Nouns Starting With CONTRA
Here's the list of all the 105 Nouns Starting With CONTRA in the English Language.
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| contract | 1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law 2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make More Definitions → |
| contractor | 1. someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things 2. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps More Definitions → |
| contrast | 1. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared 2. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences More Definitions → |
| contrary | 1. a relation of direct opposition 2. exact opposition More Definitions → |
| contracting | 1. becoming infected More Definitions → |
| contradiction | 1. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas 2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false More Definitions → |
| contraception | 1. birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery More Definitions → |
| contraction | 1. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) 2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together More Definitions → |
| contradictory | 1. two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time More Definitions → |
| contraceptive | 1. an agent or device intended to prevent conception More Definitions → |
| contradict | More Definitions → |
| contravention | 1. coming into conflict with More Definitions → |
| contraband | 1. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law More Definitions → |
| contrarian | 1. an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors More Definitions → |
| contravene | More Definitions → |
| contraption | 1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job More Definitions → |
| contractility | 1. the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter More Definitions → |
| contracture | 1. an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle More Definitions → |
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