Teacher asks the student:
"What is your aim in life?"
"To become a psychiatrist", the student replies.
"Very good", the teacher says, "Now would you please spell the word psychiatrist."
After some hesitation the student replies: "Well, I mean I want to be a doctor, sir. D-O-C-T-O-R."
n. - belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this.
- antagonism towards other races. racist n. & adj.
RACKET
n. (also racquet) 1 bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used in tennis, squash, etc.
- (in pl.) Game like squash, played in a court of four plain walls. [french raquette from arabic rahat palm of the hand]
- n. - disturbance, uproar, din.
- slang a scheme for obtaining money etc. By dishonest means. B dodge; sly game.
- colloq. Line of business. [perhaps imitative]
RACOON
n. (also raccoon) (pl. Same or -s) 1 n. American mammal with a bushy tail and sharp snout.
- its fur. [algonquian]
RADDLE
—n. Red ochre. —v. (-ling) 1 colour with raddle or too much rouge.
- (as raddled adj.) Worn out. [related to *ruddy]
RADIAL
—adj. - of or in rays.
- a arranged like rays or radii. B having spokes or radiating lines. C acting or moving along lines diverging from a centre.
- (in full radial-ply) (of a tyre) having fabric layers arranged radially and the tread strengthened. —n. Radial-ply tyre. radially adv. [medieval latin: related to *radius]
RADIAN
n. Si unit of angle, equal to an angle at the centre of a circle the arc of which is equal in length to the radius (1 radian is approx. 57°).
RADISH
n. - plant with a fleshy pungent root.
- this root, eaten esp. Raw. [latin *radix]
RADIUM
n. Radioactive metallic element orig. Obtained from pitchblende etc., used esp. In radiotherapy.
RADIUS
n. (pl. Radii or radiuses) 1 a straight line from the centre to the circumference of a circle or sphere. B length of this.
- distance from a centre (within a radius of 20 miles).
- a thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm. B corresponding bone in a vertebrate's foreleg or a bird's wing. [latin]
To add to the dictionary krossvordista new word or its definition to an existing word, click on the "Add a word or definition of" fill opened form and click "to send".