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Retentive :: Retentive (a.) Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory..

Retentively :: Retentively (adv.) In a retentive manner.

Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

Retention :: Retention (n.) Place of custody or confinement.

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

Brag :: Brag (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory..

Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.

Chalazion :: Chalazion (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands..

Pretentious :: Pretentious (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Retention :: Retention (n.) The power of retaining; retentiveness.

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown..

Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..

Sophomorical :: Sophomorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation..

Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..

Irretention :: Irretention (n.) Want of retaining power; forgetfulness.

Suppression :: Suppression (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion..

Charlatanical :: Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.

Flash :: Flash (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry..

Retentiveness :: Retentiveness (n.) The quality of being retentive.

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