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

Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..

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

Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.

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

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

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.

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.) One who, or that which, retracts..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..

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

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

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