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Retainers
- noun - a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
- a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
Retaining
- verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
- hold back within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"
- keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
- secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
Retronyms
- noun - a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym"
Returning
- verb - answer back
- be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
- bring back to the point of departure
- elect again
- give back; "render money"
- give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
- go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
- make a return; "return a kickback"
- pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
- pay back; "Please refund me my money"
Rhodanate
- - A salt of rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate.
Rhodanthe
- noun - Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
Rhodonite
- noun - a pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone
Ribbonism
- - The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonman
- - A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Riddances
- noun - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
- the act of removing or getting rid of something