Nonretractable

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nonretractable \nonretractable\ nonretractile
  \nonretractile\adj.
     not able to be drawn into the main body; -- of claws and
     other extensile parts of animals or objects; as, a bear's
     claws, unlike a cat's, are nonretractile. Opposite of
     {retractile}.


     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonretractable
       adj : not capable of being retracted [syn: {nonretractile}] [ant:
             {retractile}]