systole /sisˈto-lē or -tə-lē/

1. Rhythmical contraction, esp of the heart, opp to diastole (physiology)
2. Collapse of the nucleus in mitosis
3. The shortening of a long syllable (grammar)

systolic /-tolˈik/ adjective

• unfraughted
• unfraughting
• unfraughts
• unfree
• unfreed
• unfreeman
• unfreemen
• unfreeze
• unfreezes
• unfreezing
• unfrequent
• unfrequented
• unfrequentedness
• unfrequently
• unfretted
• unfriend
• unfriended
• unfriendedness
• unfriendednesses
• unfriending
• unfriendlily
• unfriendliness
• unfriendlinesses
• unfriendly
• unfriends