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Definition: Retractile |
RetractileAdjective1. Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "retractile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Antonym: nonretractile (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Retractile |
| English words defined with "retractile": acanthocephalan ♦ class Tentaculata ♦ felid, feline, Foussa ♦ Irretractile ♦ Linguatulina ♦ Proboscidifera ♦ Rhachiglossa, Rhinophore, Rostrifera ♦ spiny-headed worm ♦ Tentaculata ♦ vorticella. (references) |
| "Retractile" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retractile" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "retractile": non-retractile. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
retractile testicle | 9 |
retractile testes | 5 |
coiled cord retractile | 4 |
penis retractile | 3 |
correction of retractile penis | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "retractile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që mund të futet përbrenda, i mbledhshëm (collapsable, collapsible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قلوص, قابل للإنكماش (contractible), قابل للإنقباض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който може да се прибира (retractive), който може да се дръпва назад. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zatažitelný (retractable, retractive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétractile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einziehbar (recoverable, retractable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszahúzódó (reserved, retractable, retractive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | retrattile (retractive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn-hirkaghey, yn-chraplagey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etractileray retrátil, que pode retrair-se. (various references) retractil. (various references) способный сокращаться. (various references) retraktilan, uvlačiv (retractable). (various references) aspirante (applicant, aspirant, candidate, candidature, hopeful, would be). (various references) içeri çekilebilir (retractable), geri çekilebilir (retractable). (various references) утяжний (retractive), скоротний. (various references) co rút. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "retractile": nonretractile. (additional references) | |
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"Retractile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: refractile, retractive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "retractile" (pronounced 'Re*tract"ile'): Agile, Anile, Attractile, Axile, Bevile, Contractile, Debile, Facile, Flabile, flexile, Fluxile, fragile, indocile, Protractile, sterile, strobile, tractile, Whetile, Whitile. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: clatterer, craterlet. | |
-2 letters: laterite, literate, litterer, raclette, retailer, tractile. | |
-3 letters: alerter, alterer, ariette, article, atelier, caterer, cattier, cirrate, citrate, clatter, clearer, critter, earlier, erratic, iterate, lattice, learier, rattier, rattler, realter, recital, reciter, recrate, relater, reticle, retitle, retrace, retract, retreat, retrial, tactile, tearier, terrace, tertial, tiercel, trailer, treacle, treater. | |
-4 letters: aerier, artier, atelic, attire, career. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-r-r-t-t" | |
+2 letters: rearticulate. | |
+3 letters: interparticle, nonretractile, rearticulated, rearticulates, retroactively, tetrachloride. | |
+4 letters: intercorrelate, overarticulate, retractilities, tetrachlorides, ultraenergetic. | |
+5 letters: atherosclerotic, enterobacterial, intercorrelated, intercorrelates, interlacustrine, interperceptual, overarticulated, overarticulates, radiotelemetric, ultracentrifuge. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 74 72 61 63 74 69 6C 65 |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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| Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "retractile" |
