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7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• retractor n. One who, or that which, retracts.
• retractor n. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• retractor n. (Chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach…
• retractor n. A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
• retractor n. A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
• retractor n. (Zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.

— English word, defined in French —

• retractor n. Rétracteur.

52 English words from 6 English definitions

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1 foreign word from the foreign definition

Rétracteur

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retractors

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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29 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

protracter retractors retrofract

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

arrector carroter retroact

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

detractor refractor

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