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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unnotify :: Unnotify (v. t.) To retract or withdraw a notice of.

Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

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

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

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