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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.