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Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend..

Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..

Super :: Super- () A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-..

Retainable :: Retainable (a.) Capable of being retained.

Retainer :: Retainer (n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.

Yeoman :: Yeoman (n.) A servant; a retainer.

Irretention :: Irretention (n.) Want of retaining power; forgetfulness.

Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..

Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence..

U :: U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering t

Stank :: Stank (n.) Water retained by an embankment; a pool water.

Abridge :: Abridge (v. t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary..

Aphemia :: Aphemia (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin..

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

Dyaks :: Dyaks (n. pl.) The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station..

Retained :: Retained (imp. & p. p.) of Retai.

Keep :: Keep (n.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

Remora :: Remora (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places..

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