11K+ Words That Rhyme With RETRACTION

• the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)

• the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

• (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing

• a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

• a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

• the quotient of two rational numbers

• perform a division

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• a crime less serious than a felony

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• the act of withdrawing or removing something

• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

• an abstract painting

• preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

• a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

• the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

• state of being gratified or satisfied

• compensation for a wrong

• (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation

• act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite

• when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands

• a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

• (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

• the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

• the feeling of being displeased and discontent

• the force by which one object attracts another

• an entertainment that is offered to the public

• the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts

• a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

• an entertainer who attracts large audiences

• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

• a dissenting clique

• (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

• an idea evoked by some experience

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body

• a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude

• extreme conservatism in political or social matters

• doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• act of demanding or levying by force or authority

• the state of being inactive

• the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• an event that completely destroys something

• a final state

• the human act of creating

• (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

• an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• everything that exists anywhere

• a statement that represents something in words

• the act of describing something

• sort or variety

• an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• the act of forming or establishing something

• (geology) the geological features of the earth

• a particular spatial arrangement

• natural process that causes something to form

• creation by mental activity

• available only with a doctor's written prescription

• directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

• a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

• written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

• written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• a message describing how something is to be done

• the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

• the profession of a teacher

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• the act of constructing something

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

• drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

• an interpretation of a text or action

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

• a state of conflict between persons

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

• a message received and understood

• knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

• formal accusation of a crime

• a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

• (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

• Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

• a pink or reddish-pink color

• pink or pinkish

• the activity of converting data or information into code

• the condition of bearing fruit

• enjoyment derived from use or possession

• something that is made real or concrete

• a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

• (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

• (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• divide into parts, pieces, or sections

• separate or apportion into sections

• the act of returning to the country of origin

• a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

• agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

• a pledged contribution

• the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)

• something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

• (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA

• a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• the act of making a record (especially an audio record)

• an instance of questioning

• the subject matter at issue

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

• an informal reference to a marriage proposal

• challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

• pose a series of questions to

• pose a question

• conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

• place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

• tight or narrow compression

• a tight feeling in some part of the body

• the action or process of compressing

• a change for the worse

• alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it

• the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

• the act of expelling a person from their native land

• the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

• activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

• embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)

• a second or new birth

• the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions

• an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

• a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

• something a little different from others of the same type

• an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard

• the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

• the process of varying or being varied

• (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

• (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

• (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

• the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed

• a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon

• a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally

• a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something

• the consequence of being lengthened in duration

• the act of prolonging something

• the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

• the amount by which a propagating wave is bent