| APPETENCE | • appetence n. The state or action of desiring or craving. • APPETENCE n. strong craving or powerful desire, also APPETENCY. |
| APPETENCY | • appetency n. Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct. • APPETENCY n. strong craving or powerful desire, also APPETENCE. |
| COMPETENT | • competent adj. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. • competent adj. (Law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. • competent adj. Adequate for the purpose. |
| DETENTION | • detention n. (Uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. • detention n. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement. • detention n. (Civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession. |
| DETENTIST | • DETENTIST n. a supporter of detente. |
| PRETENCES | • pretences n. Plural of pretence. • PRETENCE n. the act of pretending, also PRETENSE. |
| PRETENDED | • pretended v. Simple past tense and past participle of pretend. • pretended adj. Feigned; counterfeit. • PRETEND v. to make believe. |
| PRETENDER | • pretender n. One who pretends. • PRETENDER n. one who lays claim to something. |
| PRETENSES | • pretenses n. Plural of pretense. • PRETENSE n. the act of pretending, also PRETENCE. |
| QUIETENED | • quietened v. Simple past tense and past participle of quieten. • QUIETEN v. to make quiet. |
| QUIETENER | • quietener n. One who, or that which, quietens. • QUIETENER n. one who quietens. |
| REPETENDS | • repetends n. Plural of repetend. • REPETEND n. a phrase or sound that is repeated. |
| RETENTION | • retention n. The act of retaining or something retained. • retention n. The act or power of remembering things. • retention n. A memory; what is retained in the mind. |
| RETENTIVE | • retentive adj. Having power to retain. • retentive adj. (Slang, apocope) anal-retentive. • retentive n. (Obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint. |
| SETENANTS | • setenants n. Plural of setenant. • se-tenants n. Plural of se-tenant. • SETENANT n. (French) in philately, two or more stamps joined together in an unsevered block of which at least one differs in design and value from the others. |
| SWEETENED | • sweetened v. Simple past tense and past participle of sweeten. • sweetened adj. Made to taste sweet. • sweetened adj. Containing sweetener. |
| SWEETENER | • sweetener n. Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar. • sweetener n. (Informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another’s attitude, especially a bribe… • sweetener n. (Slang) A shill bidder at an auction. |