| CONTRACTILE | • contractile adj. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted. • CONTRACTILE adj. having the power or property of contracting. |
| CONTRACTILITIES | • contractilities n. Plural of contractility. • CONTRACTILITY n. the quality of being contractile. |
| CONTRACTILITY | • contractility n. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles). • contractility n. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks. • contractility n. (Physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| NONRETRACTILE | • nonretractile adj. Not retractile. • NONRETRACTILE adj. not retractile. |
| PROTRACTILE | • protractile adj. That can be protracted. • PROTRACTILE adj. able to be thrust out, also PROTRACTIBLE. |
| REFRACTILE | • refractile adj. Able to refract, refractive. • REFRACTILE adj. refractive, capable of being refracted. |
| RETRACTILE | • retractile adj. That can be retracted (as a cat’s claws). • RETRACTILE adj. capable of retraction, like the claws of a cat. |
| RETRACTILITIES | • RETRACTILITY n. the state of being retractile. |
| RETRACTILITY | • retractility n. The quality of being retractile. • RETRACTILITY n. the state of being retractile. |
| TACTILE | • tactile adj. Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch. • tactile adj. Used for feeling. • tactile adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch. |
| TACTILELY | • tactilely adv. In a tactile manner; by, or relating to, the sense of touch. • TACTILE adv. pertaining to the sense of touch, also TACTUAL. |
| TACTILIST | • TACTILIST n. a painter who aims at tactile effects. |
| TACTILISTS | • TACTILIST n. a painter who aims at tactile effects. |
| TACTILITIES | • tactilities n. Plural of tactility. • TACTILITY n. the state of being tactile. |
| TACTILITY | • tactility n. The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch). • tactility n. The ability to feel pressure or pain through touch. • TACTILITY n. the state of being tactile. |
| TRACTILE | • tractile adj. Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length. • tractile adj. Pertaining to traction or pulling. • tractile adj. (Dated) Capable of being guided, influenced, or led. |
| TRACTILITIES | • TRACTILITY n. the state of being tractile. |
| TRACTILITY | • tractility n. The quality of being tractile (capable of being drawn or stretched out at length). • TRACTILITY n. the state of being tractile. |