Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.

An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

Capable of being continued

Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

Immediately united together; intimately connected.

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

A term or expression denoting continuance.

One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer.

To unite; to connect.

Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story.

Continuously.

One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence.

the state of being continuous; uninterrupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.

Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.

In a continuous maner; without interruption.

The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.

a genus of birds comprised of pewees, and including the wood pewees Contopus sordidulus and Contopus virens.

A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.

See Contortion.

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

Twisted, or twisted together.

A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.

One who makes or practices contortions; a gymnast who is able to twist the limbs into positions impossible for normal people to achieve.

Expressing contortion.

Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory.

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.

Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.

A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. pref.

To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.

Traffic in contraband goods; smuggling.

One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.

The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the double bass; -- also applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.

The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

the intentional prevention of conception or impregnation, especially when accomplished by the use of contraceptive medications or devices; a form of birth control.

a substance or device used to prevent conception.

in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock; counterclockwise. Opposite of clockwise.

The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.

capable of being transmitted by infection; same as communicable, 1; -- of disease.

Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.

The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.

Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air.

Capable of contraction.

Contractibility.

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

The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease; contraction; as, the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic.

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 tendon; the contraction produced by cold.

Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.

One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.

Capable of being contradicted.

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.

Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.

Contradictory; inconsistent.

A contradicter.

In a contradictory manner.

The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.

A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.

Distinguished by opposite qualities.

Distinction by contrast.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.

The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

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

Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.

Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed.

To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require; especially, to indicate that a particular method of treatment should not be used; as, penicilin is contraindicated in patients who have shown hypersensitivity.

An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.

An outer wall.

Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.

Pertaining to the sending of two messages in opposite directions at the same time.

A placing over against; opposite position.

A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.

Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

One skilled in counterpoint.

One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant.

a person who habitually takes a view opposite to that held by the majority; as, the contrarians in the stock market prefer to sell when most analysts advise us to buy.

Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.

Contrarily.

Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.

The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.

Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse.

Contrarily; oppositely.

On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.

Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.

Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.

Counter tenor; contralto.

A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

One who contravenes.

The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.

A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.

A species of Dorstenia (Dorstenia Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. The quadrille.

An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.

Capable of being contributed.

Contributory.

To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.

The act of contributing.

Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.

Contributing, or tending to contribute.

One who, or that which, contributes; one who writes articles for a newspaper, magazine, or book.

One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.