Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..

Retaker :: Retaker (n.) One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor.

Retaliate :: Retaliate (v. t.) To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense..

Retaliate :: Retaliate (v. i.) To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy..

Retaliated :: Retaliated (imp. & p. p.) of Retaliat.

Retaliating :: Retaliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retaliat.

Retaliation :: Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth..

Retaliative :: Retaliative (a.) Same as Retaliatory.

Retaliatory :: Retaliatory (a.) Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures..

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..

Retard :: Retard (v. i.) To stay back.

Retard :: Retard (n.) Retardation; delay.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.

Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..

Retarded :: Retarded (imp. & p. p.) of Retar.

Retarder :: Retarder (n.) One who, or that which, retards..

Retarding :: Retarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retar.

Retardment :: Retardment (n.) The act of retarding; retardation.

Sabretasche :: Sabretasche (n.) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt..

Secretage :: Secretage (n.) A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs..

Secretarial :: Secretarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary.

Secretariat :: Secretariat (n.) Alt. of Secretariat.

Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..

Secretaries :: Secretaries (pl. ) of Secretar.

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets..

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual..

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