DETERRENT | • deterrent adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening. • deterrent n. Something that deters. • DETERRENT adj. serving to deter. |
DETRACTOR | • detractor n. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause. • DETRACTOR n. a belittler or disparager. |
DISTORTER | • distorter n. One that distorts. • DISTORTER n. one who distorts. |
FRITTERED | • frittered v. Simple past tense and past participle of fritter. • FRITTER v. to squander little by little. |
GARROTTED | • garrotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of garrotte. • GARROTTE v. to execute by strangling, also GARROTE, GAROTE, GAROTTE. |
IRRITATED | • irritated v. Simple past tense and past participle of irritate. • irritated adj. Experiencing a feeling of irritation. • irritated adj. (Pathology) Inflamed and painful. |
REDSTARTS | • redstarts n. Plural of redstart. • REDSTART n. a bird of the thrush family, characterised by a red tail. |
REGRETTED | • regretted v. Simple past tense and past participle of regret. • REGRET v. to look back upon with sorrow or remorse. |
RESTARTED | • restarted v. Simple past tense and past participle of restart. • RESTART v. to start again. |
RETARDANT | • retardant adj. (Often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something. • retardant n. (Often in combination) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something. • RETARDANT n. something that retards e.g. the spread of fire. |
RETRACTED | • retracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of retract. • retracted adj. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat. • retracted adj. (Phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract. |
RETREATED | • retreated v. Simple past tense and past participle of retreat. • RETREAT v. to go back. |
RETRODICT | • retrodict v. To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present. • RETRODICT v. to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs). |
REUTTERED | • reuttered v. Simple past tense and past participle of reutter. • REUTTER v. to utter again. |
ROSTRATED | • rostrated adj. Rostrate. • ROSTRATED adj. beak-shaped, also ROSTRATE. |
TARTRATED | • tartrated adj. Alternative form of tartarated. • TARTRATED adj. being in the form of a tartrate, a salt of tartaric acid. |
TORRIDEST | • torridest adj. Superlative form of torrid: most torrid. • TORRID adj. extremely hot. |