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retractile (encz) | retractile,zatažitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Retractile (gcide) | Retractile \Re*tract"ile\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"[i^]l), a. [Cf. F.
-r['e]tractile.] (Physiol.)
Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as,
the claws of a cat are retractile.
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retractile (wn) | retractile
adj 1: capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats
have retractile claws" [ant: nonretractable,
nonretractile] |
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nonretractile (encz) | nonretractile, adj: |
Irretractile (gcide) | Irretractile \Ir`re*tract"ile\, a.
1. Not retractile.
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2. Not tractile or ductile. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
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nonretractile (gcide) | nonretractable \nonretractable\ nonretractile
\nonretractile\adj.
not able to be drawn into the main body; -- of claws and
other extensile parts of animals or objects; as, a bear's
claws, unlike a cat's, are nonretractile. Opposite of
retractile.
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Retractile (gcide) | Retractile \Re*tract"ile\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"[i^]l), a. [Cf. F.
-r['e]tractile.] (Physiol.)
Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as,
the claws of a cat are retractile.
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nonretractile (wn) | nonretractile
adj 1: not capable of being retracted [syn: nonretractile,
nonretractable] [ant: retractile] |
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