| DETRITAL | • detrital adj. (Geology) Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus. • DETRITAL adj. pertaining to, or composed of, detritus. |
| DETRITUS | • detritus n. (Countable, chiefly geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion. • detritus n. (Biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals. • detritus n. (By extension) Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material. |
| DIMETRIC | • dimetric adj. (Crystallography) tetragonal. • dimetric adj. (Technical drawing) axonometric. • dimetric adj. (Poetry) exhibiting dimeter. |
| GENETRIX | • genetrix n. Alternative form of genitrix. • GENETRIX n. (Latin) a mother, also GENITRIX. |
| HERETRIX | • heretrix n. Alternative form of heritrix. • HERETRIX n. (Latin) a female heritor, also HERITRIX. |
| LAETRILE | • laetrile n. A drug, derived from the amygdalin of apricot kernels, once thought capable of destroying cancer cells… • LAETRILE n. (tradename) a drug derived from apricot pits, used in the treatment of cancer. |
| METRICAL | • metrical adj. Relating to poetic meter. • metrical adj. Having a regular rhythm. • metrical adj. Of or pertaining to measurement. |
| METRISTS | • metrists n. Plural of metrist. • METRIST n. a person skilled in metres; one who writes in metres, also METRICIST. |
| METRITIS | • metritis n. (Medicine) Inflammation of the uterus. • METRITIS n. inflammation of the uterus. |
| PETRIFIC | • petrific adj. (Now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive. • PETRIFIC adj. petrifying. |
| POETRIES | • poetries n. Plural of poetry. • poëtries n. Plural of poëtrie. • POETRY n. a literary work in metrical form. |
| PRETRIAL | • pretrial adj. Pertaining to a preliminary trial. • pretrial adj. Before a trial. • pretrial n. (Law) A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial. |
| PRETRIMS | • pretrims v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretrim. • PRETRIM v. to trim beforehand. |
| RETRIALS | • retrials n. Plural of retrial. • RETRIAL n. a second trial. |
| RETRIEVE | • retrieve v. (Transitive) To regain or get back something. • retrieve v. (Transitive) To rescue (a creature). • retrieve v. (Transitive) To salvage something. |