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CARING |
Retaining |
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SAVING |
Retaining |
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RETHINKING |
Retaining |
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MAINTAINING |
Retaining |
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ANCHOR |
Ship’s retaining implement |
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KEEPING |
Retaining elements of Yankee ping-pong |
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RETAINAL |
The act of retaining; retention. |
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RETENTION |
The power of retaining; retentiveness. |
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RETAINMENT |
The act of retaining; retention. |
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IRRETENTION |
Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. |
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COOL |
Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress. |
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HOPPERINGS |
Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle. |
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HOLDING |
The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining. |
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KEEP |
A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place. |
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HYGROMETRICAL |
Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as,
hygrometric substances, like potash. |
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RACK |
An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending,
retaining, or displaying, something. |
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RETENTIVITY |
The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the
retentivity of a magnet. |
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LONG-BREATHED |
Having the power of retaining the breath for a long
time; long-winded. |
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COSTIVE |
Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a
motion of the bowels; constipated. |
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APHEMIA |
Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power
of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin. |
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LEACHY |
Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of
retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils,
and the like. |
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ABRIDGE |
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet
retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
history or dictionary. |
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FOMES |
Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing,
retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen
clothes are said to be active fomites. |
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ORTHOTONE |
Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain
indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when
not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic. |
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EVERGREEN |
Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining
unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as
pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like. |