Index of English words, starting with "co"

(1) - Contractibility (n.) Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air.

(1) - Contractible (a.) Capable of contraction.

(1) - Contractile (a.) tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.

(1) - Contraction (n.) A marriage contract.
(2) - Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.
(3) - Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.
(4) - Contraction (n.) The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.
(5) - Contraction (n.) The process of shortening an operation.
(6) - Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold.

(1) - Contractive (a.) Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.