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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,528 words match “RET”

CARETUNED a.
Weary; mournful. Shak.
CASHMERETTE n.
A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
CATHERETIC n.
A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison.
CEDRIRET n.
Same as Coerulignone.
CELLARET n.
A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
CHAMFRET n. 2 definitions
A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
CHEVRETTE n.
A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
CHIRETTA n.
A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.
CHLORURET n.
A chloride. [Obs.]
CIGARETTE n.
A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
CLARET n.
The name firat given in England to the red wines of M
COLLARET; COLLARETTE n.
A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.
CONCRETE a. 10 definitions
d by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.
CONCRETELY adv.
In a concrete manner.
CONCRETENESS n.
The quality of being concrete.
CONCRETION n. 3 definitions
The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.
CONCRETIONAL a.
Concretionary.
CONCRETIONARY a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
CONCRETIVE a.
Promoting concretion. Sir T. Browne.
CONCRETIVELY adv.
In a concrete manner.
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