| ACCRETE | • accrete v. (Intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse. • accrete v. (Intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually. • accrete v. (Transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing. |
| EXCRETE | • excrete v. (Biology, transitive, intransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system. • EXCRETE v. to discharge or eject. |
| PRETEEN | • preteen adj. Of, relating to, or designed for, or being children between the ages of approximately 10 and 12. • preteen n. A child between approximately 10 and 12 years of age, at the onset of adolescence. • pre-teen n. Alternative form of preteen. |
| PRETELL | • pretell v. To predict. • PRETELL v. to tell beforehand. |
| PRETEND | • pretend v. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. • pretend v. To feign, affect (A state, quality, etc.). • pretend v. To lay claim to (An ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to) |
| PRETERM | • preterm adj. Of a premature birth or baby. • preterm n. A premature birth or baby. • PRETERM adj. born prematurely. |
| PRETEST | • pretest adj. Prior to taking a test. • pretest n. A preliminary test, given in advance of instruction or evaluation. • pretest v. (Transitive) To administer a pretest to. |
| PRETEXT | • pretext n. A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense. • pretext v. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else. • PRETEXT n. an ostensible motive or reason, put forward as an excuse or to conceal the true one. |
| RETEACH | • reteach v. Teach again. • RETEACH v. to teach again. |
| RETEAMS | • reteams v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reteam. • RETEAM v. to team up with again. |
| RETEARS | • retears v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retear. • RETEAR v. to tear again. |
| RETELLS | • retells v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retell. • RETELL v. to tell again. |
| RETENES | • retenes n. Plural of retene. • RETENE n. a hydrocarbon obtained from tar. |
| RETESTS | • retests n. Plural of retest. • retests v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retest. • RETEST v. to test again. |
| SECRETE | • secrete adj. (Obsolete, rare) Separated. • secrete v. (Physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar… • secrete v. (Transitive, figurative) To exude or yield. |
| TERETES | • teretes n. Plural of teres. • TERES n. (Latin) either of two muscles of the shoulder-blade. |
| URETERS | • ureters n. Plural of ureter. • URETER n. (Greek) a duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder. |