conjuring | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjury, invocation |
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conjuror | (noun) a witch doctor who practices conjury | Synonyms: conjure man, conjurer |
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(noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator |
conjury | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring, invocation |
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connatural | (adjective) normally existing at birth | Synonyms: inborn, inbred |
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(adjective) similar in nature | - |
connoisseur | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: cognoscente |
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connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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contour | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, form, shape |
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(noun) a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure | - |
(noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | Synonyms: contour line |
(verb) form the contours of | - |
contracture | (noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | - |
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conurbation | (noun) an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities | Synonyms: sprawl, urban sprawl |
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cooccur | (verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, coincide |
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cooccurring | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous |
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corduroy | (noun) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | Synonyms: cord |
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(noun) a road made of logs laid crosswise | - |
(verb) build (a road) from logs laid side by side | - |
corduroys | (noun) cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth | Synonyms: cords |
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cornflour | (noun) starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | Synonyms: cornstarch |
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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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counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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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 |
counterinsurgency | (noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | Synonyms: pacification |
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counterinsurgent | (adjective) of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | - |
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countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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courageous | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: brave |
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courageously | (adverb) in a courageous manner | Synonyms: bravely |
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courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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courante | (noun) a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats | - |
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courbaril | (noun) West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood | Synonyms: Hymenaea courbaril |
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courgette | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: zucchini |
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(noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: zucchini |
courier | (noun) a person who carries a message | Synonyms: messenger |
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courlan | (noun) wading bird of South America and Central America | Synonyms: Aramus guarauna |
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course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
(noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
(noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
(adverb) as might be expected | Synonyms: naturally, of course |
(verb) hunt with hounds | - |
(verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: feed, flow, run |
(verb) move swiftly through or over | - |
courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
(noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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court | (noun) respectful deference | Synonyms: homage |
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(noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: courtyard |
(noun) a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played | - |
(noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: courtroom |
(noun) a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area | Synonyms: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court |
(noun) the residence of a sovereign or nobleman | - |
(noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: judicature, tribunal |
(noun) the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state | Synonyms: royal court |
(noun) the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince | Synonyms: royal court |
(verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: romance, solicit, woo |
(verb) seek someone's favor | Synonyms: woo |
(verb) engage in social activities leading to marriage | - |
courteous | (adjective) characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners | - |
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(adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness | Synonyms: gracious, nice |
courteously | (adverb) in a polite manner | Synonyms: politely |
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courtesan | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, doxy, paramour |
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courtesy | (noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate act | - |
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(noun) a courteous manner | Synonyms: good manners |
(noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate remark | - |
courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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(noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
courtier | (noun) an attendant at the court of a sovereign | - |
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courting | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courtship, suit, wooing |
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courtliness | (noun) elegance suggestive of a royal court | - |
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courtly | (adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: formal, stately |
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courtroom | (noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: court |
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courtship | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courting, suit, wooing |
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courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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couture | (noun) high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
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couturier | (noun) someone who designs clothing | Synonyms: clothes designer, designer, fashion designer |
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couverture | (noun) chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
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creature | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna |
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(noun) a living being | Synonyms: wight |
(noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: puppet, tool |
crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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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 |
crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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crural | (adjective) of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot | - |
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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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cryptocurrency | (noun) a currency based on the usage of cryptography to secure transactions | - |
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cucurbit | (noun) any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae | - |
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cucurbitaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae | - |
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cultural | (adjective) of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors | - |
(adjective) relating to the raising of plants or animals | - |
(adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | Synonyms: ethnic, ethnical |
culturally | (adverb) with regard to a culture | - |
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culturati | (noun) people interested in culture and cultural activities | - |
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culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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(noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
(noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
(noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
(verb) grow in a special preparation | - |
cultured | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, genteel, polite |
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cur | (noun) an inferior dog or one of mixed breed | Synonyms: mongrel, mutt |
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(noun) a cowardly or contemptible person | - |
curability | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curableness |
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curable | (adjective) able to be cured or healed | - |
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(adjective) capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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curacao | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacoa |
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curacoa | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacao |
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curacy | (noun) the position of a curate | - |
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curandera | (noun) a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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curandero | (noun) a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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curare | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: tubocurarine |
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curassow | (noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food | - |
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curate | (noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship | Synonyms: minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector |
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curative | (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic |
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(noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: cure, remedy, therapeutic |
curator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: conservator |
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curatorial | (adjective) of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator | - |
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curatorship | (noun) the position of curator | - |
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curb | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, check |
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(noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curbing, kerb |
(noun) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse | Synonyms: curb bit |
(verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curtail, cut back, restrict |
(verb) keep to the curb | - |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, hold, hold in, moderate |
curbing | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, kerb |
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curbside | (noun) the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb | - |
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curbstone | (noun) a paving stone forming part of a curb | Synonyms: kerbstone |
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curd | (noun) coagulated milk; used to make cheese | - |
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(noun) a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd | - |
curdle | (verb) turn into curds | Synonyms: clabber, clot |
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(verb) turn from a liquid to a solid mass | - |
(verb) go bad or sour | - |
curdled | (adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulate, coagulated, grumose, grumous |
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curdling | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, coagulation |
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cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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(verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, heal |
(verb) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | - |
(verb) be or become preserved | - |
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | - |
cured | (adjective) (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | Synonyms: vulcanised, vulcanized |
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(adjective) (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening | - |
(adjective) freed from illness or injury | Synonyms: healed, recovered |
(adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | Synonyms: aged |
(adjective) (used especially of meat) cured in brine | Synonyms: corned |
(adjective) (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry | - |
curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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curette | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curet |
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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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curfew | (noun) a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions | - |
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(noun) an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited | - |
(noun) the time that the curfew signal is sounded | - |
curie | (noun) a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second | Synonyms: Ci |
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curing | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: hardening, set, solidification, solidifying |
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curio | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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curiosa | (noun) books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) | - |
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