Anagrams of CONTRATS

• the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

• the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors

• the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)

• put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

• to show differences when compared; be different

• a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States

• the quantity contained in a carton

• a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

• a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

• fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

• the musical director of a choir

• the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

• the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian

• a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration

• the musical director of a choir

• the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

• the quantity contained in a carton

• a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

• a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua