| BERRET | • berret n. Archaic form of beret. • BERRET n. a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt, also BERET. |
| ETRIER | • etrier n. Alternative form of étrier. • étrier n. (Climbing) A mountaineer’s stirrup. • ETRIER n. (French) a small rope ladder used by mountaineers. |
| FERRET | • ferret n. An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat… • ferret n. The black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes. • ferret n. (Figurative) A diligent searcher. |
| PERTER | • perter adj. Comparative form of pert: more pert. • PERT adj. impudent, jaunty. |
| REGRET | • regret v. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not… • regret v. (More generally) To feel sorry about (any thing). • regret v. (Archaic, transitive) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn. |
| REITER | • reiter n. (Historical) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. • REITER v. to reiterate. |
| RENTER | • renter n. One who rents property or other goods from another. • renter n. (Law) One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another. • renter n. (UK, slang) (Synonym of rent boy) Male prostitute. |
| RERENT | • rerent v. To rent something again, especially to a new tenant. • RERENT v. to rent again. |
| RESTER | • rester n. One who rests. • Rester prop.n. A surname. • RESTER n. one who rests. |
| RETEAR | • retear v. To tear again. • RETEAR v. to tear again. |
| RETIRE | • retire v. (Intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. • retire v. (Transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away. • retire v. (Transitive) To cease use or production of something. |
| RETORE | • retore v. Simple past tense of retear. • RETEAR v. to tear again. |
| RETREE | • retree n. (Paper-making) broken or imperfect paper. • RETREE n. in papermaking, damaged or defective sheets of paper. |
| REVERT | • revert n. One who, or that which, reverts. • revert n. (Religion) One who reverts to that religion which he had adhered to before having converted to another. • revert n. (Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim) A convert to Islam. |
| TEARER | • tearer n. One who tears or rends anything. • tearer n. (Slang) One who rages or raves with violence; a boisterous person. • TEARER n. (slang) a boisterous person. |
| TERMER | • termer n. (In combinations) Someone who is in a certain term. • termer n. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. • termer n. (Obsolete) One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practise tricks, to carry… |
| TERRAE | • terrae n. Plural of terra. • TERRA n. (Latin) the earth. |
| TERRET | • terret n. One of the rings on the top of the harness saddle, through which the reins pass. • TERRET n. a metal ring on a harness, also TERRIT. |
| TERSER | • terser adj. Comparative form of terse: more terse. • TERSE adj. succinct. |
| URETER | • ureter n. (Anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. • URETER n. (Greek) a duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder. |