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11-letter words containing rad

  • radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
  • radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
  • radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
  • radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
  • radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
  • radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
  • radiocarbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • radiography — the production of radiographs.
  • radioiodine — any of nine radioisotopes of iodine, especially iodine 131 and iodine 125, used as radioactive tracers in research and clinical diagnosis and treatment.
  • radiolarian — any minute, marine protozoan of the class Radiolaria, or, in some classification schemes, the superclass Actinopoda, having an amebalike body with radiating, filamentous pseudopodia and a usually elaborate outer skeleton.
  • radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radiometric — 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.
  • radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
  • radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
  • radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
  • radiotracer — a radioactive isotope used as a tracer.
  • radiovision — television.
  • radix point — a point, such as the decimal point in the decimal system, separating the integral part of a number from the fractional part
  • radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
  • reradiation — Physics. radiation emitted as a consequence of a previous absorption of radiation.
  • rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
  • shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
  • sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
  • slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
  • sole trader — feme-sole trader.
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
  • suraddition — an additional title
  • tarradiddle — a small lie; fib.
  • tenth grade — (in the US) the tenth year of school, when students are 15 or 16 years old
  • tetradactyl — a four-toed animal
  • tetradrachm — an ancient coin with a value of four drachmas
  • tetradymite — a mineral, bismuth telluride and sulfide, Bi 2 Te 2 S, occurring in soft-gray to black foliated masses.
  • third grade — (in the US) the third year of school, when children are eight or nine years old
  • trade cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
  • trade dress — the total visual image and specific design of a product or service that distinguish it from others and identify its origin or source. Trade dress is protected under trademark law and consists of elements that are not functional, as product packaging or the décor of a business.
  • trade guild — a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.
  • trade paper — a newspaper publishing news of a specific profession or business.
  • trade plate — a numberplate attached temporarily to a vehicle by a dealer, etc, before the vehicle has been registered
  • trade price — the price paid for goods by a retailer to a manufacturer or wholesaler
  • trade route — any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc.
  • trade talks — discussions on the arrangements for international trade
  • trade union — a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.
  • trade winds — 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.
  • tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
  • traditional — of or relating to tradition.
  • traducement — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
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