| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| concaving | present participle & vb. noun | of Concave |
| concavity | noun | A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave. |
| concavous | adjective | Concave. |
| concealed | imp. & past participle | of Conceal, Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. |
| concealer | noun | One who conceals. |
| conceding | present participle & vb. noun | of Concede |
| conceited | adjective | Endowed with fancy or imagination., Entertaining a flattering opinion of one’s self; vain., Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. |
| conceived | imp. & past participle | of Conceive |
| conceiver | noun | One who conceives. |
| concenter | verb i. | Alt. of Concentre, Alt. of Concentre |
| concentre | verb i. | To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center., To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate. |
| concerned | imp. & past participle | of Concern, Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend. |
| concerted | imp. & past participle | of Concert, Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals. |
| concertos | plural | of Concerto |
| conchifer | noun | One of the Conchifera. |
| conchitic | adjective | Composed of shells; containing many shells. |
| conciator | adjective | The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them. |
| concierge | noun | One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female. |
| conciliar | adjective | Alt. of Conciliary |
| concisely | adverb | In a concise manner; briefly. |
| concision | noun | A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. |
| concluded | imp. & past participle | of Conclude |
| concluder | noun | One who concludes. |
| concocted | imp. & past participle | of Concoct |
| concocter | noun | One who concocts. |
| concordat | noun | A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything., An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801. |
| concourse | noun | A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence., An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place., The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies., An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet., Concurrence; cooperation. |
| concreate | verb t. | To create at the same time. |
| concreted | imp. & past participle | of Concrete |
| concubine | noun | A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour., A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father. |
| concurred | imp. & past participle | of Concur |
| condemned | imp. & past participle | of Condemn, Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation., Used for condemned persons. |
| condemner | noun | One who condemns or censures. |
| condensed | imp. & past participle | of Condense |
| condenser | noun | One who, or that which, condenses., An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape., An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate., A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object., An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling., An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine. |
| condignly | adverb | According to merit. |
| condiment | noun | Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning. |
| condition | noun | Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate., Essential quality; property; attribute., Temperament; disposition; character., That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified., A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend., To make terms; to stipulate., To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible., To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of., To contract; to stipulate; to agree., To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one’s class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study., To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains)., train; acclimate. |
| conditory | noun | A repository for holding things; a hinding place. |
| condoling | present participle & vb. noun | of Condole |
| condoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Condone |
| conducing | present participle & vb. noun | of Conduce |
| conducent | adjective | Conducive; tending. |
| conducive | adjective | Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote. |
| conducted | imp. & past participle | of Conduct |
| conductor | noun | One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director., One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car., The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus., A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod., A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director., Same as Leader. |
| condyloid | adjective | Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle. |
| condyloma | noun | Alt. of Condylome |
| condylome | noun | A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane. |
| confected | imp. & past participle | of Confect |
| conferred | imp. & past participle | of Confer |
| conferree | noun | Same as Conferee. |
| conferrer | noun | One who confers; one who converses., One who bestows; a giver. |
| confervae | plural | of Conferva |
| confessed | imp. & past participle | of Confess |
| confesser | noun | One who makes a confession. |
| confessor | noun | One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith., A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. |
| confestly | adverb | See Cofessedly. |
| confidant | noun fem. | Alt. of Confidante |
| confiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Confide, That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. |
| confident | noun | See Confidant. |
| configure | verb t. | To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. |
| confining | present participle & vb. noun | of Confine |
| confinity | noun | Community of limits; contiguity. |
| confirmee | noun | One to whom anything is confirmed. |
| confirmer | noun | One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. |
| confitent | noun | One who confesses his sins and faults. |
| confiteor | noun | A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made. |
| confiture | noun | Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat. |
| confixure | noun | Act of fastening. |
| conflated | imp. & past participle | of Conflate |
| confluent | adjective | Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another., Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction., Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules., Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox., A small steam which flows into a large one., The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. |
| conformed | imp. & past participle | of Conform |
| conformer | noun | One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines. |
| confronte | adjective | Same as Affronte. |
| confucian | adjective | Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher., A Confucianist. |
| confusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Confuse |
| confusely | adverb | Confusedly; obscurely. |
| confusion | noun | The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult., The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame., Overthrow; defeat; ruin., One who confuses; a confounder. |
| confusive | adjective | Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. |
| confutant | noun | One who undertakes to confute. |
| confuting | present participle & vb. noun | of Confute |
| congeable | adjective | Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable. |
| congealed | imp. & past participle | of Congeal |
| congenial | adjective | Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic., Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. |
| congenite | adjective | Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. |
| congeries | noun sing & pl. | A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation. |
| congested | adjective | Crowded together., Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperaemic; — said of any part of the body. |
| conglobed | imp. & past participle | of Conglobe |
| conglutin | noun | A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc. |
| congruent | adjective | Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding. |
| congruism | noun | See Congruity. |
| congruity | noun | The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency., Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another., That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace. |
| congruous | adjective | Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. |
| conically | adverb | In the form of a cone. |
| coniferin | noun | A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance. |
| conjector | noun | One who guesses or conjectures. |
| conjoined | imp. & past participle | of Conjoin, Joined together or touching. |
| conjugate | adjective | United in pairs; yoked together; coupled., In single pairs; coupled., Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one., Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; — said of words., Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; — frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc., A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification., A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical., To unite in marriage; to join., To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons., To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals. |
| conjugial | adjective | Conjugal. |
| conjugium | noun | The marriage tie. |
| conjuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Conjure |
| connation | noun | Connection by birth; natural union. |
| connature | noun | Participation in a common nature or character. |
| connected | imp. & past participle | of Connect |
| connector | noun | One who, or that which, connects, A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments., A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact. |
| connexion | noun | Connection. See Connection. |
| connexive | adjective | See Connective. |
| conniving | present participle & vb. noun | of Connive |
| connivent | adjective | Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice., Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc. |
| connotate | verb t. | To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. |
| connoting | present participle & vb. noun | of Connote |
| connubial | adjective | Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial. |
| connusant | adjective | See Cognizant. |
| conominee | noun | One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. |
| conquered | imp. & past participle | of Conquer |
| conqueror | noun | One who conquers. |
| conscient | adjective | Conscious. |
| conscious | adjective | Possessing the faculty of knowing one’s own thoughts or mental operations., Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible., Made the object of consciousness; known to one’s self; as, conscious guilt. |
| conscribe | verb t. | To enroll; to enlist. |
| conscript | adjective | Enrolled; written; registered., One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor., To enroll, by compulsion, for military service. |
| consecute | verb t. | To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. |
| consensus | noun | Agreement; accord; consent. |
| consented | imp. & past participle | of Consent |
| consenter | adjective | One who consents. |
| conserved | imp. & past participle | of Conserve |
| conserver | noun | One who conserves. |
| consigned | imp. & past participle | of Consign |
| consignee | noun | The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; — correlative to consignor. |
| consigner | noun | One who consigns. See Consignor. |
| consignor | noun | One who consigns something to another; — opposed to consignee. |
| consisted | imp. & past participle | of Consist |
| consolate | verb t. | To console; to comfort. |
| consoling | present participle & vb. noun | of Console, Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news. |
| consonant | adjective | Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; — usually followed by with or to., Having like sounds., harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords., Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants., An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound. |
| consonous | adjective | Agreeing in sound; symphonious. |
| consopite | adjective | Lulled to sleep., To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose. |
| consorted | imp. & past participle | of Consort |
| conspired | imp. & past participle | of Conspire |
| conspirer | noun | One who conspires; a conspirator. |
| constable | noun | A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages., An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers. |
| constancy | noun | The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes., Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability; fidelity. |
| constrain | verb t. | To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe., To bring into a narrow compass; to compress., To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress., To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige., To violate; to ravish., To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice. |
| constrict | verb t. | To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. |
| construct | verb t. | To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice., To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics., Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. |
| construed | imp. & past participle | of Construe |
| consulage | noun | A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place. |
| consulary | adjective | Consular. |
| consulate | noun | The office of a consul., The jurisdiction or residence of a consul., Consular government; term of office of a consul. |
| consulted | imp. & past participle | of Consult |
| consulter | noun | One who consults, or asks counsel or information. |
| consuming | present participle & vb. noun | of Consume |
| contagion | noun | The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact., That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease., The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm., Venom; poison. |
| contagium | noun | Contagion; contagious matter. |
| contained | imp. & past participle | of Contain |
| container | noun | One who, or that which, contains. |
| contemned | imp. & past participle | of Contemn |
| contemner | noun | One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. |
| contemper | verb t. | To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften. |
| contended | imp. & past participle | of Contend |
| contender | noun | One who contends; a contestant. |
| contented | adjective | Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. |
| contently | adverb | In a contented manner. |
| contested | imp. & past participle | of Contest |
| conticent | adjective | Silent. |
| continent | adjective | Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing., Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate., Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste., Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever., That which contains anything; a receptacle., One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America. |
| continual | adjective | Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding., Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. |
| continued | imp. & past participle | of Continue, Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. |
| continuer | noun | One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. |
| contorted | adjective | Twisted, or twisted together., Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants., Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation. |
| contralto | noun | The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor., the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto., Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice. |
| contrarry | adjective | To contradict or oppose; to thwart. |
| contrived | imp. & past participle | of Contrive |
| contriver | noun | One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. |
| contumacy | noun | Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority., A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. |
| contumely | noun | Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. |
| contusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Contuse |
| contusion | noun | The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised., A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound. |
| conundrum | noun | A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun., A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made. |
| conusable | adjective | Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. |
| convenong | present participle & vb. noun | of Convene |
| converged | imp. & past participle | of Converge |
| conversed | imp. & past participle | of Converse |
| converser | noun | One who engages in conversation. |
| converted | imp. & past participle | of Convert |
| converter | noun | One who converts; one who makes converts., A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal. |
| convexity | noun | The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. |
| conveying | present participle & vb. noun | of Convey |
| convicted | imp. & past participle | of Convict |
| convinced | imp. & past participle | of Convince |
| convincer | noun | One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof. |
| convivial | adjective | Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial. |
| convocate | verb t. | To convoke; to call together. |
| convoking | present participle & vb. noun | of Convoke |
| convolute | adjective | Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; — said of the leaves of plants in aestivation. |
| convolved | imp. & past participle | of Convolve |
| convoying | present participle & vb. noun | of Convoy |
| convulsed | imp. & past participle | of Convulse |