RETENTOR

Definition: RETENTOR

RETENTOR

Noun

1. A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Retentor \Re*ten"tor\, noun. [Latin expression, retainer.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: RETENTOR

Non-English Usage: "RETENTOR" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (retainer, retentive).

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Words rhyming with "RETENTOR" (pronounced 'Re*ten"tor'): Abactor, Abator, Abductor, Accentor, Actor, Adductor, Adjutor, Administrator, Agistator, Alienator, Amputator, Archtraitor, Arendator, Arpentator, Assentator, BENEFACTOR, Bettor, Betutor, Bisector, Bivector, Buccinator, Calefactor, Calorimotor, Calumniator, Cantor, Captor, Castigator, Causator, Circumferentor, Citator, Coadjutor, Collator, Cornutor, Cremator, Cretor, Cunctator, Curator, Deductor, Delator, Devotor, fetor, Fictor, Flector, foetor, Glossator, IMPOSTOR, laudator, lector, Lentor, Levator. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rottener.
	Words within the letters "e-e-n-o-r-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: torrent.
	-2 letters: netter, renter, retore, retorn, retort, rotten, rotter, tenter, terret, torten.
	-3 letters: enter, noter, otter, rente, retro, rotte, tenet, tenor, terne, toner, torte, toter, treen, trone.
	-4 letters: erne, nett, note, rent, rete, rote, teen, tent, tern, tone, tore, torn, torr, tort, tote, tree, tret, trot.
	-5 letters: eon, ere, ern, err, nee, net, nor, not.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-n-o-r-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: tormenter.
	+2 letters: tormenters.
	+3 letters: extortioner, interceptor, interjector, interrogate, introverted, northeaster, northwester, orthocenter, overwritten, paternoster, reiteration, remonstrate, reorientate, tetrahedron, transportee.
	+4 letters: controverted, controverter, countertenor, countertrade, countertrend, determinator, exterminator, extortioners, interceptors, interconvert, interjectors, interjectory, interoceptor, interrogated, interrogatee, interrogates, northeastern, northeasters, northwestern, northwesters, orthocenters, overtreating, paternosters, penetrometer, perpetration, reiterations, remonstrated, remonstrates, reorientated, reorientates, tenderometer, tetrahedrons, transportees.
	+5 letters: concertmaster, contrarieties, controverters, countereffort, counterfeiter, counterstream, counterstrike, counterstroke, countertenors, counterterror, counterthreat, countertrades, countertrends, deteriorating, deterioration, determinators, exterminators, exterminatory, fortuneteller, interconverts, interelectron, interiorities, interoceptors, interpellator, interrelation, interrogatees, interrogative, nonrestricted, nonretractile, northeasterly, northwesterly, overtreatment, penetrometers, perpetrations, predestinator, pretournament, reconcentrate, reconstructed, recreationist, reexportation, reforestation, reintegration, remonstrative, reorientating, reorientation, repartitioned, retroflection, retrospecting, retrospection, sternforemost, tenderometers, thunderstroke, ventrolateral.
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