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- CONTIGUOUSLYIn a contiguous manner.
- CONTOIn Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
- CONTORTTo twist in a violent manner.
- CONTOURAn outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
- CONTRAAgainst; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.
- CONTRACTIONSenses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract. An act of incurring debt; also , an act of acquiring something (generally negative)
- CONTRAFLOWFlow in the opposite direction to normal.
- CONTRAILAn artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
- CONTRALTOThe lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term cont
- CONTRAPLEXOf message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
- CONTRAPOSETo place in contraposition.
- CONTRAPOSITIVEThe inverse of the converse of a given logical implication.
- CONTRARIWISEIn the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction.
- CONTRASTEDsimple past and past participle of contrast
- CONTRASTYHaving great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).
- CONTRATEHaving cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.
- CONTRETEMPSAn unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
- CONTRIBUTETo give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
- CONTRITESincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
- CONTRITELYIn a contrite manner.
- CONTRIVABLECapable of being contrived, devised, or invented; devisable, inventable.
- CONTRIVETo invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- CONTROLTo exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- CONTUMELIOUSRudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
- CONTUMELYOffensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
- CONTUSETo injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
- CONTUSIVERelating to, or causing contusion
- CONUREAny of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.
- CONUSA cone.
- CONVERGETo approach each other; to get closer and closer; to become a unified whole; to come to share a similarity.
- CONVERSABLEAble and inclined to engage in conversation.
- CONVERSABLYIn a conversable manner, sociably
- CONVERSETo talk; to engage in conversation.
- CONVERSELYWith a reversed relationship.
- CONVERSOA Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
- CONVERTTo transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- CONVERTIBLEAble to be converted, particularly: Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially Able to be exchanged for specie. Able to be exchanged for foreign currency. Able to be excha
- CONVERTIBLYIn a convertible manner.
- CONVEXCurved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
- CONVEXEDconvex
- CONVEXEDLYIn a convex form; convexly.
- CONVEXITYThe state of being convex.
- CONVEXLYIn a convex manner.
- CONVEYTo move (something) from one place to another.
- CONVEYABLEAble to be conveyed, especially from one owner to another.
- CONVEYALSynonym of conveyance.
- CONVEYERAlternative spelling of conveyor.
- CONVEYORA person that conveys, transports or delivers.
- CONVEYORISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize.
- CONVEYORIZETo streamline (an industrial operation) by means of conveyors.
- CONVEYORIZEDHaving been conveyorized.
- CONVICTTo find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense.
- CONVOA conversation.
- CONVOKETo convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
- CONVOKEROne who convokes or calls together.
- CONVOLUTETo make unnecessarily complex.
- CONVOLUTEDHaving numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
- CONVOYOne or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
- CONVULSETo suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
- CONYA rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
- COOCHThe hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.
- COOEEA long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
- COOEROne who coos.
- COOFAn idiot, or fool.
- COOINGLYIn a cooing way.
- COOKA person who prepares food.
- COOKABLEThat can be cooked; suitable for cooking.
- COOKERA cookstove.
- COOKERYThe art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
- COOKIEA small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
- COOKINGThe process of preparing food by using heat.
- COOLOf a mildly low temperature.
- COOLANTA medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.
- COOLEDBrought to a lower temperature.
- COOLERAnything which cools.
- COOLIBAHAny of a number of eucalyptus trees of central and northern Australia, in particular Eucalyptus microtheca.
- COOLIEAn unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries a
- COOLINGThat cools.
- COOLISHQuite cool.
- COOLLYAt a moderately low temperature.
- COOLTHThe state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
- COOMsoot, smut
- COOMBA tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
- COOPA basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- COOPERA craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
- COOPERAGEThe art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker).
- COOPERATETo work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.
- COOPERATIVEReady to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
- COOPERATIVELYIn a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
- COOPERINGSA craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
- COOPERYCooperage .
- COORDINATEOf the same rank; equal.
- COORIETo crouch, stoop down.
- COORIEDTo crouch, stoop down.
- COORIEINGTo crouch, stoop down.
- COORIESTo crouch, stoop down.
- COOTAny of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- COOTERA freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
- COOTIEA louse (Pediculus humanus).
- COOZEPussy, vagina.