12-letter words starting with RET

12-letter words 29

• retrofittingprovide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
• retaliationsaction taken in return for an injury or offense
• retrovirusesany of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
• retributionsa justly deserved penalty
• retrenchmententrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
• retardationsa decrease in rate of change
• retranslatedtranslate again
• retrocession
• reticulatingform a net or a network
• retrogressedget worse or fall back to a previous condition
• reticulocytean immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
• retroactions
• reticulation(photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
• retrogressesget worse or fall back to a previous condition
• reticulately
• retightening
• retinotectal
• retiringness
• retractility
• retransforms
• retranslatestranslate again
• retrodicting
• retrodiction
• retrodictive
• retroflexiona turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
• retrogradely
• retrogradingmove backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
• retrospectedlook back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
• retroversiona turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part