The acquisition of something, generally negative.
A period of economic decline or negative growth.
Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
A reversible reduction in size.
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
The process of contracting a disease.
A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
A shortening of a muscle during its use.
A former tent; something (or someone) that was a tent but no longer is
The valuation of property.
A range of values or locations.
A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.