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Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..

Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.

Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..

Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..

Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

Retractive :: Retractive (n.) That which retracts, or withdraws..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..

Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..

Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..

Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws..

Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..

Opelet :: Opelet (n.) A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia, / Anthea, sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles..

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) One who, or that which, retracts..

Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..

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