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adjectiveintractile (comparative more intractile, superlative most intractile)
comparative more intractile · superlative most intractile
- Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
intractile muscles
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intractile tentacles
bodies[…]to be drawn forth in length, intractile; porous, solid
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
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intractile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intractile
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