RETIARIUS

Definition: RETIARIUS

RETIARIUS

Noun

1. A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Retiarius \Re`ti*a"ri*us\, noun. [Latin expression, from rete net.]. (Websters 1913)

"RETIARIUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: bestiaries, breviaries.

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Retiarius A gladiator who made use of a net, which he threw over his adversary. "As in thronged amphitheatre of old The wary Retiarius trapped his foe." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, canto ii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: RETIARIUS

English words defined with "RETIARIUS": Retiary. (references)

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Words rhyming with "RETIARIUS" (pronounced 'Re`ti*a"ri*us'): Abaciscus, Abaculus, Abacus, Abdominous, Abgeordnetenhaus, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acanthus, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acarus, Accismus, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acinus, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-r-r-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: rarities.
	-2 letters: airiest, artsier, rustier, tarries, tarsier.
	-3 letters: airers, airest, airier, arrest, artier, aurist, irater, raiser, rarest, raster, rasure, raters, satire, sierra, starer, striae, suiter, tarres, terais, terras, triers, urares, uraris, urates.
	-4 letters: airer, airts, arise, arris, aster, astir, aurei, aures, auris, etuis, irate, raise, rares, raser, rater, rates, rears, retia, riser, rites, ruers.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-r-r-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: ruralities.
	+2 letters: garrulities, natriuresis, subirrigate, tributaries.
	+3 letters: bacteriurias, natriuretics, proteinurias, regularities, subirrigated, subirrigates, surrealistic, triumvirates.
	+4 letters: circularities, equilibrators, granularities, oracularities, particularise, preindustrial, prematurities, supercritical, tranquilizers.
	+5 letters: antiguerrillas, cruciverbalist, distributaries, insurrectional, irregularities, overmaturities, particularised, particularises, particularizes, prefigurations, pressurization, reattributions, recirculations, regurgitations, relubrications, respiritualize, supergravities, superpatriotic, tranquillizers, ultraprecision, ultrarealistic.
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