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NOUN
  • Definition - A reversible reduction in size.
  • Definition - A period of economic decline or negative growth.
  • Example - The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.
  • Definition - A shortening of a muscle when it is used.
  • Example - The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.
  • Definition - A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
  • Example - The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.
  • Definition - A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
  • Example - In English didn't, that's, and wanna, the endings -n't, -'s, and -a arose by contraction.
  • Definition - (English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
  • Example - "Don't" is a contraction of "do not."
  • Definition - A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
  • Example - "Don't" is a contraction of "do not."
  • Definition - The process of contracting a disease.
  • Example - the contraction of malaria
  • Definition - Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
  • Example - the contraction of malaria
  • Definition - The acquisition of something, generally negative.
  • Example - Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.
  • Definition - A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
  • Example - Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.
Words in your word
11 Letter Words
contraction 15
9 Letter Words
contactor 13
8 Letter Words
coaction 12 contract 12 cratonic 12 narcotic 12 conation 10 nonactor 10 traction 10 notation 8 rotation 8
7 Letter Words
acronic 11 acrotic 11 canonic 11 coactor 11 contact 11 cooncan 11 raccoon 11 actinon 9 carotin 9 cartoon 9 citator 9 contain 9 contort 9 coranto 9 cortina 9 ricotta 9 taction 9 tantric 9 arnotto 7 intrant 7 notator 7 oration 7 rattoon 7 tortoni 7
6 Letter Words
arctic 10 cantic 10 cocain 10 ocicat 10 tactic 10 tictac 10 tictoc 10 action 8 aortic 8 atonic 8 cannot 8 canton 8 cantor 8 carton 8 cation 8 citron 8 connor 8 contra 8 corona 8 cortin 8 cottar 8 cotton 8 craton 8 croton 8 incant 8 intact 8 octant 8 octroi 8 racino 8 racoon 8 tannic 8 tricot 8 anoint 6 aroint 6 attorn 6 intort 6 intron 6 nation 6 natron 6 nonart 6 notion 6 ration 6 ratoon 6 ratton 6 ronion 6 triton 6
5 Letter Words
cacti 9 circa 9 coact 9 cocoa 9 conic 9 croci 9 acorn 7 actin 7 actor 7 ancon 7 antic 7 attic 7 cairn 7 canon 7 canto 7 coati 7 conin 7 conto 7 coria 7 cotan 7 cotta 7 croon 7 narco 7 naric 7 octan 7 ontic 7 orcin 7 racon 7 tacit 7 taroc 7 tinct 7 tonic 7 toric 7 tract 7 triac 7 anion 5 intro 5 niton 5 nitro 5 noria 5 onion 5 ottar 5 ratio 5 riant 5 ronin 5 taint 5 tanto 5 tarot 5 titan 5 torot 5
4 Letter Words
coca 8 coco 8 croc 8 acro 6 arco 6 cain 6 cant 6 carn 6 cart 6 ciao 6 cion 6 coat 6 coin 6 coir 6 coni 6 conn 6 coon 6 coot 6 corn 6 crit 6 icon 6 narc 6 orca 6 otic 6 taco 6 tact 6 toco 6 torc 6 airn 4 airt 4 anon 4 anti 4 inro 4 into 4 iota 4 iron 4 nano 4 naoi 4 noir 4 nona 4 noon 4 nori 4 nota 4 onto 4 otto 4 rain 4 rani 4 rant 4 rato 4 riot 4
3 Letter Words
act 5 arc 5 can 5 car 5 cat 5 con 5 coo 5 cor 5 cot 5 oca 5 orc 5 roc 5 tic 5 ain 3 air 3 ait 3 ani 3 ant 3 art 3 att 3 inn 3 ion 3 nan 3 nit 3 noo 3 nor 3 not 3 oar 3 oat 3 ono 3 oot 3 ora 3 ort 3 rai 3 ran 3 rat 3 ria 3 rin 3 roo 3 rot 3 tan 3 tao 3 tar 3 tat 3 tin 3 tit 3 ton 3 too 3 tor 3 tot 3
2 Letter Words
ai 2 an 2 ar 2 at 2 in 2 it 2 na 2 no 2 oi 2 on 2 or 2 ta 2 ti 2 to 2
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