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  • radiological — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • railroad car — a railway carriage or van
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • ravioli code — (jargon, humour)   Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
  • ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
  • reciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • record label — recorded music production company
  • redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
  • rededication — the act of dedicating.
  • richard korf — (person)   A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  • road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
  • road pricing — Road pricing is a system of making drivers pay money for driving on certain roads by electronically recording the movement of vehicles on those roads.
  • road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
  • road traffic — traffic on the road
  • rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
  • romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
  • run commands — (operating system)   The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
  • sacred order — Roman Catholic Church. major order.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
  • sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • sausage code — (humour, programming)   Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
  • scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
  • school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
  • scot and lot — British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.
  • scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scout around — search
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • scraperboard — scratchboard.
  • scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • scsi adaptor — (hardware)   (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
  • search order — an injunction allowing a person to enter the premises of another to search for and take copies of evidence required for a court case, used esp in cases of infringement of copyright
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