Related Words for retracting

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WordSyllablesCategories
recant
x/
Verb, Verb
abjure
//
Verb, Verb
draw in
/x
Phrase, Verb
retractor
x/x
Noun
retraction
x/x
Noun
retreating
x/x
Verb
recoiling
x/x
Noun
reversing
x/x
Verb
withdrawing
x/x
Verb
pulling out
/x/
Phrase, Noun
rescinding
x/x
Noun
retrieving
x/x
Verb
pulling
/x
Verb
reverting
x/x
Verb
unfolding
x/x
Verb
detaching
x/x
Verb
returning
x/x
Verb
undoing
x/x
Noun
repelling
x/x
Verb
receding
x/x
Noun
regressing
x/x
Verb
shrinking
/x
Noun
pull out
//
Phrase, Verb
repositioning
xx/xx
Noun
reversion
x/x
Noun
lowering
/xx
Verb
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
extricating
/xxx
Verb
reversal
x/x
Noun
pull away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
refunding
x/x
Noun
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
rescission
x/x
Noun
retraced
x/
Verb
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
pullback
/x
Noun
repressing
x/x
Verb
restraining
x/x
Verb
twisting
/x
Verb
disengaging
xx/x
Verb
tightening
/xx
Noun
removing
x/x
Verb
adjusting
x/x
Verb
reversibly
x/xx
Adverb
backtracking
/xx
Noun
turning
/x
Verb
descending
x/x
Verb
regenerating
x/xxx
Adjective
foreskin
/x
Noun
dissecting
x/x
Verb
medially
/xxx
Adverb
protruding
x/x
Verb
incisors
x/x
Noun
superiorly
x/xxx
Adverb
elevating
/xxx
Verb
scapula
/xx
Noun
plunger
/x
Noun
inferiorly
x/xxx
Adverb
laterally
/xxx
Adverb
apologizing
x/xxx
Verb
flaps
/
Noun
mobilizing
/xxx
Verb
anteriorly
x/xxx
Adverb
visualized
/xx
Verb
cava
/x
Noun
lobe
/
Noun
peritoneum
x/x/x
Noun
claws
/
Noun
extending
x/x
Verb
mandible
/xx
Noun
exposes
x/x
Verb
tendons
/x
Noun
advancing
x/x
Verb
gear
/
Noun
posteriorly
x/xxx
Adverb
palate
/x
Noun
sheath
/
Noun
lung
/
Noun
grasping
/x
Verb
abdomen
x/x
Noun
forceps
/x
Noun
lip
/
Noun
muscle
/x
Noun
colon
/x
Noun
piston
/x
Noun
lid
/
Noun
dividing
x/x
Verb
penis
/x
Noun
inserting
x/x
Verb
facilitated
x/xxx
Verb
spring
/
Noun
cheek
/
Noun
eyelids
/x
Noun
separating
/xxx
Verb
shoe
/
Noun
tongue
/
Noun
asserting
x/x
Verb
confession
x/x
Noun
upward
/x
Adverb
bid
/
Noun
wheels
/
Noun
vein
/
Noun
bladder
/x
Noun
prevents
x/
Verb
tissues
/x
Noun
gently
/x
Adverb
edges
/x
Noun
cylinder
/xx
Noun
downward
/x
Adverb
liver
/x
Noun
artery
/xx
Noun
nerve
/
Noun
assistant
x/x
Noun
needle
/x
Noun
hook
/
Noun
catheter
/xx
Noun
accomplished
x/x
Verb
expanding
x/x
Verb
margins
/x
Noun
tip
/
Noun
incision
x/x
Noun
blade
/
Noun
root
/
Noun
opening
/xx
Verb
stomach
/x
Noun
skin
/
Noun
pushing
/x
Verb
placing
/x
Verb
promise
/x
Noun
segment
/x
Noun
shell
/
Noun
statements
/x
Noun
identified
x/xx
Verb
teeth
/
Noun
finger
/x
Noun
offer
/x
Noun
raising
/x
Verb
approached
x/
Verb
vessels
/x
Noun
abiding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
absorbing
x/x
Adjective
acceptance
x/x
Noun
accommodating
x/xxx
Adjective
accumulating
x/xxx
Verb, Noun
acknowledgement
x/xx
Noun
actualization
/xxx/x
Noun
adapting
x/x
Verb, Noun
adhering
x/x
Verb
adjoint
x/
Noun, Adjective
admiring
x/x
Noun, Adjective
admission
x/x
Noun
admittance
x/x
Noun
affirming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
alienation
xxx/x
Noun
answering
/xx
Noun
bevel
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
disclosure
x/x
Noun
driving
/x
Noun, Adjective
eccentric
x/x
Adjective, Noun
forbear
x/
Verb, Noun
friction
/x
Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
moving
/x
Adjective, Noun
pinion
/x
Noun, Verb
propelling
x/x
Noun
pulley
/x
Noun, Verb
running
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
spindle
/x
Noun, Verb
vane
/
Noun