Words in english starting with C

• contraction — Noun – English ～ (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
• contraction — Noun – English ～ a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
• contraction — Noun – English ～ the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
• contractor — Noun – English ～ someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
• contractor — Noun – English ～ a bodily organ that contracts
• contractor — Noun – English ～ (law) a party to a contract
• contractor — Noun – English ～ the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
• contractual — Adjective – English ～ relating to or part of a binding legal agreement; "contractual obligations"
• contractually — Adverb – English ～ by virtue of a contract; "they were contractually responsible"
• contracture — Noun – English ～ an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
• contradance — Verb – English ～ perform a contradance
• contradance — Noun – English ～ a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
• contradict — Verb – English ～ be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
• contradict — Verb – English ～ deny the truth of
• contradict — Verb – English ～ be in contradiction with
• contradict — Verb – English ～ prove negative; show to be false
• contradiction — Noun – English ～ (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
• contradiction — Noun – English ～ opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
• contradiction — Noun – English ～ the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
• contradictorily — Adverb – English ～ in a contradictory manner; "he argued contradictorily"

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