Retentiveness
81unretentive — adjective (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range a short memory • Syn: ↑forgetful, ↑short • Ant: ↑retentive • See Also: ↑unmindful, ↑forgetful, ↑ …
82urinary retention — noun holding urine in the urinary bladder he has a problem with urinary retention • Hypernyms: ↑retentiveness, ↑retentivity, ↑retention …
83anal-retentive — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training • anal retentive noun • anal retentiveness noun * * * ˌanal reˈtentive [anal… …
84id|i|ot sa|vant — «IHD ee uht suh VAHNT; French ee DYOH sa vahn», plural id|i|ot sa|vants or id|i|ots sa|vants. Psychiatry. a mentally retarded person who has a remarkable special skill: »Exceptional retentiveness is the chief explanation of the feats performed by …
85re|ten|tiv|i|ty — «REE tehn TIHV uh tee», noun. 1. the power to retain; retentiveness. 2. the capacity of a substance to retain induced magnetic force after the source of the magnetization has been removed. 3. the power of resisting magnetization …
86te|nac|i|ty — «tih NAS uh tee», noun. 1. firmness in holding fast. SYNONYM(S): adhesion, grip. 2. Figurative. stubbornness; persistence. SYNONYM(S): obstinacy. 3. Figurative. ability to remember. SYNONYM( …
87JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
