retentive of moisture

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• retentive — adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, from Anglo French & Medieval Latin; Anglo French, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus, past participle of retinēre Date: 14th century having the power, property, or capacity of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• retentive — adj. 1 (often foll. by of) tending to retain (moisture etc.). 2 (of memory or a person) not forgetful. 3 Surgery (of a ligature etc.) serving to keep something in place. Derivatives: retentively adv. retentiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF retentif… …   Useful english dictionary

• re|ten´tive|ness — re|ten|tive «rih TEHN tihv», adjective. 1. able to hold or keep: »a material retentive of moisture. 2. able to remember easily: »a retentive memory. –re|ten´tive|ly, adverb. –re|ten´tive|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• re|ten´tive|ly — re|ten|tive «rih TEHN tihv», adjective. 1. able to hold or keep: »a material retentive of moisture. 2. able to remember easily: »a retentive memory. –re|ten´tive|ly, adverb. –re|ten´tive|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• re|ten|tive — «rih TEHN tihv», adjective. 1. able to hold or keep: »a material retentive of moisture. 2. able to remember easily: »a retentive memory. –re|ten´tive|ly, adverb. –re|ten´tive|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• cold — coldish, adj. coldly, adv. coldness, n. /kohld/, adj., colder, coldest, n., adv. adj. 1. having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day. 2. feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters… …   Universalium

• Auchtergaven —    AUCHTERGAVEN, a parish, in the county of Perth, 8½ miles (N. by W.) from Perth; containing, with the villages of Bankfoot, Carnie Hill, and Waterloo, and part of Stanley, 3366 inhabitants. This place was distinguished, in former times, as the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Boharm —    BOHARM, a parish, partly in the county of Elgin, but chiefly in that of Banff, 6 miles (W.) from Keith; containing 1261 inhabitants. The original word Bucharin, or Bocharin, from which Boharm has been formed, is said to signify the bow or bend …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Nenthorn —    NENTHORN, a parish, in the county of Berwick, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Kelso; containing 446 inhabitants. This place, of which the name, of uncertain signification, is supposed to be partly derived from some remarkable thorns once in the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Paisley —    PAISLEY, a burgh, market town, and ancient parish, in the Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, of which it is the principal place, and the seat of a wide manufacturing district, 7½ miles (W. by S.) from Glasgow, and 50 (W. by S.) from… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• cold — /koʊld / (say kohld) adjective 1. having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: a cold day. 2. having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the body: cold hands. 3. producing or feeling, especially in a high degree …