retract /ri-traktˈ/

1. To draw back
2. To withdraw
3. To revoke
4. To unsay
5. In chess, to undo (the previous move)
6. To pronounce with tongue drawn back

To take back, or draw back from, what has been said or granted

retracˈtable or retracˈtible adjective

1. Able to be retracted
2. That can be drawn up into the body or wings (aeronautics)
3. That can be drawn up towards the body of a vehicle

retractāˈtion /rē-/ noun

1. Revoking
2. Recantation

retracˈted adjective

1. Drawn in
2. Turned back
3. Cancelled
4. Revoked
5. Pronounced with tongue drawn in

retracˈtile /-tīl/ adjective

That may be drawn back, as a cat's claws

retractility /rē-trak-tilˈi-ti/ noun

retraction /ri-trakˈshən/ noun

1. Drawing back
2. Retractation

retracˈtive adjective

1. Tending to retract
2. In chess, involving the reversal of the previous move

retracˈtively adverb

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• furfural
• furfuraldehyde
• furfuraldehydes
• furfurals
• furfuran
• furfurol
• furfurole
• furfurous
• furfurs
• furibund
• furies
• furiosities
• furiosity
• furioso
• furiosos
• furious
• furiously
• furiousness
• furiousnesses
• furl
• furlana
• furlanas
• furled
• furling