Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present.
“Who is the most obedient?” he asked. “Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?”
Five small voices answered in unison. “Okay, dad, you get the toy.”
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]
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