All English words - page 1153
Meanings of Contortionists:
nounAn 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:
nounA twisted or bent condition, state, or form.
Usage examples:
Their facial contortions are hilarious
Meanings of Contorts:
verbTwist or bend out of the normal shape.
Usage examples:
A spasm of pain contorted his face
Meanings of Contour:
nounAn outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
Usage examples:
She traced the contours of his face with her finger
verbMould 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:
adjectiveHaving been moulded into a specific shape, especially one designed to fit into something else.
Usage examples:
The contoured leather seats
verbMould 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:
nounThe 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
verbMould 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:
nounAn outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
Usage examples:
She traced the contours of his face with her finger
verbMould 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:
prefixAgainst; opposite.
Usage examples:
Contraception
nounA 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:
nounGoods that have been imported or exported illegally.
Usage examples:
Customs men had searched the carriages for contraband
adjectiveImported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty.
Usage examples:
Contraband brandy
Meanings of Contrabass:
adjectiveAnother term for double bass.
Meanings of Contrabassoon:
nounAnother term for double bassoon.
Meanings of Contraception:
nounThe 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
nounA device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
Usage examples:
We'd been making love without contraceptives for months
Meanings of Contraceptives:
nounA 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
Contract
ˈkɒn.træktMeanings of Contract:
nounA 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
verbDecrease in size, number, or range.
Usage examples:
Glass contracts as it cools
Meanings of Contract in:
phrasal verbConsent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use
Meanings of Contract-out:
phrasal verbAssign 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:
verbDecrease in size, number, or range.
Usage examples:
Glass contracts as it cools
nounA 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:
adjectiveAble 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:
adjectiveCapable of or producing contraction.
Usage examples:
The contractile activity of the human colon
Meanings of Contracting:
verbDecrease in size, number, or range.
Usage examples:
Glass contracts as it cools
nounA 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:
nounThe process of becoming smaller.
Usage examples:
The general contraction of the industry did further damage to morale
Meanings of Contractions:
nounThe process of becoming smaller.
Usage examples:
The general contraction of the industry did further damage to morale
Meanings of Contractor:
nounA 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
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