About The Word Retractile

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Retractile to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Retractile definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Retractile

Retractile Meaning & Definition
Retractile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Retractile?

[adj] capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Retractile: retractable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Retractile:

See Also |

Retractile In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*tract"ile\, 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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Dreadful ‐ causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk";…
  • Fahrenheit scale ‐ a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water…
  • Tetragrammaton ‐ four Hebrew letters (usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh)…
  • Research worker ‐ a scientist who devotes himself to…
  • Hamitic language ‐ a group of North African languages related…
  • Yellow lupine ‐ yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated…
  • Israeli ‐ a native or inhabitant of Israel [adj] of or relating to or characteristic…
  • Bird-scarer ‐ an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away…
  • Smoothbore ‐ of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside…
  • Affective disorder ‐ any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities…