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Shan''t :: Shan't () A contraction of shall not.

Cello :: Cello (n.) A contraction for Violoncello.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease..

Coz :: Coz (n.) A contraction of cousin.

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

Hiccough :: Hiccough (n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough..

Photo :: Photo (n.) A contraction of Photograph.

Incito-motor :: Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor..

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..

Crispation :: Crispation (n.) A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal..

Contracture :: Contracture (n.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles..

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

Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..

Synallagmatic :: Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army..

Strictured :: Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic..

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

I'' Ll :: I' ll () Contraction for I will or I shall.

Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.

I''d :: I'd () A contraction from I would or I had.

Whatsoe''er :: Whatsoe'er (pron.) A contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry.

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