Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Retort (v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
(2) - Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
(3) - Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
(4) - Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
(5) - Retort (n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
(6) - Retort (n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

(1) - Retorter (n.) One who retorts.

(1) - Retortion (v. t.) Retaliation.
(2) - Retortion (v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.

(1) - Retouch (n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
(2) - Retouch (v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
(3) - Retouch (v. t.) To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.