12-Letter Words Starting with RETRO
Top 12-Letter Words Starting: RETRO
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| retroflexion | 12 | 22 | noun n | ||||
noun • a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part • an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth • the act of bending backward | |||||||
| retrodictive | 12 | 18 | adjective adj | ||||
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| retrogradely | 12 | 17 | adverb adv | ||||
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| retrospected | 12 | 17 | |||||
noun • contemplation of things past verb • look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember | |||||||
| retrofitting | 12 | 16 | verb, noun v, n | ||||
noun • a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured • the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured verb • provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture • fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house • substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones | |||||||
| retrodicting | 12 | 16 | verb v | ||||
verb • To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present. | |||||||
| retroversion | 12 | 15 | noun n | ||||
noun • a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part • translation back into the original language • returning to a former state | |||||||
| retrodiction | 12 | 15 | noun n | ||||
noun • A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use. | |||||||
| retrograding | 12 | 15 | verb, adjective v, adj | ||||
adjective • moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth • of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma adjective satellite • going from better to worse • moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction verb • move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies • move in a direction contrary to the usual one • move back • go back over • get worse or fall back to a previous condition | |||||||
| retroviruses | 12 | 15 | noun n | ||||
noun • Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell. | |||||||
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