11-letter words containing ont
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- contractive — having the power of contracting
- contractors — Plural form of contractor.
- contractual — A contractual arrangement or relationship involves a legal agreement between people.
- contracture — a disorder in which a skeletal muscle is permanently tightened (contracted), most often caused by spasm or paralysis of the antagonist muscle that maintains normal muscle tension
- contradance — contredanse
- contradanza — A popular Cuban dance music genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre.
- contradicts — Deny the truth of (a statement), esp. by asserting the opposite.
- contraflows — Plural form of contraflow.
- contraparty — the other person or institution entering into a financial contract or transaction: the default of a counterparty.
- contrapasso — The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
- contraplete — either of two opposed and complementary elements in a relationship.
- contraption — You can refer to a device or machine as a contraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for.
- contrarians — Plural form of contrarian.
- contrariant — Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory.
- contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
- contrarious — (of people or animals) perverse or obstinate
- contrary to — If you say that something is true contrary to other people's beliefs or opinions, you are emphasizing that it is true and that they are wrong.
- contrasting — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contratenor — (music) countertenor.
- contravened — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contravener — One who contravenes.
- contravenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene.
- contrayerva — the root of any of several tropical American moraceous plants of the genus Dorstenia, esp D. contrayerva, used as a stimulant and tonic
- contre-jour — the technique of taking photographs into the light, with the light source behind the subject
- contrecoups — Plural form of contrecoup.
- contredanse — a courtly Continental version of the English country dance, similar to the quadrille
- contretemps — A contretemps is a small disagreement that is rather embarrassing.
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributer — Misspelling of contributor.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- contributor — You can use contributor to refer to one of the causes of an event or situation, especially if that event or situation is an unpleasant one.
- contrivable — Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
- contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
- contrivings — Plural form of contriving.
- control bus — (architecture) In a digital computer, the signal paths that carry commands from the instruction decode logic to various different functional units such as the ALU, memory address register, memory data register and other buffers. Named by analogy with the address bus and data bus, each of which carries a set of related signals, the signals carried by the control bus are more independent. Some might include other signals such as timing (clock) and status under the term, further reducing its similarity to other busses.
- control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
- control rod — one of a number of rods or tubes containing a neutron absorber, such as boron, that can be inserted into or retracted from the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction
- control tty — (/dev/ptyp*) The network side of a pseudo-tty.
- controllers — Plural form of controller.
- controlless — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controlling — having or attempting to exert control
- controlment — power to direct or determine
- controverse — a controversy
- controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- contubernal — occupying the same tent
- contumacity — the quality of being contumacious
- contumelies — Plural form of contumely.
- cottontails — Plural form of cottontail.