classmate | (noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with | Synonyms: class fellow, schoolfellow, schoolmate |
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clematis | (noun) any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers | - |
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clergyman | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: man of the cloth, reverend |
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climacteric | (noun) the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | Synonyms: change of life, menopause |
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(noun) a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause | - |
climactic | (adjective) consisting of or causing a climax | - |
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climate | (noun) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | Synonyms: clime |
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(noun) the prevailing psychological state | Synonyms: mood |
climatic | (adjective) of or relating to a climate | Synonyms: climatical |
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climatical | (adjective) of or relating to a climate | Synonyms: climatic |
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climatically | (adverb) with respect to climate | - |
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climatologist | (noun) someone who is expert in climatology | - |
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climatology | (noun) meteorology of climates and their phenomena | - |
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climax | (noun) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: coming, orgasm, sexual climax |
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(noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: culmination |
(noun) arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | - |
(noun) the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding | Synonyms: flood tide |
(noun) the most severe stage of a disease | - |
(verb) end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | Synonyms: culminate |
cloakmaker | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments | Synonyms: furrier |
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clockmaker | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches | Synonyms: clocksmith |
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coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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coalman | (noun) someone who delivers coal | - |
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coastguardsman | (noun) a member of a coastguard | - |
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cockamamie | (adjective) informal term for ridiculous and implausible | Synonyms: cockamamy |
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cockamamy | (adjective) informal term for ridiculous and implausible | Synonyms: cockamamie |
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collimate | (verb) adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) | - |
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(verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: parallel |
collimation | (noun) the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope | - |
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collimator | (noun) optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam | - |
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(noun) a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one | - |
coma | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: comatoseness |
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(noun) (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed | - |
(noun) (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) | - |
comal | (adjective) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | Synonyms: comate, comose |
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comate | (adjective) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts | Synonyms: comose |
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(adjective) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | Synonyms: comal, comose |
comatose | (adjective) relating to or associated with a coma | - |
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(adjective) in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli | - |
comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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comatulid | (noun) free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms | Synonyms: feather star |
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comma | (noun) anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing | Synonyms: comma butterfly, Polygonia comma |
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(noun) a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence | - |
command | (noun) the power or authority to command | - |
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(noun) availability for use | - |
(noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: control, mastery |
(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, bidding, dictation |
(noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: instruction, program line, statement |
(noun) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer | - |
(noun) a position of highest authority | - |
(verb) make someone do something | Synonyms: require |
(verb) be in command of | - |
(verb) demand as one's due | - |
(verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: control |
(verb) look down on | Synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop |
commandant | (noun) an officer in command of a military unit | Synonyms: commander, commanding officer |
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commandeer | (verb) take arbitrarily or by force | Synonyms: highjack, hijack, pirate |
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commander | (noun) an officer in command of a military unit | Synonyms: commandant, commanding officer |
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(noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain | - |
(noun) an officer in the airforce | Synonyms: air force officer |
(noun) someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others | - |
commandership | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandery |
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commandery | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandership |
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commanding | (adjective) used of a height or viewpoint | Synonyms: dominating, overlooking |
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commandment | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: precept, teaching |
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(noun) something that is commanded | - |
commando | (noun) an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | - |
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(noun) a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | Synonyms: ranger |
committeeman | (noun) a man who is a member of committee | - |
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committeewoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a committee | - |
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confirmable | (adjective) capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation | Synonyms: falsifiable, verifiable |
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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 |
confirmative | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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confirmatory | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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conformable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: amenable |
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(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, concordant, consonant |
(adjective) quick to comply | - |
conformably | (adverb) in a conformable manner | - |
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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 | - |
congressman | (noun) a male member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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congresswoman | (noun) a female member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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conima | (noun) a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum | - |
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consumable | (adjective) may be used up | - |
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consummate | (adjective) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | Synonyms: complete |
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(adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: masterful, masterly, virtuoso |
(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
(verb) make perfect; bring to perfection | - |
(verb) fulfill sexually | - |
consummated | (adjective) brought to completion | - |
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consummation | (noun) the act of bringing to completion or fruition | - |
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(noun) the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse | - |
contumacious | (adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient | - |
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contumaciously | (adverb) in a rebellious manner | Synonyms: defiantly, rebelliously |
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contumacy | (noun) willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court | - |
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(noun) obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | - |
coseismal | (adjective) being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously | Synonyms: coseismic |
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costmary | (noun) leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings | - |
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(noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita |
coumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, cumarone |
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councilman | (noun) a man who is a council member | - |
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councilwoman | (noun) a woman who is a council member | - |
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counterman | (noun) a male who attends a counter (as in a diner) | - |
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countermand | (noun) a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command | - |
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(verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
countermarch | (noun) (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route | - |
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(verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
(verb) march back along the same way | - |
counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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counterwoman | (noun) a female who attends a counter (as in a diner) | - |
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countryman | (noun) a man from your own country | - |
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(noun) a man who lives in the country and has country ways | Synonyms: ruralist |
countrywoman | (noun) a woman from your own country | - |
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(noun) a woman who lives in the country and has country ways | - |
cowman | (noun) a male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cattleman, cowboy |
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cracksman | (noun) a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents | Synonyms: safebreaker, safecracker |
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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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cragsman | (noun) a climber of vertical rock faces | Synonyms: rock climber |
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cremains | (noun) the remains of a dead body after cremation | - |
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cremate | (verb) reduce to ashes | - |
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cremation | (noun) the incineration of a dead body | - |
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crematorium | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematory |
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(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematory |
crematory | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematorium |
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(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematorium |
crewman | (noun) a member of a work crew | - |
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(noun) a member of a flight crew | Synonyms: crew member |
(noun) any member of a ship's crew | Synonyms: sailor |
cumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, coumarone |
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customarily | (adverb) by custom; according to common practice | - |
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customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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customary | (adjective) in accordance with convention or custom | - |
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(adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: accustomed, habitual, wonted |
cyclamate | (noun) any salt or ester of cyclamic acid. | - |
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cyclorama | (noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene | Synonyms: diorama, panorama |
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cyma | (noun) (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) | Synonyms: cymatium |
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cymatium | (noun) (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) | Synonyms: cyma |
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cytoplasmatic | (adjective) of or relating to cytoplasm | Synonyms: cytoplasmic |
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dairymaid | (noun) a woman who works in a dairy | Synonyms: milkmaid |
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dairyman | (noun) the owner or manager of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farmer |
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(noun) a man who works in a dairy | - |
dalesman | (noun) a person who lives in the dales of northern England | - |
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dalmatian | (noun) a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia | Synonyms: carriage dog, coach dog |
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damage | (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: harm, hurt, scathe |
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(noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: legal injury, wrong |
(noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: harm, impairment |
(noun) loss of military equipment | Synonyms: equipment casualty |
(noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: price, terms |
(verb) inflict damage upon | - |
(verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage | - |
damaged | (adjective) harmed or injured or spoiled | - |
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(adjective) being unjustly brought into disrepute | Synonyms: discredited |
damages | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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damaging | (adjective) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | Synonyms: negative |
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(adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious |
damar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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damascene | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people | - |
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(adjective) (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals | - |
(noun) a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel | - |
(verb) inlay metal with gold and silver | - |