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Race with the Devil
Race with the Devil (1975) is a Jack Starrett action-horror film starring Peter Fonda and Warren Oates as RV travelers pursued by Texas Satanists after witnessing a ritual sacrifice; 88 minutes, Fox, $12M gross.
Race-specific resistance to rusts and mildews
Race-specific resistance is plant disease resistance effective against some races of a pathogen but not others, based on a match between host R genes and pathogen Avr genes.
Racebending
Racebending: term coined in 2008 by Avatar: The Last Airbender fans protesting whitewashed casting in The Last Airbender (2010); now means either whitewashing or, in fandom, recasting white characters as people of color.
Racecadotril
Racecadotril (acetorphan), an enkephalinase-inhibitor prodrug converted to thiorphan, is an antisecretory antidiarrhoeal used with oral rehydration; approved in France in 1992, evidence in children is mixed.
RaceCarBed
RaceCarBed is a Baltimore-based producer and DJ duo, Stanley Trutsi and Eric Stevens, active since 2010 and working across trap, tech house, and drum & bass.
Racecourse Ground
Racecourse Ground (Y Cae Ras, STōK Cae Ras), Wrexham, Wales: home of Wrexham AFC since 1864 and Guinness-recognised oldest international football ground still in use, hosting Wales internationals since 1877; record crowd 34,445 in 1957.
Racehorse
Racehorse, also Horse Race, a gambling card game for 3+ players where four Aces race along a seven-card course by suit; dealer sets odds; Calcutta variant auctions horses; also a 32-card Pitch variant.
Racemetyrosine
Racemetyrosine (SM-88, D/L-alpha-metyrosine, USAN 2019) is an unapproved racemic tyrosine analogue and tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor investigated with methoxsalen, phenytoin, and sirolimus for pancreatic, prostate, and breast cancers.
Racemic crystallography
Racemic crystallography is a method of protein X-ray crystallography in which a protein and its chemically synthesized mirror image crystallize together, improving crystallization success and simplifying phasing.
Racemic mixture
A racemic mixture, or racemate, is an equimolar mixture of two mirror-image enantiomers whose opposite rotations of polarized light cancel, making it optically inactive; Louis Pasteur achieved the first resolution in the 1850s.
Racemization
Racemization is the conversion of a chiral substance into a racemate, an equimolar, optically inactive mixture of its two enantiomers; the reverse process is deracemization.
Racemosa gas field
Racemosa gas field is an operating onshore natural gas field in Mexico, wholly owned and operated by PEMEX, whose associated gas and oil output began in 2021.
RACER (autonomous driving program)
RACER, Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency, is a DARPA program begun in 2021 that lets unmanned ground vehicles drive fast off-road without GPS or human intervention.
Races of StarCraft
Races of StarCraft: the Terrans (exiled humans), Zerg (swarming bio-horrors), and Protoss (advanced psychics) of Blizzard's RTS series, with distinct mechanics, shields, Creep, and balance history.
Racewalkers
Racewalkers is a 2025 Canadian sports comedy film directed by Kevin Claydon and Phil Moniz, the directorial debut for both, which premiered at Slamdance and won its Grand Jury Prize.
Raceway (aquaculture)
Raceway (aquaculture): flow-through fish culture in long, narrow channels with continuous high water flow, used mainly for trout; also in-pond and mixed-cell variants, limited by water supply and effluent.
RACGAP1
RACGAP1 (MgcRacGAP, CYK4), gene at 12q13.12, encodes a 632-aa Rac1-selective GTPase-activating protein of the centralspindlin complex with MKLP1, essential for cytokinesis; variants cause CDA type III and it is upregulated in many cancers.
Rạch Giá
Rạch Giá is a coastal city on Vietnam's Gulf of Thailand, former capital of Kiên Giang province, Mekong Delta; founded 1739, city status 2005, ferry gateway to Phú Quốc and Nam Du.
Racha (film)
Racha (రచ్చ), 2012 Telugu action film directed by Sampath Nandi, starring Ram Charan and Tamannaah Bhatia; released 5 April 2012, claimed record Rs 8.54 crore opening day, 50 days in 127 centers.
Rachael Bella
Rachael Bella (Rachael Bella Zvagelsky, née Kneeland), born 1984 in Vermillion, South Dakota, is an American former actress known as Becca Kotler in The Ring (2002); active 1993–2007, retired after Drive Thru.
Rachael Blackmore
Rachael Blackmore, Irish jump jockey from Killenaule, County Tipperary; first female winner of the Grand National (Minella Times, 2021), 2021 Cheltenham top jockey, 2022 Gold Cup winner; retired May 2025 with 575 winners.
Rachael Cabral-Guevara
Rachael Cabral-Guevara is an American Republican politician and nurse practitioner who served in the Wisconsin Assembly before joining the Wisconsin State Senate from the 19th district.
Rachael Carpani
Rachael Ann Carpani (1980–2025), Australian actress best known as Jodi Fountain McLeod in McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009); led Lifetime's Against the Wall, appeared in NCIS: Los Angeles and The Way Back, and joined Home and Away in 2024.
Rachael Denhollander
Rachael Denhollander, American attorney, author, and advocate, first woman to publicly accuse USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in 2016; author of What Is a Girl Worth?; delivered final sentencing statement.
Rachael Ellering
Rachael Ellering (Rachael Evers), American professional wrestler born 1992 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; daughter of Paul Ellering, Lance Storm trainee, former Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Jordynne Grace, now in Ring of Honor.
Rachael Gunn
Rachael Gunn, aka B-Girl Raygun, Australian breaker and Macquarie University cultural studies lecturer; won 2023 Oceania Championships, scored zero points at Paris 2024 breaking debut, retired November 2024.
Rachael Harris
Rachael Harris (born 1968) is an American actress and comedian, a Groundlings alumna known as Dr. Linda Martin on Lucifer, Susan Heffley in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Melissa in The Hangover, and Sheila Sazs on Suits.
Rachael L. Neve
Rachael L. Neve is a neuroscientist who studies Alzheimer's disease, co-directed the Gene Delivery Technology Core at Massachusetts General Hospital, and helped clone the APP gene in 1987.
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979, Minneapolis) is an American actress known for Laney Boggs in She's All That (1999), Josie and the Pussycats, and a Hallmark and Netflix producing career; not the Rachel Leigh of other credits.
Rachael MacFarlane
Rachael Ann MacFarlane (born 1976, Kent, Connecticut), American voice actress and singer; sister of Seth MacFarlane; voice of Hayley Smith on American Dad! since 2005, original Meg Griffin in the Family Guy pilot, and 2012 jazz album Hayley Sings.