Contractions

What do we mean by contractions?

A reversible reduction in size.

A period of economic decline or negative growth.

A shortening of a muscle when it is used.

A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.

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.

(English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.

A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.

The process of contracting a disease.

Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.

The acquisition of something, generally negative.

A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

An endless and eternal pit devoid of all pleasure and goodness; the nerve center of all imaginable horrors; a putrid, oozing curse upon the world; that which makes us envy the dead; a gigantic, hulking nightmare factory; the ghost of lost freedom that forever haunts your soul; the mindkiller; a smoothie of broken glass, maggots, and metal filings; a mountain of reeking shit. Urban Dictionary

Mafia word when a made guy offers a reward to another to kill a specific person. Urban Dictionary

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short for contradictory actions Urban Dictionary

An unwritten, unspoken agreement between certain elements of law enforcement and other lawmen, cherchant, service providers Urban Dictionary

1. an arrangement to have someone murdered by a professional criminal 2. any illegal or unethical arrangement Urban Dictionary

(adj.) Term used to describe a sexual partner who sleeps with you without receiving something first i.e. Dinner, movie, gifts. You still end up paying for it eventually. Origin - UK mobile telephone payment system. Atonym - Pay as you go Urban Dictionary

A contraction, unlike most contractions, that can be made into another contraction with a contraction. Shouldn't + can't = shan't There for, both the words "shouldn't" and "can't", are contractables. Urban Dictionary

A way to combine to perhaps unrelated words in a way that combines their meanings to some capacity and creates a whole new word with a compounded meaning. A process by which larger things such as phrases or multiple words become smaller, such as a single word. Urban Dictionary

Millennial term for spouse or, generally, marriage. Shows the newly discovered disdain for old institutions like marriage. Used as a pejorative about other's spouses preventing sexual relations. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to contractions:
contractions, contraction, contraptions, contraption, contracting, contractional, contaction, contractors, constructions, contradictions, constrictions, counteractions, contraceptions.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word contractions:
peristalsis, cervix, dystonia, orgasm, oxytocin, uterine, contraction, uterus, sphincter, spasms, esophagus, ejaculation, muscles, ventricular, braille, cramps, dilation, muscle, abbreviations, esophageal, pacemaker, intestines, vagina, vaginal, atrial, menstrual, isometric, pelvic, concentric, involuntary, fetal, childbirth, punctuation, muscular, semen, fetus, digestive, neuron, intestine, bladder, skeletal, propel, cardiac, cervical, stomach, premature, sperm, eccentric, stimulation, relaxation, paralysis, penis, abdominal, longitudinal, abnormal, tract, tensor, nerves, pregnancy, seizures, verbs, fatigue, neurons, fiber, contracting, facial, bleeding, cord, induce, sensation, verb, hormone, nerve, irregular, vowel, sensory, smooth, calcium, occur, nervous, contracted, induced, exercise, symptoms, graph, movements, fluid, atp, motor, auxiliary, pump, tension, heart, cells, theorem, applying, words, occurring, involve, blood.

Words that rhyme with contractions:
actions, factions, transactions, fractions, interactions, infractions, abstractions, attractions, distractions, reactions, exactions, extractions, satisfactions, classactions.

Adjectives that are often used to describe contractions:
muscular, premature, uterine, rhythmic, strong, involuntary, isometric, peristaltic, spasmodic, spontaneous, voluntary, painful, tonic, regular, violent, rhythmical, irregular, cardiac, gastric, tetanic, powerful, induced, frequent, eccentric, normal, stomach, rapid, uninhibited, intermittent, phasic, isotonic, clonic, concentric, sudden, vigorous, maximal, successive, intestinal, weak, active, slow, severe, forceful, smooth, simultaneous, repetitive, abnormal, atrial, like, stronger, alternate, intense, fibrillary, spastic, static, segmental, myometrial, occasional, periodic, mild, slight, skeletal, tertiary, coordinated, brief, prolonged, cicatricial, pelvic, convulsive, continuous, abdominal, excessive, vaginal, painless, feeble, submaximal, orgasmic, propulsive, uncoordinated, bladder, stimulating, dependent.

Words that sound like contractions:
contractions, contraction, constructions, constrictions, counteraction, contraptions, conductions, interactions, construction, connections, contrition, constriction, contaction, connexions, contection, kentuckians, contrarians, conditions, contraption, attractions, convictions, conduction, contradictions, concoctions, confections, contusions, contortions, contentions, extractions, contractionary, convections, contagions, concretions.