continuousness
The state or quality of being continuous.

conto
In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.

contorsion
Misspelling of contortion.

contortedness
The quality of being contorted.

contortion
The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.
A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

contortionism
An acrobatic display involving the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

contortions
plural of contortion

contourite
A sedimentary deposit produced by thermohaline-induced deepwater bottom currents, possibly influenced by wind or tidal forces.

contourites
plural of contourite

contourlessness
Absence of contours.

contr
Abbreviation of contraction.

contrabandism
trading in contraband goods; smuggling

contrabassoon
A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.

contrabassoons
plural of contrabassoon

contraception
The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

contraceptionism
The promotion of contraception.

contraceptions
plural of contraception

contractability
The ability for something to be contracted.

contractant
A contracting party; one that contracts.
Synonym of condensation.

contractants
plural of contractant

contractedness
The state of being contracted.

contractibilities
plural of contractibility

contractibility
The quality or degree of being contractible.

contractibleness
contractibility

contractilities
plural of contractility

contractility
The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
The performance of cardiac muscle.

contraction
Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.

contractions
plural of contraction

contractivities
plural of contractivity

contractivity
The condition of being contractive.
The extent to which something is contractive.

contractocracies
plural of contractocracy

contractocracy
The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.

contractorization
The act of providing a public service by a private contractor.

contractualisation
Alternative form of contractualization.

contractualization
The process of contractualizing.

contradictedness
The state or quality of being contradicted.

contradiction
The act of contradicting.
A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.

contradictionism
A worldview according to which contradictory statements can both be true.

contradictionlessness
Absence of contradiction.

contradictions
plural of contradiction

contradictiousness
The state or quality of being contradictious.

contradictiveness
The quality of being contradictive.

contradictoriality
Synonym of contradictoriness.

contradictoriness
The state or quality of being contradictory.

contradistinction
Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
The quality of being contradistinctive.

contradistinctions
plural of contradistinction

contradistinctiveness
contradistinction

contraexpectation
The situation where something runs contrary to expectation; an unexpected outcome.

contrafissure
A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.

contrafissures
plural of contrafissure

contraflow
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.

contraflows
plural of contraflow

contragestion
Prevention of the implantation of a blastocyst.

contragravity
Antigravity.

contragredience
The property of being contragredient.

contraindication
A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.

contralaterality
The state of being contralateral, i.e. being on opposite sides.

contramodule
A contraderived category of module

contramodules
plural of contramodule

contranym
Alternative form of contronym.

contranyms
plural of contranym

contranymy
Alternative form of contronymy.

contraparallelogram
antiparallelogram

contraponend
The original proposition involved in a contraposition.

contraposition
The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".
Opposition; contrast.

contrapositions
plural of contraposition

contrapositivity
The property of being contrapositive.

contrapposti
plural of contrapposto

contrapposto
The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders.

contraproposal
Synonym of counterproposal.

contraproposals
plural of contraproposal

contrapuntalism
counterpoint

contrapuntism
The use of counterpoint.

contrapunto
counterpoint

contrapuntos
plural of contrapunto

contrarationality
The quality of being contrarational.

contrarianism
A pattern of stubbornly adopting contrary, nonconforming viewpoints; the beliefs and practices of a contrarian.

contrarianisms
plural of contrarianism

contrarietie
Obsolete form of contrariety.

contrarieties
plural of contrariety
plural of contrarietie

contrariety
Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.

contrariness
The state of being contrary

contrarinesses
plural of contrariness

contrariousness
The state or quality of being contrarious.

contrarities
plural of contrarity

contrarity
The quality of being contrary.

contrarotation
Rotation in a contrary direction.
The use of a single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in opposite rotation.

contraselection
Selection for a desirable trait that has unintended negative consequences.

contraselections
plural of contraselection

contrasexuality
The quality of being contrasexual.

contrastimulation
Synonym of counterstimulation.

contrastiveness
The state or condition of being contrastive.

contrastivity
The quality of being contrastive.

contrastlessness
Absence of contrast.

contrastography
radiography after administration of a contrast agent

contrasuggestibility
The quality of being contrasuggestible.

contrasuppression
The inhibition of the function of a suppressor.

contravallation
A fortification built around a sieged target by the besiegers.

contravallations
plural of contravallation

contravariance
The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
A functor which reverses composition.
Of vectors, the property of scaling inversely with a change of basis, as opposed to covariance.

contravariances
plural of contravariance

contravention
The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).