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Subcontrary :: Subcontractor (n.) One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor..

Aleatory :: Aleatory (a.) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract..

Synneuroses :: Synizesis (n.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.

Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..

Arctation :: Arctation (n.) Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation..

''s :: 's () A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.

Precontract :: Precontract (v. t.) To contract, engage, or stipulate previously..

Put :: Put () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth..

Great :: Great (n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great..

Peristaltic :: Peristaltic (a.) Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement..

Tendril :: Tendril (a.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally..

Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..

Is''t :: Is't () A contraction of is it.

Wager :: Wager (v. t.) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event..

Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

Condition :: Condition (n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one..

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Vertebrated :: Vertebrated (a.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals..

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