*orad*

n. same as autoradiogram. [ PJC ]

n. the process of producing an autoradiogram by exposing photographic film to a radioactive substance in close proximity to the film. [ PJC ]

n. a resident of the state of Colorado. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a handsome shrub (Hamelia patens) with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; it grows from Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil.
Syn. -- scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens, Hamelia erecta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Sp., red. ] 1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or creeks. [ Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado. ] 1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphæna. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. El Doradoes [ Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado. ] 1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Hyporadii [ Pref. hypo- + radius. ] (Zool.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as norepinephrine.
Syn. -- norepinephrine. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Octo- + radiated. ] Having eight rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. spora`des. Cf. Sporadic. ] (Astron.) Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sporadic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; scattered, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, scattered, fr. &unr_; to sow seed, to scatter like seed: cf. F. sporadique. See Spore. ] Occurring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sporadic disease (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the Note under Endemic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sporadic. [ 1913 Webster ]