| retractable | (adjective) capable of being retracted | - |
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| retracted | (adjective) drawn back and in | - |
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| retractile | (adjective) capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back | - |
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| retral | (adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction | Synonyms: retrograde |
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| (adjective) at or near or toward the posterior | - |
| retributive | (adjective) given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts | Synonyms: retributory, vindicatory |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | Synonyms: retaliative, retaliatory, retributory, vindicatory |
| retributory | (adjective) given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts | Synonyms: retributive, vindicatory |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | Synonyms: retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, vindicatory |
| retrievable | (adjective) capable of being regained especially with effort | - |
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| retro | (adjective) affecting things past | Synonyms: ex post facto, retroactive |
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| retroactive | (adjective) descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously | - |
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| (adjective) affecting things past | Synonyms: ex post facto, retro |
| retroflex | (adjective) bent or curved backward | Synonyms: retroflexed |
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| (adjective) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate | Synonyms: cacuminal |
| retroflexed | (adjective) bent or curved backward | Synonyms: retroflex |
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| retrograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma | - |
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| (adjective) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth | - |
| (adjective) going from better to worse | Synonyms: retrogressive |
| (adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction | Synonyms: retral |
| retrogressive | (adjective) going from better to worse | Synonyms: retrograde |
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| retrorse | (adjective) bent or curved backward or downward | - |
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| retrospective | (adjective) concerned with or related to the past | - |
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| retrousse | (adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end | Synonyms: tip-tilted, upturned |
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