English words: continuity to contrapose

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English words continuity to contrapose

continuity adjective, noun /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/: Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
continuity announcer noun: A television presenter, usually an unseen voice, who identifies the broadcaster and the upcoming programmes.
continuity nod noun /ˌkɑntɪˈn(j)uːəti noːd/: A reference, in a TV series, to part of the plot of a previous episode
continuity series noun: A number of items, such as volumes of a publication, sold and delivered over a period of time.
continuo noun: Ellipsis of basso continuo.
continuosity noun: The quality of being continuous; continuousness.
continuous adjective /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/: Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
continuous aspect noun: A grammatical aspect that expresses the state of the subject that is continuing the action.
continuous bag of words noun: A bag of words comprised of the words in the vicinity of a specific target.
continuous-braked adjective: Having a number of vehicles fitted with air or vacuum brakes, all connected by train pipes, the braking being under the control of the train driver.
continuous clock noun: A clock, especially in American football, that operates continuously in a one-sided game, so as to hasten the end of the contest.
continuous delivery noun: An approach where teams produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably released at any time.
continuous delivery pipeline noun: An automated series of steps that moves software code from the development stage through building, testing, and deployment to a production environment.
continuous erythropoietin receptor activator noun: A generic term for drugs in a new class of third-generation erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).
continuous function noun: a function whose value at any point in its domain is equal its limit at the same point
continuous integration noun: The practice of merging all branches to a shared mainline several times a day.
continuous phase noun: The fluid phase of a colloid within which solid or fluid particles are distributed
continuous random variable noun: A random variable with a continuous cumulative distribution function.
continuous shot noun: Synonym of long take.
continuous take noun: Synonym of long take.
continuous tense noun: A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past...
continuous time noun: A framework which views variables as having a particular value only for an infinitesimally short amount of time.
continuous track noun: A track in the form of a metal or flexible belt fitted around a number of wheels to engage the substrate, giving a broader contact with the ground surface,...
continuous variable noun: A variable that has a continuous distribution function, such as temperature.
continuous variable valve timing noun: A system allowing for the perpetual adjustment of valve timing in an engine in order to optimize it for all engine speeds and conditions.
continuous wave noun: An electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical analysis is considered to be of infinite duration.
continuous wavelet transform noun: A tool used for analyzing the time and frequency domain of a signal simultaneously.
continuously adverb /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/: Without pause.
continuously habitable zone noun: the restricted zone around a sun where the ever shifting habitable zone is always present throughout the main sequence lifetime of that star.
continuously variable transmission noun: Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.
continuousness noun: The state or quality of being continuous.
continuum noun /kənˈtɪnjuəm/: A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from...
continuum hypothesis noun: The hypothesis which states that any infinite subset of ℝ must have the cardinality of either the set of natural numbers or of ℝ itself.
continuum mechanics noun /kənˌtɪn.juː.əm mɪˈkæn.ɪks/: A branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium rather than as discrete...
continuum theory noun: The branch of topology devoted to the study of continua, a type of metric space.
continuumlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a continuum.
contl. noun: Abbreviation of control.
contline noun: The spiral groove between the strands of a rope.
contn. noun: Abbreviation of contraction.
conto noun: In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
contoid noun /ˈkɒn.tɔɪd/: A phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.
contone adjective, noun: Having a continuous range of tones from white to black, rather than an approximation such as stippling.
Contoocook proper noun: A river in New Hampshire, United States, a tributary of the Merrimack River.
contorniate adjective, noun /kənˈtɔː(ɹ).ni.ət/: A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.
contorno noun: contour; outline
contorsional adjective: Of or pertaining to contorsion
contort verb /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/: To twist in a violent manner.
contortable adjective: Able to contort; flexible, malleable.
contorted adjective, verb: Twisted; screwed up.
contortedly adverb: In a contorted manner.
contortedness noun: The quality of being contorted.
contorter noun: One who contorts something.
contortion noun: The act or result of contorting; the state of being contorted: the twisting of something, especially oneself.
contortionate adjective: contorted or contorting
contortionism noun: Synonym of contortion.
contortionist noun /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃənɪst/: An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.
contortionistic adjective: Involving or characterised by contortion.
contortive adjective: Showing contortion.
contortly adverb: In a contort manner.
contortrostatin noun: A disintegrin, present in venom of the copperhead snake Agkistrodon contortrix, that inhibits breast cancer
contortuplicate adjective: Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.
contortuplicated adjective: Alternative form of contortuplicate.
contouche noun: Synonym of robe volante.
contour noun, verb /ˈkɒntɔː/: An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
contour chase verb: To fly an aircraft at low altitude, following the shape of the ground below.
contour diaper noun: A flat diaper which is already hourglass-shaped, rendering folding unnecessary.
contour feather noun: Any feather possessing a central shaft (rachis), usually with vanes composed of barbs.
contour integral noun: The integral of a function around a contour on the complex plane.
contour interval noun: The difference in elevation represented by the space between adjacent contour lines
contour line noun: A line on a map through points of equal elevation, often height above sea level.
contour map noun: A map made to show the relief measurements of the land by means of contour lines.
contour tone noun: A tone whose pitch changes during the syllable.
contourable adjective: Able to be contoured.
contoured adjective, verb: Smoothly shaped
contouring noun, verb: the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
contourite noun: A sedimentary deposit produced by thermohaline-induced deepwater bottom currents, possibly influenced by wind or tidal forces.
contouritic adjective: Relating to contourites.
contourless adjective: Without a contour or contours.
contourlessness noun: Absence of contours.
contourlet noun: Any of a group of closely-spaced contours used in image processing.
contourné adjective: Facing sinister instead of dexter.
contourny adjective: Alternative form of contourné.
contr adjective, noun, verb: Abbreviation of contraction.
contra adverb, noun, prefix, preposition, verb /ˈkɒntɹə/: Against; in opposition to.
Contra Bourdon noun: A flute stop on an organ, almost always of 32', characterized by a very low, dark tone.
contra dance noun, verb: A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length.
contra-octave noun: The octave directly below the great octave.
contra proferentem noun: A doctrine of contractual interpretation providing that, where a term is ambiguous, the preferred meaning should be the one that works against the interests...
contra proferentum noun: Misconstruction of contra proferentem.
contra-trader noun: One who engages in contra-trading, a form of tax fraud.
contra-trading noun: A form of carousel fraud that evades detection by using two "carousels" of traded goods, where one carousel is legitimate and the other is not, and thus the...
contrabalanced adjective: Alternative form of counterbalanced.
contraband adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/: Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
contraband of war noun: Certain materials, useful to the military, that are not to be supplied by neutral powers to belligerents.
contrabandage noun: dealing in contraband
contrabander noun: A smuggler; a contrabandist.
contrabandism noun: trading in contraband goods; smuggling
contrabandist noun: A dealer in contraband.
contrabandista noun: A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin America.
contrabass noun /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbeɪs/: The part or section one octave lower than bass.
contrabass bugle noun: A type of tuba designed for marching. It is preferred by drum corps with large tuba sections because it offers a more rich sound than a sousaphone at the...
contrabass clarinet noun: The largest musical instrument in the clarinet family, sounding two octaves below the soprano clarinet.
contrabass recorder noun: A recorder whose lowest note is F₂ (or otherwise in the range of E♭₂ to G₂).
contrabass sax noun: Clipped compound of contrabass saxophone.
contrabass saxophone noun: A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the subcontrabass saxophone but larger than the bass saxophone, with a range...
contrabass saxophonist noun: A person who plays the contrabass saxophone.
contrabassist noun: Someone who plays the contrabass.
contrabasso noun: The largest kind of bass viol.
contrabassoon noun: A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.
contrabassoonist noun: Someone who plays the contrabassoon.
contrabiotic adjective: That counters the action of microbes
contrabureaucratic adjective: Self-consciously rejecting bureaucracy and pursuing alternative modes of organisation.
contracept verb: To use contraception
contraception noun: The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.
contraceptional adjective: Relating to contraception; contraceptive.
contraceptionism noun: The promotion of contraception.
contraceptionist noun: One who promotes contraception.
contraceptive adjective, noun /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/: That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
contraceptive sponge noun: A sponge designed to be inserted into the vagina, to prevent conception.
contraclockwise adjective, adverb: counterclockwise
contract adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɒntɹækt/: An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written...
contract agent noun: A secret agent recruited by another agent, and having no direct contact with the agency.
contract awarding noun: The method used during a procurement in order to evaluate the tender offers taking part and award the relevant contract.
contract bridge noun: A card game in which four players, forming two partnerships, first bid then play by taking tricks.
contract cheating noun: The submission of assessment work, such as an assignment or report, that has been ghost-written by someone else.
contract curve noun: The set of points representing final allocations of two goods between two people that could occur as a result of mutually beneficial trading between those...
contract in verb: To hire and bring a contractor into a project locally.
contract killer noun: A person who contracts to kill a specified person for an agreed sum of money.
contract killing noun: The act of hiring or procuring a contract killer.
contract law noun: The area of law pertaining to the rights and duties that arise from agreements.
contract of sale noun: A contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value...
contract out verb: To hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service.
contract out of verb: To officially leave an agreement.
contract packing noun: Synonym of co-packing.
contract period noun: Synonym of contract time.
contract programming noun: Synonym of design by contract.
contract system noun: A system for managing contracts.
contract time noun: The total number of working days specified in a contract for completion of all work.
contractability noun: The ability for something to be contracted.
contractable adjective: Capable of being contracted (in various senses).
contractably adverb: In a contractable manner.
contractant noun /kənˈtɹækt.ənt/: A contracting party; one that contracts.
contractarian adjective, noun: Relating to contractarianism
contractarianism noun: The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally...
contractation noun: The purchase of agricultural produce by the Soviet government from an individual farmer or collective.
contracted adjective, verb /kənˈtɹæktɪd/: Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
contractedly adverb: In a contracted manner.
contractedness noun: The state of being contracted.
contractee noun: A party to a contract.
contractibility noun: The quality or degree of being contractible.
contractible adjective: Capable of contraction
contractibleness noun: contractibility
contractibly adverb: In a contractible manner.
contractile adjective: Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
contractile vacuole noun: A vacuole that removes waste or excess water.
contractility noun: The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
contracting adjective, noun, verb: Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
contraction noun /kənˈtɹækʃn̩/: An act of incurring debt; also (generally), an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
contractional adjective: of or related to contraction
contractionary adjective: Tending to cause contraction.
contractionless adjective: Without contractions.
contractive adjective: Able to contract; contractile
contractivity noun: The condition of being contractive.
contractless adjective: Without a contract.
contractnik noun: Alternative form of kontraktnik.
contractocracy noun: The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the...
contractor noun /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/: A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
contractor combatant noun: A civilian in a war zone who performs the tasks of an armed soldier under the Geneva Convention.
contractor's saw noun: A table saw set on steel legs.
contractorization noun: The act of providing a public service by a private contractor.
contractual adjective, noun /kənˈtɹæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/: Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract.
contractual agreement noun: A legal agreement containing a contract.
contractual freedom noun: Synonym of freedom of contract.
contractualisation noun: Alternative form of contractualization.
contractualise verb: Alternative form of contractualize.
contractualism noun: A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects.
contractualist noun: A proponent of contractualism.
contractualistic adjective: Based on a contract
contractualization noun: The process of contractualizing.
contractualize verb: To represent, model or formalize an agreement, intent or understanding within a legal framework or contract
contractualized adjective: Bound by a contract.
contractually adverb: By means of a contract.
contractural adjective: Of or pertaining to contractures.
contracture noun /kənˈtɹæktjʊə(ɹ)/: An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.
contractured adjective: deformed by contracture
contracultural adjective: countercultural
contracyclical adjective: Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle.
contracyclically adverb: In a contracyclical manner.
contradance noun: Alternative spelling of contra dance.
contradancing noun: contra dance
contradanse noun: Alternative spelling of contra dance.
contradanza noun: A popular Cuban dance music genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre.
contradict verb /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/: To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
contradictable adjective: Capable of being contradicted.
contradicted adjective, verb: Disputed; questioned.
contradictedness noun: The state or quality of being contradicted.
contradicter noun: One who contradicts.
contradicting noun, verb: An act of contradiction.
contradictingly adverb: In a contradicting manner
contradictio in terminis noun: contradiction in terms
contradiction noun /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/: The act of contradicting.
contradiction in terms noun: A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point...
contradictional adjective: contradictory; inconsistent; opposing
contradictionary adjective: contradictory.
contradictionism noun: A worldview according to which contradictory statements can both be true.
contradictionless adjective: Without contradictions.
contradictionlessness noun: Absence of contradiction.
contradictious adjective: Filled with contradictions; contradicting; inconsistent.
contradictiously adverb: In a contradictious manner.
contradictiousness noun: The state or quality of being contradictious.
contradictive adjective: Contradictory.
contradictively adverb: In a contradictive manner.
contradictiveness noun: The quality of being contradictive.
contradictor noun: Alternative form of contradicter.
contradictorial adjective: Synonym of contradictory.
contradictoriality noun: Synonym of contradictoriness.
contradictorially adverb: Synonym of contradictorily.
contradictorily adverb: In a contradictory manner
contradictoriness noun: The state or quality of being contradictory.
contradictory adjective, noun /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/: That contradicts something, such as an argument.
contradictory antonym noun: complementary antonym
contradirectional adjective: Operating in the opposite direction
contradistinct adjective: Distinguished by opposite qualities.
contradistinction noun /ˌkɒntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃn̩/: Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
contradistinctional adjective: Of or relating to contradistinction.
contradistinctionally adverb: Of or relating to contradistinction.
contradistinctive adjective: contrasting, opposing, different
contradistinctively adverb: in contradistinction
contradistinctiveness noun: contradistinction
contradistinctly adverb: In a contradistinct manner.
contradistinguish verb: To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
contraexpectation noun: The situation where something runs contrary to expectation; an unexpected outcome.
contraexpectational adjective: Of or relating to contraexpectation
contrafact noun: A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the...
contrafactive adjective: Describing a verb whose object clause is taken to be false.
contrafactual adjective: counterfactual
contrafactum noun: The substitution of one text for another without substantial change to the music.
contrafagotto noun: contrabassoon
contrafibularities noun /ˌkɒntɹəˌfɪbjʊˈlæɹɪtiz/: False congratulations, sounding congratulatory while actually pulling someone's leg.
contrafield noun: An electric field that produces an effect of deceleration on charges that pass through it
contrafissure noun: A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
contraflow noun: Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
contraflowing adjective: In a state of contraflow; flowing in the opposite direction to normal.
contrafreeload verb: To engage in contrafreeloading.
contrafreeloader noun: An animal that chooses to obtain food that requires effort rather than food that does not require effort; an animal that engages in contrafreeloading.
contrafreeloading noun, verb: A behaviour, where, when given a choice, an individual animal will choose a food source which requires effort to obtain instead of that which requires...
contragenic noun: A person with undesirable genes.
contragestion noun: Prevention of the implantation of a blastocyst.
contragestive adjective, noun: Acting to prevent implantation of a blastocyst.
contragravitic adjective: Of or pertaining to contragravity.
contragravity noun: Antigravity.
contragredience noun: The property of being contragredient.
contragredient adjective: Generally, denoting an object inversed and transposed (to another).
contragrediently adverb: In a contragredient manner.
contraguitar noun: An old form of guitar originating in Vienna, with a standard six-string neck and a second bass neck with up to nine strings.
contraguitarist noun: Someone who plays a contraguitar.
contraharmonic mean noun: A type of average calculated as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values divided by the arithmetic mean of the values, i.e....
contrahedonic adjective: That seeks to decrease positive effects
contrahelicase noun: An enzyme that counters the action of a helicase
contrahemispheric adjective: Occurring in, or involving the opposite hemisphere, usually of the cerebrum.
contrahent adjective, noun: Entering into covenant; contracting.
contrahierba noun: Alternative form of contrayerva.
contrail noun, verb: An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
contraindicant noun: A contraindication.
contraindicate verb /ˌkɒntɹəˈɪndɪkeɪt/: To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment.
contraindication noun /ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/: A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
contraindicative adjective: Serving as a contraindication.
contraindicator noun: A contraindication.
contraindicatory adjective: Serving as a contraindication.
contraintuitive adjective: Alternative form of counterintuitive.
contraisolateral adjective: contralateral and isolateral
contraktnik noun: Alternative form of kontraktnik.
contralateral adjective, noun /ˌkɑntɹəˈlætəɹəl/: On the opposite side of the body.
contralaterality noun: The state of being contralateral, i.e. being on opposite sides.
contralateralize verb: To move to, or develop in a contralateral direction
contralaterally adverb: On the opposite side of the body.
contralesional adjective: Describing the half of a patient's brain or body away from the site of a lesion, as for example with hemispatial neglect after a stroke.
contralesionally adverb: On the half of a patient's brain or body that is away from the site of a lesion.
contralto noun /kɒnˈtɹæltəʊ/: The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but...
contrametric adjective: Not following the beat or meter.
contramodule noun: A contraderived category of module
contranarian adjective, noun: Contrarian.
contranatural adjective: Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.
contransfect verb: To carry out contransfection
contransfection noun: Alternative form of cotransfection.
contransporter noun: Alternative form of cotransporter.
contrantiscion noun: The point opposite an antiscion, having the opposing sign and degree.
contranym noun /ˈkɒn.tɹə.nɪm/: Alternative form of contronym.
contranymic adjective: Alternative form of contronymic.
contranymy noun /kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/: Alternative form of contronymy.
contraoctave noun: Alternative form of contra-octave.
contraoriented adjective: oriented in an opposite direction
contrapair noun: A pair of objects, one of which is the opposite or mirror-image of the other
contraparallelogram noun: antiparallelogram
contrapasso noun: The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
contrapathologic adjective: contrary to normal disease pathology
contraplex adjective: Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
contrapolar adjective: At opposite poles.
contraponend noun: The original proposition involved in a contraposition.
contrapose verb: To place in contraposition.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.