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.

one who contradicts.

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.

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.

To make sad.

To make sorrowful.

In a contrite manner.

Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

To triturate; to pulverize.

Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.

One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.

To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.

That branch of Mathematics and Engineering which deals with the design, identification and analysis of systems with a view towards controlling them, i. e., to make them perform specific tasks or make them behave in a desired way.

Capability of being controlled; controllableness.

Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.

Capability of being controlled.

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

The office of a controller.

The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.

Turning or looking opposite ways.

Controversial.

To dispute; to controvert.

A disputant.

Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.

In a controversial manner.

Act of controverting; controversy.

A controverser.

Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.

Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.

One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.