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

Corrugate :: Corrugate (a.) Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.

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

Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman..

Precontracted :: Precontracted (imp. & p. p.) of Precontrac.

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

Stack :: Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch..

Incontracted :: Incontracted (a.) Uncontracted.

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

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

Intercostal :: Intercostal (a.) Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles..

Open :: Open (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect..

Contracted :: Contracted (a.) Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die..

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..

Little :: Little (a.) Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

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..

Insular :: Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices..

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..

Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2..

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