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Cloaca(n.) A privy.
Cloak(n.) A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women
(v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a cloak
Cloche(n.) An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aeroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like
Clock(n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
(v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
(v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen.
Clod(n.) A dull, gross, stupid fellow
(v.i) To collect into clods, or into a thick mass
(v. t.) To pelt with clods.
Clog(v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole
(v. i.) To become clogged
(v. t.) To burden
Cloister(v. t.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court
Cloistral(a.) Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister
Clonus(n.) A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle
Close(adv.) In a close manner.
(n.) A double bar marking the end.
(v. i.) To come together
(v. t.) Accurate
Closure(v. t.) A conclusion
Clot(n.) A concretion or coagulation
(v. i.) To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation
(v. t.) To form into a slimy mass.
Cloud(n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
(v. i.) To grow cloudy
(v. t.) To blacken
Clout(n.) A blow with the hand.
Clove(imp.) Cleft.
(n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles
(v. t.) A cleft
Clown(n.) A man of coarse nature and manners
(v. i.) To act as a clown
Cloy(v. t.) To fill or choke up
Club(n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand
(v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
(v. t.) To beat with a club.
Cluck(n.) A click.
(v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
(v. t.) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
Clue(n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord
Clump(n.) A cluster
(v. i.) To tread clumsily
(v. t.) To arrange in a clump or clumps
Clumsy(superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
Cluster(n.) A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place
(v. i.) To grow in clusters or assemble in groups
(v. t.) To collect into a cluster or clusters
Clutch(n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure
(v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp
Clutter(n.) A confused collection
(v. i.) To make a confused noise
(v. t.) To crowd together in disorder
Clydesdale(n.) One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay
Clyster(n.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe
Coach(n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
(v. i.) To drive or to ride in a coach
(v. t.) To convey in a coach.
Coaction(n.) Force
Coadaptation(n.) Mutual adaption.
Coadjutant(a.) Mutually assisting or operating
(n.) An assistant.
Coadjutor(n.) One who aids another
Coagulant(n.) That which produces coagulation.
Coagulate(a.) Coagulated.
(v. i.) To undergo coagulation.
(v. t.) To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction
Coagulation(n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction
Coagulum(a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter
Coal(n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter
(v. i.) To take in coal
(v. t.) To burn to charcoal
Coarctate(a.) Pressed together
Coarse(superl.) Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles
Coast(n.) To draw or keep near
(v. t.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country
Coat(n.) A coat card.
(v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.
Coax(n.) A simpleton
(v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling
Cob(n.) A cobnut
(v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.
Cobalt(n.) A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison.
Cobble(n.) A cobblestone.
(v. t.) To make clumsily.
Cobelligerent(a.) Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
(n.) A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.
Cobia(n.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada)
Cobweb(n.) A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.
Coca(n.) The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.
Coccolith(n.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud
Coccus(n.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
Coccyx(n.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated
Cochlea(n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals
Cockade(n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat
Cockatoo(n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will
Cockatrice(n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal.
Cockboat(n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
Cockchafer(n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera
Cocker(n.) A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
(v. t.) To treat with too great tenderness
Cockfight(n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Cockhorse(a.) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
(n.) A child's rocking-horse.
Cockle(n.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food
(v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
Cockney(a.) Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
(n.) A native or resident of the city of London
Cockpit(n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
Cockroach(n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
Cockscomb(n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers
Cockshy(n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players
Cockspur(n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns
Cocksure(a.) Perfectly safe.
Cocktail(n.) A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
Cocky(a.) Pert.
Cocoa(n.) A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage
Cocoon(n.) An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state
Cod(n.) A husk
Coda(n.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
Coddle(v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling.
Code(n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form
Codfish(n.) A kind of fish. Same as Cod.
Codger(n.) A miser or mean person.
Codicil(n.) A clause added to a will.
Codification(n.) The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Codify(v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws.
Codling(n.) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
Codpiece(n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
Coeducation(n.) An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.
Coefficient(a.) Cooperating
(n.) 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
Coelacanth(a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Coelenterate(a.) Belonging to the Coelentera.
(n.) One of the Coelentera.
Coemption(n.) The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
Coenosarc(n.) The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid.
Coequal(a.) Being on an equality in rank or power.
(n.) One who is on an equality with another.
Coerce(v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action
Coercion(n.) The act or process of coercing.
Coercive(a.) Serving or intended to coerce
Coessential(a.) Partaking of the same essence.
Coetaneous(a.) Of the same age
Coeternal(a.) Equally eternal.
Coeternity(n.) Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being
Coeval(n.) Of the same age
Coexist(v. i.) To exist at the same time
Coextend(v. t.) To extend through the same space or time with another
Coextensive(a.) Equally extensive
Coffee(n.) The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America
Coffer(n.) A casket, chest, or trunk
(v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers
Coffin(n.) A basket.
(v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Cog(n.) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface
(v. i.) To deceive
(v. t.) To furnish with a cog or cogs.
Cogency(n.) The quality of being cogent
Cogent(p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense
Cogitate(v. i.) To engage in continuous thought
(v. t.) To think over
Cogitation(n.) The act of thinking
Cogitative(a.) Given to thought or contemplation.
Cognac(n.) A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.
Cognate(a.) Allied by blood
(n.) One of a number of things allied in origin or nature
Cognition(v. t.) That which is known.
Cognitive(a.) Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding
Cognizable(a.) Capable of being known or apprehended
Cognizance(n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another
Cognizant(a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
Cognize(v. t.) To know or perceive
Cognomen(n.) A surname.
Cogon(n.) A tall, coarse grass (Imperata arundinacea) of the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for thatching
Cogwheel(n.) A wheel with cogs or teeth
Cohabit(v.) To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
Cohere(a.) To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose
Cohesion(n.) Logical agreement and dependence
Cohesive(a.) Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass
Cohort(n.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers
Cohosh(n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine
Coif(n.) A cap.
(v. t.) To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
Coign(n.) A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge
Coil(n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
(v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally
(v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
Coin(n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money
(v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.
(v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money
Coir(n.) A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut
Coition(n.) A coming together
Coke(n.) Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works
(v. t.) To convert into coke.
Col(n.) A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains
Cola(n.) A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp
Colchicine(n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste
Cold(n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly
(v. i.) To become cold.
Cole(n.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus
Colic(a.) Of or pertaining to colic
(n.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera
Coliseum(n.) The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
Colitis(n.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane
Coll(v. t.) To embrace.
Coloboma(n.) A defect or malformation
Colocynth(n.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon
Cologne(n.) A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet
Colon(n.) A point or character, formed thus
Colophon(n.) An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc
Color(n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural)
(v. i.) To acquire color
(v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting
Colossal(a.) Of a size larger than heroic.
Colosseum(n.) The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome.
Colossus(n.) Any man or beast of gigantic size.
Colostrum(n.) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.
Colt(n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.
(v. i.) To frisk or frolic like a colt
(v. t.) To befool.
Colubrine(a.) Like a snake
Colugo(n.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel
Columbarium(n.) A dovecote or pigeon house.
Columbian(a.) Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.
Columbine(a.) Of or pertaining to a dove
(n.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia
Columbite(n.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron
Columbium(n.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam
Columella(n.) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
Column(n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other
Colure(n.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure
Coly(n.) Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.
Coma(n.) A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person
Comb(n.) A dry measure.
(v. t.) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb
Comedian(n.) An actor or player in comedy.
Comedienne(n.) A women who plays in comedy.
Comedo(n.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt)
Comedy(n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life
Comely(adv.) In a becoming manner.
(superl.) Pleasing or agreeable to the sight
Comer(n.) One who comes, or who has come
Comestible(a.) Suitable to be eaten
(n.) Something suitable to be eaten
Comet(n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion
Comfit(n.) A dry sweetmeat
(v. t.) To preserve dry with sugar.
Comfort(n.) Assistance
(v. t.) To assist or help
Comfrey(n.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
Comic(a.) Causing mirth
(n.) A comedian.
Coming(a.) Approaching
(n.) Approach
(p. pr & vb. n.) of Come
Comitia(n. pl.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.
Comma(n.) A character or point
Commemorate(v. t.) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance
Commemoration(n.) The act of commemorating
Commemorative(a.) Tending or intended to commemorate.
Commence(v. i.) To begin to be, or to act as.
(v. t.) To enter upon
Commend(n.) Commendation
(v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
Commensal(a.) Having the character of a commensal.
(n.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food
Commensurable(a.) Having a common measure
Commensurate(a.) Equal in measure or extent
(v. t.) To proportionate
Comment(n.) A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc
(v. i.) To make remarks, observations, or criticism
(v. t.) To comment on.
Commerce(n.) A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
(v. i.) To carry on trade
Commercial(a.) Of or pertaining to commerce
Commination(n.) 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
Commingle(v. t. & i.) To mingle together
Comminute(v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder
Commiserate(v. t.) To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for
Commiseration(n.) The act of commiserating
Commissariat(n.) The body of officers charged with such service.
Commissary(n.) An officer having charge of a special service
Commission(n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority
(v. t.) To give a commission to
Commissure(n.) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow
Commit(v. i.) To sin
(v. t.) To confound.
Commode(n.) A chest of drawers or a bureau.
Commodious(a.) Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities
Commodity(n.) A parcel or quantity of goods.
Commodore(n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral
Common(n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public
(v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one
(v. i.) To board together
Commotion(n.) Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind
Communal(a.) Pertaining to a commune.
Commune(n.) Absolute municipal self-government.
(v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence
Communicable(a.) Capable of being communicated, or imparted
Communicant(a.) Communicating.
(n.) One who communicates.
Communicate(v. i.) To administer the communion to.
Communication(n.) Association
Communicative(a.) Inclined to communicate
Communicator(n.) One who communicates.
Communion(n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline
Communism(n.) A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life
Communist(n.) An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.
Community(n.) A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations
Commutable(a.) Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
Commutation(n.) A passing from one state to another
Commutative(a.) Relative to exchange
Commutator(n.) A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current
Commute(v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution
(v. t.) To exchange
Compact(n.) An agreement between parties
(p. p. & a) Brief
(v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together
Companion(n.) A fellow
(v. t.) To be a companion to
Company(n.) A companion or companions.
(v. i.) To associate.
(v. t.) To accompany or go with
Comparable(a.) Capable of being compared
Comparative(a.) Estimated by comparison
(n.) An equal
Compare(n.) Comparison.
(v. i.) To be like or equal
(v. t.) To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences
Comparison(n.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both
(v. t.) To compare.
Compartment(n.) One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines
Compass(n.) A circle
(v. t.) To curve
Compatible(a.) Capable of existing in harmony
Compatriot(a.) Of the same country
(n.) One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.
Compeer(v. t.) To be equal with
Compel(v. i.) To make one yield or submit.
(v. t.) To call forth
Compend(n.) A compendium
Compensate(v. i.) To make amends
(v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to
Compensation(n.) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc
Compensatory(a.) Serving for compensation
Compete(v. i.) To contend emulously
Competition(n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time
Competitive(a.) Of or pertaining to competition
Competitor(n.) An associate
Compilation(n.) That which is compiled
Compile(v. t.) To contain or comprise.
Complacent(a.) Self-satisfied
Complain(v. i.) To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.
(v. t.) To lament
Complaisant(a.) Desirous to please
Complected(a.) Complexioned.
Complement(v. t.) A compliment.
Complete(a.) Filled up
(v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency
Completion(n.) State of being complete
Complex(n.) Assemblage of related things
Compliance(n.) A disposition to yield to others
Compliancy(n.) Compliance
Compliant(a.) Yielding
Complicacy(n.) A state of being complicate or intricate.
Complicate(a.) Composed of two or more parts united
(v. t.) To fold or twist together
Complication(n.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it
Complice(n.) An accomplice.
Complicity(n.) The state of being an accomplice
Compliment(n.) An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration
(v. i.) To pass compliments
(v. t.) To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation
Comply(v. i.) To be ceremoniously courteous
Compo(n.) A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices
Comprehend(v. t.) To contain
Comprehensible(a.) Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
Comprehension(n.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite
Comprehensive(a.) Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.
Compress(n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part
(v. t.) To embrace sexually.
Comprise(v. t.) To comprehend
Compromise(n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable
(v. i.) To agree
Compt(a.) Neat
(n.) Account
(v. t.) To compute
Compulsion(n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled
Compulsive(a.) Having power to compel
Compulsory(a.) Having the power of compulsion
Compunction(n.) A picking of heart
Computable(a.) Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.
Computation(n.) The act or process of computing
Compute(n.) Computation.
(v. t.) To determine calculation
Comrade(n.) A mate, companion, or associate.
Con(adv.) Against the affirmative side
(v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel)
Conation(n.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical
Concatenate(v. t.) To link together
Concatenation(n.) A series of links united
Concave(a.) Hollow
(n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.
(v. t.) To make hollow or concave.
Concavity(n.) A concave surface, or the space bounded by it
Conceal(v. t.) To hide or withdraw from observation
Concede(v. i.) To yield or make concession.
(v. t.) To admit to be true
Conceit(n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion
(v. i.) To form an idea
(v. t.) To conceive
Conceivable(a.) Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood.
Conceive(v. i.) To have a conception, idea, or opinion
(v. t.) To apprehend by reason or imagination
Concelebrate(v. t.) To celebrate together.
Concentrate(v. i.) To approach or meet in a common center
(v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center
Concentration(n.) The act or process of concentrating
Concentrator(n.) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting
Concentric(n.) That which has a common center with something else.
Concept(n.) An abstract general conception
Concern(n.) Interest in, or care for, any person or thing
(v. i.) To be of importance.
(v. t.) To engage by feeling or sentiment
Concert(v. i.) To act in harmony or conjunction
(v. t.) Agreement in a design or plan
Concession(n.) A thing yielded
Concessive(a.) Implying concession
Conch(n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells
Concierge(n.) One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private
Conciliate(v. t.) To win ower
Conciliation(n.) The act or process of conciliating
Conciliator(n.) One who conciliates.
Concinnity(n.) Internal harmony or fitness
Concise(a.) Expressing much in a few words
Conclave(n.) A private meeting
Conclude(v. i.) To come to a termination
(v. t.) To bring about as a result
Conclusion(n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Conclusive(a.) Belonging to a close or termination
Conclusory(a.) Conclusive.
Concoct(v. t.) To digest
Concomitant(a.) Accompanying
(n.) One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another
Concord(n.) Agreement by stipulation
(v. i.) To agree
Concourse(n.) A moving, flowing, or running together
Concrescence(n.) Coalescence of particles
Concrete(a.) Applied to a specific object
(n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body
(v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
(v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
Concretion(n.) A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc
Concubinage(n.) 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
Concubine(n.) A wife of inferior condition
Concupiscence(n.) Sexual lust
Concur(v. i.) To assent
Concuss(v. t.) To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation
Condemn(v. t.) To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service
Condensate(v. t.) Made dense
Condensation(n.) 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
Condense(a.) Condensed
(v. i.) To become more compact
(v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense
Condescend(v. i.) To consent.
Condescension(n.) The act of condescending
Condign(a.) Deserved
Condiment(n.) Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste
Condition(n.) 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
(v. i.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible
Condole(v. i.) To express sympathetic sorrow
(v. t.) To lament or grieve over.
Condone(v. t.) To pardon
Condor(n.) A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10
Condottiere(n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest
Conduce(n.) To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result
(v. t.) To conduct
Conducive(a.) Loading or tending
Conduct(n.) Convoy
(v. i.) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.)
Conduit(n.) A narrow passage for private communication.
Condyle(n.) A bony prominence
Condyloid(a.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.
Cone(n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone
(v. t.) To render cone-shaped
Confab(n.) Familiar talk or conversation.
Confect(n.) A comfit
(v. t.) To construct
Confederacy(n.) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means
Confederate(a.) 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
(n.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865)
(v. i.) To unite in a league
(v. t.) To unite in a league or confederacy
Confederation(n.) The act of confederating
Confer(v. i.) To have discourse
(v. t.) To bring together for comparison
Confess(v. i.) To acknowledge
(v. t.) To acknowledge faith in
Confetti(n. pl.) Bonbons
Confidante(n. fem.) One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted
Confide(v. i.) To put faith (in)
(v. t.) To intrust
Confiding(a.) That confides
Configuration(n.) Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape
Configure(v. t.) To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
Confine(n.) Apartment
(v. i.) To have a common boundary
(v. t.) To restrain within limits
Confirm(v. t.) To administer the rite of confirmation to.
Confiscable(a.) Capable of being confiscated
Confiscate(a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use
(v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury
Confiteor(n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
Confiture(n.) Composition
Conflagrant(a.) Burning together in a common flame.
Conflagration(n.) A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space
Conflate(v. t.) To blow together
Conflict(v.) A strife for the mastery
(v. i.) To be in opposition
Confluence(n.) Any running together of separate streams or currents
Confluent(a.) Blended into one
(n.) A small steam which flows into a large one.
Conflux(n.) A flowing together
Confocal(a.) Having the same foci
Conform(a.) Of the same form
(v. i.) To be in accord or harmony
(v. t.) To shape in accordance with
Confound(v. t.) To destroy
Confraternity(n.) A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession
Confront(v. t.) To put face to face
Confucian(a.) Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher.
(n.) A Confucianist.
Confuse(a.) Mixed
(v. t.) To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished
Confusion(n.) One who confuses
Confutation(n.) The act or process of confuting
Confute(v. t.) To overwhelm by argument
Cong(n.) An abbreviation of Congius.
Conic(n.) A conic section.
Conidium(n.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores
Conifer(n.) A tree or shrub bearing cones
Conjectural(a.) Dependent on conjecture
Conjecture(n.) An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence
(v. i.) To make conjectures
(v. t.) To arrive at by conjecture
Conjoin(v. i.) To unite
(v. t.) To join together
Conjugal(a.) Belonging to marriage
Conjugate(a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification
(n.) A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical.
(v. i.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals
(v. t.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons
Conjugation(n.) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
Conjunction(n.) A connective or connecting word
Conjunctiva(n.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids
Conjunctive(a.) Closely united.
Conjunctivitis(n.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Conjuration(n.) A league for a criminal purpose
Conjure(v. i.) To combine together by an oath
(v. t.) To affect or effect by conjuration
Connate(a.) Born with another
Connect(v. i.) To join, unite, or cohere
(v. t.) To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair
Connexion(n.) Connection.
Conning tower(n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Connivance(n.) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it
Connive(v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault
(v. t.) To shut the eyes to
Connoisseur(n.) One well versed in any subject
Connotation(n.) The act of connoting
Connote(v. t.) To imply as an attribute.
Connubial(a.) Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state
Conodont(n.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids
Conquer(v. i.) To gain the victory
(v. t.) To gain or acquire by force
Conquest(n.) That which is conquered
Conquian(n.) A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each player tries to form three or four of a kind or sequences
Consanguineous(a.) Of the same blood
Consanguinity(n.) The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage
Conscience(n.) Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions
Conscientious(a.) Characterized by a regard to conscience
Conscionable(a.) Governed by, or according to, conscience
Conscious(a.) Made the object of consciousness
Conscript(a.) Enrolled
(n.) One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
(v. t.) To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
Consecrate(a.) Consecrated
(v. t.) To canonize
Consecration(n.) The act or ceremony of consecrating
Consecutive(a.) Following as a consequence or result
Consensual(v. i.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition
Consensus(n.) Agreement
Consent(n.) Agreement in opinion or sentiment
(v. i.) To agree in opinion or sentiment
(v. t.) To grant
Consequence(n.) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions
Consequent(a.) Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
(n.) That which follows, or results from, a cause
Conservancy(n.) Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
Conservation(n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Conservatism(n.) The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established
Conservative(a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury
(n.) A member of the Conservative party.
Conservatoire(n.) A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts.
Conservator(n.) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.
Conserve(n.) A conservatory.
(v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state
Consider(v. i.) To hesitate.
(v. t.) To estimate
Consign(v. i.) To submit
(v. t.) To assign
Consist(v. i.) To be composed or made up
Consociate(n.) An associate
(v. i.) To be allied, confederated, or associated
(v. t.) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship
Consociation(n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters
Consolation(n.) The act of consoling
Console(n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.
(v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression
Consolidate(a.) Formed into a solid mass
(v. i.) To grow firm and hard
(v. t.) To make solid
Consolidation(n.) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting
Consonant(a.) harmonizing together
(n.) An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel
Consort(n.) An assembly or association of persons
(v. i.) To unite or to keep company
(v. t.) To attend
Conspecific(a.) Of the same species.
Conspectus(n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject
Conspicuous(a.) Obvious to the mental eye
Conspiracy(n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose
Conspirator(n.) One who engages in a conspiracy
Conspire(v. i.) To concur to one end
(v. t.) To plot
Constable(n.) A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
Constabulary(a.) Of or pertaining to constables
(n.) The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.
Constancy(n.) Fixedness or firmness of mind
Constant(n.) A number expressing some property or condition of a substance or of an instrument of precision
(v. t.) Consistent
Constellate(v. i. ) To join luster
(v. t.) To set or adorn with stars or constellations
Constellation(n.) A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included
Consternation(n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection
Constipate(v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass
Constipation(n.) Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together
Constituency(n.) A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district
Constituent(a.) Having the power of electing or appointing.
(n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
Constitute(n.) An established law.
(v. t.) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office
Constitution(n.) An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment
Constitutive(a.) Having power to enact, establish, or create
Constrain(v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass
Constrict(v. t.) To draw together
Constringe(v. t.) To dawn together
Construct(a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
(v. t.) To devise
Construe(v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense
Consubstantial(a.) Of the same kind or nature
Consubstantiate(a.) Partaking of the same substance
(v. i.) To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion.
(v. t. ) To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.
Consubstantiation(n.) An identity or union of substance.
Consuetude(n.) Custom, habit
Consul(n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen
Consumable(a.) Capable of being consumed
Consume(v. i.) To waste away slowly.
(v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire
Consummate(a.) Carried to the utmost extent or degree
(v. t. ) To bring to completion
Consummation(n.) The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated
Consumption(n.) A progressive wasting away of the body
Consumptive(a.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
(n.) One affected with consumption
Contact(n.) A close union or junction of bodies
Contagion(n.) That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease
Contagious(a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation
Contain(v. i.) To restrain desire
(v. t.) To have capacity for
Contaminate(a.) Contaminated
(v. t.) To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact
Contamination(n.) The act or process of contaminating
Contango(n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller
Conte(n.) A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events.
Contiguity(n.) The state of being contiguous
Contiguous(a.) In actual contact
Continent(a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse
Contingency(n.) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected
Contingent(a.) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur
(n.) An event which may or may not happen
Continual(a.) Occuring in steady and rapid succession
Continuance(n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state
Continuant(a.) Continuing
(n.) A continuant sound
Continuation(n.) That act or state of continuing
Continuative(n.) A term or expression denoting continuance.
Continuator(n.) One who, or that which, continues
Continue(v. i.) To be permanent or durable
(v. t.) To carry onward or extend
Continuity(n.) the state of being continuous
Continuo(n.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.
Contort(v. t.) To twist, or twist together
Contour(n.) The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline
Contraband(a.) Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty
(n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines
(v. t.) To declare prohibited
Contrabass(n.) Double bass
Contract(a.) Contracted
(n.) A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation
(v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent
Contradance(n.) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.
Contradict(v. i.) To oppose in words
(v. t.) To assert the contrary of
Contradistinction(n.) Distinction by contrast.
Contraindicate(v. t.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require
Contralto(a.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto
(n.) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices
Contraposition(n.) A placing over against
Contraption(n.) A contrivance
Contrapuntal(a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.
Contrapuntist(n.) One skilled in counterpoint.
Contrariety(n.) Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else
Contrarious(a.) Showing contrariety
Contrariwise(adv.) In a contrary order
Contrary(a.) Affirming the opposite
(n.) An opponent
Contrast(n.) Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities
(v. i.) To stand in opposition
(v. t.) To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object
Contravene(v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition
Contrecoup(n.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected
Contredanse(n.) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.
Contretemps(n.) An unexpected and untoward accident
Contribute(v. i.) To give a part to a common stock
(v. t.) To give or grant i common with others
Contribution(n.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country
Contributory(a.) Contributing to the same stock or purpose
(n.) One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness
Contrite(a.) Broken down with grief and penitence
(n.) A contrite person.
(v.) In a contrite manner.
Contrition(n.) The act of grinding or ribbing to powder
Contrivance(n.) The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
Contrive(v. i.) To make devices
(v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity
Control(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account
Controversial(a.) Relating to, or consisting of, controversy
Controversy(n.) A suit in law or equity
Controvert(v. t.) To make matter of controversy
Contumacious(a.) Exhibiting contumacy
Contumacy(n.) 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
Contumelious(a.) Exhibiting contumely
Contumely(n.) Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt
Contuse(v. t.) To beat, pound, or together.
Contusion(n.) A bruise
Conundrum(n.) A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike
Convalesce(v. i.) To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness
Convection(n.) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes
Convenance(n.) That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.
Convene(v. i.) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose
(v. t.) To cause to assemble
Convenient(v. i.) Affording accommodation or advantage
Convent(v. i.) A coming together
(v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature
Converge(v. i.) To tend to one point
(v. t.) To cause to tend to one point
Conversance(n.) The state or quality of being conversant
Conversant(a.) Concerned
(n.) One who converses with another
Conversation(n.) Colloquial discourse
Converse(a.) Turned about
(n.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference
(v. i.) To engage in familiar colloquy
Conversion(n.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
Convert(n.) A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir
(v. i.) To be turned or changed in character or direction
(v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use
Convex(a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form
(n.) A convex body or surface.
Convey(v. i.) To play the thief
(v. t.) To accompany
Convict(n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
(p.a.) Proved or found guilty
(v. t.) To defeat
Convince(v. t.) To confute
Convivial(a.) Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
Convocation(n.) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Convoke(v. t.) To call together
Convolute(a.) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another
Convolution(n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part
Convolvulus(n.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C
Convoy(n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill
(v. t.) To accompany for protection, either by sea or land
Convulse(v. t.) To agitate greatly
Convulsion(n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body
Convulsive(a.) Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms
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