Found 2 items, similar to contractile.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contractile contractile adj : capable of contracting or being contracted; “the contractile wings of an insect”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contractile Contractile \Con*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. contractile.] tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. [1913 Webster] The heart's contractile force. --H. Brooke. [1913 Webster] Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. --Hixley. [1913 Webster] Contractile vacuole (Zo["o]l.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more. [1913 Webster]