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

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.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

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..

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

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

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..

Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

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

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

Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

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

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

Unlook :: Unlook (v. t.) To recall or retract, as a look..

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..

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

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

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

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

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