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

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

Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.

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

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

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..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

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

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

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

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

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.

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

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

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

Retracting :: Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrac.

Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.

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..

Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.

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