| complexifier | (noun) someone makes things complex | - |
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| complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
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| (noun) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | - |
| (noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face | - |
| (noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination | - |
| (noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking | - |
| complexity | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexness |
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| complexness | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexity |
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| compliance | (noun) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | Synonyms: submission |
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| (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, conformation, conformity |
| (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
| compliancy | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, deference, obligingness |
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| complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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| complication | (noun) the act or process of complicating | - |
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| (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness |
| (noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: ramification |
| (noun) a situation or condition that is complex or confused | - |
| (noun) any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease | - |
| complicity | (noun) guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense | - |
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| 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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| complin | (noun) last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring | Synonyms: compline |
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| compline | (noun) last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring | Synonyms: complin |
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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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| composedness | (noun) The state or quality of showing composure. | - |
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| composer | (noun) someone who composes music, usually as a profession | - |
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| composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
| composite | (noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: complex |
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| (noun) considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers | Synonyms: composite plant |
| compositeness | (noun) the property of being a composite number | - |
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| composition | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: authorship, penning, writing |
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| (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composing |
| (noun) something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole | - |
| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composing |
| (noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | Synonyms: paper, report, theme |
| (noun) a musical work that has been created | Synonyms: musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music |
| (noun) art and technique of printing with movable type | Synonyms: typography |
| (noun) a mixture of ingredients | - |
| compositor | (noun) one who sets written material into type | Synonyms: setter, typesetter, typographer |
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| compost | (noun) a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | - |
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| composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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| compote | (noun) dessert of stewed or baked fruit | Synonyms: fruit compote |
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| compound | (noun) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | - |
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| (noun) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | - |
| (noun) a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | Synonyms: compound word |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | Synonyms: chemical compound |
| compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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| comprehensibility | (noun) the quality of comprehensible language or thought | Synonyms: understandability |
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| comprehension | (noun) an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) | - |
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| (noun) the relation of comprising something | Synonyms: inclusion |
| comprehensive | (noun) an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | Synonyms: comp, comprehensive examination |
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| comprehensiveness | (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, largeness |
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| (noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: fullness |
| compress | (noun) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) | - |
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| compressibility | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability |
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| compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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| compression | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compressing |
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| (noun) encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required | - |
| (noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: condensation, contraction |
| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, concretion, densification |
| compressor | (noun) a mechanical device that compresses gasses | - |
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| (noun) an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. | - |
| compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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| (noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
| compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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| compsognathus | (noun) very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria | - |
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| comptroller | (noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | Synonyms: accountant, controller |
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| comptrollership | (noun) the position of comptroller | - |
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| compulsion | (noun) using force to cause something to occur | Synonyms: coercion |
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| (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
| compulsive | (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
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| compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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| compulsivity | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsiveness |
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| compunction | (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach |
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| computation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computing |
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| (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, figuring, reckoning |
| computer | (noun) a machine for performing calculations automatically | Synonyms: computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
| computerization | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: cybernation |
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| computing | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computation |
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| (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | Synonyms: computer science |
| comrade | (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, familiar, fellow |
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| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: brother |
| comradeliness | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship |
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| comradery | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradeship |
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| comradeship | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery |
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| con | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting |
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| (noun) an argument opposed to a proposal | - |
| (noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | Synonyms: convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird |
| conacaste | (noun) tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber | Synonyms: elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa |
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| concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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| (noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
| (noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
| (noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
| concaveness | (noun) the property possessed by a concave shape | Synonyms: concavity |
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| concavity | (noun) the property possessed by a concave shape | Synonyms: concaveness |
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| (noun) a shape that curves or bends inward | Synonyms: concave shape, incurvation, incurvature |
| concealing | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealment, hiding |
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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 |
| conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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| conceit | (noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceitedness, vanity |
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| (noun) a witty or ingenious turn of phrase | - |
| (noun) an artistic device or effect | - |
| (noun) an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things | - |
| (noun) feelings of excessive pride | Synonyms: amour propre, self-love, vanity |
| conceitedness | (noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceit, vanity |
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| conceivability | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivableness |
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| conceivableness | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivability |
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| conceiver | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: mastermind, originator |
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| 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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| concept | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: conception, construct |
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| conception | (noun) the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon | - |
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| (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: concept, construct |
| (noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: design, excogitation, innovation, invention |
| (noun) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | Synonyms: creation |
| conceptualisation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualization, formulation |
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| (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptuality, conceptualization |
| conceptualism | (noun) the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application | - |
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| conceptuality | (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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| conceptualization | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, formulation |
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| (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptuality |
| conceptus | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg |
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| concern | (noun) something that interests you because it is important or affects you | - |
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| (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: headache, vexation, worry |
| (noun) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something | - |
| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, fear |
| (noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | Synonyms: business, business concern, business organisation, business organization |
| concert | (noun) a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging | - |
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| concertina | (noun) free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds | - |
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| (noun) coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle | - |
| concertinist | (noun) a person who plays the concertina | - |
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| concerto | (noun) a composition for orchestra and a soloist | - |
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| concession | (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: grant |
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| (noun) a point conceded or yielded | - |
| (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: conceding, yielding |
| concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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| concessioner | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessionaire |
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| conch | (noun) any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | - |
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| concha | (noun) (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape | - |
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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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| conchoid | (noun) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts). | - |
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| conchologist | (noun) a collector and student of mollusc shells | - |
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| conchology | (noun) the collection and study of mollusc shells | Synonyms: shell collecting |
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| concierge | (noun) a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter | - |
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| conciliation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: placation, propitiation |
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| (noun) any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration | - |
| (noun) the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled | - |
| conciliator | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler |
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| conciseness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness |
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| concision | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, pithiness, succinctness |
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| conclave | (noun) a confidential or secret meeting | - |
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| conclusion | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: ending, termination |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) an intuitive assumption | - |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, end, ending |
| (noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: ratiocination |
| (noun) a final settlement | - |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: ending, finish |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| conclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: decisiveness, finality |
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