English words: construction battalion to contaminatively

300 English words, part 139 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 45 have a page of their own.

English words construction battalion to contaminatively

construction battalion noun: A military battalion formally designated to engage in the construction of structures for military use.
construction drum noun: Synonym of construction barrel.
construction grammar noun /kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mə(ɹ)/: A family of theories within the field of cognitive linguistics which posit that constructions, or learned pairings of linguistic patterns with meanings, are...
construction helmet noun: Protective headgear worn by a construction worker; a hard hat.
construction language noun: A programming language that is used to write actual software applications, in contrast to a language used mainly for specification, modeling or prototyping.
construction paper noun: Thick colored paper that can be cut to make designs, models, etc.
construction permit noun: Synonym of planning permission.
construction point noun: A line across a ski jumping hill that indicates the hill's steepest point.
construction site noun: A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)
construction soldier noun: In the German Democratic Republic, a person who did not bear arms but instead did construction work.
construction unit noun: A combination of items that is used as the basis for computing costs and materials needs. A complete construction can consist of multiple construction...
construction worker noun: An employee working on a physical construction site.
constructional adjective: Of, pertaining to, or obtained by construction.
constructionalization noun: The process of creating a new, distinct grammatical or lexical construction, a new form, meaning and pairing through gradual language change and...
constructionally adverb: In a constructional manner
constructioner noun: Synonym of construction worker.
constructionism noun: A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than any underlying intent.
constructionist adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or advocating constructionism.
constructionistic adjective: Of, or related to constructionism.
constructionman noun: A construction worker
constructive adjective /kənˈstɹʌktɪv/: Relating to or causing construction.
constructive criticism noun: Any type of criticism that is intended to provide suggestions for improvement without offending or insulting the recipient.
constructive discharge noun: Constructive dismissal
constructive dismissal noun: The act or practice of forcing an employee to resign by creating a hostile work environment.
constructive eviction noun: The breach of a landlord or tenant relationship that occurs when the landlord does not order the tenant to leave the property, but allows the property...
constructive force noun: Action on the part of one party which will be treated by a court as equivalent to the use of force in determining whether that party has acted improperly...
constructive fraud noun: A legal fiction describing a situation where an individual or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful or unfair methods; however, intent...
constructive interference noun: When two or more waves overlap, and their crests or troughs align, adding together to create a single, larger wave with a greater amplitude (intensity and...
constructive logic noun: Any kind of logic in which any proof of existence can be converted into an algorithm that constructs the mathematical object which it claims to exist.
constructive malice noun: The doctrine that malice aforethought could be attributed to the defendant if death was caused during the commission of another felony (such as robbery or...
constructive memory noun: An apparent memory of an event that did not actually happen, that is unconsciously constructed in order to fill a gap.
constructive notice noun: A notice of a fact which is created by an operation of law, despite a lack of an actual notice.
constructive treason noun: Anything that may be interpreted as equivalent to actual treason by leading naturally to it.
constructive trust noun: A trust created by operation of law where one party takes physical possession of property, but is legally required to use that property for the benefit of...
constructively adverb: In a constructive manner.
constructiveness noun: The characteristic of being constructive.
constructivise verb: Alternative form of constructivize.
constructivism noun /kənˈstɹʌktɪvɪzm/: A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
constructivist adjective, noun: Of or relating to constructivism.
constructivistic adjective: Relating to constructivism.
constructivization noun: The process or result of constructivizing.
constructivize verb: To convert into a framework that is consistent with constructivism.
constructor noun /kənˈstɹʌktɚ/: A person who, or thing that, constructs.
constructorless adjective: Without a constructor.
constructorship noun: The role or status of constructor.
constructural adjective: Synonym of constructional (“of or relating to construction”).
constructurally adverb: In a constructural manner.
constructure noun: That which is constructed or formed; an edifice or fabric.
construe noun, verb /kənˈstɹuː/: A translation.
construer noun: Someone who construes something
construing noun, verb /kənˈstɹuːɪŋ/: The act of one who construes.
constult verb /kənˈstʌlt/: To act together in a foolish or stupid manner, to become as great a fool as those around, to behave as much in a foolish or stupid manner as those around.
constuprate verb: To rape, violate.
constupration noun: The act of ravishing; violation or defilement.
consubgeneric adjective: That belong to the same subgenus
consubsist verb: To subsist together.
consubsistence noun: subsistence together
consubspecific adjective: relating to the same subspecies
consubstantial adjective /ˌkɒnsəbˈstanʃəl/: Of the same substance or essence.
consubstantialism noun: The doctrine of consubstantiation.
consubstantialist noun: One who believes in consubstantiation.
consubstantiality noun: The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially adverb: In a consubstantial manner; with the nature of substance or nature.
consubstantiate adjective, verb /ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃiət/: Partaking of the same substance; consubstantial.
consubstantiation noun /kɔn.sʌbs.tn̩.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/: An identity or union of substance.
consubstantiationist noun: consubstantialist
Consuegra proper noun: A surname.
Consuela proper noun: A female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin].
Consuelo proper noun: A barangay of Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
consuetude noun /ˈkɒnswɪtjuːd/: Custom, familiarity.
consuetudinal adjective /ˌkɑnswəˈtudɪnəl/: According to custom; customary; usual.
consuetudinarily adverb: In a manner that pertains to consuetude; customarily; traditionally.
consuetudinary adjective, noun: A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
consuetudinous adjective: Of or pertaining to consuetude; of an unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
consuite noun: A hospitality room at a con (an organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress).
consul noun /ˈkɒn.səl/: Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
consul general noun: A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.
consulacy noun: The office of a consul, in its various senses.
consulage noun: A charge or duty paid to a consul
consular adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to a consul, or the office thereof.
consularity noun: The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
consularly adverb: By means of a consul
consulate noun /ˈkɒnsjʊlət/: Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
consulate general noun: The residence, office, or jurisdiction of a consul general; the base of operations for the highest ranking consul for one nationality in a specific foreign...
consuless noun: A female consul or the wife of one.
consulship noun: The office of a consul, in its various senses.
consult noun, verb /ˈkɒnsʌlt/: A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
consulta noun: An official meeting or consultation.
consultability noun: The property of being consultable; the ability to be consulted.
consultable adjective: That may be consulted.
consultancy noun /kənˈsʌl.tən.si/: A consultant or consulting firm.
consultand noun: A person who requests a consultation, especially concerning genetic counseling
consultant noun /kənˈsʌl.tənt/: A person or party that is consulted.
consultantese noun: Jargon or buzzwords used by consultants.
consultantship noun: The role or position of a consultant.
consultary adjective: Formed by, or related to consultation.
consultary response noun: The opinion of a court of law on a special case.
consultation noun /ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/: The act of consulting.
consultational adjective: Of or relating to consultation.
consultative adjective: That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consultative selling noun: The sales practice of talking to a customer about their needs and then proposing a (possibly bespoke) solution that meets them.
consultatively adverb: In a consultative manner.
consultatory adjective: Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
consultee noun: A person who seeks a consultation.
consulter noun: One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
consulting noun, verb /kənˈsʌltɪŋ/: Ellipsis of consulting physician.
consulting room noun: A room or office within a hospital or medical center where a medical consultation takes place.
consultive adjective: Determined by, or relating to, consultation
consultively adverb: In a consultive manner.
consultor noun: One who gives counsel; an adviser, especially in the Catholic Church.
consultory adjective: Alternative form of consultatory.
consultress noun: A female consultor.
consumability noun: The condition of being consumable
consumable adjective, noun /kənˈsjuːməbəl/: That is consumed or depleted upon use.
consumably adverb: in a consumable manner
consumate adjective: Alternative spelling of consummate.
consumation noun: Consumption; the act of consuming or depleting something.
consume verb /kənˈsjuːm/: To use up.
consumed adjective, verb: Full of, exuding (also figuratively).
consumedly adverb: In a way that entirely consumes one
consumeless adjective: indestructible; not able to be consumed or used up.
consumer noun /kənˈsjuːmə/: One who, or that which, consumes.
consumer base noun: Synonym of customer base.
consumer brand noun: A brand that targets consumers rather than businesses.
consumer credit noun: Credit extended to an individual for the purchase of consumer goods and services.
consumer good noun: Goods that are meant to be sold to consumers or end-users.
consumer-grade adjective: Of or pertaining to a product, substance or chemical that is designed for use by consumers for their personal or household use.
consumer price index noun: A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.
consumer research noun: The study of the reactions of consumers to various (possible) products they might buy.
consumer resistance noun: A resistance on the part of consumers toward adopting or using a particular product.
consumer rights noun: The legal and moral duties of protection owed to a purchaser of goods or services by the supplier.
consumer society noun: Society that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
consumer surplus noun: The satisfaction that a consumer gets from the price they paid compared to what they were willing to pay over and above the current price, i.e. the...
consumer unit noun: Synonym of fusebox.
consumerdom noun: The realm or sphere of consumers or consumerism.
consumerish adjective: Characteristic of consumers or of consumerism.
consumerism noun /kənˈsumərɪzm̩/: A materialistic attachment to possessions with a heavy use of consumables; a lifestyle based on such tendencies.
consumerist adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.
consumeristic adjective: Exhibiting or supporting consumerism; materialistic; eager to amass material goods.
consumeristically adverb: In a consumeristic manner.
consumerization noun: The process of consumerizing.
consumerize verb: To turn into a consumer.
consumerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a consumer.
consumership noun: The role or status of consumer.
consuming adjective, noun, verb: Holding one's attention or interest.
consumingly adverb: In a consuming manner; so as to consume.
consumingness noun: The quality or characteristic of being consuming.
consummate adjective, verb /ˈkɒnsəmət/: Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
consummate marriage noun: A marriage that has been completed through the first act of sexual intercourse between the spouses after the wedding ceremony.
consummately adverb: In a consummate manner.
consummation noun: The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
consummative adjective: Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively adverb: In a consummative manner.
consummativeness noun: The quality of being consummative.
consummator noun: One who consummates.
consummatory adjective: Pertaining to consummation; consummative.
consumpt noun, verb: The amount consumed; consumption.
consumpted adjective, verb: Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
consumptible adjective, noun: Synonym of consumable.
consumption noun /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/: The act of eating, drinking or using.
consumption function noun: A function that describes the relationship between consumption and disposable income.
consumption good noun: Synonym of consumer good
consumption room noun: A medically supervised facility providing a hygienic environment in which people can consume illicit recreational drugs, to avoid drug problems such as...
consumption weed noun: Synonym of groundselbush.
consumptional adjective: Relating to consumption.
consumptive adjective, noun /kənˈsʌmptɪv/: Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
consumptively adverb: In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness noun: The state of being consumptive.
consumptivity noun: The quality or degree of being consumptive.
consumptuous adjective: Synonym of consumptive.
consute adjective: Marked as if with stitches, like the wing-covers of some beetles.
consutile adjective: stitched together
cont adjective, infix, verb: Abbreviation of continuous.
cont'd adjective: Abbreviation of continued.
Cont'l noun: Abbreviation of continental.
cont p.94 phrase: Alternative form of continued page 94.
cont p94 phrase: Alternative form of continued page 94.
-conta- infix: Combines with the prefixes for 3-9 to form complex prefixes referring to 30–90.
contabescence noun: The quality of being contabescent.
contabescent adjective /ˌkɒntəˈbɛsənt/: Wasting away gradually.
contabulate verb: To lay floorboards.
contabulation noun: The act of laying floorboards.
contact noun, verb /ˈkɑntækt/: The act of touching physically; being in close association.
contact ball noun: A ball used for contact juggling, usually made of glass, plastic or acrylic and significantly larger and heavier than a juggling ball.
contact binary noun: A binary star whose component stars are in physical contact (share an upper atmosphere).
contact call noun: A call made between birds in a flock or a pair in order to maintain contact with one another when foraging, flying, etc.
contact card noun: A small card containing information on how to contact a person, usually with phone number, email, as well as fax or social network information.
contact details noun: Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc.
contact experience noun: A subjective or objective event where a human interacts with alleged non-human intelligence, such as an extraterrestrial being.
contact explosive noun: A chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy.
contact-free adjective: Conducted without human-to-human contact so as to reduce the potential spread of a contagious disease.
contact geometry noun: Given a smooth manifold of odd dimensionality, a distribution (subset) of the tangent bundle that satisfies the condition of complete nonintegrability, or...
contact high noun: A feeling of elation obtained via the drug-induced behaviour of another person.
contact hitter noun: A hitter who does not strike out often.
contact inhibition noun: Inhibition of cell division in normal (noncancerous) cells when they contact a neighboring cell.
contact juggling noun: The art of moving a ball or balls over one's body by rolling them, with very few throws.
contact language noun: A language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.
contact lens noun: A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if...
contact level noun: A delicate level pivoted so as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; used in precise determinations of lengths...
contact line noun: The line where a liquid, gas, and solid meet.
contact linguistics noun: The study of language contact.
contact manifold noun: A smooth manifold of odd dimensionality in contact geometry.
contact metamorphism noun: Change to rock in physical contact with molten lava
contact nap noun: The sleeping of an infant while held by a caregiver and contacting the caregiver's skin.
contact number noun: A telephone number that someone can be contacted on.
contact person noun: A person in an organization or group that non-members can contact in order to interact with the group; a representative whose contact details are made public.
contact print noun: A print made by exposing the printing paper to light through a negative that is placed directly onto it.
contact printing noun: The act or process of creating or producing a contact print.
contact process noun: The industrial process for the manufacture of sulfuric acid from sulfur and oxygen
contact sheet noun: A print that displays miniature versions of all the frames on a roll of film.
contact shoe noun: A current collector on an electric train which is in contact with the live rail.
contact shot noun: A gunshot executed in such a way that the muzzle of the firearm is in direct contact with a body at the moment of discharge.
contact sport noun: An athletic contest which involves a significant amount of physical contact between the participating athletes.
contact time noun: The duration required for a disinfectant to remain on a surface in order to effectively eliminate microorganisms.
contact trace verb: To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.
contact tracer noun: A person engaged in contact tracing.
contact tracing noun, verb: The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.
contact wire noun: A bare wire conducting electricity, often the lower part of the catenary, which comes into contact with a raised pantograph or other form of current collector.
contact wound noun: Synonym of contact shot.
contactability noun: The condition of being contactable.
contactable adjective: Able to be contacted.
contactee noun: A person who is contacted by someone.
contactin noun: Any of several glycoproteins active in cell adhesion.
contaction noun: An act of touching.
contactisation noun: Alternative form of contactization.
contactive adjective: Involving or pertaining to direct physical contact.
contactiveness noun: The state or quality of being contactive.
contactization noun: Conversion to, or description using a contact manifold
contactless adjective, noun: Conducted without human-to-human contact to improve ease of use or reduce the potential spread of a contagious disease; contact-free.
contactless card noun: A payment card that does not require contact with a payment machine to operate.
contactlessly adverb: In a contactless manner.
contactlessness noun: An absence of contact.
contactology noun: The study of contact lenses.
contactomorphic adjective: Describing a pair of contact manifolds that have a diffeomorphism
contactomorphism noun: An isomorphism in the contact category.
contactor noun /ˈkɑntæktɚ/: A relay used to control an electrical power circuit
contactual adjective: Of or relating to contact.
contactually adverb: In a contactual manner; by means of contact.
contadina noun: An Italian peasant woman.
contadino noun: An Italian peasant.
contado noun: The land controlled by a medieval Italian city-state lying outside the city itself; the hinterland; the countryside under the control of a city.
contagiogram noun: A graphical representation of the spread of a contagion
contagion noun /kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/: A disease spread by contact.
contagioned adjective: Affected by contagion (contagious disease)
contagionism noun: A belief in the contagious character of certain diseases.
contagionist noun: A believer in the contagious nature of certain diseases, such as yellow fever.
contagiosity noun: contagiousness
contagious adjective /kənˈteɪ.d͡ʒəs/: Easily transmitted to others.
contagious abortion noun: A type of brucellosis in cattle caused by Brucella abortus.
contagious fire noun: The situation where one police officer firing a weapon induces others to fire as well.
contagious magic noun: A type of sympathetic magic based on the concept that once two objects have made physical contact, they remain connected in some way, even when physically...
contagiously adverb: In a contagious manner
contagiousness noun: The state or condition of being contagious.
contagium noun: contagion; contagious matter
Contai proper noun: A town and municipality of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
contain verb /kənˈteɪn/: To hold inside.
contain multitudes verb /kənˌteɪn ˈmʌltɪtjuːdz/: To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature; to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately admirable or noble.
contain oneself verb: To exercise restraint in the expression one's emotions
containable adjective: Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.
containant noun: A container.
contained adjective, verb /kənˈteɪnd/: Restricted in space.
containee noun: That which is contained; the contents.
container noun /kənˈteɪ.nə/: An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
container crane noun: A kind of dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.
container deposit noun: A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.
container flat noun: a flat wagon designed to carry international shipping containers.
container format noun: Synonym of container (“a file format that can hold various types of data”).
container plant noun: A plant that grows in a pot or other container, instead of in the ground.
container port noun: A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.
container ship noun: A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
container vessel noun: Synonym of container ship
container wagon noun: a flat wagon designed to carry international shipping containers.
containerboard noun: A form of paperboard especially manufactured for the production of corrugated fiberboard.
containerful noun: As much as a container can hold. (Often with reference to packaged-food containers.)
containerisation noun: Alternative spelling of containerization.
containerise verb: Alternative spelling of containerize.
containerised adjective, verb: Of freight, packed in a container for transport.
containerizable adjective: Capable of being containerized.
containerization noun: The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.
containerize verb: To transport (cargo) in large, standard containers.
containerized adjective, verb: Alternative form of containerised.
containerless adjective: Without a container.
containerlessness noun: Absence of containers.
containerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a container.
containerload noun: An amount of goods shipped in a container, especially a shipping container.
containerport noun: Alternative form of container port.
containership noun: Alternative spelling of container ship.
containerware noun: Containers collectively.
containing noun, verb /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/: contents
containment noun /kənˈteɪnmənt/: The state of being contained.
containment boom noun: A temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.
containment line noun: A linear area which has been cleared of inflammable material in order to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
contakion noun: Alternative form of kontakion.
contaminable adjective: Capable of being contaminated.
contaminant noun /kənˈtamɪnənt/: That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
contaminate adjective, verb /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/: To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
contaminated adjective, verb: adulterated; impure
contamination noun /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/: The act or process of contaminating.
contaminative adjective: That contaminates
contaminatively adverb: In a manner that contaminates

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.