Home
3D
Stylish English
Comic Cartoon
Curly
Decorative
Dingbats
Dotted
Famous
Fire
Gothic
Groovy
Handwriting
Headline
more
Horror
Ice Snow
Modern
Outline
Russian
Sci Fi
Script
Valentine
Alien
Animals
Army Stencil
Asian
Bitmap Pixel
Black Letter
Blurred
Brush
Celtic Irish
Chalk Crayon
Christmas
Computer
Disney
Distorted
Easter
Fantasy
Fixed Width
Graffiti
Greek Roman
Halloween
Italic
LCD
Medieval
Mexican
Movies Tv
Old English
Old School
Pointed
Retro
Rock Stone
Rounded
School
Scratched
Serif
Square
Trash
Typewriter
USA
Various
Western
English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Definition of contraction
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of contraction is as below...
Contraction
(n.)
Something
contracted
or
abbreviated,
as a word or
phrase;
-- as,
plenipo
for
plenipotentiary;
crim. con. for
criminal
conversation,
etc..
Lern More About Contraction
☛ Wiki Definition of Contraction
☛ Wiki Article of Contraction
☛ Google Meaning of Contraction
☛ Google Search for Contraction
Thomsen''s Disease
::
Thomsen's
disease
() An
affection
apparently
congenital,
consisting
in tonic
contraction
and
stiffness
of the
voluntary
muscles
occurring
after a
period
of
muscular
inaction..
Shock
::
Shock (n.) The
sudden
convulsion
or
contraction
of the
muscles,
with the
feeling
of a
concussion,
caused
by the
discharge,
through
the
animal
system,
of
electricity
from a
charged
body..
Bellows
::
Bellows
(n. sing. & pl.) An
instrument,
utensil,
or
machine,
which,
by
alternate
expansion
and
contraction,
or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air
through
a valve and
expels
it
through
a tube for
various
purposes,
as
blowing
fires,
ventilating
mines,
or
filling
the pipes of an organ with
wind..
''s
::
's () A
contraction
for is or
(colloquially)
for has.
Is''t
::
Is't () A
contraction
of is it.
Shrinkage
::
Shrinkage
(n.) The
amount
of such
contraction;
the bulk or
dimension
lost by
shrinking,
as of
grain,
castings,
etc..
Hemisystole
::
Hemisystole
(n.)
Contraction
of only one
ventricle
of the
heart.
Sphincter
::
Sphincter
(n.) A
muscle
which
surrounds,
and by its
contraction
tends to
close,
a
natural
opening;
as, the
sphincter
of the
bladder..
Thermosystaltic
::
Thermosystaltic
(a.)
Influenced
in its
contraction
by heat or cold; -- said of a
muscle.
Idiomuscular
::
Idiomuscular
(a.)
Applied
to a
semipermanent
contraction
of a
muscle,
produced
by a
mechanical
irritant..
Diastole
::
Diastole
(n.) The
rhythmical
expansion
or
dilatation
of the heart and
arteries;
--
correlative
to
systole,
or
contraction..
Photo
::
Photo (n.) A
contraction
of
Photograph.
Larypgismus
::
Larypgismus
(n.) A
spasmodic
state of the
glottis,
giving
rise to
contraction
or
closure
of the
opening..
Tetanus
::
Tetanus
(n.) That
condition
of a
muscle
in which it is in a state of
continued
vibratory
contraction,
as when
stimulated
by a
series
of
induction
shocks..
Swom
::
Swoln ()
Contraction
of
Swollen,
p. p..
Stunted
::
Stunsail
(n.) A
contraction
of
Studding
sail.
An't
::
An't () A
contraction
for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now
usually
written
ain't.
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The
process
of
shortening
an
operation.
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The
shortening
of a word, or of two
words,
by the
omission
of a
letter
or
letters,
or by
reducing
two or more
vowels
or
syllables
to one; as, ne'er for
never;
can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..
Inertia
::
Inertia
(n.) Want of
activity;
sluggishness;
-- said
especially
of the
uterus,
when, in
labor,
its
contractions
have
nearly
or
wholly
ceased..
Random Fonts
Most Popular
Privacy Policy
GDPR Policy
Terms & Conditions
Contact Us