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Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security..

Divorce :: Divorce (n.) To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce..

Round :: Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Lease :: Lease (v. t.) The contract for such letting.

Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise..

Incapacity :: Incapacity (n.) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc..

Origin :: Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..

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

Asthma :: Asthma (n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration..

Stunted :: Stunsail (n.) A contraction of Studding sail.

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

Styptic :: Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

Hain''t :: Hain't () A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't..

An't :: An't () A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't.

Electro-bioscopy :: Electro-bioscopy (n.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction..

Tonicity :: Tonicity (n.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

Dilatable :: Dilatable (a.) Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat..

Myography :: Myography (n.) The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology..

Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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