| 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 |
| concenter | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concentre, focalise, focalize, focus |
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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 |
| (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
| (verb) make denser, stronger, or purer | - |
| (verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, centralize |
| (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce |
| (verb) make more concise | Synonyms: condense, digest |
| (verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: condense, contract |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet |
| (verb) draw together or meet in one common center | - |
| concentrated | (adjective) gathered together or made less diffuse | - |
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| (adjective) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | Synonyms: hard |
| (adjective) being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance | Synonyms: saturated |
| (adjective) intensely focused | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced | - |
| 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 | - |
| concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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| concentric | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentrical, homocentric |
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| concentrical | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentric, homocentric |
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| concentricity | (noun) the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another) | - |
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| concupiscent | (adjective) vigorously passionate | Synonyms: lustful, lusty |
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| concurrent | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous |
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| concurrently | (adverb) overlapping in duration | Synonyms: at the same time |
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| condiment | (noun) a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | - |
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| condolent | (adjective) expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one | - |
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| conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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| confident | (adjective) having or marked by confidence or assurance | - |
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| (adjective) not liable to error in judgment or action | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
| (adjective) persuaded of; very sure | Synonyms: convinced, positive |
| confidential | (adjective) the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified | - |
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| (adjective) denoting confidence or intimacy | - |
| (adjective) entrusted with private information and the confidence of another | - |
| (adjective) (of information) given in confidence or in secret | Synonyms: secret |
| confidentiality | (noun) discretion in keeping secret information | - |
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| (noun) the state of being secret | - |
| confidentially | (adverb) in a confidential manner | - |
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| confidently | (adverb) with confidence; in a confident manner | - |
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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 |
| confluent | (adjective) flowing together | Synonyms: merging |
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| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, feeder, tributary |
| congealment | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congelation |
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| congruent | (adjective) coinciding when superimposed | - |
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| (adjective) corresponding in character or kind | Synonyms: congruous |
| conscientious | (adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort | Synonyms: painstaking, scrupulous |
| conscientiously | (adverb) with extreme conscientiousness | Synonyms: religiously, scrupulously |
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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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| (verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: accept, go for |
| consentaneous | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentient, unanimous |
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| consentient | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentaneous, unanimous |
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| consenting | (adjective) having given consent | - |
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| consequent | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| consequential | (adjective) having important issues or results | Synonyms: eventful |
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| consequentially | (adverb) having the result that | - |
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| consequently | (adverb) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | Synonyms: accordingly |
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| (adverb) as a consequence | Synonyms: therefore |
| 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 |
| consistent | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable | - |
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| (adjective) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts | Synonyms: coherent, logical, ordered |
| (adjective) capable of being reproduced | Synonyms: reproducible |
| (adjective) the same throughout in structure or composition | Synonyms: uniform |
| consistently | (adverb) in a systematic or consistent manner | Synonyms: systematically |
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| constituent | (adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constitutional, constitutive, organic |
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| (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 |
| (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 | (adjective) satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are | Synonyms: contented |
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| (noun) something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation | Synonyms: depicted object, subject |
| (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 |
| (verb) satisfy in a limited way | - |
| (verb) make content | - |
| contented | (adjective) satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are | Synonyms: content |
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| contentedly | (adverb) with equanimity | - |
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| 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 | - |
| contentious | (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious |
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| (adjective) involving or likely to cause controversy | - |
| 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 | (adjective) having control over urination and defecation | - |
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| (adjective) abstaining from sexual intercourse | Synonyms: celibate |
| (noun) one of the large landmasses of the earth | - |
| continental | (adjective) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War | - |
| contingent | (adjective) being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow | Synonyms: contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on |
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| (adjective) possible but not certain to occur | - |
| (adjective) uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances | - |
| (noun) a temporary military unit | Synonyms: detail |
| (noun) a gathering of persons representative of some larger group | - |
| contravention | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: dispute |
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| convalescent | (adjective) returning to health after illness or debility | Synonyms: recovering |
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| (noun) a person who is recovering from illness | - |
| convenient | (adjective) suited to your comfort or purpose or needs | - |
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| (adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: commodious |
| conveniently | (adverb) in a convenient manner | Synonyms: handily |
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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 | - |
| conventional | (adjective) following accepted customs and proprieties | - |
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| (adjective) unimaginative and conformist | - |
| (adjective) (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy | - |
| (adjective) rigidly formal or bound by convention | Synonyms: ceremonious |
| (adjective) represented in simplified or symbolic form | Synonyms: formal, schematic |
| (adjective) conforming with accepted standards | Synonyms: established |
| (adjective) in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past | - |
| conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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| conventionalise | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalize |
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| conventionalised | (adjective) using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous | Synonyms: conventionalized, stylised, stylized |
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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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| conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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| (verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
| conventionalized | (adjective) using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous | Synonyms: conventionalised, stylised, stylized |
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| conventionally | (adverb) in a conventional manner | - |
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| conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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| conventual | (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistered, cloistral, monastic, monastical |
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| convergent | (adjective) tending to come together from different directions | - |
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| coreferent | (adjective) related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction | - |
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| coreferential | (adjective) relating to coreference | Synonyms: co-referent |
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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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| corpulent | (adjective) excessively fat | Synonyms: obese, rotund, weighty |
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| correspondent | (adjective) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | Synonyms: analogous |
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| (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
| (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
| corticoafferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticipetal |
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| corticoefferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticofugal |
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| 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 |
| counterinsurgent | (adjective) of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | - |
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| covalent | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by covalence | - |
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| crapulent | (adjective) suffering from excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: crapulous |
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| credential | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credentials |
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| credentialled | (adjective) certified as professional by evidence or testimonials | - |
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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 | (adjective) resembling the new moon in shape | Synonyms: crescent-shaped, lunate, semilunar |
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| (noun) any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters | - |
| cromulent | (adjective) Legitimate or valid (frequently used ironically) | - |
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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 | (adjective) occurring in or belonging to the present time | - |
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| (noun) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | Synonyms: stream |
| (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 |
| currently | (adverb) at this time or period; now | Synonyms: presently |
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| currentness | (noun) the property of belonging to the present time | Synonyms: currency, up-to-dateness |
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| curtailment | (noun) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | Synonyms: suppression |
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| (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: downsizing, retrenchment |
| (noun) the temporal property of being cut short | - |
| dealignment | (noun) a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties | - |
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| debarment | (noun) the act of prevention by legal means | - |
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| (noun) the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) | - |