RETIRAL

Etymology

Noun

retiral (countable and uncountable, plural retirals)

(now chiefly, Scotland) Withdrawal, retreat. [from 17th c.]

(now chiefly, Scotland) Retirement from employment. [from 19th c.]

(finance) The act of taking up a bill when due.

Anagrams

• retrial, trailer

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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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