"Rhadamanthian" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
A judge or a person in power who administers punishment, especially according to strict justice; a solver of disputes; a judge.
A virion (virus particle) with a helical nucleocapsid about 300Å in length. The surface (envelope) is acquired by budding into the plasma membrane of an infected cell. Characteristically associated with the rabies virus, and possibly with other animal viruses that cause haemorrhagic fevers.
Rhachiodont refers to a fossilized tooth of a fish of a past geological age, typically from the Jurassic period, often referring to the genus Rhachiodon, a type of extinct bony fish.
The term "rhachis" refers to the main or largest vein that runs along the midline of a leaf in plants. In botanical terms, it is the major mainstem or the longest and usually the largest rib of a compound palmate leaf, palmatisect leaves, or feather-leafed plants.
Rickets is a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate. It leads to softening and weakening of the bones.<br><br>It most often affects children, particularly if they are exclusively breastfed and do not get enough vitamin D from sunlight or other sources, or if they have poor nutrition.
The word "rhacodactylus" refers to a type of lizard. Specifically, it is a genus of goannas or monitor lizards that were native to New Caledonia, an island in the Pacific Ocean east of Australia. Rhacodactylus was a name given to these lizards by British zoologist George Shaw in 1792, and it refers to the Greek words "rhachis," meaning "spine," and "dactylos," meaning "finger."
Rhacophorus is a genus of tree-frogs, commonly known as Asian tree frogs or microhylid frogs. The genus is native to Southeast Asia and parts of China. They have a distinctive large toe pads, which allow them to climb and perch on trees.
In Greek mythology, Rhadamanthus was the name of a son of Zeus and Europa, brother of Minos and Sarpedon. He was considered a fair and wise judge of the dead in the underworld and created a part of the underworld called the "Asphodel Meadows", where heroes dwelled in peace after death, but alive souls had to live on as wretched soils.
Rhaetia refers to a historical and geographical region in Central Europe, specifically in the southeastern part of modern Switzerland, northern Italy, and the Austrian state of Tyrol. It was a previously known Roman province and a medieval Duchy that initially belonged to the Kingdom of Burgundy. The name is derived from the Raeti people, a Celtic tribe that inhabited the region in the Iron Age.
Relating to the north; northern.<br><br>ン popular in medieval and Early Modern English, especially before 1500, of or from the north; northern.<br><br>Example: "The Rhaetic Alps are a mountain range in the north of the Alpine region."
Rhaetizite is a rare phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Mn5(PO4)2(OH)8.2H2O. It has a unique composition consisting of manganese, phosphorus, oxygen, and hydrogen. The name of this mineral is derived from Rutzenfels, a town in the Rhaetian Alps of Graubünden, Switzerland, where it was discovered in 1812. Rhaetizite forms tabular or tabular-elongated crystals or massive aggregates, typically with a pale yellow or white color. It is a relatively soft mineral with a hardness of around 2.5-3.5 on the Mohs scale.