Vocabulary : Rachitic to Rackarock

Rachitic : Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
Rachitis : Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets. ;; A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.
Rachitome : A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.
Racial : Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.
Racily : In a racy manner.

Raciness : The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
Racing : of Race ;; a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i.
Rack : Same as Arrack. ;; The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. ;; A wreck; destruction. ;; Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. ;; To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. ;; To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. ;; A fast amble. ;; To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. ;; An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. ;; An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. ;; An instrument for bending a bow. ;; A grate on which bacon is laid. ;; A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. ;; A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.
Rackabones : A very lean animal, esp. a horse.
Rackarock : A Sprengel explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mono-nitrobenzene.

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