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Unpredict :: Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.

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

Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..

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..

Rhinophore :: Rhinophore (n.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia..

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

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

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

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.

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

Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..

Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..

Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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