circadian | (adjective) of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals | - |
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cladding | (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: facing |
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cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
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claudication | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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cloddish | (adjective) heavy and dull and stupid | Synonyms: doltish |
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clonidine | (noun) an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches | Synonyms: Catapres |
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clostridia | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridium |
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clostridium | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridia |
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cloudiness | (noun) the quality of being cloudy | Synonyms: muddiness, murkiness |
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(noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, overcast |
(noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: overcast |
clouding | (noun) the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | Synonyms: clouding up |
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coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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coccidiosis | (noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia | - |
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coccidium | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: eimeria |
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codicil | (noun) a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will | - |
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codification | (noun) the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order | - |
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(noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | Synonyms: code |
codified | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: statute |
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codify | (verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law | - |
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coding | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptography, secret writing, steganography |
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coinciding | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous |
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collodion | (noun) a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films | - |
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coloradillo | (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil | Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia |
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comedian | (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comic |
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(noun) an actor in a comedy | - |
comedienne | (noun) a female comedian | - |
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(noun) a female actor in a comedy | - |
commanding | (adjective) used of a height or viewpoint | Synonyms: dominating, overlooking |
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commodious | (adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: convenient |
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commodiousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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commodity | (noun) a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes | Synonyms: good, trade good |
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compendious | (adjective) briefly giving the gist of something | Synonyms: compact, succinct, summary |
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compendium | (noun) a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | - |
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(noun) a publication containing a variety of works | Synonyms: collection |
compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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comprehendible | (adjective) capable of being comprehended or understood | Synonyms: comprehensible |
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conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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concluding | (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: final, last, terminal |
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condescending | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, patronising, patronizing |
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condescendingly | (adverb) with condescension; in a patronizing manner | Synonyms: patronisingly, patronizingly |
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condescendingness | (noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescension |
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condign | (adjective) fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment | - |
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condiment | (noun) a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | - |
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condition | (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, consideration |
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(noun) the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | Synonyms: experimental condition |
(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: precondition, stipulation |
(noun) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | Synonyms: strings, term |
(noun) a state at a particular time | Synonyms: status |
(noun) a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing | - |
(noun) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') | Synonyms: shape |
(noun) an illness, disease, or other medical problem | - |
(verb) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny | - |
(verb) put into a better state | - |
(verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: qualify, specify, stipulate |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, discipline, train |
(verb) establish a conditioned response | - |
conditional | (adjective) imposing or depending on or containing a condition | - |
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(adjective) qualified by reservations | - |
conditionality | (noun) the state of being conditional | - |
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conditionally | (adverb) subject to a condition | - |
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conditioned | (adjective) established by conditioning or learning | Synonyms: learned |
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(adjective) physically fit | Synonyms: in condition |
conditioner | (noun) exercise that conditions the body | - |
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(noun) a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer | - |
(noun) a trainer of athletes | - |
conditioning | (noun) a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment | - |
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conditions | (noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition |
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(noun) the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare | - |
(noun) the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process | - |
confiding | (adjective) willing to entrust personal matters | - |
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confidingly | (adverb) with trust; in a trusting manner | Synonyms: trustfully, trustingly |
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confounding | (adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: contradictory |
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conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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conidium | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidiospore |
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consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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consuetudinary | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinal |
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contadino | (noun) an Italian farmer | - |
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contrabandist | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler |
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contradict | (verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: negate |
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(verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contravene, negate |
(verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: controvert, oppose |
(verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, negate |
contradiction | (noun) the speech act of contradicting someone | - |
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(noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily false | Synonyms: contradiction in terms |
(noun) opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas | - |
contradictorily | (adverb) in a contradictory manner | - |
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contradictoriness | (noun) the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | - |
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contradictory | (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false | - |
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(adjective) unable for both to exist or be true at the same time | Synonyms: mutually exclusive |
(adjective) in disagreement | Synonyms: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory |
(adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: confounding |
(noun) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time | - |
contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
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contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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contraindicate | (verb) make a treatment inadvisable | - |
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contraindication | (noun) (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment | - |
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coordinate | (adjective) of equal importance, rank, or degree | - |
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(noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
(verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: organise, organize |
(verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: align, ordinate |
(verb) bring into common action, movement, or condition | - |
(verb) be co-ordinated | - |
coordinated | (adjective) being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements | Synonyms: co-ordinated |
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(adjective) operating as a unit | Synonyms: co-ordinated, interconnected, unified |
(adjective) intentionally matched | Synonyms: co-ordinated, matching |
coordinately | (adverb) in a coordinated manner | - |
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coordinating | (adjective) serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction | Synonyms: coordinative |
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coordination | (noun) the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation | - |
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(noun) the skillful and effective interaction of movements | - |
(noun) being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form | - |
coordinative | (adjective) serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction | Synonyms: coordinating |
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coordinator | (noun) someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously | Synonyms: co-ordinator |
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copyedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyread, subedit |
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cordial | (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: affable, amiable, genial |
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(adjective) politely warm and friendly | - |
(adjective) sincerely or intensely felt | - |
(noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | Synonyms: liqueur |
cordiality | (noun) a cordial disposition | Synonyms: amity |
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cordially | (adverb) in a hearty manner | Synonyms: heartily, warmly |
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cordierite | (noun) a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone | - |
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cordiform | (adjective) (of a leaf) shaped like a heart | Synonyms: cordate, heart-shaped |
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cordite | (noun) explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | - |
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corditis | (noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord, accompanied by pain in the testis, generally caused by an infection originating in the urethra or by a tumor, hydrocele, or varicocele | - |
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corresponding | (adjective) accompanying | - |
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(adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: comparable, like |
(adjective) similar especially in position or purpose | - |
correspondingly | (adverb) in a corresponding manner | - |
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corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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cowardice | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardliness |
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credibility | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibleness |
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credible | (adjective) capable of being believed | Synonyms: believable |
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(adjective) appearing to merit belief or acceptance | - |
(adjective) (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous | - |
credibleness | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibility |
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credibly | (adverb) easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | Synonyms: believably, plausibly, probably |
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credit | (noun) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours | Synonyms: course credit |
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(noun) used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise | - |
(noun) an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments | Synonyms: credit rating |
(noun) approval | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work | - |
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference |
(noun) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services | Synonyms: deferred payment |
(noun) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items | Synonyms: credit entry |
(noun) money available for a client to borrow | - |
(verb) have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of | - |
(verb) give someone credit for something | - |
(verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: accredit |
(verb) enter as credit | - |
creditable | (adjective) worthy of often limited commendation | - |
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creditably | (adverb) to a tolerably worthy extent | Synonyms: respectably |
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credited | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') given credit for | - |
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creditor | (noun) a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | - |
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credits | (noun) a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) | - |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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creditworthy | (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: responsible |
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crocodile | (noun) large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters | - |
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crocodilian | (noun) extant archosaurian reptile | Synonyms: crocodilian reptile |
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crossbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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(noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: interbreeding, miscegenation |