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contralto

The low female singing voice in opera, choir, and non, classical music (the alto part in choir is sung by contraltos and mezzo-sopranos with strong low notes). The contralto has a range from F3 (below middle C) to G5 (the second G over middle C). This deep, dark female voice is the rarest female voice and they are known to sound almost like men on their lowest notes.

Sitting between mezzo sopranos and tenors, contraltos have relatively few roles in opera as little has been written specifically for them and what roles they have are usually that of maidservants, mothers, grandmothers, and friends of the heroine, but they occasionally get hardy roles, notably witches and goddesses. They also play roles originally meant for castratos (when mezzo-sopranos, countertenors, tenors, and baritones don't take them).

A number of pop singers and Broadway performers are contraltos, although they are not farther distinguished as they would be in opera. Examples include Fiona Apple, Cher, Toni Braxton, Etta James, Sarah Vaughn, Alicia Keyes, Diana Krall, Lisa Gerrard, Amy MacDonald, Yulia MacLean, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Reba MacIntire, Stevie Nicks, Katy Perry, Carly Simon, Ana Carolina, Emily Haines, Judy Garland, Chaka Khan, and Annie Lennox.
Based on vocal weight/voice type, contraltos are divided into three subcategories:

Coloratura contralto: light, agile, flexible, capable of vocal acrobatics (a rare voice).

Lyric contralto: stronger than coloratura contralto, but lighter and tamer than the dramatic contralto. Most common contralto voice.

Dramatic contralto: A powerful, rich, dark female voice and very rare.

Operatic contraltos include Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Maureen Forrester, Kathleen Ferrier, Marian Anderson, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Nathalie Stutzmann, Ewa Podles, Anna Larsson, and Sonia Prina.
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Contralto

The lowest womyn's singing voice; at the bottom of their range, they sound almost like men, often leading to people mistaking them for men on the radio, telephone, or wherever.

The alto range, which is below soprano, is really an easy combination of the mezzo-soprano range and the contralto range; the mezzo-soprano is the medium female voice and therefore the higher of the two.
The contralto voice is a pretty rare voice. And there is little work that was written specifically for the contralto. Countertenors, mezzo-sopranos, and often tenors, baritones, and basses take the roles that were written for them.

Marian Anderson and Kathleen Ferrier were legendary operatic contraltos in their day.

Toni Braxton is a famous popular music contralto. As are Brandy, Alicia Keyes, Cher, and Blu Cantrell, among others.
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Contracted Crop Duster

The act of passing wind and having a person or people walk past and crop dust your scent for you.
Scott timed his fart perfectly as Jono walked past thus using Jono as his contracted crop duster to delightfully distribute the scent of his fart to share with others.
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Contramster

A hamster brought illegaly into a country without the consent of the local judicial government.
Sadam, along with many other illegal biological plans, imported nearly 5 contramsters over the last 12 years
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contretemps

An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.
"The hotel had to deal with more than one contretemps before the end of the night"
Synonyms : argument, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, difference of opinion.
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Controlster

1)A comptroller that doesn’t believe in separation of duties.

2)A person that has to control everything!
Excuse me boss, this is my kingdom and I’m the ruler of this roost. I don’ts need separation of duties. I’m a Controlster!
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