a, o, g, n, c, r, t, i are letters that make 'contracting'
tract, act, ti, ting, NT, AC, ng, on, con, in, contract, acting, CT, tin, RA, CO, IN, Ra, Contra, Ac, Co, In, Ti, actin are words within 'contracting'
1 possible definitions for 'contracting'
Under this definition, contracting is a noun and has the following properties:
catching has the same meaning as contracting
get, contract, communicable, catching, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, take are derivatives of 'contracting'.
"catching cold is sometimes unavoidable", "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"