So contractible and tough is the skin, that once the point of the harpoon is embedded in it, nothing but a strong and direct tug will release it. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
I may be wrong here, but as far as I am aware; avian flu is not easily contractible by humans atm…What people are worried about is what will happen when the flu mutates evolves. From Wordnik.com. [AMA Op-Ed: living in "loopy times," and what medical professionals can do - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
It makes no sense at this point to talk about the most contractible issue. From Wordnik.com. [SmallGovTimes.com] Reference
If there is a very short non-contractible circle in your compactification, strings can be winding around it many times. From Wordnik.com. [The Reference Frame] Reference
However, in the homotopy group is not null homotpic, which is equivalent to the fact that the sphere is not contractible. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
"In regard to the pure question of the sufficiency of your salary, they hint in the kindest manner that all expenditures are contractible as well as extensible. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
"The TRC and the Department of Justice jointly understand that no part or process of the commission can be haphazardly concluded, and for this reason the TRC will still be contractible in Cape Town on. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Since all known bodies are contractible into less space by depriving them of some portion of their heat, and as there is no part of nature totally deprived of heat, there is reason to believe that the particles of bodies do not touch, but are held towards each other by their self - attraction, and recede from each other by their attraction to the mass of heat which surrounds them; and thus exist in an equilibrium between these two powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
1. non-contractible cost reductions have large deleterious effects on quality. From Wordnik.com. [TVHE] Reference
Sullivan is contractible. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
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