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controvert,
controverted,
controverting,
controverts.transitive
verbs
to raise arguments against; voice opposition to;
(from controversy); to
dispute
or oppose by reasoning (controvert a point in a discussion)
intransitive
verb senses.to engage in controversy
controvertible.adjective
controverter.noun
contumacy.noun,.plural.contumacies
obstinate
or
contemptuous resistance
to authority; stubborn rebelliousness
contumacious.adjective
obstinately disobedient or rebellious;
insubordinate
contumaciously.adverb
contumaciousness.noun
contumely.noun,.plural.contumelies
harsh language
or treatment arising from haughtiness
and contempt; an instance of
such language or treatment
conundrum.noun,.plural.conundrums
a conundrum is a problem
or puzzle
which is difficult
or near impossible to solve;
a puzzling question or problem; a paradoxical,
seemingly.insoluble
or difficult problem; a plight;
a dilemma
convection.noun,.plural.convections
the act or process of conveying;
transmission
Physics: in physics,
heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents
from one region to another
convectional, convective.adjectives
convectively.adverb
conversation.noun,.plural.conversations
a talk; a spoken exchange of thoughts,
opinions
and feelings;
a
skill which can be learnt
for interacting.intelligently
with others (conversation is short informal
speaking)
conversationally.adverb
conversational.adjective
conversant.adjective
familiar, as by study or experience (conversant
with medieval history)
conversantly.adverb
converse, conversed,
conversing,
converses.intransitive
verbs
to engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas
or feelings; talk; speak
conversely.adjective
converse.noun,.plural.converses
something that has been reversed;
an opposite;
to turn around converse.adjective
reversed in order, relation
or action; being a logical
or mathematical converse; contrary
conversely.adverb
convert, converted,
converting, converts.transitive
verbs
to change; transform
convert.noun,.plural.converts
an individual converted to belief in God
and Emmanuel.Christ
from an ordinary ego bound
consciousness way of living
unconverted
one in ordinary living consciousness; not yet
of higher consciousness
conversion.noun
a change from lack of faith to belief in God and
Emmanuel the Christ, the
things of a higher consciousness; a change from one belief, opinion, doctrine,
etc. to another
convertible.adjective
that can be converted (a convertible sofa bed);
having a top that can be folded back or removed (a convertible automobile);
exchangeable for gold or another money (dollars convertible into gold as
in the new QFS (Quantum Financial System)
convertible.noun,.plural.convertibles
something
that can be converted; a convertible automobile; a convertible security
such as gold
convertibility.noun,.plural.convertibilities
convertibleness.noun,.plural.convertiblenesses
convertibly.adverb
convey,
conveyed,
conveying,
conveys.transitive
verbs
to communicate or make known; impart;
to take or carry from one place to another; to transport;
to serve as a medium of transmission for; to transmit.(the
speech that conveys intelligence will reach the minds of listeners; wires
that convey electricity)
conveyable.adjective
conveyance.noun,.plural.conveyances
the act of conveying;
a means of conveying, especially a vehicle for transportation
Law:.in
law,
transfer of title to property from one person to another; the document
by which a property transfer is effected
conveyancing.noun,.plural.conveyancings
in law, the branch of legal practice dealing with
the conveyance of property or real estate
conveyancer.noun,.plural.conveyancers
cope, coped,
coping,
copes.intransitive
verbs
to contend
with difficulties and act
to overcome them (coping with child rearing and a full-time job); to deal
with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties; meet, encounter
coper.noun
corollary.noun,.plural.corollaries,
also.adjective
something that accompanies
or parallels
(side by side); a corollary of something is an idea,
argument
or fact that results directly from
the idea, argument or fact (the number of prisoners increased as a corollary
of the people's determination in getting rid of corrupt government
involved in crimes against people and the crime of treason;
corollaries of love are kindness, helpfulness, etc.; corollaries of genetically
modified food and vaccinations, are sickness and slow death); a corollary
is something that naturally follows; a result;
a natural consequence or effect;
a proposition inferred immediately
from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof; a deduction
or an inference
corollary.adjective
correlate, correlated,
correlating,
correlates.verbs
transitive use.to
put or bring into causal, complementary,
parallel
or reciprocal relation; to establish
or demonstrate as having a correlation (correlated good behavior
with happiness)
intransitive use.to
be related by a correlation
correlate.adjective
related by a correlation, especially having corresponding.characteristics.(example,
correlates of love are listed
here)
correlate.noun
either of two correlate entities;
a correlative
correlation.noun,.plural.correlations
a close or mutual relation (a correlation between
being happy and living long)
correlative,
correlational, correlativity.adjectives
the degree or state of correlation
correlate.noun
closely and naturally related
correlational.adjective
correlative.adjective
related; corresponding
correlative.noun
either of two correlative entities;
a correlate
correlatively.adverb
Grammar:.indicating
a reciprocal or
complementary
relationship: a correlative.conjunction
corolla.noun
the petals
of a flower considered as a group or unit
corollate.adjective
compare correlate above
corporeal.adjective
physical; of a material.nature;
corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than
the spiritual world (man's corporeal existence); relating to the body,
rather
than to the invisible things of mind,
feelings
or spirit
corporeality.noun
corporeally.adverb
corporeity.noun
the state
or quality
of being corporeal; compare
incorporeal
corpuscle.noun,.plural.corpuscles
a living cell;
especially
one (as a red or white blood cell
or a cell in cartilage
or bone) not aggregated
into continuous tissues;
any of various
small circumscribed multicellular bodies
corpuscular.adjective
correspond,
corresponded,
corresponding,
corresponds.intransitive
verbs
to be in agreement
with something; harmony
or conformity;
to be similar
or equivalent.in
character,
quantity,
origin,
structure.or
function;
equate
correspondence.noun
agreement; conformity; also, to communicate
by exchanging letters
correspondent.noun,.plural.correspondents
one who communicates by means of letters; one
employed by the print or broadcast media to supply news stories or articles
(a foreign correspondent); something
that corresponds; a correlative
correspondent.adjective
corresponding
correspondently.adverb
corresponding.adjective
having the same or nearly the same relationship;
accompanying another (a position and its corresponding problems); having
been assigned the responsibility of written communications (a corresponding
secretary); participating at a distance from the rest of a group (a corresponding
member of the bar association)
correspondingly.adverb
corroborate, corroborated,
corroborating,
corroborates.transitive
verbs
to support with evidence;
make more certain;
confirm
corroboratory.adjective
corroboration,
corroborative,
corroborator.nouns
caveat.noun,.plural.caveats
a caveat is a warning of a specific limitation
of something such as information or an agreement; a caveat is a warning
to take note of, to beware of; a
qualification
or explanation (it will work fine if you follow the guidelines);
you will become wealthy, successful, adored and respected IF you
sell
your soul to the dark side {then they gotcha! but you always have choice
to
repair what you've done or not to); a modifying
or cautionary.detail
to be considered
when evaluating,
interpreting
or doing something (we can't
proceed
until the caveat holding us back is removed; she went to Paris with the
caveat being she would come back immediately
upon being called); a caveat is a warning that something may not be completely
true, effective, etc.
caveat, caveated,
caveating,
caveats.verbs
transitive verb use.to
qualify
with a warning or clarification
(the spokesperson caveated the statement
with a reminder that certain.facts
were still unknown); a caveat is a warning of a specific.limitation
of something such as information
or an agreement
intransitive verb use.Law:.to
enter a caveat
caveat emptor.noun,.plural.caveat
emptors
the axiom
or principle in commerce
that the buyer alone is responsible
for assessing the quality
of a purchase before buying; from the Latin.imperative
of 'cavere' meaning 'to beware'
+ 'emptor' meaning 'buyer', so we have 'let the buyer beware'
chivalrous.adjective
characterized
by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women; having the qualities
of gallantry and honor attributed
to an ideal knight; of or relating to chivalry
chivalrously.adverb
chivalrousness.noun
chivalric.adjective
of or relating to chivalry
chivalry.noun,.plural.chivalries
the medieval
system, principles and customs of knighthood; chivalrous
qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor and
gallantry toward women; a manifestation
of any of these qualities
circumscribe, circumscribed,
circumscribing,
circumscribes.transitive
verbs
to draw a line around; encircle; to limit
narrowly; restrict;
to determine the limits of; define;
limit;
to enclose
(a polygon
or polyhedron) within a configuration
of lines, curves or surfaces so that every vertex
of the enclosed object is incident
on the enclosing configuration; to erect (such a configuration) around
a polygon or polyhedron
(circumscribe a circle around a square)
circumscribable.adjective
circumscriber.noun
condense, condensed,
condensing,
condenses.verbs
transitive verb use.to
reduce the volume or compass of; contract;
to make more concise;
abridge
or shorten; to remove water from (milk, for example)
intransitive verb use.to
become more compact; to undergo condensation
condensability.noun
condensable.or.condensible.adjective
Physics:.to
cause a gas or vapor to change to a liquid
condensation.noun
the act of condensing;
the state
of being condensed; a condensate (a product of condensation); the liquid
so formed condensational.adjective
Physics:.the
process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid
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