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Continua
- noun - a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts
Continue
- verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
- continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
- continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
- continue talking; "I know it's hard," he con
Continuo
- noun - a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
Contline
- - The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.
Contorts
- verb - twist and press out of shape
Contours
- noun - a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"
- a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
- form the contours of
Contract
- noun - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
- engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
- make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manus
Contrail
- noun - an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
Contrary
- adjective - a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
- a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
- exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty"
- in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
- resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
- very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"