| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| compacting | present participle & vb. noun | of Compact |
| compaction | noun | The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. |
| compacture | noun | Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. |
| companable | adjective | Companionable; sociable. |
| companator | noun | Same as Impanator. |
| companying | present participle & vb. noun | of Company |
| comparable | adjective | Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. |
| comparator | noun | An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; — applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length. |
| comparison | noun | The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate., The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them., That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude., The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison., A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel., The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts., To compare. |
| comparting | present participle & vb. noun | of Compart |
| compartner | noun | See Copartner. |
| compassing | present participle & vb. noun | of Compass, Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers. |
| compassion | noun | Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration., To pity. |
| compatible | adjective | Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; — usually followed by with. |
| compatibly | adverb | In a compatible manner. |
| compatient | adjective | Suffering or enduring together. |
| compatriot | noun | One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling., Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. |
| compelling | present participle & vb. n | of Compel |
| compendium | noun | A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary. |
| compensate | verb t. | To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses., To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for., To make amends; to supply an equivalent; — followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. |
| competence | noun | Alt. of Competency |
| competency | noun | The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power., Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess., Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence., Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. |
| competible | adjective | Compatible; suitable; consistent. |
| competitor | noun | One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival., An associate; a confederate. |
| compilator | noun | Compiler. |
| complacent | adjective | Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile. |
| complained | imp. & past participle | of Complain |
| complainer | noun | One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer. |
| complanate | verb t. | Flattened to a level surface., To make level. |
| complected | adjective | Complexioned. |
| complement | verb t. | That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete., That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole., Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness., A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity., Something added for ornamentation; an accessory., The whole working force of a vessel., The interval wanting to complete the octave; — the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third., A compliment., To supply a lack; to supplement., To compliment. |
| completing | present participle & vb. noun | of Complete |
| completely | adverb | In a complete manner; fully. |
| completion | noun | The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service., State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization. |
| completive | adjective | Making complete. |
| completory | adjective | Serving to fulfill., Same as Compline. |
| complexion | noun | The state of being complex; complexity., A combination; a complex., The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature., The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face., The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news. |
| complexity | noun | The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement., That which is complex; intricacy; complication. |
| compliable | adjective | Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. |
| compliance | noun | The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission., A disposition to yield to others; complaisance. |
| compliancy | noun | Compliance; disposition to yield to others. |
| complicacy | noun | A state of being complicate or intricate. |
| complicant | adjective | Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles. |
| complicate | adjective | Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved., Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise., To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. |
| complicity | noun | The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt. |
| compliment | noun | An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one’s compliments to a friend., To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to., To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. |
| complotted | imp. & past participle | of Complot |
| complotter | noun | One joined in a plot. |
| compluvium | noun | A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| comporting | present participle & vb. noun | of Comport |
| compositae | noun pl. | A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples. |
| compositor | noun | One who composes or sets in order., One who sets type and arranges it for use. |
| composture | noun | Manure; compost. |
| compotator | noun | One who drinks with another. |
| compounded | imp. & past participle | of Compound |
| compounder | noun | One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines., One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises., One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime., One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take., A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. |
| comprehend | verb t. | To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire., To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply., To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. |
| compressed | imp. & past participle | of Compress, Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure., Flattened lengthwise. |
| compressor | noun | Anything which serves to compress, A muscle that compresses certain parts., An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part., An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; — called also compressorium., A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor. |
| comprising | present participle & vb. noun | of Comprise |
| comprobate | verb i. | To agree; to concur. |
| compromise | noun | A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators., A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement., A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right., To bind by mutual agreement; to agree., To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound., To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion., To agree; to accord., To make concession for conciliation and peace. |
| comptroler | noun | A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts. |
| compulsion | noun | The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. |
| compulsive | adjective | Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. |
| compulsory | adjective | Having the power of compulsion; constraining., Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion. |
| computable | adjective | Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. |