retroflection
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Noun
- A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
- An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
- The act of bending backward
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| 1 | election | 3 | 77 |
| 2 | selection | 3 | 39 |
| 3 | reflection | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | reflecting | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | retention | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | perfection | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | rejection | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | restriction | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | reflections | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | recollection | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | erection | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | reflector | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | recollections | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | reelection | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | retraction | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | reflectone | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | deflection | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | redirection | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | preelection | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | reintroduction | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | reflation | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 3
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
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