Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
coacervation |
noun |
A heaping together. |
coachmanship |
noun |
Skill in driving a coach. |
coadaptation |
noun |
Mutual adaption. |
coadjustment |
noun |
Mutual adjustment. |
coadventurer |
noun |
A fellow adventurer. |
coalitionist |
noun |
One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition. |
coal-whipper |
noun |
One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. |
cocleariform |
adjective |
Spoon-shaped. |
cock-brained |
adjective |
Giddy; rash. |
cockfighting |
noun |
The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight., Addicted to cockfighting. |
cockieleekie |
noun |
Same as Cockaleekie. |
codification |
noun |
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code. |
coefficiency |
noun |
Joint efficiency; cooperation. |
coelenterata |
noun pl. |
A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges. |
coelenterate |
adjective |
Belonging to the Coelentera., One of the Coelentera. |
coenesthesis |
noun |
Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system. |
coerulignone |
noun |
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; — called also cedriret. |
cogitability |
noun |
The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness. |
cognoscitive |
adjective |
Having the power of knowing. |
cohabitation |
noun |
The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another., The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship. |
cohesibility |
noun |
The state of being cohesible. |
coincidental |
adjective |
Coincident. |
coincidently |
adverb |
With coincidence. |
coindication |
noun |
One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease. |
coinhabitant |
noun |
One who dwells with another, or with others. |
cold-blooded |
adjective |
Having cold blood; — said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them., Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted., Not thoroughbred; — said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country. |
cold-hearted |
adjective |
Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. |
coleopterous |
adjective |
Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera. |
coleopterist |
noun |
One versed in the study of the Coleoptera. |
collaborator |
noun |
An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor. |
collaterally |
adverb |
Side by side; by the side., In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly., In collateral relation; not lineally. |
collatitious |
adjective |
Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. |
collectional |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to collecting. |
collectively |
adverb |
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly. |
collectivism |
noun |
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. |
collectivist |
noun |
An advocate of collectivism., Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism. |
collectorate |
noun |
The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship. |
collineation |
noun |
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. |
colliquament |
noun |
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. |
colliquating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Colliquate |
colliquation |
noun |
A melting together; the act of melting; fusion., A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. |
colliquative |
adjective |
Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats. |
collodionize |
verb t. |
To prepare or treat with collodion. |
collodiotype |
noun |
A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype. |
colloidality |
noun |
The state or quality of being colloidal. |
colluctation |
noun |
A struggling; a contention. |
colonization |
noun |
The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. |
coloquintida |
noun |
See Colocynth. |
colt’s tooth |
|
See under Colt. |
columniation |
noun |
The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. |
comet-finder |
noun |
Alt. of Comet- seeker |
cometography |
noun |
A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets. |
comicalities |
plural |
of Comicality |
commandatory |
adjective |
Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. |
commanderies |
plural |
of Commandery |
commandingly |
adverb |
In a commanding manner. |
commemorable |
adjective |
Worthy to be commemorated. |
commemorated |
imp. & past participle |
of Commemorate |
commemorator |
noun |
One who commemorates. |
commencement |
noun |
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start., The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. |
commendatary |
noun |
One who holds a living in commendam. |
commendation |
noun |
The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation., That which is the ground of approbation or praise., A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. |
commendatory |
adjective |
Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising., Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop., A commendation; eulogy. |
commensalism |
noun |
The act of eating together; table fellowship. |
commensality |
noun |
Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. |
commensation |
noun |
Commensality. |
commensurate |
verb t. |
To reduce to a common measure., To proportionate; to adjust., Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities., Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. |
commentaries |
plural |
of Commentary |
commentation |
noun |
The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition., The result of the labors of a commentator. |
commercially |
adverb |
In a commercial manner. |
commigration |
noun |
Migration together. |
commiserable |
adjective |
Pitiable. |
commiserated |
imp. & past participle |
of Commiserate |
commiserator |
noun |
One who pities. |
commissarial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a commissary. |
commissariat |
noun |
The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries., The body of officers charged with such service. |
commissaries |
plural |
of Commissary |
commissioned |
imp. & past participle |
of Commission |
commissional |
adjective |
Alt. of Commissionary |
commissioner |
noun |
A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims., An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service. |
committeeman |
noun |
A member of a committee. |
commodiously |
adverb |
In a commodious manner. |
commonalties |
plural |
of Commonalty |
common sense |
|
See Common sense, under Sense. |
commonwealth |
noun |
A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws., The whole body of people in a state; the public., Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659. |
communicable |
adjective |
Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge., Communicative; free-speaking. |
communicated |
imp. & past participle |
of Communicate |
communicator |
noun |
One who communicates. |
compartition |
noun |
The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment. |
compaternity |
noun |
The relation of a godfather to a person. |
compellation |
noun |
Style of address or salutation; an appellation. |
compellative |
noun |
The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. |
compellatory |
adjective |
Serving to compel; compulsory. |
compensating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Compensate |
compensation |
noun |
The act or principle of compensating., That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense., The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off., A recompense or reward for some loss or service., An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. |
compensative |
adjective |
Affording compensation., Compensation. |
compensatory |
adjective |
Serving for compensation; making amends. |
competitress |
noun |
A woman who competes. |
complacently |
adverb |
In a complacent manner. |
complainable |
adjective |
That may be complained of. |
complaintful |
adjective |
Full of complaint. |
complaisance |
noun |
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. |
complemental |
adjective |
Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing., Complimentary; courteous. |
completement |
noun |
Act of completing or perfecting; completion. |
completeness |
noun |
The state of being complete. |
complexional |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. |
complexioned |
adjective |
Having (such) a complexion; — used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person. |
complexities |
plural |
of Complexity |
complicating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Complicate |
complicately |
adverb |
In a complex manner. |
complication |
noun |
The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity., A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it. |
complicities |
plural |
of Complicity |
complimental |
adjective |
Complimentary. |
complimenter |
noun |
One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer. |
comportation |
noun |
A bringing together. |
compoundable |
adjective |
That may be compounded. |
comprecation |
noun |
A praying together. |
comprehended |
imp. & past participle |
of Comprehend |
comprehensor |
noun |
One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge. |
compressible |
adjective |
Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance. |
comprobation |
noun |
Joint attestation; proof., Approbation. |
compromising |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Compromise |
compromitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Compromit |
compte rendu |
|
A report of an officer or agent. |
compulsative |
adjective |
Compulsatory. |
compulsatory |
adjective |
Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. |
compulsively |
adverb |
By compulsion; by force. |
compulsorily |
adverb |
In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint. |
compunctious |
adjective |
Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction. |
compurgation |
verb t. |
The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man’s veracity by the oath of others; — called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager., Exculpation by testimony to one’s veracity or innocence. |
concatenated |
imp. & past participle |
of Concatenate |
concelebrate |
verb t. |
To celebrate together. |
concentering |
p. pr & vb. noun |
of Concentre |
concentrated |
imp. & past participle |
of Concentrate |
concentrator |
noun |
An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. |
concentrical |
adjective |
Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another. |
conceptional |
adjective |
Pertaining to conception. |
concertation |
noun |
Strife; contention. |
concertative |
adjective |
Contentious; quarrelsome. |
concessively |
adverb |
By way of concession. |
conchiferous |
adjective |
Producing or having shells. |
conchologist |
noun |
One who studies, or is versed in, conchology. |
conciliabule |
noun |
An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. |
conciliating |
p. pr & vb. noun |
of Conciliate |
conciliation |
noun |
The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. |
conciliative |
adjective |
Conciliatory. |
conciliatory |
adjective |
Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. |
concionatory |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. |
conclamation |
noun |
An outcry or shout of many together. |
concludingly |
adverb |
Conclusively. |
conclusively |
adverb |
In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. |
concomitance |
noun |
Alt. of Concomitancy |
concomitancy |
noun |
The state of accompanying; accompaniment., The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by communicating in one kind only. |
concordantly |
adverb |
In a concordant manner. |
concorporate |
verb t. & i. |
To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate., United in one body; incorporated. |
concremation |
noun |
The act of burning different things together. |
concrescence |
noun |
Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. |
concrescible |
adjective |
Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state. |
concreteness |
noun |
The quality of being concrete. |
concretional |
adjective |
Concretionary. |
concretively |
adverb |
In a concrete manner. |
conculcating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Conculcate |
concupiscent |
adjective |
Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. |
concurrently |
adverb |
With concurrence; unitedly. |
concussation |
noun |
A violent shock or agitation. |
condemnation |
noun |
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation., The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture., The state of being condemned., The ground or reason of condemning. |
condemnatory |
adjective |
Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree. |
condensating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Condensate |
condensation |
noun |
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed., The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water., A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. |
condensative |
adjective |
Having the property of condensing. |
condescended |
imp. & past participle |
of Condescend |
conditioning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Condition |
conditionate |
verb t. |
Conditional., To qualify by conditions; to regulate., To put under conditions; to render conditional. |
conductivity |
noun |
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve. |
conduplicate |
adjective |
Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; — said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation. |
cone-in-cone |
adjective |
Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; — said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks. |
confabulated |
imp. & past participle |
of Confabulate |
confectioner |
noun |
A compounder., One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc. |
confederated |
imp. & past participle |
of Confederate |
confederater |
noun |
A confederate. |
confederator |
noun |
A confederate. |
conferential |
adjective |
Relating to conference. |
confessional |
noun |
The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest’s ear without being seen by him or heard by others., Pertaining to a confession of faith. |
confidential |
adjective |
Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk., Communicated in confidence; secret. |
confirmation |
noun |
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment., That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony., A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc., A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable. |
confirmative |
adjective |
Tending to confirm or establish. |
confirmatory |
adjective . |
Serving to confirm; corroborative., Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. |
confirmingly |
adverb |
In a confirming manner. |
confiscating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Confiscate |
confiscation |
noun |
The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. |
confiscatory |
adjective |
Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. |
conformation |
noun |
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity., The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement. |
conformities |
plural |
of Conformity |
confortation |
noun |
The act of strengthening. |
confoundedly |
adverb |
Extremely; odiously; detestable. |
confrication |
noun |
A rubbing together; friction. |
confrontment |
noun |
The act of confronting; the state of being face to face., The act of confronting; the state of being face to face. |
confucianism |
noun |
The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god. |
confucianist |
noun |
A follower of Confucius; a Confucian. |
confusedness |
noun |
A state of confusion. |
congenerical |
adjective |
Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. |
congeniality |
noun |
The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. |
congenialize |
verb t. |
To make congenial. |
congenitally |
dverb |
In a congenital manner. |
conglobating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Conglobate |
conglobation |
noun |
The act or process of forming into a ball., A round body. |
conglobulate |
verb i. |
To gather into a small round mass. |
conglomerate |
adjective |
Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light., Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers., Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together., That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation., A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; — opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia., To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass. |
conglutinant |
adjective |
Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts. |
conglutinate |
adjective |
Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance., To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together., To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce. |
congratulant |
adjective |
Rejoicing together; congratulatory. |
congratulate |
verb t. |
To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to., To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one’s country. |
congregating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Congregate |
congregation |
noun |
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass., A collection or mass of separate things., An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet., The whole body of the Jewish people; — called also Congregation of the Lord., A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church., A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order., The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees., the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation. |
conjecturing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Conjecture |
conjointness |
noun |
The quality of being conjoint. |
conjunctival |
adjective |
Joining; connecting., Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva. |
connaturally |
adverb |
By the act of nature; originally; from birth. |
connectively |
adverb |
In connjunction; jointly. |
connubiality |
noun |
The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness. |
consanguined |
adjective |
Of kin blood; related. |
conscionable |
adjective |
Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just. |
conscionably |
adverb |
Reasonably; justly. |
conscription |
noun |
An enrolling or registering., A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft., Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration. |
consecrating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Consecrate |
consecration |
noun |
The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. |
consecratory |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory. |
consentingly |
adverb |
With consent; in a compliant manner. |
consequently |
adverb |
By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection. |
conservation |
noun |
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. |
conservatism |
noun |
The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative. |
conservative |
adjective |
Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative., Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation., Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; — contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical., One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver., One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; — opposed to revolutionary or radical., A member of the Conservative party. |
conservatory |
adjective |
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury., That which preserves from injury., A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants., A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music. |
conservatrix |
noun |
A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc. |
considerable |
adjective |
Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to., Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; — said of persons., Of importance or value. |
considerably |
adverb |
In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much. |
considerance |
noun |
Act of considering; consideration. |
considerator |
noun |
One who considers. |
consignatary |
noun |
A consignee. |
consignation |
noun |
The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state., The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification., A stamp; an indication; a sign. |
consignatory |
noun |
One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. |
consignature |
noun |
Joint signature. |
consistently |
adverb |
In a consistent manner. |
consistorial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a consistory. |
consistorian |
adjective |
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; — a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. |
consistories |
plural |
of Consistory |
consociating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Consociate |
consociation |
noun |
Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy., A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united. |
consolidated |
imp. & past participle |
of Consolidate, Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified., Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. |
consonantize |
verb t. |
To change into, or use as, a consonant. |
consopiation |
noun |
The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. |
conspectuity |
noun |
The faculty of seeing; sight; eye. |
conspiracies |
plural |
of Conspiracy |
conspiration |
noun |
Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy. |
conspiringly |
adverb |
In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy. |
constabulary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables., The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country. |
constipating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Constipate |
constipation |
noun |
Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation., A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness. |
constituency |
noun |
A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district. |
constituting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Constitute |
constitution |
noun |
The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation., The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation., The aggregate of all one’s inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution., The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament., The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs., An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian. |
constitutive |
adjective |
Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential., Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining. |
constraining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Constrain |
constricting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Constrict |
constriction |
noun |
The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression., The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. |
constrictive |
adjective |
Serving or tending to bind or constrict. |
constringing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Constringe |
constringent |
adjective |
Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. |
constructing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Construct |
construction |
noun |
The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition., The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement., The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement., The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense. |
constructive |
adjective |
Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power., Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred. |
constructure |
noun |
That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric. |
consultation |
noun |
The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision., A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. |
consultative |
adjective |
Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. |
consultatory |
adjective |
Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. |
consummating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Consummate |
consummately |
adverb |
In a consummate manner; completely. |
consummation |
noun |
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). |
consummative |
adjective |
Serving to consummate; completing. |
contabescent |
adjective |
Wasting away gradually. |
contagionist |
noun |
One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever. |
contagiously |
adverb |
In a contagious manner. |
contaminable |
adjective |
Capable of being contaminated. |
contaminated |
imp. & past participle |
of Contaminate |
contemningly |
adverb |
Contemptuously. |
contemperate |
verb t. |
To temper; to moderate. |
contemplance |
noun |
Contemplation. |
contemplated |
imp. & past participle |
of Contemplate |
contemplator |
noun |
One who contemplates. |
contemporary |
adjective |
Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous., Of the same age; coeval., One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. |
contemptible |
adjective |
Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable., Despised; scorned; neglected; abject., Insolent; scornful; contemptuous. |
contemptibly |
adverb |
In a contemptible manner. |
contemptuous |
adjective |
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. |
contentation |
noun |
Content; satisfaction. |
conterminant |
adjective |
Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous. |
conterminate |
adjective |
Having the same bounds; conterminous. |
conterminous |
adjective |
Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. |
conterranean |
adjective |
Alt. of Conterraneous |
contestation |
noun |
The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute., Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. |
contestingly |
adverb |
In a contending manner. |
contignation |
noun |
The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric., A framework or fabric, as of beams. |
contingently |
adverb |
In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally. |
continuation |
noun |
That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation., That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. |
continuative |
noun |
A term or expression denoting continuance., A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction. |
continuities |
plural |
of Continuity |
continuously |
adverb |
In a continuous maner; without interruption. |
contractible |
adjective |
Capable of contraction. |
contradicted |
imp. & past participle |
of Contradict |
contradicter |
noun |
one who contradicts. |
contradictor |
noun |
A contradicter. |
contrapuntal |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint. |
contrariness |
noun |
state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy. |
contrariwise |
adverb |
On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand., In a contrary order; conversely. |
contravening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Contravene |
contributary |
adjective |
Contributory., Tributary; contributing. |
contributing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Contribute |
contribution |
noun |
The act of contributing., That which is contributed; — either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of individuals., An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country., Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their number for the common benefit. |
contributive |
adjective |
Contributing, or tending to contribute. |
contributory |
adjective |
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive., One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. |
contriteness |
noun |
Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition. |
contriturate |
verb t. |
To triturate; to pulverize. |
contrivement |
noun |
Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. |
controllable |
adjective |
Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command. |
controversal |
adjective |
Turning or looking opposite ways., Controversial. |
controverser |
noun |
A disputant. |
controversor |
noun |
A controverser. |
controverted |
imp. & past participle |
of Controvert |
controverter |
noun |
One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist. |
contubernial |
adjective |
Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship. |
contumacious |
adjective |
Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient., Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. |
contumelious |
adjective |
Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful., Shameful; disgraceful. |
convalescing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Convalesce |
convalescent |
adjective |
Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength., Of or pertaining to convalescence., One recovering from sickness. |
convectively |
adverb |
In a convective manner. |
conveniently |
adverb |
In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty. |
conventicler |
noun |
One who supports or frequents conventicles. |
conventional |
adjective |
Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated., Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal., Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules., Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t. |
conventioner |
noun |
One who belongs to a convention or assembly. |
conversantly |
adverb |
In a familiar manner. |
conversation |
noun |
General course of conduct; behavior., Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance., Commerce; intercourse; traffic., Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue., Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation. |
conversative |
adjective |
Relating to intercourse with men; social; — opposed to contemplative. |
convexedness |
noun |
Convexity. |
conveyancing |
noun |
The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another. |
convict1ible |
adjective |
Capable of being convicted. |
convincement |
noun |
Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. |
convincingly |
adverb |
in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent. |
convivialist |
noun |
A person of convivial habits. |
conviviality |
noun |
The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity. |
convoluluses |
plural |
of Convolvulus |
convulsional |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. |
convulsively |
adverb |
in a convulsive manner. |
cony-catcher |
noun |
A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. |
coordinating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Coordinate |
coordinately |
adverb |
In a coordinate manner. |
coordination |
noun |
The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions., The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc. |
coordinative |
adjective |
Expressing coordination. |
copartneries |
plural |
of Copartnery |
copper-faced |
adjective |
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type. |
copper works |
|
A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. |
copple-crown |
noun |
A created or high-topped crown or head. |
coprophagous |
adjective |
Feeding upon dung, as certain insects. |
copulatively |
adverb |
In a copulative manner. |
coquettishly |
adverb |
In a coquettish manner. |
coquilla nut |
|
The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.). |
corallaceous |
adjective |
Like coral, or partaking of its qualities. |
corbel-table |
noun |
A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them. |
cordialities |
plural |
of Cordiality |
cor/niculate |
adjective |
Horned; having horns., Having processes resembling small horns. |
corollaceous |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla. |
corporalship |
noun |
A corporal’s office. |
corporealism |
noun |
Materialism. |
corporealist |
noun |
One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist. |
corporeality |
noun |
The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence. |
corpusculous |
adjective |
Corpuscular. |
corradiation |
noun |
A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. |
correctional |
adjective |
Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution. |
correctioner |
noun |
One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. |
correlatable |
adjective |
Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena. |
corresponded |
imp. & past participle |
of Correspond |
corrivalship |
noun |
Corivalry. |
corroborated |
imp. & past participle |
of Corroborate |
corruptingly |
adverb |
In a manner that corrupts. |
corsepresent |
noun |
An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. |
corybantiasm |
noun |
A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. |
coryphaenoid |
adjective |
Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin. |
coscinomancy |
noun |
Divination by means of a suspended sieve. |
cosmogonical |
adjective |
Belonging to cosmogony. |
cosmographer |
noun |
One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. |
cosmographic |
adjective |
Alt. of Cosmographical |
cosmological |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cosmology. |
cosmoplastic |
adjective |
Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. |
cosmopolitan |
noun |
Alt. of Cosmopolite, Alt. of Cosmopolite |
costermonger |
noun |
An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. |
cotyledonary |
adjective |
Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow. |
cotyledonous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe. |
cotyligerous |
adjective |
Having cotyles. |
counttenance |
noun |
Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien., The face; the features., Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement., Superficial appearance; show; pretense. |
countenanced |
imp. & past participle |
of Countenance |
countenancer |
noun |
One who countenances, favors, or supports. |
counteracted |
imp. & past participle |
of Counteract |
counterbrace |
verb t. |
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another., To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to. |
countercharm |
verb t. |
To destroy the effect of a charm upon., That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm. |
countercheck |
verb t. |
To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check., A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover., Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check. |
counterclaim |
noun |
A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him. |
counterdrawn |
past participle |
of Counterdraw |
counterflory |
adjective |
Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; — said of any ordinary. |
counterforce |
noun |
An opposing force. |
counterguard |
noun |
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. |
countermarch |
verb i. |
To march back, or to march in reversed order., A marching back; retrocession., An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left., A change of measures; alteration of conduct. |
countermined |
imp. & past participle |
of Countermine |
countermured |
imp. & past participle |
of Countermure |
counter-paly |
adjective |
Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure. |
counterplead |
verb t. |
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. |
counterpoint |
noun |
An opposite point, The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody, The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies., Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony., A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. |
counterpoise |
verb t. |
To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance., To act against with equal power; to balance., A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight., An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force., The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance. |
counterprove |
verb t. |
To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter. |
counter-roll |
noun |
A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer’s roll. |
counterscale |
noun |
Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another. |
counterscarf |
noun |
The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; — sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp. |
countershaft |
noun |
An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine. |
counterstand |
noun |
Resistance; opposition; a stand against. |
counterstock |
noun |
See Counterfoil. |
counterweigh |
verb t. |
To weigh against; to counterbalance. |
counterwheel |
verb t. |
To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction. |
countingroom |
verb |
The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business. |
countreplete |
verb t. |
To counterplead. |
country-base |
noun |
Same as Prison base. |
country seat |
|
A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. |
countrywomen |
plural |
of Countrywoman |
countrywoman |
noun |
A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. |
couple-close |
noun |
A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised., A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. |
courageously |
adverb |
In a courageous manner. |
court tennis |
|
See under Tennis. |
covert baron |
|
Under the protection of a husband; married. |
covetiveness |
noun |
Acquisitiveness. |
covetousness |
noun |
Strong desire., A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; — in a bad sense. |
cowardliness |
noun |
Cowardice. |
coxcomically |
adverb |
Conceitedly. |