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1: systematic killing of a racial or cultural group [syn: {genocide}, {racial extermination}]

1: a social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions

1: a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community

1: very swift lizard of eastern and central United States [syn: {racerunner}, {six-lined racerunner}, {Cnemidophorus sexlineatus}]

1: a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail

1: a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses

1: a course over which races are run [syn: {racetrack}, {raceway}, {track}]

1: a horse bred for racing [syn: {race horse}, {bangtail}]

1: usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first

1: the optically inactive form of tartaric acid that is often found in grape juice

1: having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow; "lilies of the valley are racemose"

1: someone who drives racing cars at high speeds [syn: {race driver}, {automobile driver}] 2: a fast car that competes in races [syn: {race car}, {racing car}] 3: an animal that races 4: slender fast-...

1: very swift lizard of eastern and central United States [syn: {race runner}, {six-lined racerunner}, {Cnemidophorus sexlineatus}]

1: a course over which races are run [syn: {racecourse}, {raceway}, {track}]

1: someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings)

1: a canal for a current of water [syn: {race}] 2: a course over which races are run [syn: {racetrack}, {racecourse}, {track}]

1: (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

1: United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) [syn: {Carson}, {Rachel Louise Carson}]

1: United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) [syn: {Carson}, {Rachel Carson}]

1: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction [syn: {ratchet}, {ratch}]

1: move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" [syn: {ratchet}, {ratchet down}]

{rhachis}

1: axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence 2: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: {spinal column}, {verte...

1: a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis [syn:...

1: of or relating to or resulting from rickets

1: inflammation of the vertebral column 2: childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus [syn: {rickets}]

1: composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) [syn: {Sergei Rachmaninoff}, {Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff}, {Rachmaninov}, {Sergei Rachmaninov}, {Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov}]

1: composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) [syn: {Rachmaninoff}, {Sergei Rachmaninoff}, {Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff}, {Sergei Rachmaninov}, {Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov}]

1: family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia [syn: {family Rachycentridae}]

1: genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia [syn: {genus Rachycentron}]

1: large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters [syn: {cobia}, {sergeant fish}]

1: of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people; "racial groups" 2: of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrim...

1: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: {racism}, {racialism}]

1: systematic killing of a racial or cultural group [syn: {genocide}, {race murder}]

1: natural immunity shared by all members of a particular race

1: a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups

1: segregation by race

1: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: {racism}, {racial discrimination}]

1: a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others [syn: {racist}]

1: with respect to race; "racially integrated"

{racy}

{racy}

1: in a racy manner; "racily vernacular language"

1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: {Jean Racine}, {Jean Baptiste Racine}] 2: a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan s...

1: behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn: {gaminess}, {ribaldry}, {spiciness}]

1: the sport of engaging in contests of speed

1: a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing

1: a fast car that competes in races [syn: {racer}, {race car}]

1: a racetrack for automobile races [syn: {circuit}]

1: a light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen

1: a very light narrow racing boat [syn: {shell}]

1: an ice skate with a long blade; worn for racing [syn: {speed skate}]

1: a shell for a single oarsman [syn: {single shell}]

1: the start of a race

1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing [syn: {yacht}]

1: the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races 2: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: {racialism}, {racial discrimi...

1: based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks" 2: discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion [syn: {antiblack}, {anti-Semitic}, {anti-Semite(a)}] n : a person with a prejudiced belie...

1: framework for holding objects 2: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton 3: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" [syn: {wrack}] 4: an instrum...

1: a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)

1: a roast of the rib section of lamb [syn: {crown roast}]