English Words: R

An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.

One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.

The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.

plural of racket

A hamlet in Parham parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ048841).

Alternative spelling of wracking.

plural of rack

A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”).

A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.

Mildly risqué.

Clipping of radical (“excellent”).

A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.

In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method.

A surname.

A surname.

Obsolete spelling of road.

A number of places in England:

Hindu goddess of love and devotion, Grand Consort of god Krishna, Avatar of Lakshmi.

A surname from Tamil.

A surname from Arabic.

Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.

In a radial manner, outward from a center.

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 length to the radius of the circle.

The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.

Radiating light and/or heat.

To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

Anything which radiates or emits rays.

Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.

Any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society

The process of radicalizing.

To make radical.

That has been through the process of radicalization.

In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.

plural of radius

The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

Exhibiting radioactivity.

Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.

A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially 146C.

Alternative form of radio-frequency.

An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than visible light; especially an X-ray photograph.

Of or pertaining to radiography.

The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them.

A radioactive isotope of an element.

Of or pertaining to radiology.

Of or pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons.

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).