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Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise..

Thro'' :: Thro' () A contraction of Through.

Myodynamics :: Myodynamics (n.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit..

Rust :: Rust (v. i.) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.

Peristalsis :: Peristalsis (n.) Peristaltic contraction or action.

Coronis :: Coronis (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable..

Reinsurance :: Reinsurance (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.

Corrugant :: Corrugant (a.) Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.

Consideration :: Consideration (n.) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.

Let :: Let (v. t.) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

Contractedness :: Contractedness (n.) The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.

Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (v. t.) To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow..

Compact :: Compact (n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

Fidelity :: Fidelity (n.) Adherence to the marriage contract.

Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..

Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond..

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

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