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   radar dome
         n 1: a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
               [syn: {radome}, {radar dome}]

English Dictionary: redroot by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radar target
n
  1. a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
    Synonym(s): blip, pip, radar target
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radio radiation
n
  1. an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m
    Synonym(s): radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raw throat
n
  1. inflammation of the fauces and pharynx [syn: sore throat, pharyngitis, raw throat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
read/write head
n
  1. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
    Synonym(s): read/write head, head
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
read/write memory
n
  1. the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
    Synonym(s): random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red rat snake
n
  1. large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms
    Synonym(s): corn snake, red rat snake, Elaphe guttata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redroot
n
  1. perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
    Synonym(s): bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reiterate
v
  1. to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
    Synonym(s): repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reiteration
n
  1. the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
    Synonym(s): reduplication, reiteration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reiterative
adj
  1. marked by iteration
    Synonym(s): iterative, reiterative
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Reithrodontomys
n
  1. New World harvest mice [syn: Reithrodontomys, {genus Reithrodontomys}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retard
n
  1. a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]
v
  1. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
  2. be delayed
  3. slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
    Synonym(s): check, retard, delay
  4. lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
    Synonym(s): decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
    Antonym(s): accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retardant
n
  1. any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame- retardant"
    Synonym(s): retardant, retardent, retardation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retardation
n
  1. a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
    Synonym(s): deceleration, slowing, retardation
    Antonym(s): acceleration
  2. the extent to which something is delayed or held back
  3. any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame- retardant"
    Synonym(s): retardant, retardent, retardation
  4. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
    Synonym(s): retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality
  5. the act of slowing down or falling behind
    Synonym(s): slowdown, lag, retardation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retarded
adj
  1. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"
    Antonym(s): precocious
n
  1. people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded"
    Synonym(s): mentally retarded, retarded, developmentally challenged
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retarded depression
n
  1. a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retardent
n
  1. any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame- retardant"
    Synonym(s): retardant, retardent, retardation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retarding force
n
  1. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
    Synonym(s): drag, retarding force
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retired
adj
  1. no longer active in your work or profession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retired person
n
  1. someone who has retired from active working [syn: retiree, retired person]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retort
n
  1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
    Synonym(s): rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
  2. a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
v
  1. answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retread
n
  1. a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
    Synonym(s): retread, recap
v
  1. use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: rework, make over, retread]
  2. give new treads to (a tire)
    Synonym(s): retread, remold, remould
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retreat
n
  1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
  2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
  3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
  4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
  5. an area where you can be alone
    Synonym(s): hideaway, retreat
  6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"
    Synonym(s): retirement, retreat
  7. the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
    Antonym(s): advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression
v
  1. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
    Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
    Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
  2. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
  3. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
    Synonym(s): retrograde, retreat
  4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
    Synonym(s): retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retreatant
n
  1. a participant in a religious retreat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retreated
n
  1. people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ride herd
v
  1. driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them; "Joe was riding herd during the day"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ritardando
adj
  1. gradually decreasing in tempo [syn: rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rit.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roadworthiness
n
  1. (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rodeo rider
n
  1. a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
    Synonym(s): cowboy, rodeo rider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
root rot
n
  1. disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
root word
n
  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
    Synonym(s): root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rotor head
n
  1. the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns
    Synonym(s): rotor head, rotor shaft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rotterdam
n
  1. the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rudyard Kipling
n
  1. English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936)
    Synonym(s): Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Kipling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starry \Star"ry\, a.
      1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. [bd]Above the
            starry sky.[b8] --Pope.
  
      2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
            stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
  
                     Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
                     poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
                     influence?                                          --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
  
      4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
  
      {Starry ray} (Zo[94]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata});
            -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruddock \Rud"dock\, n. [AS. ruddic; cf. W. rhuddog the
      redbreast. [root]113. See {Rud}, n.] [Written also
      {raddock}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The European robin. [bd]The tame ruddock and
            the coward kite.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of
            coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also {red
            ruddock}, and {golden ruddock}. [Obs.]
  
                     Great pieces of gold . . . red ruddocks. --Florio.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
      A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey
      tea (see under {Tea}), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
      Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy
      swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red
      sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
      called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort},
      {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic
      properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
      expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}.
  
      Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
               used as a remedy for dysentery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
      A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey
      tea (see under {Tea}), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
      Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy
      swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red
      sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
      called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort},
      {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic
      properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
      expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}.
  
      Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
               used as a remedy for dysentery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redthroat \Red"throat`\ (r?d"thr?t`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small Australian singing bird ({Phyrrhol[91]mus brunneus}).
      The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A salmon ({Salmo mykiss}, syn. {S. purpuratus}) marked with
      black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers
      from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called
      also {black-spotted trout}, {cutthroat trout}, and {redthroat
      trout}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Reiterated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Reiterating}.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r[82]it[82]rer,
      LL. reiterare to question again.]
      To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly;
      sometimes, to repeat.
  
               That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself
               damnation.                                             --Milton.
  
               You never spoke what did become you less Than this;
               which to reiterate were sin.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-?t), a.
      Reiterated; repeated. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Reiterated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Reiterating}.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r[82]it[82]rer,
      LL. reiterare to question again.]
      To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly;
      sometimes, to repeat.
  
               That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself
               damnation.                                             --Milton.
  
               You never spoke what did become you less Than this;
               which to reiterate were sin.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiteratedly \Re*it"er*a`ted*ly\ (-?`t?d-l?), adv.
      Repeatedly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Reiterated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Reiterating}.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r[82]it[82]rer,
      LL. reiterare to question again.]
      To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly;
      sometimes, to repeat.
  
               That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself
               damnation.                                             --Milton.
  
               You never spoke what did become you less Than this;
               which to reiterate were sin.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiteration \Re*it`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
      r[82]it[82]ration.]
      The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reiterative \Re*it"er*a*tive\ (r?-?t"?r-?-t?v), n.
      1. (Gram.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.
  
      2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by
            repetition; as, dillydally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retard \Re*tard"\, v. i.
      To stay back. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retard \Re*tard"\, n.
      Retardation; delay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- +
      tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F.
      retarder. See {Tardy}.]
      1. 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}.
  
      2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old
            age; to retard a rupture between nations.
  
      Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
               procrastinate; postpone; defer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Retard, [or] Age}, {of the tide}, the interval between the
            transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the
            appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general,
            that any particular tide is not principally due to the
            moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit
            which has occured some time before, and which is said to
            correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus
            distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under
            {Retardation}. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retardation \Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [L. retardatio: cf. F.
      retardation.]
      1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as,
            the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to
            {acceleration}.
  
                     The retardations of our fluent motion. --De Quinsey.
  
      2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
  
                     Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. (Mus.) 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.
  
      4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of
            retarding or delay.
  
      {Retardation of the tide}.
            (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon
                  at the time of high tide any port; the interval
                  between the transit of the moon and the time of high
                  tide next following.
            (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under
                  {Retard}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retardation \Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [L. retardatio: cf. F.
      retardation.]
      1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as,
            the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to
            {acceleration}.
  
                     The retardations of our fluent motion. --De Quinsey.
  
      2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
  
                     Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. (Mus.) 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.
  
      4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of
            retarding or delay.
  
      {Retardation of the tide}.
            (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon
                  at the time of high tide any port; the interval
                  between the transit of the moon and the time of high
                  tide next following.
            (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under
                  {Retard}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Acceleration \Ac*cel`er*a"tion\, n. [L. acceleratio: cf. F.
      acc[82]l[82]ration.]
      The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated;
      increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward
      the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to
      {retardation}.
  
               A period of social improvement, or of intellectual
               advancement, contains within itself a principle of
               acceleration.                                          --I. Taylor.
      (Astr. & Physics.)
  
      {Acceleration of the moon}, the increase of the moon's mean
            motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of
            revolution is now shorter than in ancient times.
  
      {Acceleration} and {retardation of the tides}. See {Priming
            of the tides}, under {Priming}.
  
      {Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars}, the amount by
            which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the
            sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the
            meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six
            seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding.
           
  
      {Acceleration of the planets}, the increasing velocity of
            their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee
            of their orbits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retardative \Re*tard"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. retardatif.]
      Tending, or serving, to retard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- +
      tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F.
      retarder. See {Tardy}.]
      1. 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}.
  
      2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old
            age; to retard a rupture between nations.
  
      Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
               procrastinate; postpone; defer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retarder \Re*tard"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, retards.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retarder \Re*tard"er\ (r[esl]*t[aum]r"d[etil]r), n.
      1. (Steam Boiler) Any of various devices, as a helix of flat
            metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the
            heating effect of the fire.
  
      2. (Photog.) A substance, as potassium bromide, added to a
            developer to retard its action.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- +
      tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F.
      retarder. See {Tardy}.]
      1. 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}.
  
      2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old
            age; to retard a rupture between nations.
  
      Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
               procrastinate; postpone; defer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retardment \Re*tard"ment\, n. [Cf. F. retardement.]
      The act of retarding; retardation. --Cowley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retirade \Ret`i*rade"\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See
      {Retire}.] (Fort.)
      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
      re[89]ntering angle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
      See {Tirade}.]
      1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
  
                     He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
                     into a forest.                                    --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     As when the sun is present all the year, And never
                     doth retire his golden ray.               --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
      1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
            retired habits.
  
                     A retired part of the peninsula.         --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
            officer; a retired physician.
  
      {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
            of the work.
  
      {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
            reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
            from active service, but still receive a specified amount
            of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
            {Re*tired"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
      1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
            retired habits.
  
                     A retired part of the peninsula.         --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
            officer; a retired physician.
  
      {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
            of the work.
  
      {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
            reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
            from active service, but still receive a specified amount
            of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
            {Re*tired"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
      1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
            retired habits.
  
                     A retired part of the peninsula.         --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
            officer; a retired physician.
  
      {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
            of the work.
  
      {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
            reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
            from active service, but still receive a specified amount
            of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
            {Re*tired"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
      1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
            retired habits.
  
                     A retired part of the peninsula.         --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
            officer; a retired physician.
  
      {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
            of the work.
  
      {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
            reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
            from active service, but still receive a specified amount
            of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
            {Re*tired"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
      1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
            retired habits.
  
                     A retired part of the peninsula.         --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
            officer; a retired physician.
  
      {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
            of the work.
  
      {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
            reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
            from active service, but still receive a specified amount
            of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
            {Re*tired"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re-
      re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf.
      {Retort}, n., 2.]
      1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
  
                     With retorted head, pruned themselves as they
                     floated.                                             --Southey.
  
      2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
  
                     As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them
                     and they retort that heat again To the first giver.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
            incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
  
                     And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, v. i.
      To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
      --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, n. [See {Retort}, v. t.]
      1. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure,
            incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or
            severe response.
  
                     This is called the retort courteous.   --Shak.
  
      2. [F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of
            retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See {Retort}, v.
            t.] (Chem. & the Arts) A vessel in which substances are
            subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is
            made of different forms and materials for different uses,
            as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver
            for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or
            semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in
            gas works.
  
      {Tubulated retort} (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for
            the introduction or removal of the substances which are to
            be acted upon.
  
      Syn: Repartee; answer.
  
      Usage: {Retort}, {Repartee}. A retort is a short and pointed
                  reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments,
                  censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is
                  usually a good-natured return to some witty or
                  sportive remark.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tubulated \Tu"bu*la`ted\, a.
      Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or
      elongated opening.
  
      {Tubulated bottle} [or] {retort} (Chem.), a bottle or retort
            having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal
            of materials.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re-
      re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf.
      {Retort}, n., 2.]
      1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
  
                     With retorted head, pruned themselves as they
                     floated.                                             --Southey.
  
      2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
  
                     As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them
                     and they retort that heat again To the first giver.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
            incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
  
                     And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, v. i.
      To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
      --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, n. [See {Retort}, v. t.]
      1. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure,
            incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or
            severe response.
  
                     This is called the retort courteous.   --Shak.
  
      2. [F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of
            retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See {Retort}, v.
            t.] (Chem. & the Arts) A vessel in which substances are
            subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is
            made of different forms and materials for different uses,
            as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver
            for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or
            semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in
            gas works.
  
      {Tubulated retort} (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for
            the introduction or removal of the substances which are to
            be acted upon.
  
      Syn: Repartee; answer.
  
      Usage: {Retort}, {Repartee}. A retort is a short and pointed
                  reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments,
                  censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is
                  usually a good-natured return to some witty or
                  sportive remark.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tubulated \Tu"bu*la`ted\, a.
      Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or
      elongated opening.
  
      {Tubulated bottle} [or] {retort} (Chem.), a bottle or retort
            having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal
            of materials.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re-
      re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf.
      {Retort}, n., 2.]
      1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
  
                     With retorted head, pruned themselves as they
                     floated.                                             --Southey.
  
      2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
  
                     As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them
                     and they retort that heat again To the first giver.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
            incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
  
                     And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retorter \Re*tort"er\, n.
      One who retorts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re-
      re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf.
      {Retort}, n., 2.]
      1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
  
                     With retorted head, pruned themselves as they
                     floated.                                             --Southey.
  
      2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
  
                     As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them
                     and they retort that heat again To the first giver.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
            incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
  
                     And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]torsion. See {Retort},
      v. t.]
      1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning
            back. [Written also {retorsion}.]
  
                     It was, however, necessary to possess some single
                     term expressive of this intellectual retortion.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retortive \Re*tort"ive\, a.
      Containing retort.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retrait \Re*trait"\, n. [It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw
      back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See {Retract}.]
      A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.]
  
               Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retread \Re*tread"\, v. t. & i.
      To tread again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retreat \Re*treat"\, n. [F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw,
      L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See {Trace},
      and cf. {Retract}, {Retrace}.]
      1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially
            from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
  
                     In a retreat he o[?]truns any lackey. --Shak.
  
      2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or
            safety; a refuge; an asylum.
  
                     He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no
                     cost to make a delicious retreat.      --L'Estrange.
  
                     That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat From
                     sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. (Mil. & Naval.)
            (a) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face
                  of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater
                  distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
            (b) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for
                  the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping
                  after defeat.
            (c) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a
                  drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset
                  (when the roll is called), or for retiring from
                  action.
  
      Note: A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which
               circumstance it differs from a flight.
  
      4. (Eccl.)
            (a) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in
                  religious exercises.
            (b) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to
                  a religious house for exclusive occupation in the
                  duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a
                  retreat.
  
      Syn: Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion;
               solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Retreating}.]
      To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to
      withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
  
               The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea
               their furious tide.                                 --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Retreating}.]
      To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to
      withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
  
               The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea
               their furious tide.                                 --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retreatful \Re*treat"ful\, a.
      Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] [bd]Our retreatful
      flood.[b8] --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Retreating}.]
      To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to
      withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
  
               The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea
               their furious tide.                                 --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retreatment \Re*treat"ment\, n.
      The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.]
      --D'Urfey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retroduction \Re`tro*duc"tion\, n. [L. retroducere, retroductum,
      to lead or bring back; retro backward + ducere to lead.]
      A leading or bringing back.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retrude \Re*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retruded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Retruding}.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.]
      To thrust back. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retrude \Re*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retruded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Retruding}.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.]
      To thrust back. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retrude \Re*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retruded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Retruding}.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.]
      To thrust back. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhodeoretin \Rho`de*o*re"tin\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the rose +
      [?][?][?] resin.] (Chem.)
      Same as {Convolvuln}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rudderhead \Rud"der*head`\, n. (Naut.)
      The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is
      attached.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Retreat, TX (town, FIPS 61616)
      Location: 32.05130 N, 96.47709 W
      Population (1990): 334 (131 housing units)
      Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rotterdam, NY (CDP, FIPS 63924)
      Location: 42.77835 N, 73.95453 W
      Population (1990): 21228 (8635 housing units)
      Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12303

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rotterdam Juncti, NY
      Zip code(s): 12150

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rudyard, MT
      Zip code(s): 59540

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ryderwood, WA
      Zip code(s): 98581

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   rotary debugger n.   [Commodore] Essential equipment for those
   late-night or early-morning debugging sessions.   Mainly used as
   sustenance for the hacker.   Comes in many decorator colors, such as
   Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.   See {ANSI standard pizza}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   rotary debugger
  
      (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or
      early-morning debugging sessions.   Mainly used as sustenance
      for the hacker.   Comes in many decorator colours, such as
      Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
  
      (1995-01-11)
  
  
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