coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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coltsfoot | (noun) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly | Synonyms: Tussilago farfara |
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(noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
comfit | (noun) candy containing a fruit or nut | - |
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comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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(noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
(noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
(noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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(noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
(noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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comfrey | (noun) leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked | Synonyms: healing herb |
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(noun) perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas | Synonyms: cumfrey |
complexifier | (noun) someone makes things complex | - |
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conchfish | (noun) found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch | Synonyms: Astropogon stellatus |
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coneflower | (noun) any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones | - |
(noun) a wildflower of the genus Ratibida | - |
confab | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze |
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confabulation | (noun) (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered | - |
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(noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
confect | (noun) a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | Synonyms: candy |
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confection | (noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | Synonyms: concoction |
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(noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
confectionary | (noun) a confectioner's shop | Synonyms: candy store, confectionery |
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confectioner | (noun) someone who makes candies and other sweets | Synonyms: candymaker |
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confectionery | (noun) the occupation and skills of a confectioner | - |
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(noun) a confectioner's shop | Synonyms: candy store, confectionary |
(noun) candy and other sweets considered collectively | - |
confederacy | (noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: conspiracy |
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(noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederation, federation |
(noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspiracy |
confederate | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: accomplice |
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(noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime |
confederation | (noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation | Synonyms: alliance |
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(noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, federation |
(noun) the state of being allied or confederated | Synonyms: alliance |
conferee | (noun) a member of a conference | - |
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(noun) a person on whom something is bestowed | - |
conference | (noun) a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic | Synonyms: group discussion |
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(noun) a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) | - |
(noun) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members | Synonyms: league |
conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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conferral | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferment |
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conferrer | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, donor, giver, presenter |
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(noun) someone who converses or confers (as in a conference) | - |
conferva | (noun) any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water | - |
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confession | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution | - |
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(noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults | - |
(noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party | - |
(noun) a public declaration of your faith | - |
(noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) | - |
confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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confessor | (noun) a priest who hears confession and gives absolution | - |
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(noun) someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves) | - |
confetti | (noun) small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding) | - |
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confidant | (noun) someone to whom private matters are confided | Synonyms: intimate |
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confidante | (noun) a female confidant | - |
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confidence | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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(noun) a secret that is confided or entrusted to another | - |
(noun) a feeling of trust (in someone or something) | - |
(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable | - |
(noun) a trustful relationship | Synonyms: trust |
confidentiality | (noun) discretion in keeping secret information | - |
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(noun) the state of being secret | - |
configuration | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: conformation, contour, form, shape |
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(noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: constellation |
configurationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties | Synonyms: Gestalt psychology |
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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 |
confines | (noun) a bounded scope | - |
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confirmation | (noun) a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church | - |
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(noun) a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism | - |
(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: check, substantiation, verification |
(noun) information that confirms or verifies | - |
(noun) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it | Synonyms: ratification |
confiscation | (noun) seizure by the government | Synonyms: arrogation |
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confit | (noun) a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat | - |
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confiture | (noun) preserved or candied fruit | - |
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conflagration | (noun) a very intense and uncontrolled fire | Synonyms: inferno |
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conflict | (noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | Synonyms: battle, struggle |
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(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | Synonyms: battle, engagement, fight |
(noun) an incompatibility of dates or events | - |
(noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: difference, difference of opinion, dispute |
(noun) opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings | - |
(noun) opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) | - |
(noun) a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests | - |
confluence | (noun) a flowing together | Synonyms: conflux, merging |
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(noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: concourse |
(noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) | Synonyms: meeting |
confluent | (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, feeder, tributary |
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conflux | (noun) a flowing together | Synonyms: confluence, merging |
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conformance | (noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformity |
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conformation | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformity |
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(noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, contour, form, shape |
(noun) a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing | - |
conformism | (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformity |
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conformist | (noun) someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) | - |
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conformity | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformation |
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(noun) hardened conventionality | Synonyms: ossification |
(noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformance |
(noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformism |
(noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accord, accordance |
confrere | (noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, fellow |
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confrontation | (noun) the act of hostile groups opposing each other | Synonyms: opposition |
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(noun) a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison | - |
(noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: encounter, face-off, showdown |
(noun) a bold challenge | - |
(noun) discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions | - |
confusedness | (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
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confusion | (noun) a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | Synonyms: mix-up |
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(noun) an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended | - |
(noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
(noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: discombobulation |
(noun) disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably | - |
confutation | (noun) evidence that refutes conclusively | - |
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(noun) the speech act of refuting conclusively | - |
confuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: disprover, rebutter, refuter |
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conifer | (noun) any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | Synonyms: coniferous tree |
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conspecific | (noun) an organism belonging to the same species as another organism | - |
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containerful | (noun) the quantity that a container will hold | - |
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contrafagotto | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrabassoon, double bassoon |
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convictfish | (noun) greenling with whitish body marked with black bands | Synonyms: convict fish, Oxylebius pictus, painted greenling |
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cookfire | (noun) a fire for cooking | - |
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coreference | (noun) the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent | - |
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cornetfish | (noun) slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales | - |
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cornfield | (noun) a field planted with corn | Synonyms: corn field |
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cornflour | (noun) starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | Synonyms: cornstarch |
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cornflower | (noun) an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers | Synonyms: bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus |
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(noun) plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried | Synonyms: strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora |
counterfactuality | (noun) the quality of being contrary to fact | - |
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counterfeit | (noun) a copy that is represented as the original | Synonyms: forgery |
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counterfeiter | (noun) someone who makes copies illegally | Synonyms: forger |
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counterfire | (noun) fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | - |
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counterfoil | (noun) the part of a check that is retained as a record | Synonyms: check stub, stub |
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counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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counteroffer | (noun) an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer | - |
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counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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countertransference | (noun) the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction | - |
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countryfolk | (noun) people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics | Synonyms: country people |
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(noun) people living in the same country; compatriots | Synonyms: country people |
cowfish | (noun) trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes | Synonyms: Lactophrys quadricornis |
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craft | (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation | Synonyms: trade |
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(noun) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space | - |
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
(noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craftsmanship, workmanship |
(noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work | Synonyms: trade |
crafter | (noun) a creator of great skill in the manual arts | Synonyms: craftsman |
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craftiness | (noun) the quality of being crafty | Synonyms: guile |
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(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
craftsman | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artificer, artisan, journeyman |
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(noun) a creator of great skill in the manual arts | Synonyms: crafter |
(noun) a professional whose work is consistently of high quality | - |
craftsmanship | (noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craft, workmanship |
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crampfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: electric ray, numbfish, torpedo |
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crankshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank | - |
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crateful | (noun) the quantity contained in a crate | Synonyms: crate |
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crawfish | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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(noun) small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster | Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crayfish |
(noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crayfish, ecrevisse |
crayfish | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crawfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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(noun) small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster | Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish |
(noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse |
(noun) warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California | Synonyms: langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster |
croft | (noun) a small farm worked by a crofter | - |
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crofter | (noun) an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain | - |
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crossfire | (noun) fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross | - |
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(noun) a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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crowfoot | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup |
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crucifer | (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: cruciferous plant |
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crucifix | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally | - |
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(noun) representation of the cross on which Jesus died | Synonyms: rood-tree, rood |
crucifixion | (noun) the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross | - |
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(noun) the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering | Synonyms: excruciation |
cuckooflower | (noun) a bitter cress of Europe and America | Synonyms: Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, lady's smock, meadow cress |
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