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1: equipment used to treat diseases with x-rays or radioactivity

1: radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 [syn: {thorium-228}]

1: pungent fleshy edible root 2: pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants 3: Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw [syn: {Raphanus sativu...

1: a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root

1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: {Ra}, {atomic number 88}]

1: the use of radium in radiation therapy [syn: {Curietherapy}]

1: the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere [syn: {r}] 2: a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface...

1: the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point

1: a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating 2: a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system

1: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" [syn: {base}] [also: {radices} (pl)]

1: a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves [syn: {radar dome}]

1: a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health [syn...

{radula}

1: very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus [syn: {genus Radyera}]

1: southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus [syn: {bush hibiscus}, {Hibiscus farragei}]

1: desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista [syn: {retem}, {juniper bush}, {juniper}, {Retama raetam...

1: the airforce of Great Britain [syn: {Royal Air Force}] 2: a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of...

1: Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) [syn: {Raphael}, {Raffaello Sanzio}]

1: Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) [syn: {Raphael}, {Raffaello Santi}]

1: leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. [syn: {raphia}] 2: fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets 3: feather palm of tropical Af...

1: a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks [syn: {raffia palm}, {Raffia ruffia}]

1: a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks [syn: {Raffia farinifera}, {Raffia ruffia}]

1: a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks [syn: {raffia palm}, {Raffia farinifera}]

1: a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes [syn: {jupati}, {jupaty}, {jupati palm}]

1: a palm of the genus Raffia [syn: {bamboo palm}]

1: a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals

1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing}, {jaunty}, {natty}, {rakish}, {smart}, {spiffy}, {snappy}, {spruce}] 2: marked by a care...

1: in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" [syn: {rakishly}, {carelessly}]

1: a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money v : dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" [syn: {raffle off}]

1: dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" [syn: {raffle}]

1: British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826) [syn: {Sir Thomas Raffles}, {Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles}]

1: a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales [syn: {family Rafflesiaceae}]

1: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a d...

1: a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete

1: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: {balk}, {baulk}] 2: someone who travels by raft [syn: {raftsman}, {raftman}] v : provide (a ceiling) with rafters

1: having the rafters especially having them visible; "a raftered ceiling"

1: someone who travels by raft [syn: {raftsman}, {rafter}]

1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" [syn: {tons}, {dozens}, {heaps}, {lots}, {mountain}, {piles}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads}, {slews}, {wad...

1: someone who travels by raft [syn: {raftman}, {rafter}]

1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: {shred}, {tag}, {tag end}, {tatter}] 2: a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for chari...

1: a day on which university students hold a rag

1: a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted

1: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge [syn: {luffa},...

1: paper made partly or wholly from rags

1: makers and sellers of fashionable clothing [syn: {apparel industry}, {garment industry}, {fashion industry}, {fashion business}]

1: a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities [syn: {rag}]

1: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: {tatterdemalion}]

1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends}, {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {hodgepodge}, {mishmash}, {mingle-mangle}, {hotchpotch}, {omnium-gatherum}] 2: a bag in which rags are kept

1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: {fury}, {madness}] 2: a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answ...

1: East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient [syn: {finger millet}, {ragi}, {African millet}, {coracan}, {corakan}, {kurakkan}, {Eleusine coracana}]

{rag}

1: fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate [syn: {ragged orchis}, {ragged-fringed orchid}, {green fringed orchis}, {Habenaria lacera}]

1: fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate [syn: {ragged orchid}, {ragged-fringed orchid}, {green fringed orchis}, {Habenaria lacera}]

1: common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals [syn: {cuckoo flower}, {Lychnis flos-cuculi}, {Lychins floscuculi}]

1: fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate [syn: {ragged orchid}, {ragged orchis}, {green fringed orchis}, {Habenaria lacera}]

1: in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly" [syn: {unevenly}] 2: in a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" [syn: {strag...

1: shabbiness by virtue of being in rags

{rag}

1: East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient [syn: {finger millet}, {ragee}, {African millet}, {coracan}, {corakan}, {kurakkan}, {Eleusine coracana}]

1: characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: {hot}...