characteristic
a distinguishingtrait, quality, or property; revealing, distinguishing, or typical of an individual character (applies to something that distinguishes or identifies a person, thing or class) 
characteristically
distinctive, peculiar, individual
individual stresses qualities that distinguish one from all other members of the same kind or class (a highly individual writing style)

characterize, characterized, characterizing, characterizes, characterizer..
to describe the qualities or peculiarities of: characterized the warden as ruthless; to be a distinctive trait or mark of; distinguish (the rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals)

citizenry, citizenries
citizens considered as a group

citizen, citizenly
a loyal resident of a nation, city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there; a person entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation; a civilian; a native, inhabitant, or denizen of a particular place

cohere, cohered, cohering, coheres, coherence
to have internal elements or parts logically connected so that esthetic consistency results; to stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation; the quality or state of cohering, especially a logical, orderly, and esthetically consistent relationship of parts; (physics) the property of being coherent, as of waves

coherent
sticking together; having cohesion; intelligible due to logical integration; congruity

cohesion, cohesive, cohesively, cohesiveness
tendency to stick together; the act, process, or condition of cohering (exhibited strong cohesion in the family unit); to cling together

commonwealth
public good; a nation or state governed by the people; a republic; a body of people in a politically organized community that is independent and in which the.government functions by the common consent of the people; the United States and its autonomous states are thus commonwealths

Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth of Nations)
members who share a common commitment to promoting human rights, democracy, and economic development; all members accept the British monarch as the symbolic head of the Commonwealth; all but one, Mozambique, were once associated in some constitutional way with either the former British Empire or with another member country. The association was formerly known as the British Commonwealth of Nations, but today is referred to simply as the Commonwealth. English is the official language of many members of the Commonwealth. About 1.7 billion people live in the 54 independent nations (1/3 of the people on Earth) and the more than 20 dependencies that make up the Commonwealth. Commonwealth members share many customs and traditions as a result of their association with Britain. Many have parliamentary systems of government based on the British and/or American model, and their judicial and educational institutions are often similar. Almost all members of the Commonwealth were once ruled by Britain as part of the British Empire. Some of them were largely settled by people of the United Kingdom. Others, such as India and Nigeria, were areas where British administrators governed a large non British population. The Statute of Westminster, enacted by the British Parliament in 1931, officially proclaimed the Commonwealth a free association of self governing dominions. As such, they became independent states, some of which later formed into independent nations..comprised with Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

comprehension
the act or action of grasping with the intellect; understanding (knowledge gained by comprehending); the capacity for understanding fully; the act or process of comprising

comprehensive, comprehensively, comprehensiveness
covering completely or broadly; inclusive (comprehensive examinations) (comprehensive 
insurance); having or exhibiting wide mental grasp (comprehensive knowledge)

comprise, comprised, comprising
to include especially within a particular scope; to be made up of (a vast installation, comprising fifty buildings, he filled his life with helping those in need); compose; constitute (what are the terms which constitute this agreement?)

concur, concurred, concurring, concurs
agree; be in accord; to be of the same opinion; agree; assent; to act together; cooperate; to occur at the same time; coincide

confine, confined, confining, confines, confinable.or.confineable, confiner
to keep within bounds; restrict (please confine your political ideas to bound within the constitution's guidelines); to the issues at hand; to restrict in movement; the limits of a space or an area; the borders (within the confines of one county); purview (extent or range of function, power, or competence); scope (politicians who learned to work within the confines of their allowed areas of responsibility); a theory (such as evolution) that has transcended (pass beyond limits) the confines of science

confinement
the act of confining or the state of being confined

Congress, congressional, congressionally
the national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate.(known as the Upper House) and the House of Representatives.(known as the Lower House); the national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives; the two year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives; the national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic; a formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems; the act of coming together or meeting; a single meeting, as of a political party or other group; sexual intercourse

contemporary, contemporaries, contemporarily
belonging to the same period of time (a fact documented by two contemporary sources); of about the same age; current; modern (contemporary trends in design)

contend, contended, contending, contends, contender
to maintain or assert (the defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible); to strive in controversy or debate; dispute; discuss; to strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle (armies contending for control of strategic territory; had to contend with long lines at the airport); to compete, as in a race; vie

contention, contentious
verbal strife; to contend; argument; dispute; contest; struggle; quarrel; dispute; argumentative, quarrelsome, characterized by dispute

constrain, constrained, constraining, constrains, constrained
constrainedly, constraint
to hold in close bounds; the state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds (soon tired of the constraint of having to drive the long distance to get to work each day); hold together; to force into; compel; to dictate the action or thought of others; to get or produce by force or strain; confinement; restriction

controversy, controversies, controversialist, controversiality
controversially, controversial
a dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views; argument; of, producing, or marked by controversy (a controversial movie; a controversial stand on human rights); disputatious

controvert, controverted, controverting, controverts
controverter, controvertible
to raise arguments against; voice opposition to; (from controversy); to dispute or oppose by reasoning (controvert a point in a discussion); to engage in controversy

contumacy, contumacies
obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness

cozen, cozened, cozening, cozens, cozener
to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive; to obtain by deceit or persuasion; to persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling; to act deceitfully

criterion, criteria.also.criterions.plural
a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based; a characterizing mark or trait; standard; the plural criteria is often used erroneously as a singular for nearly half a century
criterial

culminate, culminated, culminating, culminates
to come to completion; end (years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion); to reach its highest point or altitude; climax; to bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion
culminant, culminated
at the highest point or altitude; culminating 
culmination
reaching the highest point or altitude; culminating; the highest point; that in which a thing culminates

cursory, cursoriness, cursorily
rapidly and often superficially performed or produced; hasty

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