈɹækɪt/: An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
- rackettail noun: Alternative form of racket-tail.
- rackety adjective: Making a racket; noisy.
- rackety-clackety adjective: Making or producing much noise; noisy.
- rackful noun: Enough to fill a rack.
- Rackham proper noun: A hamlet in Parham parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ048841).
- rackhouse noun: Synonym of rickhouse.
- rackie noun: A parrel
- rackin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of racking.
- racking adjective, noun, verb: A method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.
- racking bend noun: a type of bend knot used to join the ends of two lines or ropes of very different thicknesses. The finer cord is woven between the two stands of a bight or...
- rackingly adverb: So as to cause suffering.
- rackle adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹæ.kəl/: A chain.
- rackless adjective: heedless, regardless, careless
- Rackley proper noun: A surname.
- racklike adjective: Resembling a rack.
- rackmaster noun: The person who operates a rack (instrument of torture).
- rackmount noun: Any equipment designed to be rack-mounted.
- rackne noun: Acne on the breasts.
- rackoid noun: A specific form of groupoid
- racks noun, verb /ɹæks/: plural of rack
- racktacular adjective: possessing amazing, outstanding, or impressive breasts.
- racktastic adjective: possessing especially attractive or impressive breasts.
- rackware noun /ˈɹækˌwɛə/: Low-cost software sold in shops, generally hung on display racks.
- rackwork noun: Any mechanism with a rack, such as a rack and pinion.
- raclage noun: The destruction of a soft growth by rubbing, as with a brush or harsh sponge; curettage, grattage, scraping.
- raclan noun: A married woman.
- raclette noun: A dish, of Swiss origin, similar to a fondue, consisting of melted cheese traditionally served on boiled potatoes and accompanied with pickles.
- racloir noun: A prehistoric flint scraper.
- raclopride noun: A synthetic compound that acts as an antagonist on D₂ dopamine receptors.
- racon noun: A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.
- raconteur noun, verb /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtɜː/: A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.
- raconteurial adjective: Characteristic of a raconteur
- raconteuse noun: A female storyteller.
- racoon noun: Alternative spelling of raccoon.
- racotumomab noun: A therapeutic cancer vaccine for the treatment of solid tumours.
- Racovian noun /ɹəˈkəʊvɪən/: A member of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland, with their headquarters in Raków
- Racquel proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew; a fanciful spelling of Raquel.
- racquet noun, verb /ˈɹækɪt/: Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”).
- racquet-tail noun: Alternative form of racket-tail.
- racquetball noun: A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.
- racquetballer noun: A player of racquetball.
- racqueted adjective, verb: Having a spatulate endpart beyond the main tail section.
- racquetless adjective: Without a racquet.
- racquetlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a racquet.
- racquets noun, verb: a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball
- ractopamine noun: A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.
- racy adjective /ˈɹeɪsi/: Mildly risqué.
- racy of one's soil adjective: racy of the soil of one's nation
- racy of the soil adjective: Deeply connected to a place, especially Ireland; indigenous.
- Racz proper noun: A surname from Hungarian.
- rad adjective, noun /ɹæd/: Clipping of radical (“excellent”).
- rad-hard adjective: hardened against radiation damage
- rad trad noun: One affiliated with traditionalist Roman Catholicism, especially taking positions considered not mainstream.
- rada noun: A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
- radafaxine noun: A metabolite of bupropion being investigated for treatment of restless leg syndrome and as an NDRI antidepressant.
- Radanite adjective: Radhanite.
- radar noun, verb /ˈɹeɪdɑː/: In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves...
- radar astronomy noun: A technique that uses radar echoes to examine bodies within the solar system, obtaining information about size, shape, topography, surface density, spin etc.
- radar chart noun: A two-dimensional chart of multivariate data, with three or more quantitative variables represented on axes starting from the same point.
- radar cross section noun: A measure of the detectability of an object by radar.
- radar detector noun: A device used by motorists, often mounted on the car's dashboard, to evade punishment for speeding; it detects the radar used by traffic police to measure...
- radar dome noun: A weatherproof enclosure used to protect a radar antenna.
- radar gun noun: A hand-held (or mounted) device that emits a radar beam and uses the Doppler effect to measure the velocity of moving objects (especially traffic).
- radar horizon noun: A critical area of performance for aircraft detection systems, defined by the distance at which the radar beam rises enough above the Earth's surface to...
- radar image noun: An image produced using a radar.
- radar meteorology noun: The application of radar to the study of the atmosphere, and to the observation and prediction of weather.
- radar reflector noun: 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...
- radar trap noun: A roadside location, manned by police or similar officials, where a device that emits a radar beam is used to monitor the speeds of motor vehicles in order...
- radargram noun /ˈɹeɪdɑɹɡɹæm/: A radar image of mineral deposits or a planetary surface.
- radarkymogram noun: A graphical record produced by radarkymography.
- radarkymographic adjective: Relating to radarkymography.
- radarkymography noun: Kymography by means of radar technology.
- radarless adjective: Without radar.
- radarlike adjective: Resembling radar.
- radarman noun: A radar operator.
- radarmeteorological adjective: Relating to radarmeteorology.
- radarmeteorology noun: The use of radar in meteorology, especially to track water and ice in clouds
- radarscope noun: An oscilloscope used as the viewing screen of a radar system.
- radate noun: Any oxyanion of radium; any salt containing such an anion.
- Radburn proper noun: An unincorporated community in Fair Lawn borough, Union County, New Jersey, United States.
- Radcliff proper noun /ˈɹæd.klɪf/: A surname.
- Radcliffe proper noun /ˈɹæd.klɪf/: A surname.
- Radcliffean adjective: Alternative spelling of Radcliffian.
- Radcliffian adjective: Of or pertaining to Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English pioneer of the Gothic novel.
- Raddatz proper noun: A surname.
- Radde's warbler noun: Phylloscopus schwarzi, a leaf warbler which breeds in Siberia.
- raddle noun, verb /ˈɹædəl/: A red ochre.
- raddled adjective, verb /ˈɹædl̩d/: Worn-out and broken-down.
- raddleman noun: Alternative spelling of ruddleman.
- raddling noun, verb: Hedges or fences made with raddles.
- rade noun /ɹeɪd/: Obsolete spelling of road.
- radeau noun: A float; a raft.
- Radecki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Radel proper noun: A surname.
- Rademacher proper noun: A surname.
- Rademacher complexity noun: In computational learning theory, a measure of the richness of a class of real-valued functions with respect to a probability distribution.
- Rademacher distribution noun: A discrete probability distribution where a random variate has a 50% chance of being +1 and a 50% chance of being -1.
- Rademaker proper noun: A surname.
- raden noun: The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.
- Rader proper noun: A surname.
- Radev proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Радев (Radev).
- Radford proper noun: An inner city area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5540).
- radge adjective, noun, verb /ɹæd͡ʒ/: Violent or crazy.
- radgepacket noun: Someone prone to extreme outbursts of bad temper.
- radgie adjective, noun /ˈɹæd͡ʒi/: Violent or crazy.
- Radha proper noun: Hindu goddess of love and devotion, Grand Consort of god Krishna, Avatar of Lakshmi.
- Radhakrishna proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit.
- radhakrishnaite noun: A tetragonal rose-brown mineral containing chlorine, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.
- Radhakrishnan proper noun: A surname from Tamil.
- Radhanite adjective, noun: One of a group of early medieval Jewish merchants forming a vast trade network across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and eastwards to China.
- Radhi proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
- radhuni noun: wild celery (Psammogeton involucratus).
- radi- prefix /ˌɹeɪ̯.diː-/: Alternative form of radio-.
- radiability noun: The state of being radiable; transparency to X-rays.
- radiable adjective: Transparent to radiant energy, especially X-rays. Capable of being penetrated and examined by rays or waves.
- radiad adverb: Toward the radius.
- radiaesthesia noun: Alternative spelling of radiesthesia.
- radial adjective, noun /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/: Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
- radial arm saw noun: A circular saw mounted to slide along a horizontal beam.
- radial artery noun: The main artery of the lateral aspect of the forearm that is one of the two branches of the brachial artery and enters the wrist on the side of the thumb.
- radial bearing noun: A ball bearing or roller bearing, or an aspect or component of one, that is shaped best as to bear radial forces, that is, the radial vectors of the loading...
- radial bone noun: Synonym of radius (“a bone in the forearm”).
- radial canal noun: 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 chromatography noun: A centrifugal form of thin-layer chromatography
- radial curve noun: Any of a family of curves that are the loci of points that have a defined relationship between a fixed point and the centre of curvature at each point on...
- radial distribution function noun: A function which specifies the average density of atoms, molecules etc in three dimensions from a given point.
- radial engine noun: Any of several internal combustion engines that have the cylinders arranged radially around a central crankshaft
- radial gate noun: a Tainter gate
- radial glial cell noun: Any of a form of glial cell, characterized by long radial processes extending from the ventricular zone, that are important in neurogenesis
- radial keratotomy noun: 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 nerve noun: A large nerve, carrying both sensory and motor neurones, that supplies the dorsal aspect of the forearm and arm
- radial saw noun: a circular saw in which the saw wheel cuts downward from a suspended arm
- radial shaft seal noun: A seal for any rotary element.
- radial shield noun: Either of the two plates situated on the disk at the base of each ray of some starfish.
- radial symmetry noun: A form of symmetry in which identical parts are arranged in a circular fashion around a central axis.
- radial tire noun: A kind of vehicle tire incorporating reinforcing cords distributed radially relative to the hub (at 90 degrees to the direction of travel).
- radial tunnel syndrome noun: A compression neuropathy of the radial nerve as it travels from the upper arm (brachial plexus) to the hand and wrist.
- radial tyre noun: Alternative spelling of radial tire.
- radial vein noun: Any of a group of veins on the radial side of the forearm
- radial velocity noun: Motion of an object toward or away from an observer.
- radiale noun: The carpal bone in the tetrapod forelimb that corresponds to the scaphoid bone in humans
- radialene noun: Any of a class of alicyclic organic compounds containing n cross-conjugated exocyclic double bonds.
- radialis noun: A radial muscle, artery, or nerve.
- radialisation noun: Alternative form of radialization.
- radialise verb: Alternative form of radialize.
- radiality noun: The condition of having a radial structure
- radialization noun: Arrangement in a radial pattern
- radialize verb: To induce radial symmetry in; to cause to radiate.
- radially adverb: In a radial manner, outward from a center.
- radialmost adjective: Nearest to the radius bone.
- radian noun /ˈɹeɪdiən/: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in...
- radiance noun /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/: The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
- radiance field noun: A field of radiance from a point. A function how much and what light travels in a direction from a point.
- radiancy noun: The property of being radiant; radiance
- radiansphere noun: A spherical region of radius λ/2π around a small dipole electromagnetic antenna. This is the distance at which the induction and radiation terms are equal...
- radiant adjective, noun /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/: Radiating light and/or heat.
- radiant energy noun: Energy in a form that can radiate, generally electromagnetic energy.
- radiant heat noun: Heat or warmth transferred directly to people and objects in a space via infrared radiation, similar to the sun's warmth, rather than heating the air first...
- radiantly adverb: In a manner that is radiant; glowingly.
- radiantness noun: radiance
- radiary noun: A radiate; one of the Radiata.
- radiasterid noun: Any sea star of the family Radiasteridae
- radiata pine noun: The Monterey pine. Pinus radiata.
- radiate adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹeɪdieɪt/: To extend, be sent or spread out from a center like radii.
- radiated adjective, verb: Synonym of radiate.
- radiated tortoise noun: Astrochelys radiata, a species of tortoise that is native to Madagascar.
- radiately adverb: In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a centre.
- radiateness noun: The quality of being radiate.
- radiatiform adjective: Having the appearance of being radiate.
- radiatingly adverb: So as to radiate, or spread outward in rays.
- radiation noun /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/: The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
- radiation belt noun: A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star, trapped by its magnetic field and characterized by intense radiation.
- radiation biology noun: The study of the effect of ionizing and nonionizing radiation on biological systems.
- radiation chemistry noun: The study of the chemical changes that result from the absorption of ionizing radiation.
- radiation damage noun: Harmful changes in the properties of materials caused by interactions with ionizing radiation.
- radiation dose noun: The amount of radiation that reaches something from a radioactive source, or the effect that that amount has; it can be measured in several ways, three of...
- radiation fog noun: a fog produced by the cooling of air at the ground through the release of electromagnetic energy in the form of heat
- radiation hardening noun: The protection of semiconductor devices from the effects of ionizing radiation.
- radiation impedance noun: The impedance of any vibrating solid or fluid that radiates sound in the surrounding medium.
- radiation labyrinth noun: Synonym of radiation maze
- radiation lampshade noun: A device whose readings, when coordinated from several sites, can be used to determine the exact position of an atomic blast.
- radiation maze noun: An architectural or engineering configuration of alternating passageways and thick, dense barriers used to contain ionizing radiation.
- radiation physics noun: The study of the effects of ionizing radiation on matter, and of its measurement
- radiation poisoning noun: Synonym of radiation sickness.
- radiation pressure noun: The pressure exerted by electromagnetic radiation on an object on which it impinges, as a consequence of its momentum.
- radiation pyrometer noun: a device that measures the intensity of radiation from, and thus the temperature of, a hot body.
- radiation resistance noun: That part of an antenna's feedpoint electrical resistance caused by the emission of radio waves from the antenna.
- radiation shielding noun: physical barriers designed to provide protection from the effects of ionizing radiation, including radioactive material
- radiation sickness noun: Any illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea to death.
- radiation therapy noun: The use of ionizing radiation to treat disease, especially cancer.
- radiational adjective: Of or pertaining to radiation
- radiationally adverb: In a radiational manner
- radiationist noun: One whose (medical or scientific) profession is to apply radiation or radioactive material (to someone or something).
- radiationless adjective: That involves no radiation of energy
- radiationlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of radiation.
- radiationproof adjective: Resistant to the harmful effects of radiation.
- radiative adjective: of, relating to, or occurring through radiation
- radiative balance noun: The relationship between the amount of energy reaching an object (or a portion of it) and the amount leaving it. A good example of this is our Earth...
- radiative forcing noun: The effect of greenhouse gases on the radiation of heat in the atmosphere.
- radiative recombination noun: the capture of a free electron by an atom and the subsequent emission of a photon having the same energy
- radiative transfer noun: The transfer of radiation (energy) leaving one object and being absorbed by another.
- radiatively adverb: In a radiative manner
- radiator noun /ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/: Anything which radiates or emits rays.
- radiator hose noun: A rubber hose of a large diameter which carries engine coolant between the engine and radiator, and then backs towards the water pump.
- radiator key noun: A key that allows the user to remove air from a central heat system.
- radiator plant noun: A plant of the genus Peperomia, many of which are commonly used as houseplants.
- radiatori noun: A type of pasta in the shape of a radiator.
- radiatorless adjective: Without a radiator.
- radiatory adjective: radiating
- radiature noun: Radiance.
- Radic proper noun: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
- radical adjective, noun /ˈɹædɪkəl/: Of or pertaining to the root of a plant.
- radical anion noun: A negatively charged radical ion.
- radical axis noun: The line containing the locus of points from which the segments respectively tangent to two given circles have equal length.
- radical cation noun: A positively charged radical ion.
- radical center noun: A point at which the radical lines of three circles meet.
- radical centrism noun: Any political philosophy which advocates radical changes and reforms, combining ideas from both left-wing and right-wing ideology.
- radical centrist adjective, noun: Pertaining to or aligning with radical centrism.
- radical chic noun: The adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society.
- radical empiricism noun: A theory of knowledge championed by William James which contested that the relations between objects are as real as the objects themselves and values...
- radical empiricist noun: A proponent of radical empiricism.
- radical feminism noun: A type of feminism which calls for a radical reordering of society to eliminate male supremacy in all social and economic contexts.
- radical feminist adjective, noun: An adherent or proponent of radical feminism.
- radical hysterectomy noun: The complete surgical removal of the uterus.
- radical ideal noun: An ideal I within a ring R that is its own radical (i.e., for any r ∈ R, if rⁿ ∈ I for some positive integer n, then r ∈ I).
- radical ion noun: Any radical that also carries an electric charge; typically, the charge and unpaired electron are associated with the same atom.
- radical line noun: The line containing the locus of points from which the segments respectively tangent to two given circles have equal length.
- radical mastectomy noun: The complete surgical removal of the breast.
- radical plane noun: The plane containing the circle formed by the intersection of two spheres (or whose points have equal power with respect to two non-intersecting spheres)
- radical prostatectomy noun: The complete surgical removal of the prostate gland.
- Radical Republican noun: A member of the Republican Party or the Radical Republican Party in the United States, who supported Reconstruction as the rapid full emancipation of...
- radical vinegar noun: acetic acid
- radicalisable adjective: Alternative spelling of radicalizable.
- radicalisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.
- radicalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalize.
- radicalish adjective: Somewhat radical or revolutionary.
- radicalism noun /ˈradɪkəlɪz(ə)m/: Any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society
- radicalist adjective, noun: Relating to radicalism.
- radicalistic adjective: Of, or pertaining to radicalism
- radicalistically adverb: In a radicalistic manner
- radicality noun: The quality of being radical; radicalness.
- radicalizable adjective: Who can be converted to a radical ideology.
- radicalization noun: The process of radicalizing.
- radicalize verb /ˈɹædɪkəlaɪz/: To make radical.
- radicalized adjective, verb: That has been through the process of radicalization.
- radicalizer noun: One who radicalizes.
- radically adverb /ˈɹædɪkli/: In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.
- radically centrist adjective: Pertaining to or aligning with radical centrism.
- radicalness noun: the state or the quality of being radical.
- radicand noun: The number or expression whose square root or other root is being considered.
- radicant adjective: Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, like the trumpet creeper and the ivy.
- radicarian adjective: Relating to roots.
- radicate adjective, verb: To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
- radicated adjective, verb /ˈɹadɪkeɪtɪd/: Rooted; firmly established.
- radication noun: The process of taking root, or state of being rooted.
- radicative adjective /ɹaˈdɪkəˌtɪv/: causing to take root, establishing
- radicchio noun /ɹəˈdi.kjoʊ/: A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
- Radice proper noun /ɹəˈdiːtʃeɪ/: A surname from Italian.
- radicel noun: A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
- radicellose adjective /ˈradɪsɛˌləʊs/: Bearing small rhizoids or roots.
- radicicol noun: A particular natural product that binds to heat shock protein 90 and alters its function.
- radicicolous adjective: That lives in or on the roots of plants
- radiciferous adjective: Bearing a root.
- radiciflorous adjective: Flowering from the root.
- radiciform adjective: Having the nature or appearance of a root (radix).
- radicivorous adjective: That feeds on plant roots.
- radicle noun /ˈɹædɪkəl/: The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
- radiclib noun: A radical liberal.
- radicofunctional adjective: Describing the name of an organic compound that has two parts, the first describing the alkyl, aryl or derived group, and the second describing the...
- radicofunctional name noun: The name of an organic compound that uses two words, the first specifying the radical and the second the functional group, e.g. "alkyl halide" or "benzoyl...
- radicole noun: A hybrid plant (Brassicoraphanus) that is a cross between a brassica and a radish.
- radicolous adjective: Alternative form of radicicolous.
- radicool adjective: Cool, awesome.
- radicose adjective: Having a large root.
- radicula noun: Synonym of radicle.
- radicular adjective: Pertaining to a root or to a radicle; specifically, pertaining to the roots of the dental or spinal nerves, or arteries which accompany nerve roots into the...
- radicule noun: A radicle.
- radiculitis noun: inflammation of the nerve root, leading to radicular pain
- radiculographic adjective: Relating to radiculography.
- radiculography noun: Medical examination of spinal nerve roots, especially as a method of identifying prolapsed intervertebral discs
- radiculomyelitic adjective: Relating to radiculomyelitis.
- radiculomyelitis noun: myelitis that affects the spinal nerve roots
- radiculomyelopathy noun: radiculopathy combined with myelopathy
- radiculoneuritis noun: Inflammation of the roots of a nerve.
- radiculoneuropathy noun: Any neuropathy that also affects the nerve roots
- radiculopathic adjective: Relating to radiculopathy
- radiculopathy noun: Any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves.
- radiculoplexopathy noun: neuropathy of the radiculoplexus
- radiculoplexus noun: A complex of nerves in the lumbosacral root
- radiculose adjective: Producing many rootlets or radicles.
- radiculous adjective: Of or pertaining to a radicle (nerve root, or rudimentary shoot of a plant from which a root is developed downward).
- radiendocrinator noun: A case of radium intended to be worn against the skin, claimed to treat various ailments (but actually dangerously radioactive).
- radiendocrinology noun /ˈɹeɪ.dɪˌɛn.də.krɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/: The study of radiative endocrine interactions and their effects upon vitality.
- radiesthesia noun: The supposed paranormal ability to detect a radiation-like aura within the human body.
Part 2 · Part 4 · English words: R
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.