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There are 20 words containing RETRACT

RETRACT• retract v. (Transitive).
• retract v. (Intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.
• retract n. An act of retracting or withdrawing (A mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
RETRACTS• retracts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retract.
• RETRACT v. to take back.
RETRACTED• retracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of retract.
• retracted adj. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
• retracted adj. (Phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.
RETRACTOR• retractor n. One who, or that which, retracts.
• retractor n. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• retractor n. (Chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach…
RETRACTILE• retractile adj. That can be retracted (as a cat’s claws).
• RETRACTILE adj. capable of retraction, like the claws of a cat.
RETRACTING• retracting v. Present participle of retract.
• RETRACT v. to take back.
RETRACTION• retraction n. An act or instance of retracting.
• retraction n. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion…
• retraction n. (Mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
RETRACTIVE• retractive n. That which retracts or withdraws.
• retractive adj. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
• RETRACTIVE adj. serving to retract.
RETRACTORS• retractors n. Plural of retractor.
• RETRACTOR n. something that retracts.
RETRACTABLE• retractable adj. Capable of being retracted; retractile.
• retractable n. A retractable pen.
• RETRACTABLE adj. that can be retracted, also RETRACTIBLE.
RETRACTIBLE• retractible adj. Alternative form of retractable.
• RETRACTIBLE adj. that can be retracted, also RETRACTABLE.
RETRACTIONS• retractions n. Plural of retraction.
• RETRACTION n. an act of recanting.
RETRACTATION• retractation n. Retraction (of something previously said).
• RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation.
RETRACTILITY• retractility n. The quality of being retractile.
• RETRACTILITY n. the state of being retractile.
RETRACTIVELY• retractively adv. In a retractive manner.
• RETRACTIVE adv. serving to retract.
NONRETRACTILE• nonretractile adj. Not retractile.
• NONRETRACTILE adj. not retractile.
RETRACTATIONS• retractations n. Plural of retractation.
• RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation.
RETRACTABILITY• retractability n. The quality of being retractable.
• RETRACTABILITY n. the quality of being retractable.
RETRACTIBILITY• retractibility n. Alternative form of retractability.
• RETRACTIBILITY n. the state of being retractible.
RETRACTILITIES• RETRACTILITY n. the state of being retractile.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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  • Scrabble in Spanish: 57 words
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  • Scrabble in German: no word
  • Scrabble in Romanian: 80 words


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