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10-letter words containing rad

  • radiograph — Also called shadowgraph. a photographic image produced by the action of x-rays or nuclear radiation.
  • radiolabel — label (def 12).
  • radiologic — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiolysis — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
  • radiolytic — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
  • radiometer — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
  • radiopager — a small radio receiver fitted with a buzzer to alert a person to telephone their home, office, etc, to receive a message
  • radiopaque — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radiophare — a radiotelegraphic station used by vessels to determine their positions; radio beacon.
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
  • radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
  • radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
  • radiosonde — an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter.
  • radiotoxic — causing radiation sickness.
  • radius rod — (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with the paddle-wheel shaft, for feathering the paddles while in the water.
  • raduliform — rasp-like
  • retrograde — moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
  • saltigrade — moving by leaping.
  • sea cradle — chiton (def 1).
  • serradilla — a variety of clover, Ornithopus sativus, used as fodder for cattle
  • spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
  • sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
  • straddlers — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
  • stradivari — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1644?–1737, Italian violinmaker of Cremona (pupil of Nicolò Amati).
  • superadded — to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.
  • supergrade — a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
  • talk radio — a radio format featuring talk shows and listener call-ins.
  • taradiddle — a small lie; fib.
  • tardigrade — Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
  • the grades — elementary school
  • trade bill — a bill of exchange drawn on and accepted (trade acceptance) by a trader in payment for goods
  • trade book — a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.
  • trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
  • trade fair — exhibition by a particular industry
  • trade name — brand name, proprietary name
  • trade show — show (def 22).
  • trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • trade-last — Informal Older Use. a compliment that one has heard and that one offers to tell the person so complimented under the condition that that person will first report a compliment made about oneself. Abbreviation: T.L.
  • trade-name — to designate with or register under a trade name.
  • tradecraft — the skills learned from experience in a trade, often used to refer to the skills spies use to avoid being detected
  • tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
  • traditores — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
  • traduction — a transmission or communication
  • traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
  • triradiate — having three rays or raylike processes.
  • ultradense — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
  • unparadise — to deprive of or expel from paradise
  • untradable — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
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