Words That Start With: RAD

• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• pungent fleshy edible root

• radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

• pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants

• Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw

• a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root

• a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves

• an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

• used until no longer useful

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

• (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)