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

Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..

Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.

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..

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

Paraphimosis :: Paraphimosis (n.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again..

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

Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

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

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

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

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.

Retentor :: Retentor (n.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata..

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

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.

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

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

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

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