Words Starting With RET
Here's the list of all the 629 Words Starting With RET in the English Language.
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| return | 1. go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before 2. give back More Definitions → |
| retail | 1. be sold at the retail level 2. sell on the retail market More Definitions → |
| retirement | 1. the state of being retired from one's business or occupation 2. withdrawal from your position or occupation More Definitions → |
| returning | 1. tending to return to an earlier state 2. tending to be turned back More Definitions → |
| retired | 1. no longer active in your work or profession More Definitions → |
| retailer | 1. a merchant who sells goods at retail More Definitions → |
| retention | 1. the act of retaining something 2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience More Definitions → |
| retain | 1. hold back within 2. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature More Definitions → |
| retro | 1. a fashion reminiscent of the past 2. affecting things past More Definitions → |
| retreat | 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. move away, as for privacy More Definitions → |
| retained | 1. continued in your keeping or use or memory More Definitions → |
| retrieve | 1. get or find back; recover the use of 2. go for and bring back More Definitions → |
| retrieval | 1. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory 2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory More Definitions → |
| retailing | 1. the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers More Definitions → |
| ret | 1. place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue More Definitions → |
| retire | 1. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position 2. withdraw from active participation More Definitions → |
| retriever | 1. a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game More Definitions → |
| retrospective | 1. an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work 2. concerned with or related to the past More Definitions → |
| retractable | 1. capable of being retracted More Definitions → |
| retiring | 1. not arrogant or presuming 2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office More Definitions → |
| retardation | 1. a decrease in rate of change 2. the extent to which something is delayed or held back More Definitions → |
| retarded | 1. people collectively who are mentally retarded 2. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development More Definitions → |
| retina | 1. the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve More Definitions → |
| retinal | 1. in or relating to the retina of the eye 2. either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light More Definitions → |
| retaliation | 1. action taken in return for an injury or offense More Definitions → |
| retrospect | 1. contemplation of things past 2. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember More Definitions → |
| rethink | 1. thinking again about a choice previously made 2. change one's mind More Definitions → |
| retry | 1. hear or try a court case anew More Definitions → |
| retrofit | 1. a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured 2. the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured More Definitions → |
| retiree | 1. someone who has retired from active working More Definitions → |
| retainer | 1. a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone 2. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) More Definitions → |
| retroactive | 1. affecting things past 2. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously More Definitions → |
| returnable | 1. that may be returned More Definitions → |
| retribution | 1. a justly deserved penalty 2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing More Definitions → |
| retard | 1. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate 2. be delayed More Definitions → |
| retardant | 1. any agent that retards or delays or hinders More Definitions → |
| retraining | 1. training for a new occupation More Definitions → |
| retract | 1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure 2. pull away from a source of disgust or fear More Definitions → |
| retrograde | 1. move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies 2. move in a direction contrary to the usual one More Definitions → |
| reticulum | 1. any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) 2. the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant More Definitions → |
| retreated | 1. people who have retreated More Definitions → |
| retinopathy | 1. a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision More Definitions → |
| rete | 1. a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels More Definitions → |
| retracted | 1. drawn back and in More Definitions → |
| retraction | 1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion 2. the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back More Definitions → |
| retort | 1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) 2. a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat More Definitions → |
| retroactively | 1. after the fact More Definitions → |
| retake | 1. a shot or scene that is photographed again 2. take back by force, as after a battle More Definitions → |
| retinol | 1. an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene More Definitions → |
| retransmitted | 1. transmit again More Definitions → |
| retrospectively | 1. in a manner contemplative of past events More Definitions → |
| retaliate | 1. take revenge for a perceived wrong 2. make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil More Definitions → |
| retransmit | 1. transmit again More Definitions → |
| retrofitting | 1. provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture 2. fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house More Definitions → |
| retaliatory | 1. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution More Definitions → |
| reticle | 1. a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument More Definitions → |
| retinoblastoma | 1. malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells More Definitions → |
| retrace | 1. to go back over again 2. reassemble mentally More Definitions → |
| retold | 1. render verbally 2. make into fiction More Definitions → |
| retrovirus | 1. any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell More Definitions → |
| retinitis | 1. inflammation of the retina More Definitions → |
| retrenchment | 1. entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense 2. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable More Definitions → |
| retrofitted | 1. provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture 2. fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house More Definitions → |
| retrial | 1. a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors More Definitions → |
| reticent | 1. temperamentally disinclined to talk 2. cool and formal in manner More Definitions → |
| retentive | 1. good at remembering 2. having the capacity to retain something More Definitions → |
| retrain | 1. teach new skills 2. train again More Definitions → |
| retrievable | 1. capable of being regained especially with effort More Definitions → |
| retell | 1. render verbally 2. make into fiction More Definitions → |
| retouch | 1. give retouches to (hair) 2. alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance More Definitions → |
| reticular | 1. resembling or forming a network More Definitions → |
| reticule | 1. a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries 2. a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument More Definitions → |
| reticence | 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary More Definitions → |
| retractor | 1. surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision More Definitions → |
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