| DETRACTOR | • detractor n. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause. • DETRACTOR n. a belittler or disparager. |
| GARROTTED | • garrotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of garrotte. • GARROTTE v. to execute by strangling, also GARROTE, GAROTE, GAROTTE. |
| IRRITATED | • irritated v. Simple past tense and past participle of irritate. • irritated adj. Experiencing a feeling of irritation. • irritated adj. (Pathology) Inflamed and painful. |
| REDSTARTS | • redstarts n. Plural of redstart. • REDSTART n. a bird of the thrush family, characterised by a red tail. |
| RESTARTED | • restarted v. Simple past tense and past participle of restart. • RESTART v. to start again. |
| RETARDANT | • retardant adj. (Often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something. • retardant n. (Often in combination) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something. • RETARDANT n. something that retards e.g. the spread of fire. |
| RETRACTED | • retracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of retract. • retracted adj. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat. • retracted adj. (Phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract. |
| RETREATED | • retreated v. Simple past tense and past participle of retreat. • RETREAT v. to go back. |
| ROSTRATED | • rostrated adj. Rostrate. • ROSTRATED adj. beak-shaped, also ROSTRATE. |
| STARDRIFT | • stardrift n. (Astronomy) The apparent shared motion of stars in the same cluster. • STARDRIFT n. a common proper motion of a number of stars in the same region. |
| TARTRATED | • tartrated adj. Alternative form of tartarated. • TARTRATED adj. being in the form of a tartrate, a salt of tartaric acid. |
| TRADITORS | • traditors n. Plural of traditor. • TRADITOR n. an early Christian who surrendered sacred books and vessels or betrayed fellow-Christians in times of persecution to save his or her own life. |