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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,072 words match “RAD”

ASTRADDLE adv.
In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
BALUSTRADE n.
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
BARAD n.
The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.
BEET RADISH n.
Same as Beetrave.
BESTRADDLE v.
To bestride.
BIRADIATE; BIRADIATED a.
Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.
BIRD OF PARADISE n.
The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
BRAD n.
A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.
BRAD AWL n.
A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads, etc. Weale.
BRADOON n.
Same as Bridoon.
CAMARA; CAMARA DOS PARES; CAMARADOS DEPUTADOS n.
Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res, and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos. See Legislature.
CAMARADERIE n.
Comradeship and loyalty.
CAMERADE n.
See Comrade, [Obs.]
CASCARA SAGRADA n.
Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
CENTIGRADE a.
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and…
CHARADE n.
A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.
CILIOGRADE a.
Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusæ.
CIRRIGRADE a.
Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.
CITIGRADAE n.
A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.
CITIGRADE a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the Citigradæ. -- n.
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