| COARCTATED | • coarctated v. Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
| CONTRACTED | • contracted adj. (Not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement. • contracted adj. Made smaller by contraction. • contracted adj. Incurred; acquired. |
| CONTRADICT | • contradict v. To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). • contradict v. To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement. • contradict v. To be contrary to (something). |
| CONTRASTED | • contrasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of contrast. • contrasted adj. Set in contrast (of two or more things). • contrasted adj. Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty. |
| CORTICATED | • corticated adj. Corticate. • CORTICATED adj. having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part, e.g. bark, also CORTICATE. |
| DETRACTION | • detraction n. The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution. • detraction n. A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander. • detraction n. (Roman Catholicism) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person. |
| DETRACTORS | • detractors n. Plural of detractor. • DETRACTOR n. a belittler or disparager. |
| DETRACTORY | • detractory adj. (Now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. • DETRACTORY adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTIVE. |
| DISTRACTOR | • distractor n. Alternative spelling of distracter. • DISTRACTOR n. any of the incorrect choices in a multiple choice question. |
| DOCTORATED | • doctorated v. Simple past tense and past participle of doctorate. • DOCTORATE v. to take a doctorate. |
| DOCTORATES | • doctorates n. Plural of doctorate. • DOCTORATE v. to take a doctorate. |
| PROTRACTED | • protracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of protract. • protracted adj. Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual. • PROTRACT v. to prolong. |
| RETROACTED | • retroacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of retroact. • RETROACT v. to act in return. |
| TETRACHORD | • tetrachord n. (Music) Any set of four different pitch classes. • tetrachord n. (Music) A series of four sounds, forming a scale of two-and-a-half tones. • TETRACHORD n. a series of four sounds, forming a scale of two tones and a half. |
| TETRAPODIC | • TETRAPODIC adj. of verse, having four metrical feet. |
| TRACHYTOID | • trachytoid adj. (Mineralogy) Resembling trachyte. • TRACHYTOID adj. resembling trachyte. |
| TRADUCTION | • traduction n. (Uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another. • traduction n. (Countable) A malign or defamatory statement. • traduction n. (Uncountable) An act of defaming, maligning or slandering. |