contracted
— Adjective
– English
～ reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
contractile
— Adjective
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～ capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
contractility
— Noun
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～ the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
contracting
— Noun
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～ becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
contraction
— Noun
– English
～ the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
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
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～ someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
contractor
— Noun
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～ a bodily organ that contracts
contractor
— Noun
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～ (law) a party to a contract
contractor
— Noun
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～ 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
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～ an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
contradance
— Verb
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～ perform a contradance
contradance
— Noun
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～ 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"