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

Corrugation :: Corrugation (n.) The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold..

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..

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

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..

Rounded :: Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Labial :: Labial (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178..

I''ve :: I've () Colloquial contraction of I have.

Tetanic :: Tetanic (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n..

Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Is''t :: Is't () A contraction of is it.

Wa''n''t :: Wa'n't () A colloquial contraction of was not.

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever..

Ammeter :: Ammeter (n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.

Vingtun :: Vingtun (n.) Contraction for Vingt et un.

Swom :: Swoln () Contraction of Swollen, p. p..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..

Halt :: Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth..

Labialize :: Labialize (v. t.) To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

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