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Retains
- 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"
Rethink
- noun - change one's mind; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation"
- thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase"
Retiing
- verb - tie again or anew; "retie the string and make it strong enough now"
Retsina
- noun - Greek wine flavored with resin
Retting
- verb - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
Returns
- noun - (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
- a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
- 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
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
- elect again
- getting something back again; "upon the restitu
Reusing
- verb - use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"
Revving
- verb - increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine"
Rewound
- unknown - Was wound again
Rhatany
- unknown - a south American shrub