centipede | (noun) chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors | - |
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centner | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: cental, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight |
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(noun) in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms | - |
(noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system | Synonyms: doppelzentner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight |
central | (noun) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | Synonyms: exchange, telephone exchange |
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centralisation | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralization |
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(noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralization |
centralism | (noun) the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization | - |
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centrality | (noun) the property of being central | - |
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centralization | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralisation |
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(noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralisation |
centrarchid | (noun) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed | Synonyms: sunfish |
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centre | (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: center |
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(noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: center |
(noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: center |
(noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: center |
(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centerfield |
(noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: center, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
(noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: center, nerve center, nerve centre |
(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
(noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center, center of attention, centre of attention |
(noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: center |
(noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: center |
(noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: center |
(noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: center, midpoint |
(noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: center, eye, heart, middle |
(noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: center |
(noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: center, snapper |
(noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: center |
(noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: center |
centreboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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centrepiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centerpiece |
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(noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centerpiece |
centrex | (noun) (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange | - |
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centrifugation | (noun) the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge | - |
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centrifuge | (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: extractor, separator |
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centring | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centering, snap |
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(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
centriole | (noun) one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis | - |
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centrism | (noun) a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action | Synonyms: moderatism |
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centrist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist |
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centroid | (noun) the center of mass of an object of uniform density | - |
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centromere | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: kinetochore |
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centrosome | (noun) small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules | Synonyms: central body |
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centrum | (noun) the main body of a vertebra | - |
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centurion | (noun) (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers | - |
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century | (noun) ten 10s | Synonyms: 100, C, hundred, one C |
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(noun) a period of 100 years | - |
cerement | (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: pall, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet |
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chastisement | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: castigation |
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(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, correction |
circumvention | (noun) the act of evading by going around | - |
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clementine | (noun) a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds | - |
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(noun) a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa | Synonyms: clementine tree |
client | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: guest, node |
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(noun) a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer | - |
(noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: customer |
clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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clientele | (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, patronage |
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coefficient | (noun) a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | - |
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coelenterate | (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | Synonyms: cnidarian |
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coelenteron | (noun) the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate | - |
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cognoscente | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: connoisseur |
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commandment | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: precept, teaching |
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(noun) something that is commanded | - |
commencement | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, start |
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(noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
comment | (noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | Synonyms: input, remark |
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(noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: commentary |
(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt |
commentary | (noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: comment |
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commentator | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: reviewer |
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(noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: observer |
commitment | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, dedication, loyalty |
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(noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: committal, consignment |
(noun) an engagement by contract involving financial obligation | - |
(noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: committedness |
(noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: dedication |
compartment | (noun) a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area | - |
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(noun) a space into which an area is subdivided | - |
compartmentalisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization |
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(noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalization |
compartmentalization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation |
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(noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalisation |
complement | (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: accompaniment |
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(noun) either of two parts that mutually complete each other | - |
(noun) a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction | - |
(noun) number needed to make up a whole force | Synonyms: full complement |
(noun) a complete number or quantity | - |
(noun) one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response | - |
complementarity | (noun) a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities | - |
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(noun) the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other | - |
complementary | (noun) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | Synonyms: complementary color |
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complementation | (noun) (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts | Synonyms: complementary distribution |
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(noun) the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate | - |
compliment | (noun) a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration | - |
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complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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compliments | (noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: regard, wish |
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component | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: constituent, element |
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(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
(noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component part, constituent, part, portion |
comportment | (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, mien, presence |
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concealment | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealing, hiding |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: cover, covert, screen |
(noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden | Synonyms: privacy, privateness, secrecy |
concentrate | (noun) a concentrated example of something | - |
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(noun) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water | - |
(noun) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore | Synonyms: dressed ore |
concentration | (noun) strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material | - |
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(noun) bringing together military forces | - |
(noun) great and constant diligence and attention | Synonyms: assiduity, assiduousness |
(noun) the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume | - |
(noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, denseness, density, tightness |
(noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, immersion |
(noun) increase in density | - |
concentricity | (noun) the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another) | - |
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condiment | (noun) a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | - |
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conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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confidentiality | (noun) discretion in keeping secret information | - |
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(noun) the state of being secret | - |
confinement | (noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | - |
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(noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: restriction |
(noun) the state of being confined | - |
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
confluent | (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, feeder, tributary |
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congealment | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congelation |
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conscientiousness | (noun) the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience | - |
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(noun) the trait of being painstaking and careful | Synonyms: painstakingness |
consent | (noun) permission for something to happen | - |
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consignment | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, committal |
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(noun) the delivery of goods for sale or disposal | - |
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
constituent | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: component, element |
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(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, element, factor, ingredient |
(noun) (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction | Synonyms: grammatical constituent |
(noun) a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes | - |
(noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, part, portion |
containment | (noun) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading | - |
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(noun) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | - |
(noun) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully | - |
content | (noun) something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation | Synonyms: depicted object, subject |
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(noun) the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | Synonyms: cognitive content, mental object |
(noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: message, subject matter, substance |
(noun) (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something | Synonyms: contents |
(noun) the amount that can be contained | Synonyms: capacity |
(noun) the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. | - |
(noun) the state of being contented with your situation in life | Synonyms: contentedness |
contentedness | (noun) the state of being contented with your situation in life | Synonyms: content |
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contention | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: competition, rivalry |
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(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
(noun) a point asserted as part of an argument | - |
contentiousness | (noun) an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious | Synonyms: quarrelsomeness |
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contentment | (noun) happiness with one's situation in life | - |
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contents | (noun) a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start | Synonyms: table of contents |
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(noun) (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something | Synonyms: content |
continent | (noun) one of the large landmasses of the earth | - |
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contingent | (noun) a temporary military unit | Synonyms: detail |
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(noun) a gathering of persons representative of some larger group | - |
contravention | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: dispute |
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convalescent | (noun) a person who is recovering from illness | - |
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convent | (noun) a religious residence especially for nuns | - |
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(noun) a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together | - |
conventicle | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: meetinghouse |
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(noun) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship | - |
convention | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convening |
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(noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: conventionalism, conventionality |
(noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: formula, normal, pattern, rule |
(noun) (diplomacy) an international agreement | - |
(noun) a large formal assembly | - |
conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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conventionalism | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionality |
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conventionality | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionalism |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being too conventional | - |
(noun) conformity with conventional thought and behavior | - |
conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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corespondent | (noun) the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding | Synonyms: co-respondent |
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correspondent | (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
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(noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
cotangent | (noun) ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cotan |
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counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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counterbombardment | (noun) bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons | - |
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countercurrent | (noun) actions counter to the main group activity | Synonyms: crosscurrent |
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(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip |
credential | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credentials |
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credentials | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credential |
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crescent | (noun) any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters | - |
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crosscurrent | (noun) actions counter to the main group activity | Synonyms: countercurrent |
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(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: countercurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip |
curettement | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettage |
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current | (noun) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | Synonyms: stream |
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(noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | Synonyms: flow, stream |
(noun) a flow of electricity through a conductor | Synonyms: electric current |
currentness | (noun) the property of belonging to the present time | Synonyms: currency, up-to-dateness |
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