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- English Word Retinoscopy Definition The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
- English Word Retinue Definition The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
- English Word Retinula Definition One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
- English Word Retinulae Definition of Retinula
- English Word Retinulate Definition Having, or characterized by, retinul/.
- English Word Retiped Definition A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
- English Word Retiracy Definition Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
- English Word Retirade Definition A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.
- English Word Retire Definition To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
- English Word Retire Definition To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
- English Word Retire Definition To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
- English Word Retire Definition To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
- English Word Retire Definition To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
- English Word Retire Definition To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
- English Word Retire Definition To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
- English Word Retire Definition To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
- English Word Retire Definition The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
- English Word Retire Definition A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
- English Word Retired Definition of Retire
- English Word Retired Definition Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
- English Word Retired Definition Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
- English Word Retirement Definition The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.
- English Word Retirement Definition A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
- English Word Retirer Definition One who retires.
- English Word Retiring Definition of Retire
- English Word Retiring Definition Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
- English Word Retiring Definition Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.
- English Word Retistene Definition A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
- English Word Retitelae Definition A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariae.
- English Word Retold Definition imp. & p. p. of Retell.