Webster's Dictionary 1913

3295

Retentively

Re‐ten″tive‐ly, adv. In a retentive manner.

3296

Retentiveness

Re‐ten″tive‐ness, n. The quality of being retentive.

3297

Retentivity

Re′ten‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

3298

Retentor

‖Re‐ten″tor (?), n.(Zoöl.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.

3299

Retepore

Re′te‐pore (?), n. [L. rete a net + porus pore.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of...

3300

Retex

Re‐tex″ (?), v. t. [L. retexere, lit., to unweave; pref. re- re + texere to weave.] To annual, as orders. Bp. Hacket.

3301

Retexture

Re‐tex″ture (?), n. The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.

3302

Rethor

Reth″or (?), n. [Cf. F. rhéteur. See Rhetor.] A rhetorician; a careful writer.If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer.

3303

Rethoryke

Reth″o‐ryke (?), n. Rhetoric. Chaucer.

3304

Retiarius

‖Re′ti‐a″ri‐us (?), n. [L., fr. rete a net.] (Rom.Antiq.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

3305

Retiary

Re″ti‐a‐ry (?), n. [See Retiarius.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.2. A retiarius.

3306

Retiary (2)

Re′ti‐a‐ry, a. [Cf. LL. retiarius.] 1. Netlike.This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certa...

3307

Reticence

Ret″i‐cence (?), n. [L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.] 1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of t...

3308

Reticency

Ret″i‐cen‐cy (?), n. Reticence.

3309

Reticent

Ret″i‐cent (?), a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.] Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

3310

Reticle

Ret″i‐cle (?), n. [See Reticule.] 1. A small net.2. A reticule. See Reticule, 2.

3311

Reticular

Re‐tic″u‐lar (?), a. [Cf. F. réticulaire. See Reticule.] 1. Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf...

3312

Reticularia

‖Re‐tic′u‐la″ri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Reticular.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, f...

3313

Reticularian

Re‐tic′u‐la″ri‐an (?), n.(Zoöl). One of the Reticularia.

3314

Reticularly

Re‐tic″u‐lar‐ly, adv. In a reticular manner.

3315

Reticulate

{ Re‐tic″u‐late (?), Re‐tic″u‐la′ted (?) }, a. [L. reticulatus. See Reticule.] 1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure...

3316

Reticulation

Re‐tic′u‐la″tion (?), n. The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.The particular net you occup...

3317

Reticule

Ret″i‐cule (?), n.. [F. réticule, L. reticulum, dim. of rete a net. Cf.Retina, Reticle.] 1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried...

3318

Reticulosa

‖Re‐tic′u‐lo″sa (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Reticularia.

3319

Reticulose

Re‐tic″u‐lose′ (?), a. Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.Reticulose rhizopod(Zoöl.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregul...

3320

Reticulum

‖Re‐tic″u‐lum (?), n.;pl.Reticula (#). [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; — also c...

3321

Retiform

Ret″i‐form (?), a. [L. rete a net + -form. cf. F. rétiforme.] Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.