| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| raddle | noun | 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., A hedge or fence made with raddles; — called also raddle hedge., 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., To interweave or twist together., A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle., To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. |
| radeau | noun | A float; a raft. |
| radial | adjective | 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. |
| radian | noun | An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc. |
| radio- | A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal. | |
| radish | noun | The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant. |
| radius | noun | A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere., The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla., A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2., The barbs of a perfect feather., Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates., The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument. |
| radula | noun | The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; — called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore. |