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"the contracted pupils of her eyes"adjectivereduced in size or pulled together
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- job arranged for contracted work to be done by others
- engaged having services contracted for
- formal (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- subcontract arranged for contracted work to be done by others
- torticollis an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
- toxoplasmosis infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus
- shipping fever a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)
- guinea worm disease a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
- contractile capable of contracting or being contracted
- pandurate (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center