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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..

Pluroderes :: Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example..

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

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

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.

Retracted :: Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrac.

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..

Retractable :: Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.

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

Proboscidifera :: Proboscidifera (n. pl.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle..

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..

Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..

Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..

Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..

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

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.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

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

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