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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..

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

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..

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

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..

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