Contortionist
Con‐tor″tion‐ist, n. One who makes or practices contortions.
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Contortive
Con‐tor″tive (?), a. Expressing contortion.
Contortuplicate
Con′tor‐tu″pli‐cate (?), a. [L. contortuplicatus; contortus contorted + plicare to fold.] (Bot.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray.
Contour
Con‐tour″ (?), n. [F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See Turn.] 1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such...
Contourné
‖Con′tour′né″ (?), a. [F., p. p. of contourner to twist.] (Her.) Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; — said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually tu...
Contourniated
Con‐tour″ni‐a′ted (?), a. [Cf. Contorniate.] (Numis.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.
Contra
Con″tra (?). A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv...
Contraband
Con″tra‐band (?), n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.] 1. Illegal or prohibited traffic.Persons the most bound in duty t...
Contraband (2)
Con″tra‐band, a. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fair trade.Bu...
Contraband (3)
Con″tra‐band, v. t. 1. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. Johnson.2. To declare prohibited; to forbid.The law severly contrabandsOur taking business of men's ...
Contrabandism
Con″tra‐band‐ism (–ĭz'm), n. Traffic in contraband goods; smuggling.
Contrabandist
Con″tra‐band′ist (?), n. One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.
Contrabass
Con′tra‐bass″ (?), n.(Mus.) Double bass; — applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bo...
Contrabass (2)
Con′tra‐bass″ (?), n.(Mus.) The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Contrabasso
Con′tra‐bas″so (?), n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.) The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
Contract
Con‐tract″ (kŏn‐trăkt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n.Contracting.] [L. contractus, p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf. F. contracter. ...
Contract (2)
Con‐tract″ (kŏn‐trăkt″), v. i. 1. To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in coolin...
Contract (3)
Con″tract (kŏn″trăkt), a. Contracted; as, a contract verb. Goodwin.
Contract (4)
Con‐tract″ (kŏn‐trăkt″), a. [L. contractus, p. p.] Contracted; affianced; betrothed. Shak.
Contract (5)
Con″tract (kŏn″trăkt), n. [L. contractus, fr. contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also contract.] 1. (Law) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration...
Contract system
Con″tract sys″tem. 1. The sweating system.2. The system of employing convicts by selling their labor (to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per day to contractors ...
Contract tablet
Con″tract tablet. (Babylonian & Assyrian Antiq.) A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often called the...
Contracted
Con‐tract″ed (kŏn‐trăkt″ĕd), a. 1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; con...
Contractedness
Con‐tract″ed‐ness, n. The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.
Contractibility
Con‐tract′i‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air. Arbuthnot.
Contractible
Con‐tract″i‐ble (?), a. Capable of contraction.Small air bladders distable and contractible.Arbuthnot.
Contractibleness
Con‐tract″i‐ble‐ness, n. Contractibility.