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Consumptive
- adjective - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
- afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
- tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
Contamitive
- - Tending or liable to contaminate.
Contractile
- adjective - capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
Contracting
- verb - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
- compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
- engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
- make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
- squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
Contraction
- 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"
Contractive
- - Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.
Contraption
- noun - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Contrasting
- verb - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
- strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
- to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
Contrastive
- adjective - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
- strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
- syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
Controlling
- verb - able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
- control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
- exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
- handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "
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