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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.

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

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

Retracted :: Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrac.

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

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