English words starting with ra - page 2

Meanings of Rabies:

noun

A contagious and fatal viral disease of dogs and other mammals, transmissible through the saliva to humans and causing madness and convulsions.

Usage examples:

Pasteur went on to discover vaccinations for chicken pox, cholera, diphtheria, anthrax and rabies.

Meanings of Rabietic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or affected with rabies; rabid.

Meanings of Rabinet:

noun

A type of small cannon.

Meanings of Raccoon:

noun

A greyish-brown american mammal that has a foxlike face with a black mask and a ringed tail.

Usage examples:

From north america came squirrels and raccoons, bears and bison, eagles and an elk.

Meanings of Raccoons:

noun

A greyish-brown american mammal that has a foxlike face with a black mask and a ringed tail.

Usage examples:

From north america came squirrels and raccoons, bears and bison, eagles and an elk.

Meanings of Race:

noun

A competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.

Usage examples:

Hill started from pole position and won the race

verb

Compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective.

Usage examples:

The vet took blood samples from the horses before they raced

Meanings of Race against time:

phrase

A situation in which something must be done before a particular point in time.

Usage examples:

It was a race against time to reach shore before the dinghy sank

Meanings of Raceabout:

noun

A sloop-rigged racing yacht similar to a knockabout, but typically having a smaller keel and larger sail yards.

Meanings of Racecard:

noun

A programme giving information about the races scheduled for a particular race meeting.

Usage examples:

He cannot remember who he saw race that day - but it was his first step into a world of furlongs, r…

Meanings of Racecourse:

noun

A ground or track for horse or dog racing.

Usage examples:

Last year, the event was held at goodwood racecourse and pitted europe against the middle east.

Meanings of Racecourses:

noun

A ground or track for horse or dog racing.

Usage examples:

Last year, the event was held at goodwood racecourse and pitted europe against the middle east.

Meanings of Raced:

verb

Compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective.

Usage examples:

The vet took blood samples from the horses before they raced

noun

A competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.

Usage examples:

Hill started from pole position and won the race

Meanings of Racegoer:

noun

A person attending a race meeting, especially one who does so frequently.

Usage examples:

There were certainly signs that racegoers were developing an interest in national hunt by the time …

Meanings of Racegoing:

adjective

That frequents races.

noun

The frequenting of races.

Meanings of Racehorse:

noun

A horse bred, trained, and kept for racing.

Usage examples:

He is passionate about horses and breeds thoroughbred racehorses.

Meanings of Racehorses:

noun

A horse bred, trained, and kept for racing.

Usage examples:

He is passionate about horses and breeds thoroughbred racehorses.

Meanings of Racemate:

noun

A racemic mixture.

Usage examples:

But ordinary chemistry always produces a 50/50 mixture of left and right handed forms - such a mix …

Meanings of Racemates:

noun

A racemic mixture.

Usage examples:

But ordinary chemistry always produces a 50/50 mixture of left and right handed forms - such a mix …

Meanings of Raceme:

noun

A flower cluster with the separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem. the flowers at the base of the central stem develop first.

Usage examples:

In both experiments, flowers on racemes from main stem nodes in the middle of the canopy were tagge…

Meanings of Racemed:

adjective

Having flowers arranged in racemes; (of flowers) arranged in racemes.

Meanings of Racemes:

noun

A flower cluster with the separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem. the flowers at the base of the central stem develop first.

Usage examples:

In both experiments, flowers on racemes from main stem nodes in the middle of the canopy were tagge…

Meanings of Racemic:

adjective

Composed of dextrorotatory and laevorotatory forms of a compound in equal proportion.

Usage examples:

It has developed a new process to separate racemic epoxides by hydrolysis.

Meanings of Racemiferous:

adjective

Bearing clusters of grapes or other fruit.

Meanings of Racemiform:

adjective

Of an inflorescence: having the form of a raceme.

Meanings of Racemism:

noun

The state of existing in a racemic form.