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Retailer
- noun - a merchant who sells goods at retail
Retainal
- - The act of retaining; retention.
Retained
- 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"
- continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered"
- 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"
Retainer
- 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)
Retaking
- verb - capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
- photograph again; "Please retake that scene"
- take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
- the act of taking something back
Retarded
- verb - be delayed
- cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
- lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
- people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded"
- relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"
- slow the growth or development of;
Retarder
- - One who, or that which, retards.
Retching
- verb -
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Retentor
- - A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.
Retepore
- - Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.