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

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

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

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..

Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..

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

Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.

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

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

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

Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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

Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..

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

Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.

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

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

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..

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

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

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