Associations to the word «Contractile»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
CONTRACTILE, adjective. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
CONTRACTILE VACUOLE, noun. (cell biology) A vacuole that removes waste or excess water.
Dictionary definition
CONTRACTILE, adjective. Capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.