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)

• hook-climber
• hook-climbers
• hooked
• hookedness
• hookednesses
• hooked rug
• hooker
• hookers
• Hooke's law
• hookey
• hookeys
• Hookey Walker
• hookier
• hookies
• hookiest
• hooking
• hook into
• hook it
• hook, line and sinker
• hook-nosed
• hook-pin
• hook-pins
• hooks
• hook shot
• hook shots