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Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To become contracted; to shrink.

Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.

Subcontracted :: Subcontracted (a.) Contracted after a former contract.

Ana :: Ana (adv.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces..

Hire :: Hire (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward..

Incontracted :: Incontracted (a.) Uncontracted.

Extreme :: Extreme (a.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth..

Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops..

Strangulation :: Strangulated (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted..

Rist :: Rist () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth..

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

Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..

Lixt :: Lixt () 2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest..

Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e..

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..

Tester :: Tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston..

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views..

Contractibility :: Contractibility (n.) Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air..

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