| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| coachfellow | noun | One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. |
| coadjutress | noun | Alt. of Coadjutrix |
| coadjuvancy | noun | Joint help; cooperation. |
| coadunation | noun | Union, as in one body or mass; unity. |
| coadunition | noun | Coadunation. |
| coadventure | noun | An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers., To share in a venture. |
| coagulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Coagulate |
| coagulation | noun | The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification., The substance or body formed by coagulation. |
| coagulative | adjective | Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent. |
| coagulatory | adjective | Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects. |
| coalescence | noun | The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion. |
| coalitioner | noun | A coalitionist. |
| coarctation | noun | Confinement to a narrow space., Pressure; that which presses., A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice. |
| co-assessor | noun | A joint assessor. |
| cobblestone | noun | A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; — used for paving streets and for other purposes. |
| cocciferous | adjective | Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants. |
| coccosphere | noun | A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths. |
| cochin fowl | A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam). | |
| cock-a-hoop | adjective | Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially. |
| cockaleekie | noun | A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes. |
| cockcrowing | noun | The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning. |
| cockleshell | noun | One of the shells or valves of a cockle., A light boat. |
| codefendant | noun | A joint defendant. |
| codicillary | adjective | Of the nature of a codicil. |
| coeducation | noun | An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races. |
| coefficient | adjective | Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect., That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect., A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x., A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. |
| coenenchyma | noun | The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral. |
| coessential | adjective | Partaking of the same essence. |
| coexecutrix | noun | A joint executrix. |
| coexistence | noun | Existence at the same time with another; — contemporary existence. |
| coextending | present participle & vb. noun | of Coextend |
| coextension | noun | The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. |
| coextensive | adjective | Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. |
| coffeehouse | noun | A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation. |
| cognateness | noun | The state of being cognate. |
| cognoscence | noun | Cognizance. |
| cognoscenti | plural | of Cognoscente |
| cognoscente | noun | A connoisseur. |
| cognoscible | adjective | Capable of being known., Liable to judicial investigation. |
| coincidence | noun | The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc., The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson., Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. |
| coincibency | noun | Coincidence. |
| coinheritor | noun | A coheir. |
| coinquinate | verb t. | To pollute. |
| cointension | noun | The condition of being of equal in intensity; — applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension. |
| coleopteral | adjective | Alt. of Coleopterous |
| coleopteran | noun | One of the order of Coleoptera. |
| coleridgian | adjective | Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics. |
| collagenous | adjective | Containing or resembling collagen. |
| collar bone | The clavicle. | |
| collationer | noun | One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc. |
| collectanea | verb t. | Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology. |
| collectedly | adverb | Composedly; coolly. |
| collectible | adjective | Capable of being collected. |
| collegatary | noun | A joint legatee. |
| collenchyma | noun | A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated. |
| colleterial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. |
| colleterium | noun | An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova. |
| colliflower | noun | See Cauliflower. |
| colligating | present participle & vb. noun | of Colligate |
| colligation | noun | A binding together., That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. |
| collimating | past participle & vb. noun | of Collimate |
| collimation | noun | The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. |
| colliquable | adjective | Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. |
| colliquated | imp. & past participle | of Colliquate |
| collitigant | adjective | Disputing or wrangling., One who litigates or wrangles. |
| collocating | present participle & vb. noun | of Collocate |
| collocation | noun | The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement. |
| collocution | noun | A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse. |
| colluctancy | noun | A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. |
| colocynthin | noun | The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside. |
| colonelship | noun | Colonelcy. |
| colophonite | noun | A coarsely granular variety of garnet. |
| coloradoite | noun | Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. |
| color-blind | adjective | Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n. |
| colorimeter | noun | An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid. |
| columbarium | noun | A dovecote or pigeon house., A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns. |
| columbaries | plural | of Columbary |
| columnarity | noun | The state or quality of being columnar. |
| combination | noun | The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things., The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; — usually in a bad sense., The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds., The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups. |
| comb-shaped | adjective | Pectinate. |
| combustible | adjective | Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable., Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible., A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. |
| combustious | adjective | Inflammable. |
| comessation | noun | A reveling; a rioting. |
| comforting. | present participle & vb. noun | of Comfort |
| comfortable | adjective | Strong; vigorous; valiant., Serviceable; helpful., Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope., In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life., Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; — used of a sick person., A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. |
| comfortably | adverb | In a comfortable or comforting manner. |
| comfortless | adjective | Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. |
| comfortment | noun | Act or process of administering comfort. |
| comfortress | noun | A woman who comforts. |
| commandable | adjective | Capable of being commanded. |
| commandment | noun | An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate., One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai., The act of commanding; exercise of authority., The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. |
| commandress | noun | A woman invested with authority to command. |
| commaterial | adjective | Consisting of the same material. |
| commemorate | verb t. | To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. |
| commendable | adjective | Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. |
| commendator | noun | One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. |
| commentator | noun | One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator. |
| commination | noun | A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance., An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God’s anger and judgments against sinners. |
| comminatory | adjective | Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. |
| commingling | present participle & vb. noun | of Commingle |
| comminuting | present participle & vb. noun | of Comminute |
| comminution | noun | The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted., Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces., Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. |
| commiserate | verb t. | To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. |
| commissural | adjective | Of or pertaining to a commissure. |
| committable | adjective | Capable of being committed. |
| committible | adjective | Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. |
| commodities | plural | of Commodity |
| commonition | noun | Advice; warning; instruction. |
| commonitive | adjective | Monitory. |
| commonitory | adjective | Calling to mind; giving admonition. |
| commonplace | adjective | Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation., An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude., A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to., To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads., To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. |
| commoration | noun | The act of staying or residing in a place. |
| communalism | noun | A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism. |
| communalist | noun | An advocate of communalism. |
| communicant | noun | One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord’s supper; a church member., One who communicates., Communicating. |
| communicate | verb i. | To share in common; to participate in., To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank., To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one., To administer the communion to., To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy., To give alms, sympathy, or aid., To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery., To partake of the Lord’s supper; to commune. |
| communistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories., Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds. |
| communities | plural | of Community |
| commutation | noun | A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation., The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange., The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment., A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. |
| commutative | adjective | Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. |
| compactedly | adverb | In a compact manner. |
| compactible | adjective | That may be compacted. |
| compactness | noun | The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density. |
| compaginate | verb t. | To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame. |
| companiable | adjective | Companionable; sociable. |
| comparation | noun | A making ready; provision. |
| comparative | adjective | Of or pertaining to comparison., Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy., Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state., Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright., The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives., An equal; a rival; a compeer., One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. |
| compartment | noun | One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden., One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads. |
| compassable | adjective | Capable of being compassed or accomplished. |
| compassless | adjective | Having no compass. |
| compellable | adjective | Capable of being compelled or constrained. |
| compellably | adverb | By compulsion. |
| compendiate | verb t. | To sum or collect together. |
| compendious | adjective | Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. |
| compendiums | plural | of Compendium |
| compensated | imp. & past participle | of Compensate |
| compensator | noun | One who, or that which, compensates; — a name applied to various mechanical devices., An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship’s attraction on the needle. |
| competently | adverb | In a competent manner; adequately; suitably. |
| competition | noun | The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; — followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. |
| competitive | adjective | Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination. |
| competitory | adjective | Acting in competition; competing; rival. |
| competitrix | noun | A competitress. |
| compilation | noun | The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources., That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. |
| compilement | noun | Compilation. |
| complacence | noun | Alt. of Complacency |
| complacency | noun | Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification., The cause of pleasure or joy., The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability. |
| complaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Complain |
| complainant | noun | One who makes complaint., One who commences a legal process by a complaint., The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law. |
| complaisant | adjective | Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. |
| complexness | noun | The state of being complex; complexity. |
| compliantly | adverb | In a compliant manner. |
| complicated | imp. & past participle | of Complicate |
| complotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Complot |
| complotment | noun | A plotting together. |
| comportable | adjective | Suitable; consistent. |
| comportance | noun | Behavior; comport. |
| comportment | noun | Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. |
| composition | noun | The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients., The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music., The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below., The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc., The setting up of type and arranging it for printing., The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment., A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition., A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; — often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise., Consistency; accord; congruity., Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement., The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment., Synthesis as opposed to analysis. |
| compositive | adjective | Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. |
| compositous | adjective | Belonging to the Compositae; composite. |
| compossible | adjective | Able to exist with another thing; consistent. |
| compotation | noun | The act of drinking or tippling together. |
| compounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Compound |
| compressing | p. pr & vb. noun | of Compress |
| compression | noun | The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. |
| compressive | adjective | Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force. |
| compressure | noun | Compression. |
| compromised | imp. & past participle | of Compromise |
| compromiser | noun | One who compromises. |
| compunction | noun | A pricking; stimulation., A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. |
| compunctive | adjective | Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. |
| compurgator | noun | One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. |
| computation | noun | The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning., The result of computation; the amount computed. |
| comradeship | noun | The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship. |
| concamerate | verb t. | To arch over; to vault., To divide into chambers or cells. |
| concatenate | verb t. | To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another. |
| concavation | noun | The act of making concave. |
| concaveness | noun | Hollowness; concavity. |
| concavities | plural | of Concavity |
| concealable | adjective | Capable of being concealed. |
| concealment | noun | The act of concealing; the state of being concealed., A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation., A secret; out of the way knowledge., Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. |
| conceitedly | adverb | In an egotistical manner., Fancifully; whimsically. |
| conceitless | adjective | Without wit; stupid. |
| conceivable | adjective | Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. |
| concentered | imp. & past participle | of Concentre |
| concentring | of Concentre | |
| concentrate | verb t. | To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention., To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; — opposed to dilute., To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities. |
| conceptacle | noun | That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle., A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles., One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae. |
| conceptible | adjective | Capable of being conceived; conceivable. |
| conceptious | adjective | Apt to conceive; fruitful. |
| concernedly | adverb | In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically. |
| concertante | noun | A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts. |
| conchometer | noun | An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire. |
| conchometry | noun | The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry. |
| conchylious | adjective | Conchylaceous. |
| conciliable | noun | A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature., Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. |
| conciliated | imp. & past participle | of Conciliate |
| conciliator | noun | One who conciliates. |
| concionator | noun | An haranguer of the people; a preacher., A common councilman. |
| conciseness | noun | The quality of being concise. |
| concitation | noun | The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. |
| concludency | noun | Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. |
| conclusible | adjective | Demonstrable; determinable. |
| concolorous | adjective | Of the same color throughout. |
| concomitant | adjective | Accompanying; conjoined; attending., One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. |
| concordable | adjective | Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious. |
| concordance | noun | Agreement; accordance., Concord; agreement., An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place., A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book. |
| concordancy | noun | Agreement. |
| concrescive | adjective | Growing together, or into union; uniting. |
| concubinacy | noun | The practice of concubinage. |
| concubinage | noun | The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine., A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. |
| concubinary | adjective | Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage., One who lives in concubinage. |
| concubinate | noun | Concubinage. |
| concultated | imp. & past participle | of Conculcate |
| concurrence | noun | The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination., A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; — implying joint approbation., Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation., A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts. |
| concurrency | noun | Concurrence. |
| condemnable | Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable. | |
| condensable | adjective | Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable. |
| condensated | imp. & past participle | of Condensate |
| condensible | adjective | Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold. |
| condignness | noun | Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness. |
| condisciple | noun | A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. |
| conditioned | imp. & past participle | of Condition, Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man., Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute. |
| conditional | adjective | Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise., Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense., A limitation., A conditional word, mode, or proposition. |
| conditionly | adverb | Conditionally. |
| conditories | plural | of Conditory |
| condolatory | adjective | Expressing condolence. |
| condolement | noun | Condolence., Sorrow; mourning; lamentation. |
| condonation | noun | The act of condoning or pardoning., Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. |
| condottieri | plural | of Condottiere |
| condottiere | noun | A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest. |
| conductible | adjective | Capable of being conducted. |
| conductress | noun | A woman who leads or directs; a directress. |
| condylomata | plural | of Condylome |
| cone pulley | A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape. | |
| confabulate | verb i. | To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. |
| confederacy | noun | A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance., The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation., A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy. |
| confederate | adjective | United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied., Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money., One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense., A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865)., To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally., To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. |
| conferrable | adjective | Capable of being conferred. |
| confessedly | adverb | By confession; without denial. |
| confidently | adverb | With confidence; with strong assurance; positively. |
| configurate | verb i. | To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. |
| configuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Configure |
| confineless | adjective | Without limitation or end; boundless. |
| confinement | noun | Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion., Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in. |
| confirmable | adjective | That may be confirmed. |
| confirmance | noun | Confirmation. |
| confirmator | noun | One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. |
| confirmedly | adverb | With confirmation. |
| confiscable | adjective | Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture. |
| confiscated | imp. & past participle | of Confiscate |
| confiscator | noun | One who confiscates. |
| conflagrant | adjective | Burning together in a common flame. |
| conflicting | present participle & vb. noun | of Conflict, Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing. |
| conflictive | adjective | Tending to conflict; conflicting. |
| confluxible | adjective | Inclined to flow or run together. |
| conformable | adjective | Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; — usually followed by to., Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant., Parallel, or nearly so; — said of strata in contact. |
| conformably | adverb | With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. |
| conformance | noun | Conformity. |
| confounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Confound |
| confronting | present participle & vb. noun | of Confront |
| confutation | noun | The act or process of confuting; refutation. |
| confutative | adjective | Adapted or designed to confute. |
| confutement | noun | Confutation. |
| congealable | adjective | Capable of being congealed. |
| congealment | noun | The act or the process of congealing; congeliation., That which is formed by congelation; a clot. |
| congelation | noun | The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing., The state of being congealed., That which is congealed. |
| congeneracy | noun | Similarity of origin; affinity. |
| congenerous | adjective | Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. |
| congenially | adverb | In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed. |
| conglaciate | verb t. & i. | To turn to ice; to freeze. |
| conglobated | imp. & past participle | of Conglobate |
| congo snake | An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma. | |
| congregated | imp. & past participle | of Congregate |
| congression | noun | A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. |
| congressive | adjective | Encountering, or coming together. |
| congressmen | plural | of Congressman |
| congressman | noun | A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives. |
| congruities | plural | of Congruity |
| congruously | adverb | In a congruous manner. |
| conicalness | noun | State or quality of being conical. |
| conirostral | adjective | Belonging to the Conirostres. |
| conirostres | noun pl. | A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches. |
| conjectural | adjective | Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. |
| conjectured | imp. & past participle | of Conjecture |
| conjecturer | noun | One who conjectures. |
| conjubilant | adjective | Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. |
| conjugality | noun | The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. |
| conjugating | present participle & vb. noun | of Conjugate |
| conjugation | noun | the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage., Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple., The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections., A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb., A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner., A kind of sexual union; — applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed. |
| conjunction | noun | The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league., The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6., A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. |
| conjunctiva | noun | The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. |
| conjunctive | adjective | Serving to unite; connecting together., Closely united. |
| conjuncture | noun | The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination., A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions. |
| conjuration | noun | The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration., The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment., A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. |
| conjurement | noun | Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. |
| connascence | noun | Alt. of Connascency |
| connascency | noun | The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together., That which is born or produced with another., The act of growing together. |
| connectedly | adverb | In a connected manner. |
| connoisseur | noun | One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. |
| connotation | noun | The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted. |
| connotative | adjective | Implying something additional; illative., Implying an attribute. See Connote. |
| conquadrate | verb t. | To bring into a square. |
| conquassate | verb t. | To shake; to agitate. |
| conquerable | adjective | Capable of being conquered or subdued. |
| conscienced | adjective | Having a conscience. |
| consciously | adverb | In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one’s own mental operations or actions. |
| consecrated | imp. & past participle | of Consecrate |
| consecrater | noun | Consecrator. |
| consecrator | noun | One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. |
| consecution | noun | A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence., A succession or series of any kind. |
| consecutive | adjective | Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years., Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding., Having similarity of sequence; — said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. |
| consentient | adjective | Agreeing in mind; accordant. |
| consequence | noun | That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result., A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference., Chain of causes and effects; consecution., Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. |
| conservable | adjective | Capable of being preserved from decay or injury. |
| conservancy | noun | Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use. |
| conservator | noun | One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver., An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff., One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate. |
| considering | present participle & vb. noun | of Consider |
| considerate | adjective | Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other., Having respect to; regardful. |
| consignment | noun | The act of consigning; consignation., The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc., That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance., The writing by which anything is consigned. |
| consilience | noun | Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. |
| consimility | noun | Common resemblance. |
| consistence | noun | Alt. of Consistency |
| consistency | noun | The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity., A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude., That which stands together as a united whole; a combination., Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency., Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. |
| consociated | imp. & past participle | of Consociate |
| consolation | noun | The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit. |
| consolatory | adjective | Of a consoling or comforting nature., That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. |
| consolidant | adjective | Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm. |
| consolidate | adjective | Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated., To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm., To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic., To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound., To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying. |
| consonantal | adjective | Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants. |
| consonantly | adverb | In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably. |
| consortable | adjective | Suitable for association or companionship. |
| consortship | noun | The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. |
| conspecific | adjective | Of the same species. |
| conspersion | noun | The act of sprinkling. |
| conspicuity | noun | The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness. |
| conspicuous | adjective | Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye., Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault. |
| conspirator | noun | One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. |
| conspurcate | verb t. | To pollute; to defile. |
| constablery | noun | The constabulary., The district or jurisdiction of a constable. |
| constabless | noun | The wife of a constable. |
| constellate | verb i. | To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light., To unite in one luster or radiance, as stars., To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens. |
| constipated | imp. & past participle | of Constipate |
| constituent | adjective | Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component., Having the power of electing or appointing., The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs., That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element., One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; — correlative to representative., A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. |
| constituted | imp. & past participle | of Constitute |
| constituter | noun | One who constitutes or appoints. |
| constrained | imp. & past participle | of Constrain, Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone. |
| constrainer | noun | One who constrains. |
| constricted | imp. & past participle | of Constrict, Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped., Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others. |
| constrictor | noun | That which constricts, draws together, or contracts., A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter., A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor. |
| constringed | imp. & past participle | of Constringe |
| constructed | imp. & past participle | of Construct |
| constructer | noun | One who, or that which, constructs or frames. |
| constructor | noun | A constructer. |
| constuprate | verb t. | To ravish; to debauch. |
| consumingly | adverb | In a consuming manner. |
| consummated | imp. & past participle | of Consummate |
| consumption | noun | The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction., The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay., A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; — called also pulmonary consumption. |
| consumptive | adjective | Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting., Affected with, or inclined to, consumption., One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. |
| contagioned | adjective | Affected by contagion. |
| containable | adjective | Capable of being contained or comprised. |
| containment | noun | That which is contained; the extent; the substance. |
| contaminate | verb t. | To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile., Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. |
| contamitive | adjective | Tending or liable to contaminate. |
| contemplant | adjective | Given to contemplation; meditative. |
| contemplate | verb t. | To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study., To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend., To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate. |
| contendress | noun | A female contestant. |
| contenement | noun | That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance. |
| contentious | adjective | Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome., Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention., Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. |
| contentless | adjective | Discontented; dissatisfied. |
| contentment | verb t. | The state of being contented or satisfied; content., The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible., Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. |
| conterminal | adjective | Conterminous. |
| contestable | adjective | Capable of being contested; debatable. |
| contextural | adjective | Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. |
| contextured | adjective | Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. |
| continental | adjective | Of or pertaining to a continent., Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition., Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money., A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3. |
| continently | adverb | In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately. |
| contingence | noun | See Contingency. |
| contingency | noun | Union or connection; the state of touching or contact., The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass., An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance., An adjunct or accessory., A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. |
| continuable | adjective | Capable of being continued |
| continually | adverb | Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually., In regular or repeated succession; very often. |
| continuance | noun | A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay., Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation., A holding together; continuity., The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another., The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record. |
| continuator | noun | One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. |
| continuedly | adverb | Continuously. |
| contorniate | noun | Alt. of Contorniate, A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; — supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. |
| contrabasso | noun | The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone. |
| contracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Contract |
| contractile | adjective | tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. |
| contraction | noun | The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold., The process of shortening an operation., The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease., Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; — as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc., The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne’er for never; can’t for can not; don’t for do not; it’s for it is., A marriage contract. |
| contractive | adjective | Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting. |
| contracture | noun | A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles. |
| contradance | noun | A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. |
| contrariant | adjective | Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. |
| contrariety | noun | The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism., Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency. |
| contrarious | adjective | Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. |
| contrasting | present participle & vb. noun | of Contrast |
| contratenor | noun | Counter tenor; contralto. |
| contravened | imp. & past participle | of Contravene |
| contravener | noun | One who contravenes. |
| contrayerva | noun | A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic. |
| contretemps | noun | An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch. |
| contributed | imp. & past participle | of Contribute |
| contributer | noun | One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine. |
| contristate | verb t. & i. | To make sorrowful. |
| contrivance | noun | The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning., The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement. |
| controlling | present participle & vb. noun | of Control |
| controlment | noun | The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence., Opposition; resistance; hostility. |
| controverse | noun | Controversy., To dispute; to controvert. |
| controversy | noun | Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions., Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference., A suit in law or equity; a question of right. |
| contubernal | adjective | Alt. of Contubernial |
| contumacies | plural | of Contumacy |
| convalesced | imp. & past participle | of Convalesce, Convalescent. |
| convallaria | noun | The lily of the valley. |
| convallarin | noun | A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley. |
| convenience | noun | Alt. of Conveniency |
| conveniency | noun | The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety., Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation., That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one’s wants; an accommodation., A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one’s convenience. |
| conventical | adjective | Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. |
| conventicle | noun | A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly., An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; — often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. |
| convergence | noun | Alt. of Convergency |
| convergency | noun | The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point. |
| conversable | adjective | Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. |
| conversably | adverb | In a conversable manner. |
| conversance | noun | The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. |
| conversancy | noun | Conversance |
| conversible | adjective | Capable of being converted or reversed. |
| convertible | adjective | Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable., Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. |
| convertibly | adverb | In a convertible manner. |
| convexities | plural | of Convexity |
| conveyancer | noun | One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. |
| convicinity | noun | Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. |
| convincible | adjective | Capable of being convinced or won over., Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. |
| convivially | adverb | In a convivial manner. |
| convocating | present participle & vb. noun | of Convocate |
| convocation | noun | The act of calling or assembling by summons., An assembly or meeting., An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs., An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted. |
| convolution | noun | The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion., The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself., An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain. |
| convolvulin | noun | A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties. |
| convolvulus | noun | A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomaea. |
| cool-headed | adjective | Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. |
| cooperating | present participle & vb. noun | of Cooperate |
| cooperation | noun | The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor., The association of a number of persons for their benefit. |
| cooperative | adjective | Operating jointly to the same end. |
| coordinance | noun | Joint ordinance. |
| coordinated | imp. & past participle | of Coordinate |
| coparcenary | noun | Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance. |
| cope-chisel | noun | A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. |
| copiousness | noun | The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. |
| copper-nose | noun | A red nose. |
| copperplate | noun | A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved., An impression on paper taken from such a plate. |
| coppersmith | noun | One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. |
| copple dust | Cupel dust. | |
| copplestone | noun | A cobblestone. |
| coprophagan | noun | A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung. |
| coralliform | adjective | resembling coral in form. |
| coralligena | noun pl. | Same as Anthozoa. |
| corallinite | noun | A fossil coralline. |
| coralloidal | adjective | resembling coral; coralloid. |
| cordialness | noun | Cordiality. |
| co-relation | noun | Corresponding relation. |
| corivalship | noun | Joint rivalry. |
| cork fossil | A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork. | |
| corking pin | A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman’s headdress to a cork mold. | |
| cormophytes | noun pl. | Alt. of Cormophyta |
| corniferous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York. |
| cornigerous | adjective | Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. |
| cornsheller | noun | A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob. |
| cornucopias | plural | of Cornucopia |
| corollaries | plural | of Corollary |
| corporality | noun | The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; — opposed to spirituality., A confraternity; a guild. |
| corporately | adverb | In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body., In, or as regarda, the body. |
| corporation | noun | A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual. |
| corporature | noun | The state of being embodied; bodily existence. |
| corporeally | adverb | In the body; in a bodily form or manner. |
| corpulently | adverb | In a corpulent manner. |
| corpuscular | adjective | Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. |
| correctible | adjective | Alt. of Correctable |
| correctable | adjective | Capable of being corrected. |
| correctness | noun | The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. |
| correctress | noun | A woman who corrects. |
| correlating | present participle & vb. noun | of Correlate |
| correlation | noun | Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. |
| correlative | adjective | Having or indicating a reciprocal relation., One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing., The antecedent of a pronoun. |
| corrigendum | noun | A fault or error to be corrected. |
| corrivation | noun | The flowing of different streams into one. |
| corroborant | adjective | Strengthening; supporting; corroborating., Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. |
| corroborate | verb t. | To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen., To make more certain; to confirm; to establish., Corroborated. |
| corrovaline | noun | A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart. |
| corrugating | present participle & vb. noun | of Corrugate |
| corrugation | noun | The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. |
| corrumpable | adjective | Corruptible. |
| corruptible | adjective | Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay., Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation., That which may decay and perish; the human body. |
| corruptless | adjective | Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. |
| corruptness | noun | The quality of being corrupt. |
| corruptress | noun | A woman who corrupts. |
| corticiform | adjective | Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind. |
| coruscation | noun | A sudden flash or play of light., A flash of intellectual brilliancy. |
| corymbosely | adverb | In corymbs. |
| corypheuses | plural | of Corypheus |
| coryphodont | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon. |
| cosignitary | adjective | Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers., One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin. |
| cosmogonist | noun | One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony. |
| cosmogonies | plural | of Cosmogony |
| cosmography | noun | A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts. |
| cosmologist | noun | One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology. |
| cosmopolite | noun | One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world., Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal., Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world., See Cosmopolitan. |
| cosmosphere | noun | An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe. |
| cosmotheism | noun | Same as Pantheism. |
| cosmothetic | adjective | Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. |
| cosovereign | noun | A joint sovereign. |
| costiferous | adjective | Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae. |
| costiveness | noun | An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation., Inability to express one’s self; stiffness. |
| co-sufferer | noun | One who suffers with another. |
| cotemporary | adjective | Living or being at the same time; contemporary., One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary. |
| coterminous | adjective | Bordering; conterminous; — followed by with. |
| cothurnated | adjective | Wearing a cothurn., Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave. |
| cotqueanity | noun | The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. |
| cotyledonal | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon. |
| couch grass | See Quitch grass. | |
| counselling | of Counsel | |
| counselable | adjective | Willing to receive counsel or follow advice., Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. |
| countenance | verb t. | To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet., To make a show of; to pretend. |
| counterbore | noun | A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head., A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; — used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth., To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore. |
| counterbuff | verb t. | To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front., A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil. |
| countercast | noun | A trick; a delusive contrivance. |
| counterdrew | imp. | of Counterdraw |
| counterdraw | verb t. | To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance. |
| counterfeit | adverb | Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed., Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin., Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist., That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart., That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit., One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat., To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person., To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc., To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend., To make counterfeits. |
| counterfoil | noun | That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; — called also counterstock., The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued. |
| counterfort | noun | A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall., A spur or projection of a mountain. |
| countergage | noun | An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. |
| countermand | verb t. | To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods., To prohibit; to forbid., To oppose; to revoke the command of., A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. |
| countermark | noun | A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths’ Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy., An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age., To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse’s teeth. |
| countermine | noun | An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy., A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated., To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine., To frustrate or counteract by secret measures., To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. |
| countermove | verb t. & i. | To move in a contrary direction to., Alt. of Countermovement |
| countermure | noun | A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure., To fortify with a wall behind another wall. |
| counterpane | noun | A coverlet for a bed, — originally stitched or woven in squares or figures., A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; — now called counterpart. |
| counterpart | noun | A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile., One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate., A person who closely resembles another., A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. |
| counterplot | verb t. | To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem., A plot or artifice opposed to another. |
| counterpole | noun | The exact opposite. |
| counterseal | verb t. | To seal or ratify with another or others. |
| countersign | verb t. | To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing., The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity., A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword. |
| countersunk | imp. & past participle | of Countersink, Chamfered at the top; — said of a hole., Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt., Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead. |
| countersink | verb t. | To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw., To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork., An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt., A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes. |
| counterstep | noun | A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action. |
| countersway | noun | A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. |
| counterterm | noun | A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; — the opposite of synonym; as, “foe” is the counterterm of “friend”. |
| countertime | noun | The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse., Resistance; opposition. |
| counterturn | noun | The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties. |
| countervail | verb t. | To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate., Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital. |
| counterview | noun | An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other., A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast. |
| countervote | verb t. | To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote. |
| counterwait | verb t. | To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. |
| counterwork | verb t. | To work in opposition to; to counteract. |
| countrified | p. adjective | Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude. |
| countryside | noun | A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. |
| count-wheel | noun | The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
| coupe-gorge | noun | Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. |
| court-baron | noun | An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron’s court; — now fallen into disuse. |
| court-craft | noun | The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. |
| courteously | adverb | In a courteous manner. |
| courtesying | present participle & vb. noun | of Courtesy |
| courtehouse | noun | A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings., A county town; — so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States. |
| courtliness | noun | The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners. |
| covenanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Covenant, Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters. |
| cover-point | noun | The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports “point.” |
| cover-shame | noun | Something used to conceal infamy. |
| cowleeching | noun | Healing the distemper of cows. |
| cow parsley | An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chaerophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre). | |
| cow parsnip | A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America). | |
| coxcombical | adjective | Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. |