Home
3D
Stylish English
Comic Cartoon
Curly
Decorative
Dingbats
Dotted
Famous
Fire
Gothic
Groovy
Handwriting
Headline
more
Horror
Ice Snow
Modern
Outline
Russian
Sci Fi
Script
Valentine
Alien
Animals
Army Stencil
Asian
Bitmap Pixel
Black Letter
Blurred
Brush
Celtic Irish
Chalk Crayon
Christmas
Computer
Disney
Distorted
Easter
Fantasy
Fixed Width
Graffiti
Greek Roman
Halloween
Italic
LCD
Medieval
Mexican
Movies Tv
Old English
Old School
Pointed
Retro
Rock Stone
Rounded
School
Scratched
Serif
Square
Trash
Typewriter
USA
Various
Western
English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Definition of retort
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of retort is as below...
Retort
(v. i.) To
return
an
argument
or a
charge;
to make a
severe
reply.
Lern More About Retort
☛ Wiki Definition of Retort
☛ Wiki Article of Retort
☛ Google Meaning of Retort
☛ Google Search for Retort
Retorsion
::
Retorsion
(n.) Same as
Retortion.
Retortion
::
Retortion
(v. t.) Act of
retorting
or
throwing
back;
reflection
or
turning
back.
Retort
::
Retort
(v. t.) The
return
of, or reply to, an
argument,
charge,
censure,
incivility,
taunt,
or
witticism;
a quick and witty or
severe
response..
Adopter
::
Adopter
(n.) A
receiver,
with two
necks,
opposite
to each
other,
one of which
admits
the neck of a
retort,
and the other is
joined
to
another
receiver.
It is used in
distillations,
to give more space to
elastic
vapors,
to
increase
the
length
of the neck of a
retort,
or to unite two
vessels
whose
openings
have
different
diameters..
Tubulure
::
Tubulure
(n.) A short
tubular
opening
at the top of a
retort,
or at the top or side of a
bottle;
a
tubulation..
Pelican
::
Pelican
(n.) A
retort
or still
having
a
curved
tube or tubes
leading
back from the head to the body for
continuous
condensation
and
redistillation.
Pretorture
::
Pretorture
(v. t.) To
torture
beforehand.
Neck
::
Neck (n.) The long
slender
part of a
vessel,
as a
retort,
or of a
fruit,
as a
gourd..
Floor
::
Floor (v. t.) To
strike
down or lay level with the
floor;
to knock down;
hence,
to
silence
by a
conclusive
answer
or
retort;
as, to floor an
opponent..
Floorer
::
Floorer
(n.)
Anything
that
floors
or
upsets
a
person,
as a blow that
knocks
him down; a
conclusive
answer
or
retort;
a task that
exceeds
one's
abilities..
Retorter
::
Retorter
(n.) One who
retorts.
Retort
::
Retort
(n.) To bend or curve back; as, a
retorted
line..
Converter
::
Converter
(n.) A
retort,
used in the
Bessemer
process,
in which
molten
cast iron is
decarburized
and
converted
into steel by a blast of air
forced
through
the
liquid
metal..
Cremate
::
Cremate
(v. t.) To burn; to
reduce
to ashes by the
action
of fire,
either
directly
or in an oven or
retort;
to
incremate
or
incinerate;
as, to
cremate
a
corpse,
instead
of
burying
it..
Still
::
Still (v.) A
vessel,
boiler,
or
copper
used in the
distillation
of
liquids;
specifically,
one used for the
distillation
of
alcoholic
liquors;
a
retort.
The name is
sometimes
applied
to the whole
apparatus
used in in
vaporization
and
condensation..
Lash
::
Lash (n.) A
stroke
of
satire
or
sarcasm;
an
expression
or
retort
that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
Provocation
::
Provocation
(n.) Such prior
insult
or
injury
as may be
supposed,
under the
circumstances,
to
create
hot
blood,
and to
excuse
an
assault
made in
retort
or
redress..
Charcoal
::
Charcoal
(v. t.)
Impure
carbon
prepared
from
vegetable
or
animal
substances;
esp., coal made by
charring
wood in a kiln,
retort,
etc., from which air is
excluded.
It is used for fuel and in
various
mechanical,
artistic,
and
chemical
processes..
Galley
::
Galley
(n.) An
oblong
oven or
muffle
with a
battery
of
retorts;
a
gallery
furnace.
Recriminatory
::
Recriminatory
(a.)
Having
the
quality
of
recrimination;
retorting
accusation;
recriminating.
Random Fonts
Most Popular
Privacy Policy
GDPR Policy
Terms & Conditions
Contact Us