coddle
coddle (v)
To treat as a baby or an invalid.
codicil
codicil (n)
A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
coerce
coerce (v)
To force.
coercion
coercion (n)
Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
coercive
coercive (adj)
Serving or tending to force.
cogent
cogent (adj)
Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
cognate
cognate (adj)
Akin.
cognizant
cognizant (adj)
Taking notice.
cohere
cohere (v)
To stick together.
cohesion
cohesion (n)
Consistency.
cohesive
cohesive (adj)
Having the property of consistency.
coincide
coincide (v)
To correspond.
coincidence
coincidence (n)
A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
coincident
coincident (adj)
Taking place at the same time.
collaborate
collaborate (v)
To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
collapse
collapse (v)
To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
collapsible
collapsible (adj)
That may or can collapse.
colleague
colleague (n)
An associate in professional employment.
collective
collective (adj)
Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
collector
collector (n)
One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
collegian
collegian (n)
A college student.
collide
collide (v)
To meet and strike violently.
collier
collier (n)
One who works in a coal-mine.
collision
collision (n)
Violent contact.
colloquial
colloquial (adj)
Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
colloquialism
colloquialism (n)
Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
colloquy
colloquy (n)
Conversation.
collusion
collusion (n)
A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
colossus
colossus (n)
Any strikingly great person or object.
comely
comely (adj)
Handsome.
comestible
comestible (adj)
Fit to be eaten.
comical
comical (adj)
Funny.
commemorate
commemorate (v)
To serve as a remembrance of.
commentary
commentary (n)
A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
commingle
commingle (v)
To blend.
commissariat
commissariat (n)
The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
commission
commission (v)
To empower.
commitment
commitment (n)
The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
committal
committal (n)
The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
commodity
commodity (n)
Something that is bought and sold.
commotion
commotion (n)
A disturbance or violent agitation.
commute
commute (v)
To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
comparable
comparable (adj)
Fit to be compared.
comparative
comparative (adj)
Relative.
comparison
comparison (n)
Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
compensate
compensate (v)
To remunerate.
competence
competence (n)
Adequate qualification or capacity.
competent
competent (adj)
Qualified.
competitive
competitive (adj)
characterized by rivalry.
competitor
competitor (n)
A rival.
complacence
complacence (n)
Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
complacent
complacent (adj)
Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
complaisance
complaisance (n)
Politeness.
complaisant
complaisant (adj)
Agreeable.
complement
complement (v)
To make complete.
complex
complex (adj)
Complicated.
compliant
compliant (adj)
Yielding.
complicate
complicate (v)
To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
complication
complication (n)
An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
complicity
complicity (n)
Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
compliment
compliment (v)
To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
component
component (n)
A constituent element or part.
comport
comport (v)
To conduct or behave (oneself).
composure
composure (n)
Calmness.
comprehensible
comprehensible (adj)
Intelligible.
comprehension
comprehension (n)
Ability to know.
comprehensive
comprehensive (adj)
Large in scope or content.
compress
compress (v)
To press together or into smaller space.
compressible
compressible (adj)
Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
compression
compression (n)
Constraint, as by force or authority.
comprise
comprise (v)
To consist of.
compulsion
compulsion (n)
Coercion.
compulsory
compulsory (adj)
Forced.
compunction
compunction (n)
Remorseful feeling.
compute
compute (v)
To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
concede
concede (v)
To surrender.
conceit
conceit (n)
Self-flattering opinion.
conceive
conceive (v)
To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
concerto
concerto (n)
A musical composition.
concession
concession (n)
Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
conciliate
conciliate (v)
To obtain the friendship of.
conciliatory
conciliatory (adj)
Tending to reconcile.
conclusive
conclusive (adj)
Sufficient to convince or decide.
concord
concord (n)
Harmony.
concordance
concordance (n)
Harmony.
concur
concur (v)
To agree.
concurrence
concurrence (n)
Agreement.
concurrent
concurrent (adj)
Occurring or acting together.
concussion
concussion (n)
A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
condensation
condensation (n)
The act or process of making dense or denser.
condense
condense (v)
To abridge.
condescend
condescend (v)
To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
condolence
condolence (n)
Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
conduce
conduce (v)
To bring about.
conducive
conducive (adj)
Contributing to an end.
conductible
conductible (adj)
Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
conduit
conduit (n)
A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
confectionery
confectionery (n)
The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
confederacy
confederacy (n)
A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
confederate
confederate (n)
One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
confer
confer (v)
To bestow.
conferee
conferee (n)
A person with whom another confers.
confessor
confessor (n)
A spiritual advisor.
confidant
confidant (n)
One to whom secrets are entrusted.
confide
confide (v)
To reveal in trust or confidence.
confidence
confidence (n)
The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
confident
confident (adj)
Assured.
confinement
confinement (n)
Restriction within limits or boundaries.
confiscate
confiscate (v)
To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
conflagration
conflagration (n)
A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
confluence
confluence (n)
The place where streams meet.
confluent
confluent (n)
A stream that unites with another.
conformance
conformance (n)
The act or state or conforming.
conformable
conformable (adj)
Harmonious.
conformation
conformation (n)
General structure, form, or outline.
conformity
conformity (n)
Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
confront
confront (v)
To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
congeal
congeal (v)
To coagulate.
congenial
congenial (adj)
Having kindred character or tastes.
congest
congest (v)
To collect into a mass.
congregate
congregate (v)
To bring together into a crowd.
coniferous
coniferous (adj)
Cone-bearing trees.
conjecture
conjecture (n)
A guess.
conjoin
conjoin (v)
To unite.
conjugal
conjugal (adj)
Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
conjugate
conjugate (adj)
Joined together in pairs.
conjugation
conjugation (n)
The state or condition of being joined together.
conjunction
conjunction (n)
The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
connive
connive (v)
To be in collusion.
connoisseur
connoisseur (n)
A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
connote
connote (v)
To mean; signify.
connubial
connubial (adj)
Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
conquer
conquer (v)
To overcome by force.
consanguineous
consanguineous (adj)
Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
conscience
conscience (n)
The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
conscientious
conscientious (adj)
Governed by moral standard.
conscious
conscious (adj)
Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
conscript
conscript (v)
To force into military service.
consecrate
consecrate (v)
To set apart as sacred.
consecutive
consecutive (adj)
Following in uninterrupted succession.
consensus
consensus (n)
A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
conservatism
conservatism (n)
Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
conservative
conservative (adj)
Adhering to the existing order of things.
conservatory
conservatory (n)
An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
consign
consign (v)
To entrust.
consignee
consignee (n)
A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
consignor
consignor (n)
One who entrusts.
consistency
consistency (n)
A state of permanence.
console
console (v)
To comfort.
consolidate
consolidate (v)
To combine into one body or system.
consonance
consonance (n)
The state or quality of being in accord with.
consonant
consonant (adj)
Being in agreement or harmony with.
consort
consort (n)
A companion or associate.
conspicuous
conspicuous (adj)
Clearly visible.
conspirator
conspirator (n)
One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
conspire
conspire (v)
To plot.
constable
constable (n)
An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
constellation
constellation (n)
An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
consternation
consternation (n)
Panic.
constituency
constituency (n)
The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
constituent
constituent (n)
One who has the right to vote at an election.
constrict
constrict (v)
To bind.
consul
consul (n)
An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
consulate
consulate (n)
The place in which a consul transacts official business.
consummate
consummate (v)
To bring to completion.
consumption
consumption (n)
Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
consumptive
consumptive (adj)
Designed for gradual destruction.
contagion
contagion (n)
The communication of disease from person to person.
contagious
contagious (adj)
Transmitting disease.
contaminate
contaminate (v)
To pollute.
contemplate
contemplate (v)
To consider thoughtfully.
contemporaneous
contemporaneous (adj)
Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
contemporary
contemporary (adj)
Living or existing at the same time.
contemptible
contemptible (adj)
Worthy of scorn or disdain.
contemptuous
contemptuous (adj)
Disdainful.
contender
contender (n)
One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
contiguity
contiguity (n)
Proximity.
contiguous
contiguous (adj)
Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
continence
continence (n)
Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
contingency
contingency (n)
Possibility of happening.
contingent
contingent (adj)
Not predictable.
continuance
continuance (n)
Permanence.
continuation
continuation (n)
Prolongation.
continuity
continuity (n)
Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
continuous
continuous (adj)
Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
contort
contort (v)
To twist into a misshapen form.
contraband
contraband (n)
Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
contradiction
contradiction (n)
The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
contradictory
contradictory (adj)
Inconsistent with itself.
contraposition
contraposition (n)
A placing opposite.
contravene
contravene (v)
To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
contribution
contribution (n)
The act of giving for a common purpose.
contributor
contributor (n)
One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
contrite
contrite (adj)
Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
contrivance
contrivance (n)
The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
contrive
contrive (v)
To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.