| accretion | (noun) (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) | - |
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| (noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accumulation |
| (noun) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment | - |
| (noun) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles | - |
| (noun) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases | - |
| (noun) something contributing to growth or increase | - |
| accretionary | (adjective) marked or produced by accretion | - |
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| accretive | (adjective) growing by accretion | - |
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| antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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| antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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| antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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| (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
| anuretic | (adjective) of or relating to an inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuric |
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| aphaeretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: apheretic |
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| apheretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: aphaeretic |
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| cataphoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: electrophoretic |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| concretion | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, conglutination |
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| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, densification |
| (noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: calculus |
| (noun) the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) | - |
| concretise | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretize |
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| concretism | (noun) a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms | Synonyms: concrete representation |
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| concretistic | (adjective) of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions | - |
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| concretize | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretise |
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| (verb) make something concrete | - |
| cretin | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
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| cretinism | (noun) severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting | - |
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| cretinous | (adjective) afflicted with cretinism | - |
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| dehydroretinol | (noun) a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1 | Synonyms: vitamin A2 |
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| diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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| (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
| discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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| (noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
| (noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
| (noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
| discretional | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretionary |
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| discretionary | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretional |
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| (adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed | - |
| diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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| electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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| electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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| excreting | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding |
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| excretion | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding |
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| (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product |
| heretic | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: misbeliever, religious outcast |
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| (noun) a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) | - |
| heretical | (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: dissident, heterodox |
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| hypersecretion | (noun) excessive secretion | - |
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| indiscretion | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: peccadillo |
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| (noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
| interpreting | (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering, rendition |
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| interpretive | (adjective) that provides interpretation | Synonyms: interpretative |
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| natriuretic | (adjective) of or relating to natriuresis | - |
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| nonreticulate | (adjective) not resembling or forming a network | - |
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| paretic | (noun) a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) | - |
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| photoretinitis | (noun) damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection | - |
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| pyretic | (adjective) causing fever | - |
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| reticence | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | Synonyms: reserve, taciturnity |
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| reticent | (adjective) temperamentally disinclined to talk | Synonyms: untalkative |
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| (adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself | Synonyms: retiring, self-effacing |
| (adjective) cool and formal in manner | Synonyms: restrained, unemotional |
| reticently | (adverb) with reticence; in a reticent manner | - |
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| retick | (verb) sew | Synonyms: tick |
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| reticle | (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticule |
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| reticular | (adjective) resembling or forming a network | Synonyms: reticulate |
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| reticulate | (adjective) resembling or forming a network | Synonyms: reticular |
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| (verb) divide so as to form a network | - |
| (verb) distribute by a network, as of water or electricity | - |
| (verb) form a net or a network | - |
| reticulation | (noun) an arrangement resembling a net or network | - |
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| (noun) (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion | - |
| reticule | (noun) a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries | - |
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| (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticle |
| reticulocyte | (noun) an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules | - |
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| reticulum | (noun) the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | Synonyms: second stomach |
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| (noun) any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) | - |
| retie | (verb) tie again or anew | - |
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| retina | (noun) the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve | - |
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| retinal | (adjective) in or relating to the retina of the eye | - |
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| (noun) either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | Synonyms: retinene |
| retinene | (noun) either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | Synonyms: retinal |
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| retinitis | (noun) inflammation of the retina | - |
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| retinoblastoma | (noun) malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells | - |
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| retinol | (noun) an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene | Synonyms: vitamin A1 |
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| retinopathy | (noun) a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision | - |
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| retinue | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: cortege, entourage, suite |
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| retire | (verb) prepare for sleep | Synonyms: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in |
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| (verb) cause to get out | Synonyms: strike out |
| (verb) cause to be out on a fielding play | Synonyms: put out |
| (verb) lose interest | Synonyms: withdraw |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw |
| (verb) dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) | - |
| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: adjourn, withdraw |
| (verb) go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position | - |
| (verb) withdraw from active participation | Synonyms: withdraw |
| (verb) make (someone) retire | - |
| (verb) withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds | - |
| retired | (adjective) no longer active in your work or profession | - |
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| retiree | (noun) someone who has retired from active working | Synonyms: retired person |
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| retirement | (noun) withdrawal from your position or occupation | - |
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| (noun) withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | Synonyms: retreat |
| (noun) the state of being retired from one's business or occupation | - |
| retiring | (adjective) not arrogant or presuming | Synonyms: unassuming |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, preceding |
| (adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself | Synonyms: reticent, self-effacing |
| secretin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine | - |
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| secretion | (noun) a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell | - |
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| (noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance | Synonyms: secernment |
| secretive | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped |
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| secretively | (adverb) in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy | - |
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| secretiveness | (noun) characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | Synonyms: closeness |
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| (noun) the trait of keeping things secret | Synonyms: secrecy, silence |
| syncretic | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretical, syncretistic, syncretistical |
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| (adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretical, syncretistic, syncretistical |
| syncretical | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretistic, syncretistical |
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| (adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretistic, syncretistical |
| syncretise | (verb) become fused | Synonyms: syncretize |
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| (verb) unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) | Synonyms: syncretize |
| syncretism | (noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) | - |
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| (noun) the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | - |
| syncretistic | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical |
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| (adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical |
| syncretistical | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistic |
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| (adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistic |
| syncretize | (verb) become fused | Synonyms: syncretise |
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| (verb) unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) | Synonyms: syncretise |
| theoretic | (adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations | Synonyms: theoretical |
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| theoretical | (adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations | Synonyms: theoretic |
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| (adjective) concerned with theories rather than their practical applications | - |
| theoretically | (adverb) in theory; according to the assumed facts | Synonyms: on paper |
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| (adverb) in a theoretical manner | - |
| theoretician | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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