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A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

Resembling network; retiform.

Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.] Boyle.

To tell again.

A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

That which is retained. Hickok.

The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.

Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.

In a retentive manner.

The quality of being retentive.

The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.

Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.

To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.

Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.

Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]

An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.

Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]

Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]