| conclusion | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: ending, termination |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) an intuitive assumption | - |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, end, ending |
| (noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: ratiocination |
| (noun) a final settlement | - |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: ending, finish |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| concoction | (noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | Synonyms: confection |
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| (noun) the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose | - |
| (noun) an occurrence of an unusual mixture | - |
| (noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients | Synonyms: intermixture, mixture |
| concretion | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, conglutination |
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| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, densification |
| (noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: calculus |
| (noun) the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) | - |
| concussion | (noun) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness | - |
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| (noun) any violent blow | - |
| condemnation | (noun) (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) | - |
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| (noun) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed | Synonyms: conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence |
| (noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable | Synonyms: disapprobation |
| (noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group | Synonyms: curse, execration |
| (noun) the condition of being strongly disapproved of | - |
| condensation | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensing |
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| (noun) (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams | - |
| (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, capsule |
| (noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: compression, contraction |
| (noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensate |
| (noun) the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state | - |
| condescension | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: disdainfulness, superciliousness |
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| (noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescendingness |
| (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: disdain, patronage |
| 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 | - |
| condonation | (noun) a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred | - |
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| conduction | (noun) the transmission of heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: conductivity |
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| condylion | (noun) the craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle | - |
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| confabulation | (noun) (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered | - |
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| (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
| confection | (noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | Synonyms: concoction |
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| (noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
| (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
| confederation | (noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation | Synonyms: alliance |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, federation |
| (noun) the state of being allied or confederated | Synonyms: alliance |
| confession | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution | - |
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| (noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults | - |
| (noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party | - |
| (noun) a public declaration of your faith | - |
| (noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) | - |
| configuration | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: conformation, contour, form, shape |
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| (noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: constellation |
| 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 |
| confiscation | (noun) seizure by the government | Synonyms: arrogation |
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| conflagration | (noun) a very intense and uncontrolled fire | Synonyms: inferno |
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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 | - |
| confrontation | (noun) the act of hostile groups opposing each other | Synonyms: opposition |
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| (noun) a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison | - |
| (noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: encounter, face-off, showdown |
| (noun) a bold challenge | - |
| (noun) discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions | - |
| confusion | (noun) a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | Synonyms: mix-up |
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| (noun) an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended | - |
| (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
| (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: discombobulation |
| (noun) disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably | - |
| confutation | (noun) evidence that refutes conclusively | - |
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| (noun) the speech act of refuting conclusively | - |
| congelation | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congealment |
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| congestion | (noun) excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part | - |
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| (noun) excessive crowding | Synonyms: over-crowding |
| conglobation | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglomeration |
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| (noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglomeration |
| conglomeration | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglobation |
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| (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, congeries |
| (noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglobation |
| conglutination | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion |
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| (noun) healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones | Synonyms: union |
| congratulation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: felicitation |
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| (noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: felicitation |
| congregation | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregating |
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| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: faithful, fold |
| (noun) an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together | - |
| conjugation | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of making or becoming a single unit | Synonyms: jointure, unification, union, uniting |
| (noun) a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms | - |
| (noun) the complete set of inflected forms of a verb | - |
| (noun) the inflection of verbs | - |
| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjunction, junction |
| conjunction | (noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: junction |
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| (noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence |
| (noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunctive, connective, continuative |
| (noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | Synonyms: alignment |
| (noun) the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction | - |
| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, junction |
| conjuration | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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| (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuring, conjury, invocation |
| (noun) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect | Synonyms: incantation |
| connection | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connexion, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connexion |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connexion |
| (noun) a supplier (especially of narcotics) | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) | - |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connexion |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connexion, link |
| (noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connectedness, link |
| connexion | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connection |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connector |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connection |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, link |
| conniption | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: fit, scene, tantrum |
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| connotation | (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested | - |
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| (noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: intension |
| conscription | (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: draft, muster, selective service |
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| consecration | (noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God | - |
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| (noun) a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) | - |
| conservation | (noun) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations | - |
| (noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: preservation |
| consideration | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: thoughtfulness |
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| (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) the process of giving careful thought to something | - |
| (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, condition |
| (noun) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting) | - |
| (noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: retainer |
| consolation | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: comfort, solace |
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| (noun) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment | Synonyms: solace, solacement |
| consolidation | (noun) the act of combining into an integral whole | Synonyms: integration |
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| (noun) combining into a solid mass | - |
| (noun) something that has consolidated into a compact mass | - |
| constatation | (noun) an assumption that is basic to an argument | Synonyms: basic assumption, self-evident truth |
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| constellation | (noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: configuration |
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| (noun) a configuration of stars as seen from the earth | - |
| consternation | (noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger | Synonyms: alarm, dismay |
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| constipation | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: deadening, impairment, stultification |
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| (noun) irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis | Synonyms: irregularity |
| constitution | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: establishment, formation, organisation, organization |
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| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
| (noun) law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | Synonyms: fundamental law, organic law |
| constriction | (noun) the action or process of compressing | - |
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| (noun) a tight feeling in some part of the body | Synonyms: tightness |
| (noun) tight or narrow compression | Synonyms: coarctation |
| (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, chokepoint |
| construction | (noun) the act of constructing something | Synonyms: building |
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| (noun) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones | Synonyms: building |
| (noun) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem | - |
| (noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | Synonyms: structure |
| (noun) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought | Synonyms: mental synthesis |
| (noun) an interpretation of a text or action | Synonyms: twist |
| (noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: expression, grammatical construction |
| consubstantiation | (noun) the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine | - |
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| consultation | (noun) the act of referring or consulting | Synonyms: reference |
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| (noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, interview |
| (noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question | - |
| consummation | (noun) the act of bringing to completion or fruition | - |
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| (noun) the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse | - |
| consumption | (noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: expenditure, using up |
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| (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake |
| (noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services |
| (noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | Synonyms: phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
| contagion | (noun) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | Synonyms: infection |
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| (noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: infection, transmission |
| (noun) any disease easily transmitted by contact | Synonyms: contagious disease |
| contamination | (noun) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | Synonyms: pollution |
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| (noun) the state of being contaminated | Synonyms: taint |
| (noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contaminant |
| contemplation | (noun) a long and thoughtful observation | - |
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| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| 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 | - |
| contestation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| continuation | (noun) the act of continuing an activity without interruption | Synonyms: continuance |
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| (noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation, protraction |
| (noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction | Synonyms: good continuation, law of continuation |
| (noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | Synonyms: sequel |
| contortion | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: deformation |
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| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
| contrabassoon | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrafagotto, double bassoon |
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| contraception | (noun) birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery | Synonyms: contraceptive method |
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| contraction | (noun) the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | - |
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| (noun) (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Synonyms: muscle contraction, muscular contraction |
| (noun) a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds | - |
| (noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: compression, condensation |
| 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 | - |
| contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
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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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| contraption | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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| contravallation | (noun) a fortification build around a sieged target by the besiegers to prevent attacks by the defenders. | - |
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| contravention | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: dispute |
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| contribution | (noun) act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity | Synonyms: donation |
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| (noun) a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story | - |
| (noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: part, share |
| (noun) a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause | Synonyms: donation |
| (noun) an amount of money contributed | - |
| contrition | (noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: attrition, contriteness |
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| contusion | (noun) the action of bruising | - |
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| (noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: bruise |
| conurbation | (noun) an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities | Synonyms: sprawl, urban sprawl |
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| convection | (noun) the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion | - |
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| (noun) (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere | - |
| 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 | - |
| conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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| conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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| conversation | (noun) the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | - |
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| conversion | (noun) the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another | - |
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| (noun) a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life | Synonyms: rebirth, spiritual rebirth |
| (noun) a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown | - |
| (noun) act of exchanging one type of money or security for another | - |
| (noun) a change in the units or form of an expression: | - |
| (noun) interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition | - |
| (noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: changeover, transition |
| (noun) a change of religion | - |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis | - |
| conviction | (noun) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed | Synonyms: condemnation, judgment of conviction, sentence |
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| (noun) an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence | Synonyms: article of faith, strong belief |
| convocation | (noun) the act of convoking | Synonyms: calling together |
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| (noun) a group gathered in response to a summons | - |
| convolution | (noun) the action of coiling or twisting or winding together | - |
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| (noun) a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain | Synonyms: gyrus |
| (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: swirl, vortex, whirl |
| convulsion | (noun) a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval | - |
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| (noun) violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles | - |
| (noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: fit, paroxysm |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: turmoil, upheaval |
| coon | (noun) North American raccoon | Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, Procyon lotor, ringtail |
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| (noun) an eccentric or undignified rustic | - |
| cooperation | (noun) joint operation or action | - |
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| (noun) the practice of cooperating | - |
| 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 | - |
| copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| cordon | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord | - |
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| (noun) cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank | - |
| (noun) a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing | - |
| coronation | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture |
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| coronion | (noun) the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible | - |
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| corporation | (noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, pot, potbelly, tummy |
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| (noun) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state | Synonyms: corp |
| corrasion | (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition |
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| correction | (noun) the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right | Synonyms: rectification |
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| (noun) treatment of a specific defect | - |
| (noun) the act of disciplining | Synonyms: discipline |
| (noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases | - |
| (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, chastisement |
| (noun) something substituted for an error | - |
| (noun) a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | Synonyms: fudge factor |
| correlation | (noun) a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation) | Synonyms: coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient |
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| (noun) a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other | Synonyms: correlational statistics |
| (noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlativity |
| corroboration | (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, documentation |
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| corrosion | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corroding, erosion |
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| (noun) a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action | - |
| corrugation | (noun) the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves | - |
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| (noun) a ridge on a corrugated surface | - |
| corruption | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: subversion |
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| (noun) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | - |
| (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruptness |
| (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
| (noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | - |
| (noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
| coruscation | (noun) a sudden or striking display of brilliance | - |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: glitter, sparkle |