CONTRACTIBLE
CONTRACTIBLE, adjective Capable of contraction.Small air bladders, dilatable and contractible
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CONTRACTIBLENESS
CONTRACTIBLENESS, noun The quality of suffering contraction; contractibility.
CONTRACTILE
CONTRACTILE, adjective Tending to contract; having the power of shortening or of drawing into smaller dimensions; as the contractile force of certain elastic bodies.
CONTRACTILITY
CONTRACTILITY, noun The inherent quality or force by which bodies shrink or contract.
CONTRACTING
CONTRACTING, participle present tense1. Shortening or narrowing; drawing together; lessening dimensions; shrinking; making a bargain; betrothing.2.adjective Making or having mad...
CONTRACTION
CONTRACTION, noun [Latin]1. The act of drawing together, or shrinking; the act of shortening, narrowing or lessening extent or dimensions, by causing the parts of a body to appr...
CONTRACTOR
CONTRACTOR, noun1. One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do any thing for another.2. One who contracts or covenants with a government to furni...
CONTRADICT
CONTRADICT, verb transitive [Latin, to speak.]1. To oppose by words; to assert the contrary to what has been asserted, or to deny what has been affirmed.It is not lawful to cont...
CONTRADICTED
CONTRADICTED, participle passive Opposed in words; opposed; denied.
CONTRADICTER
CONTRADICTER, noun One who contradicts or denies; an opposer.
CONTRADICTING
CONTRADICTING, participle present tense Affirming the contrary to what has been asserted; denying; opposing.
CONTRADICTION
CONTRADICTION, noun [Latin]1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial; contrary declaration.2. Opposition, whether by words, reproaches or attempt...
CONTRADICTIONAL
CONTRADICTIONAL, adjective Inconsistent. [Not in use.]
CONTRADICTIOUS
CONTRADICTIOUS, adjective1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.2. Inclined to contradict; disposed to deny or cavil.3. Opposite; inconsistent.
CONTRADICTIOUSNESS
CONTRADICTIOUSNESS, noun1. Inconsistency; contrariety to itself.2. Disposition to contradict or cavil.
CONTRADICTORILY
CONTRADICTORILY, adverb In a contradictory manner; in a manner inconsistent with itself, or opposite to others.
CONTRADICTORINESS
CONTRADICTORINESS, noun Direct opposition; contrariety in assertion or effect.
CONTRADICTORY
CONTRADICTORY, adjective1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; as contradictory assertion.2. Inconsistent; opposite; contrary; as contradictory ...
CONTRADISTINCT
CONTRADISTINCT, adjective Distinguished by opposite qualities.
CONTRADISTINCTION
CONTRADISTINCTION, noun [contra and distinction.] Distinction by opposite qualities.We speak of sins of infirmity, in contradistinction to those of presumption.
CONTRADISTINCTIVE
CONTRADISTINCTIVE, adjective Distinguishing by opposites.
CONTRADISTINGUISH
CONTRADISTINGUISH, verb transitive [contra and distinguish.] To distinguish not merely by differential, but by opposite qualities.These are our complex ideas of soul and body, a...
CONTRADISTINGUISHE
CONTRADISTINGUISHED, participle passive Distinguished by opposites.
CONTRADISTINGUISHI
CONTRADISTINGUISHING, participle present tense Distinguishing by opposites.
CONTRAFISSURE
CONTRAFISSURE, noun [contra and fissure.] In surgery, a fissure or fracture in the cranium, on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
CONTRAINDICANT
CONTRAINDICANT, noun A symptom that forbids to treat a disorder in the usual way.
CONTRAINDICATE
CONTRAINDICATE, verb transitive [contra and indicate.] In medicine, to indicate some method of cure, contrary to that which the general tenor of the disease requires; or to forb...