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Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..

Long-breathed :: Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Minster :: Minster (n.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church..

Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose..

Costive :: Costive (a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

Pump :: Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston..

Reformado :: Reformado (v. t.) An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay..

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights..

Liquid :: Liquid (n.) A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform..

That :: That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun..

Monoplastic :: Monoplastic (a.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element..

Subsist :: Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.

Sacrist :: Sacrist (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books..

Retinue :: Retinue (n.) The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.

Retainal :: Retainal (n.) The act of retaining; retention.

Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows..

Spermatheca :: Spermatheca (n.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa..

Accident :: Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Countermarch :: Countermarch (n.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left..

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