Anagrams of CONTRACTION

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• of or relating to or designating narcotics

• a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

• inducing stupor or narcosis

• inducing mental lethargy

• act of working jointly

• close interaction

• the act of touching physically

• the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity

• the physical coming together of two or more things

• a person who is in a position to give you special assistance

• a channel for communication between groups

• (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact

• a communicative interaction

• a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

• be in or establish communication with

• be in direct physical contact with; make contact

• the fur of the North American racoon

• an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

• appearing in a biblical canon

• of or relating to or required by canon law

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality

• conforming to orthodox or recognized rules