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10-letter words containing ret

  • retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
  • retractive — tending or serving to retract.
  • retraining — the process of teaching people, esp workers, new skills
  • retransfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • retransmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • retreatant — a person who takes part in a religious retreat.
  • retreating — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • retreatism — the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
  • retreatist — the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
  • retributor — a person who retributes
  • retrieving — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
  • retrochoir — that part of a church behind the choir or the main altar.
  • retrograde — moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
  • retrogress — to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
  • retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
  • retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
  • retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
  • return key — the key on a keyboard which moves the cursor to the next line
  • returnable — that may be returned: returnable merchandise.
  • returnless — allowing no return
  • sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
  • sea return — radar signals that are reflected by a body of water and hamper target identification.
  • secretaire — any writing desk resembling a secretary.
  • secretness — secrecy
  • semisecret — partly but not fully secret
  • semiterete — terete on one side only; round on one side but flat on the other
  • sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
  • squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
  • squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
  • stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
  • stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
  • suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
  • syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
  • syncretist — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
  • syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
  • tax return — return (def 24).
  • theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
  • tintoretto — Il [eel] /il/ (Show IPA), (Jacopo Robusti) 1518–94, Venetian painter.
  • top secret — highly confidential, restricted
  • top-secret — bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
  • treta yuga — the second Yuga, not as good as the Satya Yuga but better than the Dvapara Yuga.
  • turret gun — a gun which is mounted on a turret or rotating structure
  • ulsterette — a small ulster
  • unconcrete — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
  • unforetold — not foretold
  • unretained — to keep possession of.
  • unretarded — not retarded, hindered, or slowed
  • unreticent — disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
  • unretiring — not shy or retiring
  • unreturned — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
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