University Vocabulary

The omission of the sound of a letter "r" after a vowel.

A referential expression, such as "John" or "the dog": one that, unlike pronouns and anaphora, independently refers to, i.e., picks out, an entity in the world.

plural of R-expression

A particular five-square polyomino.

plural of R-pentomino

In the neo-Gricean semantics and pragmatics of Laurence R. Horn: a reformulation of Paul Grice's maxim of relation combined with the second submaxim of quantity and the third and fourth submaxims of manner, stating: "Say no more than you must (given Q)", and implying that there is no reason to make a stronger statement if the extra information can be contributed by implicature.

plural of r-process

A theory involving natural selection based on quantity.

Dated spelling of RSFSR.

Prince or king.

plural of raajkumaar

plural of raajmahal

plural of raasclaat

plural of Rabanales

plural of rabatment

plural of rabbanist

plural of rabbanite

A surname from German.

plural of rabbinate

In a rabbinical way.

simple past and past participle of rabbinise

third-person singular simple present indicative of rabbinise

present participle and gerund of rabbinise

plural of Rabbinism

Of or relating to Rabbinic Judaism.

Of or relating to Rabbinic Judaism.

plural of rabbinist

plural of rabbinite

simple past and past participle of rabbinize

third-person singular simple present indicative of rabbinize

present participle and gerund of rabbinize

plural of rabbiship

Having long ears resembling those of a rabbit.

plural of rabbit-foot

Alternative form of rabbit's foot.

Alternative form of rabbit hole.

plural of rabbit-hole

plural of rabbit-oh

Resistant to rabbits.

Any of three species of rodents of the genus Conilurus, of Australia, New Guinea, and Melville Island, two of which are now extinct.

plural of rabbit-rat

plural of rabbitberry

Synonym of bullberry.

Any of various plants in the family Asteraceae, including most species of Chrysothamnus and some of Ericameria.

plural of rabbitbrush

Synonym of rabbitbrush.

plural of rabbitbush

plural of rabbitess

plural of rabbiteye

Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

plural of rabbitfish

plural of rabbitfucker

Alternative form of rabbit hole.

plural of rabbithole

The state or essence of being a rabbit.

The quality of being rabbity.

plural of rabbiting

The entirety of rabbits; all rabbits collectively as a group.

In fiction, a place inhabited by rabbits.

Without rabbits.

Similar to a rabbit, or an aspect of a rabbit (for example, its shape, behaviors, or other traits).

A small or young rabbit.

plural of rabbitling

Alternative form of rabbit-proof.

plural of rabbitry

Alternative form of rabbit root.

The skin of a rabbit.

plural of rabbitskin

present participle and gerund of rabbit

A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.

The plant Gutierrezia sarothrae.

In the manner of a rabbit.

Pyrularia pubera, a shrub in the sandalwood family.

To act as a rabble rouser; to stir up a mob of people.

simple past and past participle of rabble-rouse

Alternative form of rabble rouser.

third-person singular simple present indicative of rabble-rouse

A crowd of common people; a rabble.

plural of rabblement

Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser

Characteristic or typical of (a) rabble

Alternative form of rhabdomancy.

Misspelling of rhabdomyolysis.

An orthorhombic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and uranium.

Alternative form of Rabelaisian.

Pertaining to the works or period of Rabelais.

The angucycline antibiotic (3R)-3,6,8-trihydroxy-3-methyl-2,4-dihydrobenzo[a]anthracene-1,7,12-trione

A particular fungicide.

A proton pump inhibitor (trademark AcipHex) that inhibits gastric acid secretion and is taken orally in the form of its sodium salt C₁₈H₂₀NaN₃O₃S especially to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease, duodenal ulcers, and disorders (such as Zollinger–Ellison syndrome) involving gastric acid hypersecretion.

plural of rabidity

A male given name from Bengali.

An Ashkenazic surname from German, Germanized variant of Rabinovich.

Synonym of rabulous.

plural of Racanelli

May apple

Alternative form of raccoon-berry.

Resembling or characteristic of a raccoon.

Resembling or characteristic of a raccoon.

A viral disease of raccoons

Resistant to raccoons.

plural of raccoonsona

simple past and past participle of race-bait

A person who engages in race baiting

plural of race-baiter

comparative form of race-baity: more race-baity

superlative form of race-baity: most race-baity

third-person singular simple present indicative of race-bait

Having no regard as far as considerations of race or racial characteristics are concerned; color blind.

A person who is a member of the same race or ethnic group as a given other person.

plural of race-fellow

plural of race-goer

Alternative form of race mixer.

Alternative form of race mixing.

One who causes or fuels racial or ethnic tensions

plural of race-monger

In the United States, the practice of adjusting test scores based on the race of the person taking the test.

plural of raceabout

present participle and gerund of racebend

Alternative form of race-blindness

An antidiarrheal drug that is a peripherally-acting enkephalinase inhibitor.

A vacation consisting mainly of visiting race venues.

plural of racecation

plural of racecourse

An antispasmodic drug.

Synonym of racecourse.

plural of raceground

plural of racehorse

The condition of having no perceived race.

The formation of sociocultural ideas about races of people.

A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.

plural of racemation

An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

Resembling or characteristic of a raceme.

racemic menthol, a decongestant

In a racemic manner.

Bearing racemes.

Having the shape of a raceme.

In a racemiform manner.

Alternative spelling of racemization.

plural of racemisation

present participle and gerund of racemise

The formation of a racemate from a pure enantiomer.

plural of racemization

present participle and gerund of racemize

Alternative form of race-monger.

plural of racemonger

The racemic mixture of dextromoramide and levomoramide.

The racemic mixture of the two stereoisomers of 17-methylmorphinan-3-ol: dextrorphan and levorphanol.

In a racemose manner.

Any of a family of nonsteroidal saponins that induces programmed cell death in Leishmania

plural of racemoside

Growing in very small racemes.

Synthetic ephedrine, being a racemate of the R- and S- forms.

plural of racephedrine

plural of racerback

Any of a group of lizards, of the family Teiidae, native to the Americas.

plural of racerunner

Any person employed at a racetrack for horses.

plural of racetracker

The situation where material is not correctly aligned with the edge of a mold, leaving an empty channel.

plural of racetrack

simple past and past participle of racewalk

One who participates in the sport of racewalking.

plural of racewalker

A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).

A surname from Telugu.

plural of Rachabattuni

A village in Aubange municipality, Luxembourg province, Belgium.

A kind of back pain, especially Pott's disease or (formerly) lead colic.

Having or relating to rachialgia.

plural of rachicentesis

Synonym of lumbar puncture.

Any fly in the family Rachiceridae, now considered to be the xylophagid subfamily Rachicerinae.

plural of rachicerid

Any member of the Rachiglossa, a former classification that included a number of carnivorous marine neogastropod families.

plural of rachiglossan

Any curvature or bending of the spine, such as scoliosis or kyphosis.

Any snake belonging to the genus Rachiodon (now usually considered a synonym of Dasypeltis), characterized by tooth-like projections on the vertebrae.

A device for measuring spinal curvature.

plural of rachiometer

Paralysis of the spine or spinal column.

plural of rachiotomy

The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.

A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the back.

A developmental birth defect in which the neural tube fails to close completely, leading to motor and sensory deficits, chronic infections, and disturbances in bladder function.

Causing rickets.

plural of rachitome

Alternative spelling of rhachitomous.

A transliteration of the Russian surname Рахма́нинов (Raxmáninov).

Synonym of Rachmaninoff

The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords; the practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior properties, especially to poor, disadvantaged or immigrant tenants.

An exploitative landlord; one who practises Rachmanism.

plural of Rachmanite.

Any fish in the family Rachycentridae.

plural of rachycentrid

simple past and past participle of racialise

plural of racialiser

third-person singular simple present indicative of racialise

present participle and gerund of racialise

plural of racialism

Of or pertaining to racialism or racism.

plural of racialist

plural of raciality

Capable of being racialized.

The act or process of racializing, that is, of treating (a relationship, practice, person or group) in racial terms or of constituting (that person or group) as racial or as a race.

simple past and past participle of racialize

One who racializes.

plural of racializer

third-person singular simple present indicative of racialize

present participle and gerund of racialize

plural of raciation

plural of raciness

Alternative form of racing car.

plural of racing-car

Resembling or characteristic of racing.

Relating to raciology.

plural of raciology

One who studies raciology.

plural of raciologist

The way in which race becomes defined.

Describing electronic equipment that is mounted in a standard (usually 19-inch) rack.

One who is subjected to paying rack rent.

plural of rack-renter

Alternative form of rack rents; plural of rack-rent.

plural of rackboard

Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.

plural of racket-tail

Alternative spelling of racquetball.

Alternative spelling of racquetballer.

plural of racketballer

plural of racketball

plural of racketbuster

simple past and past participle of racketeer

plural of racketeering

plural of racketeer

superlative form of rackety: most rackety

Quality of being rackety.

plural of racketing

Resembling or characteristic of a racket (implement with a handle used in sports).

Alternative form of racket-tail.

plural of rackettail

plural of rackhouse

Misspelling of Rachmanism.

The person who operates a rack (instrument of torture).

plural of rackmaster

plural of rackmount

A synthetic compound that acts as an antagonist on D₂ dopamine receptors.

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

simple past and past participle of raconteur

Characteristic of a raconteur

present participle and gerund of raconteur

plural of raconteur

A female storyteller.

plural of raconteuse

A therapeutic cancer vaccine for the treatment of solid tumours.

Alternative form of racket-tail.

plural of racquet-tail

A player of racquetball.

plural of racquetball

present participle and gerund of racquet

Without a racquet.

Resembling or characteristic of a racquet.

A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.

A surname from Polish.

plural of Raczkowski

plural of Radabaugh

A metabolite of bupropion being investigated for treatment of restless leg syndrome and as an NDRI antidepressant.

plural of radargram

A graphical record produced by radarkymography.

An oscilloscope used as the viewing screen of a radar system.

plural of radarscope

Alternative spelling of Radcliffian.

Of or pertaining to Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English pioneer of the Gothic novel.

plural of Radebaugh

A surname.

plural of Rademacher

plural of Rademaker

A surname from German.

plural of Radermacher

Someone prone to extreme outbursts of bad temper.

plural of radgepacket

A male given name from Sanskrit.

A surname from Tamil.

plural of Radhanite

plural of radiability

The state of being radiable; transparency to X-rays.

Alternative spelling of radiesthesia.

plural of radialene

Alternative form of radialization.

simple past and past participle of radialise

third-person singular simple present indicative of radialise

present participle and gerund of radialise

plural of radiality

Arrangement in a radial pattern

simple past and past participle of radialize

third-person singular simple present indicative of radialize

present participle and gerund of radialize

Nearest to the radius bone.

plural of radiancy

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 in magnitude. Inside, the induction terms dominate. In radio antenna theory the radiansphere is a convenient definition for the boundary between near-field and far-field regions.

plural of radiansphere

radiance

Any sea star of the family Radiasteridae

plural of radiasterid

The quality of being radiate.

Having the appearance of being radiate.

So as to radiate, or spread outward in rays.

Of or pertaining to radiation

In a radiational manner

plural of radiationist

That involves no radiation of energy

Resembling or characteristic of radiation.

plural of radiation

In a radiative manner

Without a radiator.

Alternative spelling of radicalizable.

simple past and past participle of radicalise

third-person singular simple present indicative of radicalise

Somewhat radical or revolutionary.

present participle and gerund of radicalise

plural of radicalism

Relating to radicalism.

Of, or pertaining to radicalism

plural of radicalist

plural of radicality

The quality of being radical; radicalness.

Who can be converted to a radical ideology.

simple past and past participle of radicalize

One who radicalizes.

plural of radicalizer

third-person singular simple present indicative of radicalize

present participle and gerund of radicalize

the state or the quality of being radical.

Relating to roots.

present participle and gerund of radicate

The process of taking root, or state of being rooted.

plural of radication

causing to take root, establishing

A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.

plural of radicchio

That lives in or on the roots of plants

Bearing a root.

Flowering from the root.

Having the nature or appearance of a root (radix).

That feeds on plant roots.

Alternative form of radicicolous.

plural of radiculitis

inflammation of the nerve root, leading to radicular pain

Any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves.

Producing many rootlets or radicles.

Of or pertaining to a radicle (nerve root, or rudimentary shoot of a plant from which a root is developed downward).

The supposed paranormal ability to detect a radiation-like aura within the human body.

One who uses the dowser or divining rod, dowser

Relating to radiesthesia

containing radium (or other material used for radiotherapy)

Synonym of Radimich.

plural of Radimichian

Dated spelling of radioactive.

Alternative form of radio beacon.

plural of radio-beacon

That emits significant amounts of radio waves; radio-luminous

Dated form of radioisotope.

Alternative form of radioloud.

Dated form of radionuclide.

Alternative form of radiopaque.

Alternative form of radioquiet.

simple past and past participle of radio-tag

plural of radio-tag

ablation (of cancer tissue) by means of radiofrequency radiation

Any radioactive isotope of an actinide

The radioactive isotope of actinium, 22789Ac, having a half-life of 21.7 years

To make something radioactive.

Using a radioactive substance

plural of radioactive

Relating to the effect of small doses of radiation on cells that protect them from later, larger doses

An aerosol containing a radioisotope (typically technetium-99m) and a chelating agent

plural of radioaerosol

Alternative form of radioaluminium.

To carry out a radioanalysis

simple past and past participle of radioanalyse

plural of radioanalysis

radiochemical analysis

Alternative form of radioanalytical.

radioactive antimony (especially when used as a tracer)

radioactive argon

radioactive arsenic (especially when used as a tracer)

An assay of an ore or some other radioactive sample to determine the intensity of its radiation.

simple past and past participle of radioassay

present participle and gerund of radioassay

plural of radioassay

Synonym of autoradiograph.

radioactive barium

Alternative form of radio beacon.

plural of radiobeacon

radioactive benzene (labelled with radioactive carbon)

The binding of radioisotopes (to a substrate)

plural of radiobinding

The analysis of radioactive material in the body or excreta

Synonym of radiobiological.

The study of the effects of ionizing radiation on living organisms

Any radioactive isotope of bismuth, especially when used in metabolic studies

radioactive boron

radioactive bromine

radioactive cadmium

radioactive caesium

radioactive calcium (especially when used as a tracer)

Any radioactive carbide, but especially one used to prepare radioactive methane used as a tracer

A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially 146C.

Relating to, or dated using radiocarbon

plural of radiocarbon

Of or relating to the radius and carpus.

Alternative form of radio cassette.

simple past and past participle of radiocast

A radio broadcaster.

plural of radiocaster

present participle and gerund of radiocast

plural of radiocast

cautery by means of radiofrequency radiation

Relating to the radial artery and the cephalic vein.

radioactive cerium

radioactive cesium

plural of radiocesium

Of or pertaining to radiochemistry

A chemist who specializes in radiochemistry

plural of radiochemist

radioactive chlorine (especially when used as a tracer)

That changes colour on exposure to ionizing radiation

radioactive chromium

An electronic device that was supposed to cure disease, operating based on tables of frequencies.

plural of radioclast

Radioactive cobalt (especially when used as a tracer).

A collar, fitted with a small radio transmitter, that allows the wearer to be tracked

simple past and past participle of radiocollar

plural of radiocollar

Any colloid one or more of whose components is radioactive

plural of radiocolloid

A complex containing a radiotracer

Designating any medical contrast medium used to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures in X-ray imaging techniques such as computed tomography and radiography.

radioactive copper

plural of radiocracy.

An organization or system of government continuously listening to ideology or instructions from the leader on the radio.

curable by means of radiotherapy

Any of the class †Radiocyatha of extinct sponge-like animals that lived during the early to mid-Cambrian period.

plural of radiocyath

A form of cystitis caused by ionising radiation (typically by radiotherapy)

Determining the age of artefacts by means of radiometry.

radioactive decay

Relating to the radius and the deltoid muscle

radiopaque

The relative transparency of a material to X-rays and other radiation.

A hand-held device that is used to detect underground cables or pipes, by means of radiodetection

The radiography of teeth, gums, jaws etc.

Relating to dental X-rays.

One who takes dental X-rays.

plural of radiodontist

plural of radiodont

A pursuit curve, in which the thing being pursued is moving at constant velocity.

plural of radiodrome

Of or relating to radiodynamics.

The remote control of mechanical devices by means of radio signals.

Alternative form of radioecological.

the study of the fate and effects of radioactive materials in the environment

efflux of material from cells as a result of radiotherapy or other radiation

Of or pertaining to the transmission of power via electromagnetic waves

Any element whose currently known isotopes are all radioactive.

plural of radioelement

Relating to radioembolism

A radiotherapy in which radioactive nanoparticles are injected into an artery and travel to an organ (typically the liver) where they settle

Any device that emits radio waves.

plural of radioemitter

radioactive erbium

radioactive ethanol (labelled with radioactive carbon)

radioactive europium

electromagnetic pulse

plural of radioflash

fluoride labelled with radiofluorine

radioactive fluorine

Relating to radio frequency

plural of radiogalaxy

Alternative spelling of radio galaxy.

radioactive gallium (especially when used as a tracer)

The production of nuclides by radioactive decay.

The study of the genetic effects of radiation.

Of, pertaining to, or caused by radioactivity.

The genome of genes affected by radiation

plural of radiogenome

Relating to radiogenomics

The study of the effects of radiation on genetic variation

The study of the distribution of radioactive elements in the Earth's crust.

plural of radiogold

plural of radiogram

simple past and past participle of radiograph

Someone who works with radiography. This term seems to be more common in British English.

plural of radiographer

Of or pertaining to radiography.

The science and technology of radiography

present participle and gerund of radiograph

A radiographer.

plural of radiograph

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