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Contractility

The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Astringency 76% connected

The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contracti…

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Contractile 74% connected

tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.

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Contractile 74% connected

tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.

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The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Prolificness.

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

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Bade.

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approva…

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Article noun · 78% connection

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…

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Assessment noun · 78% connection

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the mem…

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Assiento noun · 78% connection

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the con…

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Backwardation noun · 78% connection

The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- a…

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Bargain noun · 78% connection

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…

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Bargainee verb · 78% connection

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold.

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Cancellation noun · 78% connection

The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

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Charter noun · 78% connection

A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: property, bodies, shrink, contract.
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Constrict verb · 78% connection

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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Constringe verb · 78% connection

To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

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Contract noun · 78% connection

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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