| consistory | (noun) a church tribunal or governing body | - |
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| consolatory | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: comforting, consoling |
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| constabulary | (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: law, police, police force |
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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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| consultatory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultive |
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| contemporary | (adjective) belonging to the present time | Synonyms: present-day |
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| (adjective) characteristic of the present | Synonyms: modern-day |
| (adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneous |
| (noun) a person of nearly the same age as another | Synonyms: coeval |
| 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 | - |
| contrary | (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false | - |
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| (adjective) very opposed in nature or character or purpose | - |
| (adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: obstinate, perverse, wayward |
| (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: adverse |
| (noun) exact opposition | - |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: opposite, reverse |
| (noun) a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false | - |
| contributory | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributive, tributary |
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| cookery | (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cooking, preparation |
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| coppery | (adjective) of something having the color of copper | Synonyms: copper colored |
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| copulatory | (adjective) of or relating to coitus or copulation | Synonyms: coital |
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| coquetry | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying |
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| coralberry | (noun) shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India | Synonyms: Ardisia crenata, spiceberry |
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| (noun) North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits | Synonyms: Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
| corollary | (noun) (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition | - |
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| (noun) a practical consequence that follows naturally | - |
| coronary | (adjective) surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart) | - |
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| (noun) obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) | Synonyms: coronary thrombosis |
| corroboratory | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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| corydalis | (noun) a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers | - |
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| corymb | (noun) flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first | - |
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| corymbose | (adjective) resembling a corymb | - |
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| corynebacterium | (noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium | - |
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| coryphantha | (noun) a cactus of the genus Coryphantha | - |
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| corythosaur | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaurus |
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| corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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| coryza | (noun) an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge) | Synonyms: rhinitis |
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| cosignatory | (adjective) signing jointly with others | - |
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| (noun) one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) | Synonyms: cosigner |
| cosmolatry | (noun) the worship of the cosmos | - |
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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 |
| counterrevolutionary | (adjective) marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or being a counterrevolution | - |
| (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist |
| country | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, land, nation, res publica, state |
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| (noun) the people who live in a nation or country | Synonyms: land, nation |
| (noun) the territory occupied by a nation | Synonyms: land, state |
| (noun) an area outside of cities and towns | Synonyms: rural area |
| (noun) a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) | Synonyms: area |
| countryfied | (adjective) characteristic of rural life | Synonyms: countrified, rustic |
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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 |
| 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 |
| countryseat | (noun) an estate in the country | - |
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| countryside | (noun) rural regions | - |
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| countrywide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a country or nation | Synonyms: nationwide |
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| countrywoman | (noun) a woman from your own country | - |
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| (noun) a woman who lives in the country and has country ways | - |
| cowberry | (noun) tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | Synonyms: lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry |
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| (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| cowry | (noun) any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells | Synonyms: cowrie |
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| crackerberry | (noun) creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska | Synonyms: bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, dwarf cornel, pudding berry |
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| cranberry | (noun) very tart red berry used for sauce or juice | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries | - |
| craniometry | (noun) the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts | - |
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| creamery | (noun) a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold | - |
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| 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 |
| criminatory | (adjective) charging or suggestive of guilt or blame | Synonyms: criminative, incriminating, incriminatory |
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| crockery | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: dishware |
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| crossopterygian | (noun) any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form | Synonyms: lobe-finned fish, lobefin |
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| crowberry | (noun) a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit | - |
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| cry | (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | Synonyms: call, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell |
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| (noun) a fit of weeping | - |
| (noun) a slogan used to rally support for a cause | Synonyms: battle cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchword |
| (noun) a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate) | Synonyms: yell |
| (noun) the characteristic utterance of an animal | - |
| (verb) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain | Synonyms: weep |
| (verb) bring into a particular state by crying | - |
| (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
| (verb) proclaim or announce in public | Synonyms: blazon out |
| (verb) utter a characteristic sound | - |
| (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | Synonyms: call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout |
| (verb) demand immediate action | - |
| cryaesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryesthesia |
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| crybaby | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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| (noun) a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | Synonyms: chicken, wimp |
| cryesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryaesthesia |
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| crying | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank |
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| (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant |
| (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: tears, weeping |
| cryoanaesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanesthesia |
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| cryoanesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanaesthesia |
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| cryobiology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms | - |
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| cryocautery | (noun) application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it | - |
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| (noun) an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it | - |
| cryogen | (noun) a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant | - |
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| cryogenic | (adjective) of or relating to very low temperatures | - |
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| cryogenics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogeny |
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| cryogeny | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogenics |
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| cryolite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine | Synonyms: Greenland spar |
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| cryometer | (noun) a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures | - |
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| cryonic | (adjective) of or relating to cryonics | - |
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| cryonics | (noun) the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life | - |
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| cryopathy | (noun) destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene | Synonyms: frostbite |
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| cryophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of freezing | - |
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| cryoscope | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points | - |
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| cryostat | (noun) a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures | - |
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| cryosurgery | (noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) | - |
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| crypt | (noun) a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) | - |
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| cryptanalysis | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cryptanalyst | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptographer, cryptologist |
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| cryptanalytic | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological |
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| cryptanalytics | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cryptic | (adjective) having a puzzling terseness | - |
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| (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline |
| (adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying |
| cryptical | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline |
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| (adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptic, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying |
| cryptically | (adverb) in a cryptic manner | Synonyms: enigmatically, mysteriously |
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| cryptobiosis | (noun) a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill | - |
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| cryptobiotic | (adjective) of or related to the state of cryptobiosis | - |
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| cryptococcosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system | - |
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| cryptocoryne | (noun) any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia | Synonyms: water trumpet |
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| cryptocurrency | (noun) a currency based on the usage of cryptography to secure transactions | - |
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| cryptogam | (noun) formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi | - |
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| cryptogamic | (adjective) of or relating to a cryptogam | Synonyms: cryptogamous |
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| cryptogamous | (adjective) of or relating to a cryptogam | Synonyms: cryptogamic |
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| cryptogram | (noun) a piece of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptograph, secret writing |
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| cryptograph | (noun) a device for deciphering codes and ciphers | - |
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| (noun) a piece of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptogram, secret writing |
| (noun) a secret method of writing | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, secret code |
| cryptographer | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalyst, cryptologist |
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| cryptographic | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological |
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| cryptographical | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptologic, cryptological |
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| cryptographically | (adverb) in a cryptographic manner | - |
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| cryptography | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: coding, secret writing, steganography |
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| (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology |
| cryptologic | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptological |
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| cryptological | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic |
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| cryptologist | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalyst, cryptographer |
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| cryptology | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography |
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| cryptomonad | (noun) common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms | Synonyms: cryptophyte |
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| cryptophyte | (noun) common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms | Synonyms: cryptomonad |
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| cryptorchidism | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidy, cryptorchism |
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