1. The act of contracting; the state of being contracted; abbreviation; the shortening of a word by the omission of a letter or syllable.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• constraction,
• conraction,
• contractial,
• contractiosn,
• contrusction,
• contracntions,
• contration,
• contruccion,
• contaractions,
• contrsuction,
• contrctions,
• contruction,
• contrbution,
• congragtion,
• contrustion,
• contricition,
• condtruction,
• contradition,
• cosntruction,
• contactiong

• contracting,
• contradict,
• centralisation,
• contraceptive,
• contractile,
• contradiction,
• contradictory,
• centralization,
• contortion,
• contractual,
• contrafagotto,
• contrast,
• Contra Danse,
• contrapuntist,
• contrariness,
• contrail,
• contribution,
• contredanse,
• counteract,
• contrivance,
• contrarian,
• contractor,
• contracted,
• contrition,
• contractually,
• contraception,
• contrariwise,
• contract offer,
• contractions,
• contrabandist,
• contrariety,
• counteraction,
• contriteness,
• contracture,
• contract law,
• contriver,
• contravene,
• contradance,
• contortionist,
• contraption,
• contrarious,
• contravention,
• contractable,
• construction,
• contract,
• contractility,
• contrasty,
• contributive,
• Contreras,
• contributing,
• contraband,
• contract out,
• contrastive,
• contralto,
• contrite,
• contrastingly,
• counterattack,
• contrapuntal,
• contrabassoon,
• counteractive,
• contract in,
• contrasting,
• contrary.

The adverb form of the word "contraction" is "contractedly".

The adjective form of the word "contraction" is "contractile".

The plural of the "contraction" can be the "contractions".

The singular of the "contraction" can be the "contraction".