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noun
- a radial tire / radial tyre
adjective
- arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre
- moving along a radius
- (anatomy) of, or relating to the radius bone
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noun (radii, pl2=radiuses)
- (anatomy) The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
- (geometry) A line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center/centre.
- (geometry) The length of this line segment.
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noun
- A consequence or development complicating a problem.
- (math) An arrangement of branches.
- (botany) The divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, meaning trunk into branches, branches into increasingly smaller branches and so on.
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noun (raphae)
- (context, anatomy, botany) A ridge or seam on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, especially at the join between two halves or sections.
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noun (recta, pl2=rectums)
- (anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass.
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noun
- the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected
- the property of a propogated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror)
- something, such as an image, that is reflected
- The dog barked at his own in the mirror.
- careful thought or consideration
- After careful , I have decided not to vote for that proposition.
- an implied criticism
- It is a on his character that he never wavered in his resolve.
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noun
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- the equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- the abdominal regions
- (obsolete) place, Place; rank; station; dignity.
- (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
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noun
- something, such as a newspaper, that serves a region
adjective
- pertaining to or about a specific region or district
- of or relating to a large geographic region
- of or relating to one part of the body
| | reins |
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noun
- (archaic) The kidneys.
- The lower part of the back.
verb
- (third-person singular of, rein)
| | retina |
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noun (pl2=retinae)
- (anatomy) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.
| | rhombencephalon |
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noun
- (anatomy) The hindbrain.
| | rhomboid |
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noun
- A parallelogram whose adjacent sides are unequal in length
- Any of several muscles that control the shoulders
adjective
- resembling, or shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
| | ringtail |
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noun
- a small carnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, somewhat like a raccoon, native to the southwestern United States
| | Rod |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
| | root |
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noun
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that absorbs water and nutrients.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- source, Source.
- The love of money is the of all evil
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specify, specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- The cube of 27 is 3.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- Multiply by 2.
- (analysis) A zero (of a function).
- (context, graphtheory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (italbrac, philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure.
- (computing) The person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
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verb
- To rummage, to search as if by digging in soil, to root out.
- To cheer to show support for a sports team, etc.
- 1908, w:Jack Norworth, Jack Norworth, w:Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- : Let me , , for the home team,
- (italbrac, Australian coarse slang) To have sexual intercourse.
(rfex)
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noun
- One that rotates.
- (anatomy) A muscle by which a joint can be rotated.
| | rump |
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noun
- the hindquarters of an animal; a cut of beef or veal from the rump
- the buttocks
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