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Contrabasses
- noun - largest and lowest member of the violin family
Contractings
- noun - becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
Contractions
- noun - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
- a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
- the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
Contractures
- noun - an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
Contradances
- noun - a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
- perform a contradance
Contraptions
- noun - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Contrariness
- noun - a fussy and eccentric disposition
- deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Contredanses
- noun - a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
- perform a contradance
Contributors
- noun - a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
- someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
Contriteness
- noun - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation