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Pleuroderes

A group of fresh water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted but is bent to one side for protection The matamata is an example...

Paraphimosis

A condition in which the prepuce after being retracted behind the glans penis is constricted there and can not be brought forward into place again...

Palinodial

Of or pertaining to a palinode or retraction...

Palinode

An ode recanting or retracting a former one also a repetition of an ode...

The wheels and attached structures under an airplane that support it and allow it to move when on the ground also the floats or pontoons of an amphibious airplane together with their supporting structures Landing gear may be fixed rigidly in place or retractable when in flight...

Centerboard

A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water tight case amidships when in shallow water or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States...

evidentiary harpoon

evidentiary harpoon [from the comparison of such evidence to a harpoon, which can be retracted after it has injured its target] : evidence consisting esp. of a police officer's statement that is improper and is knowingly offered by the prosecution to prejudice the defendant in the eyes of the jury ...

Rubber

Rubber, rubber is described in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 19, 1965 edition: Rubber the substance caoutchouc (q.v.), a milklike fluid that is obtained from certain tropical shrubs or tyres and then subjected to various processes of manufacture; or it may be a product of chemical synthesis. The uniqueness of rubber lies in its physical properties of extensibility and toughness. In its natural state, it is greatly affected by temperature, becoming harder when cooled (at 0 x-10 x C it is opaque) and softer when heated (above 50x C it becomes tackier and less elastic, decomposing into liquid form at 190 x-200x C). When vulcanized (i.e. heated with sulfur at 120 x-160 x C) it loses its thermoplasticity and becomes stronger and more elastic..... Chemically, rubber is a polymer of isoprene..... The term synthetic rubber is used to describe an evergrowing number of elastic materials, some of which closely resemble natural rubber while others have completely different physical properti...

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