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Contract
- noun - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- 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"
- 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 manus
Contrast
- noun - a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
- put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast"
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
Cootfoot
- - The phalarope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.
Crotchet
- noun - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a small tool or hooklike implement
- a strange attitude or habit
Destruct
- verb - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
- do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
Dirtiest
- adjective - (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
- contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"
- obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinder
Distinct
- adjective - (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
- clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
- constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
- easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
- recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
Distract
- verb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"