Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 55
Reticence (n.) [U] (Rhet.) 沉默寡言，緘默； 保留；節制A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.
Reticence (n.) The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary [syn: reserve, reticence, taciturnity].
Reticency (n.) Reticence.
Reticent (a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Reticent (a.) Temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: reticent, untalkative].
Reticent (a.) Cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained, reticent, unemotional].
Reticent (a.) Reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent, self-effacing, retiring].
Reticle (n.) 【物】（光學儀器上的）細十字線，標線；分劃板十字線；網線；刻線 A small net.
Reticle (n.) A reticule. See Reticule, 2. [R.]
Reticle (n.) A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule].
Reticular (a.) 網狀的 Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
Reticular (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
Reticular (a.) Resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate].
Reticularia (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.
Reticularian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Reticularia.
Reticularly (adv.) In a reticular manner. Reticulate
Reticulate (a.) Alt. of Reticulated.
Reticulated (a.) 網狀的；reticulate 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
Reticulated (a.) Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect.
Reticulated glass, Ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane.
Reticulated micrometer, A micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece.
Reticulated work (Masonry), Work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally.
Reticulate (a.) Resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate].
Reticulate (v.) Form a net or a network.
Reticulate (v.) Distribute by a network, as of water or electricity.
Reticulate (v.) Divide so as to form a network.
Reticulation (n.) 網眼；網狀物；網狀組織 The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.
The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. -- Carlyle.
Reticulation (n.) (Photography) The formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion.
Reticulation (n.) An arrangement resembling a net or network; "the reticulation of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion".
Reticule (n.) （女用）手提袋，網袋 A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. -- De Quincey.
Reticule (n.) 【物】（望遠鏡等上的）細十字線 A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.
Reticule (n.) A woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries.
Reticule (n.) A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule].
Reticulosa (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Reticularia.
Reticulose (a.) Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.
Reticulose rhizopod (Zool.), A rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.
Reticula (n. pl. ) of Reticulum
Reticulum (n.) (Anat.) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.
Reticulum (n.) (Anat.) The neuroglia.
Retiform (a.) Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Retina (n.) (Anat.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
Note: The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory layer (called Jacob's membrane), containing the rods and cones, is on the back side, next the choroid coat.
Retina (n.) The innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve.
Retinacula (n. pl. ) of Retinaculum.
Retinaculum (n.) (Anat.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
Retinaculum (n.) (Anat.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
Retinaculum (n.) (Zool.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Retinaculum (n.) (Bot.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
Retinal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the retina.
Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), The visual purple.
Retinal (n.) (Chem.) A retinoid compound ({C20H28O), closely related to vitamin A, which is a component of the visual pigments in the eye. It is also called retinaldehyde and vitamin A aldehyde.
Retinal (a.) In or relating to the retina of the eye; "retinal cells".
Retinal (n.) Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light [syn: retinene, retinal].
Retinalite (n.) (Min.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster. Retinasphalt
Retinasphalt (n.) Alt. of Retinasphaltum
Retinasphaltum (n.) (Min.) Retinite.
Retinerved (a.) (Bot.) Having reticulated veins.
Retinea (n. pl. ) of Retineum
Retineum (n.) (Zool.) That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
Retinic (a.) (Min. Chem.) Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.
Retinite (n.) (Min.) An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.
Retinitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the retina.
Retinitis (n.) Inflammation of the retina.
Retinoid (a.) Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.
Retinol (n.) (Chem.) A hydrocarbon oil C32H16, obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an antiseptic, and in printer's ink.
Retinol (n.) One of the compounds which function as vitamin A. Called also vitamin A, vitamin A1 and vitamin A alcohol. See vitamin A1.
Retinol (n.) An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene [syn: vitamin A1, retinol].
Retiniphorae (n. pl. ) of Retinophora
Retinophora (n.) (Zool.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Retinophoral (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to retinophorae.
Retinoscopy (n.) (Physiol.) The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
Retinue (n.) The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
Others of your insolent retinue. -- Shak.
What followers, what retinue canst thou gain? -- Milton.
To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Retinue (n.) The group following and attending to some important person [syn: cortege, retinue, suite, entourage].
Retinulae (n. pl. ) of Retinula.
Retinula (n.) (Zool.) （昆蟲複眼的）小網膜 One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under {Ommatidium}.
Retinulate (a.) (Zool.) Having, or characterized by, retinul?.
Retiped (n.) (Zool.) A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] -- Bartlett.
What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. -- C. A. Bristed.
Retirade (n.) (Fort.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.
Retired (imp. & p. p.) of Retire.
Retiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retire.
Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. -- Sir P. Sidney.
As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. -- Sir J. Davies.
Retire (v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
To Una back he cast him to retire. -- Spenser.
The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. -- Sir J. Davies.
Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. -- 2 Sam. xi. 15.
Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
And from Britannia's public posts retire. -- Addison.
Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
Retire (v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.
Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.]
The battle and the retire of the English succors. -- Bacon.
[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. -- Milton.
Retire (n.) (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Retire (v.) Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68".
Retire (v.) Withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire, withdraw].
Retire (v.) Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress].
Retire (v.) Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
Retire (v.) Break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire].
Retire (v.) Make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal".
Retire (v.) Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat".
Retire (v.) Lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire, withdraw].
Retire (v.) Cause to be out on a fielding play [syn: put out, retire].
Retire (v.) Cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" [syn: retire, strike out].
Retire (v.) Prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" [syn: go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire] [ant: arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise].
Retired (a.) Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
A retired part of the peninsula. -- Hawthorne.
Retired (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
Retired flank (Fort.), A flank bent inward toward the rear of the work.
Retired list (Mil. & Naval), A list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.
Retired (a.) No longer active in your work or profession.
Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.
O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. -- Goldsmith.
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. -- Thomson.
Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic]
This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. -- Evelyn.
Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. -- Addison.
Syn: Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude.
Retirement (n.) The state of being retired from one's business or occupation.
Retirement (n.) Withdrawal from your position or occupation.
Retirement (n.) Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity" [syn: retirement, retreat].
Retirer (n.) One who retires.
Retiring (a.) Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.
Retiring board (Mil.), A board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service.
Retiring pension, A pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.
Retiring (a.) Not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl" [syn: retiring, unassuming].
Retiring (a.) Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)].
Retiring (a.) Reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent, self-effacing, retiring].
Retistene (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
Retitelae (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariae.
Retold () imp. & p. p. of Retell.
Compare: Retell
Retell (v. t.) To tell again.
Retell (v.) Render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell].
Retell (v.) Make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell].
Retell (v.) To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell].
Retorsion (n.) Same as Retortion.
Compare: Retortion
Retortion (n.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.]
It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. -- Sir W.
Hamilton.
Retortion (n.) (Law) Retaliation. -- Wharton.
Compare: Retorsion
Retorsion, () war. The name of the act employed by a government to impose the same hard treatment on the citizens or subjects of a state, that the latter has used towards the citizens or subjects of the former, for the purpose of obtaining the removal of obnoxious measures. Vattel, liv. 2, c. 18, Sec. 341; De Martens, Precis, liv. 8, c. 2, Sec. 254; Kluber, Droit dos Gens, s. 2 c. 1, Sec. 234; Mann. Comm. 105.
Retorsion, () Retorsion signifies also the act by which an individual returns to his adversary evil for evil; as, if Peter call Paul thief, and Paul says you are a greater thief.
Retorted (imp. & p. p.) of Retort
Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retort
Retort (n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. -- Southey.
Retort (n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. -- Shak.
Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
And with retorted scorn his back he turned. -- Milton.
Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply. -- Pope.
Retort (n.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
This is called the retort courteous. -- Shak.
Retort (n.) (Chem. & the Arts) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
Tubulated retort (Chem.), A retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon.
Syn: Repartee; answer.
Usage: Retort, Repartee. A retort is a short and pointed reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is usually a good-natured return to some witty or sportive remark.
Retort (n.) A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter].
Retort (n.) A vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat.
Retort (v.) Answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin].
Retorter (n.) One who retorts.
Retortion (n.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.]
It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Retortion (n.) (Law) Retaliation. -- Wharton.
Retortive (a.) Containing retort.
Retoss (v. t.) To toss back or again.
Retouch (v. t.) 潤飾，修整，補染 To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
Retouch (v. t.) (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
Retouch (n.) (Fine Arts) [U] [C] 潤飾；修片；補染 A partial reworking, as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
Retouch (v.) Give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots".
Retouch (v.) Alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!" [syn: touch up, retouch].
Retoucher (n.) One who retouches.
Retrace (v. t.) 重描，折回，繞回 To trace back, as a line.
Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. -- Driden.
Retrace (v. t.) To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
Retrace (v. t.) To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
Retrace (v.) To go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace].
Retrace (v.) Reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace].
Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retract.
Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retract.
Retract (v. t.) 縮回，縮進（爪，舌等）；撤回，收回（聲明，諾言等） To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] -- Woodward.
Syn: To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
Retract (v. i.) 縮回，縮進；撤銷，收回 To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.