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8-Letter Words That Start With: CONT

There are 37 8-letter words, 0 8-letter phrases and 0 8-letter abbr's that start with CONT.

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contexts8
17 nounn
noun

• discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

contempt8
14 nounn
noun

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

• a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

• open disrespect for a person or thing

• a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

contempo8
14 adjectiveadj
Valid word for Scrabble US
contrary8
13 adjectiveadj
noun

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

adjective satellite

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

contrive8
13 verbv
verb

• make or work out a plan for; devise

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

• put or send forth

contract8
12 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• 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

verb

• 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

contemns8
12 verbv
verb

• look down on with disdain

contacts8
12 nounn
noun

• 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

verb

• be in or establish communication with

• be in direct physical contact with; make contact

contused8
11 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

contends8
11 verbv
verb

• maintain or assert

• have an argument about something

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

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