All English words - page 1153

Meanings of Contortionists:

noun

An entertainer who twists and bends their body into strange and unnatural positions.

Usage examples:

In addition to the band, he had a slew of video artists and contortionists, and some on-stage body …

Meanings of Contortions:

noun

A twisted or bent condition, state, or form.

Usage examples:

Their facial contortions are hilarious

Meanings of Contorts:

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

Meanings of Contour:

noun

An outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.

Usage examples:

She traced the contours of his face with her finger

verb

Mould into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.

Usage examples:

The compartment has been contoured with smooth rounded corners

Meanings of Contoured:

adjective

Having been moulded into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.

Usage examples:

The contoured leather seats

verb

Mould into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.

Usage examples:

The compartment has been contoured with smooth rounded corners

Meanings of Contouring:

noun

The technique or practice of using make-up, typically foundation or bronzer, in such a way as to accentuate or enhance the shape or structure of the face.

Usage examples:

She worked a smouldering smoky eye and heavy contouring

verb

Mould into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.

Usage examples:

The compartment has been contoured with smooth rounded corners

Meanings of Contours:

noun

An outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.

Usage examples:

She traced the contours of his face with her finger

verb

Mould into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.

Usage examples:

The compartment has been contoured with smooth rounded corners

Meanings of Contra:

prefix

Against; opposite.

Usage examples:

Contraception

noun

A member of a guerrilla force in nicaragua which opposed the left-wing sandinista government 1979–90, and was supported by the us for much of that time.

Usage examples:

But the sandinistas, not the contras, now threatened armed resistance to the new democratic governm…

Meanings of Contraband:

noun

Goods that have been imported or exported illegally.

Usage examples:

Customs men had searched the carriages for contraband

adjective

Imported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty.

Usage examples:

Contraband brandy

Meanings of Contrabass:

adjective

Another term for double bass.

Meanings of Contrabassoon:

noun

Another term for double bassoon.

Meanings of Contraception:

noun

The deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse. the major forms of artificial contraception are: barrier methods, of which the commonest is the condom or sheath; the contraceptive pill, which contains synthetic sex hormones which prevent ovulation in the female; intrauterine devices, such as the coil, which prevent the fertilized ovum from implanting in the uterus; and male or female sterilization.

Usage examples:

One of the most important methods of contraception

Meanings of Contraceptive:

adjective

(of a method or device) serving to prevent pregnancy.

Usage examples:

The contraceptive pill

noun

A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.

Usage examples:

We'd been making love without contraceptives for months

Meanings of Contraceptives:

noun

A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.

Usage examples:

We'd been making love without contraceptives for months

adjective

(of a method or device) serving to prevent pregnancy.

Usage examples:

The contraceptive pill

Meanings of Contract:

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Usage examples:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Usage examples:

Glass contracts as it cools

Meanings of Contract in:

phrasal verb

Consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use

Meanings of Contract-out:

phrasal verb

Assign a job to someone outside one's own business

Meanings of Contractable:

adjective

(of a disease) able to be caught.

Usage examples:

You treat me as if i am some kind of contractable disease!

Meanings of Contracted:

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Usage examples:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Usage examples:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

Meanings of Contractible:

adjective

Able to be shrunk or capable of contracting.

Usage examples:

Siegal's portable house has expandable and contractible spaces and varying degrees of transparency …

Meanings of Contractile:

adjective

Capable of or producing contraction.

Usage examples:

The contractile activity of the human colon

Meanings of Contracting:

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Usage examples:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Usage examples:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

Meanings of Contraction:

noun

The process of becoming smaller.

Usage examples:

The general contraction of the industry did further damage to morale

Meanings of Contractions:

noun

The process of becoming smaller.

Usage examples:

The general contraction of the industry did further damage to morale

Meanings of Contractor:

noun

A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labour to perform a service or do a job.

Usage examples:

The school meals service is provided by private contractors