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

Retainment :: Retainment (n.) The act of retaining; retention.

Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..

Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..

Retent :: Retent (n.) That which is retained.

Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.

Democracy :: Democracy (n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

Retaining :: Retaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retai.

Stronghand :: Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular..

Oviferous :: Oviferous (a.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched..

Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined..

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..

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

Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..

Cable :: Cable (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links..

Hewe :: Hewe (n.) A domestic servant; a retainer.

Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..

Leachy :: Leachy (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like..

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live..

Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

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