English words: retravel to retrogressional

300 English words, part 57 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words retravel to retrogressional

retravel verb: To travel again.
retraversal noun: A traversal again; act of retraversing.
retraverse verb: To traverse again.
retraxit noun: A dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.
retread noun, verb /ɹiːˈtɹɛd/: To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
retreading noun, verb: Synonym of retread (“a repetition”).
retreat noun, verb /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/: The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
retreatal adjective: Relating to a retreat.
retreatant noun: a participant in a religious or similar retreat
retreater noun: One who retreats.
retreatful adjective: Furnishing or serving as a retreat.
retreating noun, verb: The act of moving back from something; a retreat.
retreatingness noun: The quality of retreating.
retreatism noun: A policy or advocacy of retreat.
retreatist noun: One who supports or advocates retreatism.
retreative adjective: Relating to retreating.
retreatlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a retreat.
retreatment noun: A treatment performed a second or subsequent time.
retree noun: broken or imperfect paper
retrench verb /ɹɪˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/: To cut down or reduce.
retrenchable adjective: Able to be retrenched.
retrencher noun: One who retrenches.
retrenching noun, verb: The act of one who retrenches.
retrenchment noun /ɹɪˈtɹɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt/: A curtailment or reduction.
retrg. adjective: Abbreviation of retracting.
retriable adjective: Capable of being retried.
retriage noun, verb: To triage again.
retrial noun: A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper, unfair, or no verdict was reached by a jury.
retriangulate verb: To triangulate again.
retriangulation noun: Triangulation again.
retribalisation noun: Alternative spelling of retribalization.
retribalization noun: The process of retribalizing.
retribalize verb: To make tribal again; to take back to the condition of a tribe.
retribute verb /ˈɹɛtɹɪbjuːt/: To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
retributer noun: Someone who makes retribution.
retribution noun /ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən/: Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
retributional adjective: Relating to retribution.
retributionary adjective: Being or relating to retribution; retributive; retaliatory.
retributionism noun: The belief that there must be retribution (vengeance, punishment) for transgressions.
retributionist noun: One who holds that there must be retribution (vengeance, punishment) for transgressions.
retributive adjective /ɹɪˈtɹɪ.bjʊ.tɪv/: Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
retributively adverb: In a retributive manner.
retributiveness noun: The quality of being retributive.
retributivism noun: A philosophy of law, stating that criminals should be punished (retribution) for the harm they have caused.
retributivist adjective, noun: Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism.
retributor noun: Alternative form of retributer.
retributory adjective: Of or relating to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment.
retributress noun: A female retributer.
retrick verb: To trick again.
retrier noun: One who or that which retries.
retrievability noun: The quality of being retrievable.
retrievable adjective: Capable of being retrieved or recovered.
retrievableness noun: retrievability
retrievably adverb: Such that it can be retrieved.
retrieval noun /ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/: The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
retrieve noun, verb /ɹɪˈtɹiːv/: To regain or get back something.
retrieveless adjective: Irretrievable.
retrievement noun: retrieval
retriever noun /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/: One who retrieves something.
retrieverish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a retriever dog.
retrieving noun, verb: An act of retrieval.
retrig noun, verb: To retrigger (a note, or a sample within it).
retrigger verb: To trigger again or anew.
retriggering noun, verb: A second or subsequent triggering.
retrim noun, verb: To trim again.
retriment noun: refuse; dregs
retrip verb: To trip again.
retriplication noun: A reduplication in which the repeated element occurs three times.
retrireview noun: Erroneous, computer-generated form of retrieval.
retro adjective, noun, prefix /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ/: Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
retro-colonial adjective: Pertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of the US colonial era.
retro-engine noun: Alternative form of retroengine.
retro-engineer verb: To reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.
retro-engineering noun, verb: The practice of fitting an earlier or superseded design or part to a machine etc. to achieve a specific purpose
retro-fitted adjective: Alternative spelling of retrofitted.
retro future noun: Alternative form of retrofuture
retro-futurism noun: Alternative spelling of retrofuturism.
retro-futuristic adjective: Alternative form of retrofuturistic.
retro gaming noun: Alternative spelling of retrogaming.
retro-modern adjective: Having design elements from the modernist movements of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, or 50s.
retro-noir noun: A subgenre that closely imitates or recreates the aesthetics and tropes of the classical noirs.
retro-nostalgia noun: Nostalgia for past trends or media.
retro-operative adjective: retrospective in effect.
retro-orbital adjective: Situated behind the orbit or the eye.
retro-orbitally adverb: In a retro-orbital direction.
retro rocket noun: Alternative form of retrorocket.
retro running noun: Running backwards as a form of exercise or physical therapy.
retro slop noun: Alternative form of retroslop.
retro-Victorian adjective /ˌɹɛt.ɹəʊ.vɪkˈtɔːɹ.iː.ən/: A type of novel or fiction, written in the 20th century or later, that is set in the Victorian era (1837–1901).
retroabdominal adjective: retroperitoneal
retroact verb: To act retrospectively or in opposition
retroaction noun: Any action that has an influence due to a past event
retroactive adjective /ˌɹɛt.ɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/: Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
retroactive rape noun: Synonym of regret rape.
retroactively adverb /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/: Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.
retroactiveness noun: The state or condition of being retroactive.
retroactivity noun: The state or characteristic of being retroactive.
retroaddition noun: A cycloelimination.
retroaldolization noun: The reverse of an aldolization reaction
retroalveolar adjective: Behind an alveolus
retroamide noun: An isomer of an existing amide in which the main substituent is attached to the NH group instead of the CO group of the -CO-NH- group
retroanalysis noun: retrospective analysis
retroantral adjective: Located behind the antrum.
retroaortic adjective: That flows in the opposite direction to that of the aorta
retroarc adjective: Occurring on the plate that overrides during plate convergence or collision.
retroareolar adjective: Behind (underneath) the areola
retroarticular adjective: ventral of the caudal end of the zygomatic arch
retroauricle noun: A posterior auricle
retroauricular adjective: Behind the auricle (of the ear)
retroauricularly adverb: In a retroauricular manner; behind the ear.
retroaxonal adjective: In the opposite direction (through a neuron) than normal
retroaxonally adverb: In a retroaxonal manner or direction
retroazimuthal adjective: In which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B.
retrobiosynthesis noun: biochemical retrosynthesis
retrobiosynthetic adjective: Relating to retrobiosynthesis
retrobulbar adjective: Behind the medulla oblongata
retrobulbarly adverb: In a retrobulbar manner or direction
retrobulbary adjective: Alternative form of retrobulbar.
retroburn noun: The firing of retrorockets from a spacecraft in a direction opposite to its current trajectory to reduce its velocity.
retrocaecal adjective: Alternative form of retrocecal.
retrocaecally adverb: Alternative form of retrocecally.
retrocalcaneal adjective: Behind the calcaneus.
retrocalcarine adjective: Behind the calcar of the brain
retrocalculate verb: To calculate retrospectively.
retrocalculation noun: The action or process of calculating retrospectively.
retrocapsular adjective: Behind the capsule (of the eye)
retrocardiac adjective: Located behind the heart.
retrocausal adjective: Of or pertaining to retrocausality.
retrocausality noun: Any of several hypothetical phenomena that reverse causality, allowing an effect to occur before its cause.
retrocausally adverb: By means of, or in terms of, retrocausality.
retrocausation noun: Retrocausality.
retrocausative adjective: Pertaining to or exhibiting retrocausality.
retrocaval adjective: Behind the vena cava
retrocecal adjective: Behind the caecum.
retrocecally adverb: Behind the cecum.
retrocede verb: To grant back.
retrocedence noun: recession, regression, retrogression
retrocedent adjective: Tending to retrocede; moving backwards.
retrocerebellar adjective: Behind the cerebellum
retrocerebral adjective: Behind the cerebrum (or brain)
retrocervical adjective: Behind the cervix (of the uterus); Relating to the retrocervix
retrocervix noun: The retrocervical part of the retrovaginal pouch
retrocess verb: To retrocede or grant back.
retrocession noun: The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
retrocessional adjective: Relating to retrocession
retrocessionist noun: A supporter of retrocession.
retrocessive adjective: Tending to retrocede; moving backward.
retrocessively adverb: In a retrocessive manner.
retrochalcone noun: Any of a group of phenolic chalconoids
retrochiasmal adjective: Alternative form of retrochiasmatic.
retrochiasmatic adjective: Behind the chiasma
retrochoanal adjective: Behind the choana
retrochoanitic adjective: That points backward.
retrochoir noun /ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/: Any extension of a church or cathedral behind the high altar, which may include a chapel.
retrochorionic adjective: Behind the chorion.
retrochronal adjective: Operating backward in time, so that effects precede their causes.
retroclination noun: A backwards inclination (especially of teeth)
retrocline verb: Of teeth, to lean backward.
retroclival adjective: Behind the clivus
retroclivous adjective: Alternative form of retroclival.
retroclusion noun: An acupressure technique in which the pin passes behind the artery, after its point is made to describe the greater part of a semicircle.
retrocochlear adjective: Behind or beyond the cochlea
retrocochlearly adverb: Behind or beyond the cochlea.
retrocognition noun /ˌɹɛtɹəʊkɒɡˈnɪʃən/: extrasensory knowledge of past events.
retrocognitive adjective: Exhibiting or pertaining to retrocognition.
retrocolic adjective: posterior to the colon
retrocollic adjective: Relating to the back of the neck.
retrocollis noun: The backward tilting of the head.
retrocompetence noun: The condition of being retrocompetent.
retrocompetent adjective: Of a cell wall, competent in reverse transcription.
retrocomputing noun: The hobby of collecting, maintaining, and using obsolete computer equipment.
retrocondylar adjective: Behind a condyle
retroconversion noun: conversion back to a previous (typically an original) form
retroconverted adjective: converted to a previous (typically an original) form
retrocopulant adjective: Copulating from behind.
retrocopulate verb: To copulate from behind.
retrocopulation noun: Copulation from behind.
retrocopy noun: A retrogene, copied from mRNA, that has lost all introns
retrocorneal adjective: Behind a cornea
retrocostal adjective: Behind the ribs
retrocrural adjective: Behind the crura
retrocue noun, verb: A cue (signal) given after, or during an associated event
retrocuing noun: retroactive cuing
retrocurvature noun: backward curvature
retrocurved adjective: curved backward
retrocyclin noun: An artificial human theta-defensin shown to be effective against HIV and other viruses.
retrocycloaddition noun: cycloelimination
retrodate verb: To assign a date to (a publication) that is earlier than the real one.
retrodeform verb: To carry out a retrodeformation
retrodeformable adjective: Capable of retrodeformation.
retrodeformation noun: A process that produces the original form of a deformed object (or, more often, its image)
retrodeformed adjective: deformed to a previous (typically an original) form
retrodiagnose verb: To retroactively diagnose a dead person with a medical or psychological condition.
retrodialysed adjective: Subject to retrodialysis
retrodialysis noun: The introduction of a drug into the bloodstream via a microdialysis probe
retrodict verb: To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.
retrodiction noun /ˌɹɛtɹəˈdɪkʃən/: A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to...
retrodictive adjective: Of or pertaining to retrodiction.
retrodiene noun: used attributively to describe the removal of a previously added diene moiety from a molecule
retrodifferentiate verb: To reverse the process of differentiation
retrodifferentiation noun: retrograde differentiation (of cells)
retrodigitization noun: The conversion into digital format of a work designed and published in an earlier era.
retrodimerization noun: Any reaction in which a dimer is converted to the original monomers
retrodimerize verb: To cause, or to undergo, retrodimerization.
retrodirect verb: To direct backward.
retrodiscal adjective: Behind an intervertebral disc.
retrodiskal adjective: Alternative form of retrodiscal.
retrodismutation noun: The reverse of a dismutation reaction
retrodisplace verb: To displace backwards
retrodisplacement noun: Any backward displacement, such as retroversion or retroflexion of the uterus.
retrodocumentation noun: Documentation or writing considered historical, archaic, old-fashioned, or older in comparison to contemporary documentation or writing.
retrodorsal adjective: Behind the backbone
retrodorsally adverb: In a retrodorsal manner or direction
retroduce verb: To employ retroduction
retroduct verb: To draw back; to withdraw.
retroductal adjective: Behind a duct
retroduction noun: Synonym of abduction.
retroductive adjective: Relating to retroduction
retroductively adverb: In a retroductive manner
retroduodenal adjective: Behind the duodenum.
retroduplicate verb: To carry out a reverse transcription
retroduplication noun: The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy
retroelement noun: A retrotransposon.
retroendocytosis noun: The expulsion of material from a cell by a reverse of the endocytosis process
retroengine noun: retrorocket
retroepicondylar adjective: Behind an epicondyle
retroequatorial adjective: Behind the midline of an orb
retroesophageal adjective: Behind the esophagus
retrofacial adjective: Behind the face
retrofamily noun: A group of related retroviruses
retrofascial adjective: Behind a fascia.
retrofashion noun: Any fashion characterized by clothes associated with a previous era.
retrofire noun, verb: The firing of rockets directed opposite to a craft's direction of motion in order to slow down.
retrofit noun, verb /ˌɹɛtɹəʊˈfɪt/: To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
retrofitment noun: The fitment or fitting of something retrospectively.
retrofittable adjective: Capable of being retrofitted.
retrofitted adjective, verb: fitted or installed at a later date
retrofitter noun: One who retrofits.
retrofitting noun, verb: The process by which something is retrofitted.
retroflect verb: To turn or redirect back at itself.
retroflection noun: The condition of being bent backwards.
retroflective adjective: Relating to, or causing retroflexion
retroflector noun /ˈɹɛtɹəˌflɛktə(ɹ)/: retroreflector
retroflex adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks/: Bent or curved backwards.
retroflex hook noun: A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̢⟩ used to mark consonantal retroflexion.
retroflexed adjective: Bent in a posterior (backwards) direction, as the uterus
retroflexion noun /ˌɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˈflɛk.ʃən/: The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.
retroflexive adjective: retroflex; backwards
retroflexively adverb: In a retroflexive manner.
retrofocus noun, verb: A wide-angle lens with an inverted telephoto configuration.
retroforeland adjective: Behind a foreland.
retrofract adjective: Bent sharply back, so as to appear broken.
retrofracted adjective: Synonym of retrofract.
retrofuture noun: An outdated vision of the future.
retrofuturism noun: The revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.
retrofuturist adjective: Synonym of retrofuturistic
retrofuturistic adjective /ˌɹɛtɹəʊˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/: Of or relating to how the future was inaccurately imagined in the past; resembling an outdated vision of the future.
retrog. adjective: Abbreviation of retrograde.
retrogame noun: An older video game or computer game that is played by hobbyists.
retrogamer noun: A retrogaming enthusiast.
retrogaming noun: The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games.
retrogarde adjective: Descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.
retrogastric adjective: Located behind the stomach.
retrogene noun: A piece of DNA reverse transcribed from mRNA inserted into a random place in the genome.
retrogenesis noun: The reversal of the order of acquisition of cognitive, functional, or biologic abilities during disease progression, particularly in dementia and...
retrogenia noun: A medical condition in which the chin is significantly recessed compared to the upper jaw.
retrogenic adjective: Relating to retrogenes
retrogenically adverb: In a retrogenic manner
retrogeniculate adjective: Behind the lateral geniculate nucleus
retroglandular adjective: Behind a gland
retroglenoid adjective: Behind the glenoid
retroglossal adjective: Behind the tongue
retrognathia noun /ˌɹə.tɹoʊˈnæθ.i.ə/: A malocclusion in which the maxilla or mandible is further posterior than would be expected.
retrognathic adjective: Having a retrusive jaw.
retrognathism noun: The quality of being retrognathic.
retrognathous adjective: retrognathic
retrognosis noun: A description of a past event that is written as though it were a prediction.
retrogradant adjective: retrograde
retrogradation noun: Motion in a retrograde manner.
retrogradational adjective: Relating to retrogradation.
retrogradatory adjective: retrograde
retrograde adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/: Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
retrograde amnesia noun: The loss of memories from the period leading up to the amnesic episode.
retrograde ejaculation noun: The redirection of semen to the urinary bladder instead of normal ejaculation.
retrograde inversion noun: A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of the original note...
retrograde motion noun: Motion of a body (either real or apparent) in a direction opposite to that of its normal motion, or to that of other similar or related bodies
retrograde neurotransmitter noun: A neurotransmitter that is released from a postsynaptic neuron to the axon of a presynaptic neuron.
retrograde perfusion noun: An artificial method of providing blood supply to an organ by delivering oxygenated blood through the veins.
retrogradely adverb: With a backward motion
retrogradeness noun: The quality of being retrograde.
retrogradingly adverb: So as to retrograde (various meanings).
retrogradism noun: Support for retrogression.
retrogradist noun: A supporter of retrogradism
retrographic adjective: Relating to retrography
retrography noun: The art of writing backwards.
retrogration noun: retrogradation
retrogreen verb: To retrofit existing models or structures (theoretical or physical) to accommodate environmentally friendly values.
retrogress noun, verb: To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
retrogression noun: A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
retrogressional adjective: Relating to retrogression.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.