rachidien, -ne (-in, -èn), adj., (anat.) spinal, vertebral.
rachis (ra-shis), n.m., (anat.) spinal, vertebral column, spine; (bot.) stalk.
rachitique, adj., (med.) rickety; (bot.) blighted, stunted, knotty.
rachitique, n.m.f., rickety person, person suffering from rickets.
rachitis (-tis), n.m., rachitis; rickets.
rachitisme, n.m., rachitis; rickets; (agri.) white blight.
racinage, n.m., esculent roots, root-crops; (dy.) walnut dye (of walnut peel).
racinal, n.m., (carp.) beam, sleeper; sole; sill.
racine, n.f., root; (fig.) beginning, principle, origin. Fruits pendants par les —s; standing crops. — carrée; (arith.) square root. — cubique; cube root. Prendre —; to take root.
raciner, v.n., to strike root.