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— English words —

• retort n. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
• retort v. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
• retort v. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation…
• retort v. To bend or curve back.
• retort v. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
• retort n. (Chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat…
• retort n. An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as…
• retort n. A pressure cooker.
• retort n. A crematory furnace.
• retort v. (Transitive) To heat in a retort.

— English words, defined in French —

• retort n. Riposte, réplique, réponse.
• retort n. (Chimie) Cornue.
• retort v. Rétorquer.

— In Dutch —

• retort n. (Scheikunde) een verouderd toestel voor het destilleren bestaande…

61 English words from 10 English definitions

accusation against airtight and answer answer␣to argument A␣sharp back base bend bent chemical Chemistry comeback cooker crematory curve down flask furnace heat high industry its long make material neck one originator pressure pressure␣cooker reflect remark reply retort return reverberate reverses rounded say sharp something subjected tapered temperatures that that␣is the throw throw␣back Transitive turns upon used used␣to vessel which with witty

3 English words from 4 foreign definitions

een het Riposte

11 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

bestaande Chimie Cornue destilleren réplique réponse Rétorquer Scheikunde toestel verouderd voor

19 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retorts retorted retorter retorters retortest retorteth retorting retortion retortive retortable retort␣food retortions retort␣curry retort␣pouch retort␣stand retortamonad retort␣stands retortamonads retort␣pouches

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

pretorture unretorted ploughshare␣tortoise ploughshare␣tortoises

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

EtO ETO ort ORT ret Ret. tor Tor TOR tort -tort

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

OTE rot ROT rote ter TER ter- TRO trot Trot

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Rotert rotter Rotter

17 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Perrott Porrett retorts Roterts rotters Rotters stertor Territo Torbert torrent torrert torture Tourret trotter Trotter trouter tutorer

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ETRTO ortet otter Otter retro retro- Tetro toret Torre torte toter Treto

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

detort remort report resort re-sort retore retorn

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