Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to the root |
Radical (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin |
Radical (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant |
Radical (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground |
Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation |
Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root |
Radical (n.) A primitive word |
Radical (n.) A primitive letter |
Radical (n.) One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities |
Radical (n.) A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound |
Radical (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom |
Radical (n.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a. |
Radical (a.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a. |
Re-sign (v. t.) To affix one's signature to, a second time |
Re sign (n.) Resignation. |
Sign (n.) That by which anything is made known or represented |
Sign (n.) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity |
Sign (n.) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end |
Sign (n.) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing |
Sign (n.) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea |
Sign (n.) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought |
Sign (n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known. |
Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb. |
Sign (n.) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. |
Sign (n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on |
Sign (n.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac. |
Sign (n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them |
Sign (n.) An objective evidence of disease |
Sign (n.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. |
Sign (n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual |
Sign (n.) To represent by a sign |
Sign (n.) To make a sign upon |
Sign (n.) To affix a signature to |
Sign (n.) To assign or convey formally |
Sign (n.) To mark |
Sign (v. i.) To be a sign or omen. |
Sign (v. i.) To make a sign or signal |
Sign (v. i.) To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation. |
Babinski Babinski reflex Babinski sign | extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front, normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons |
radical hysterectomy panhysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes |
modified radical mastectomy | removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit |
radical mastectomy | removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit |
radical chic | an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them |
signboard sign | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted, the highway was lined with signboards |
root root word base stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
sign manual | the signature of a sovereign on an official document |
sign mark | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened), he showed signs of strain, they welcomed the signs of spring |
signal signaling sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message, signals from the boat suddenly stopped |
sign | a public display of a message, he posted signs in all the shop windows |
street sign | a sign visible from the street |
high sign | a silent signal of warning or recognition, she started to speak but he gave her the high sign |
pound pound sign | a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) |
sign | a character indicating a relation between quantities, don't forget the minus sign |
equal sign | a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal |
plus sign | a sign indicating the operation of addition |
minus sign | a sign indicating the operation of subtraction |
radical sign | a sign indicating the extraction of a root |
dollar mark dollar sign | a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars |
dollar dollar mark dollar sign | a symbol of commercialism or greed, he worships the almighty dollar, the dollar sign means little to him |
percent sign percentage sign | a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by |
radical | a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram |
sign language signing | language expressed by visible hand gestures |
ASL American sign language | the sign language used in the United States |
sign | a gesture that is part of a sign language |
V sign | a sign (for victory), making a V with the index and middle fingers |
sign of the cross | a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross, used by Catholics as a profession of faith |
sign | a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified, The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary--de Saussure |
augury sign foretoken preindication | an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come, he hoped it was an augury, it was a sign from God |
sign industry | an industry that produces signs |
terrorist cell radical cell | a cell of terrorists (usually to members), to insure operational security the members of adjacent terrorist cells usually don't know each other or the identity of their leadership |
sign of the zodiac star sign sign mansion house planetary house | (astrology) one of equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
radical | a person who has radical ideas or opinions |
sign painter | someone who paints signs and billboards etc. |
radical | (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity |
polarity sign | having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges), he got the polarity of the battery reversed, charges of opposite sign |
Jacquemier's sign | a purplish discoloration of the mucous membrane of the vagina that occurs early in pregnancy |
Kernig's sign | symptom of meningitis, patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings |
sign | (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease, there were no signs of asphyxiation |
vital sign | sign of life, usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition, he was still alive but his vital signs were weak |
acrocyanosis Raynaud's sign | cyanosis of the extremities, can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion |
acetyl acetyl group acetyl radical ethanoyl group ethanoyl radical | the organic group of acetic acid (CHCO-) |
alcohol group alcohol radical | the chemical group -OH |
aldehyde group aldehyde radical | the chemical group -CHO |
alkyl alkyl group alkyl radical | any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnHn derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons |
allyl allyl group allyl radical | the univalent unsaturated organic radical CH, derived from propylene |
azido group azido radical | the univalent group N- derived from hydrazoic acid |
azo group azo radical | the bivalent group -NN- united to two hydrocarbon groups |
group radical chemical group | (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule |