English words: contaminator to continuist

300 English words, part 140 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 53 have a page of their own.

English words contaminator to continuist

contaminator noun: A person who contaminates.
contaminous adjective: Causing contamination; infectious.
contango noun, verb /kənˈtæŋɡoʊ̯/: The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation...
contango day noun: The second day before payment of a contango debt is due.
contbd. verb: Abbreviation of contributed.
contbg. verb: Abbreviation of contributing.
contbn. noun: Abbreviation of contribution.
contbr. noun: Abbreviation of contributor.
contd adjective: Abbreviation of continued.
conte noun /ˈkɒnteɪ/: An Italian count.
conteck noun: contention, heated debate
Conteh proper noun: A surname.
contemn verb /kənˈtɛm/: To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
contemner noun: One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
contemnible adjective: Fit to be contemned; contemptible.
contemningly adverb: With contempt.
contemnor noun: A party who commits or is held in contempt of court.
contemp adjective, noun: Abbreviation of contemporary.
contemper verb /kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/: To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
contemperate verb: To temper; to moderate.
contemperation noun: The act of tempering or moderating.
contemperature noun /kənˈtɛmpəɹətjʊə(ɹ)/: temperedness; a proportionate mixture.
contemplable adjective: Contemplatable
contemplant adjective, noun: Given to contemplation; meditative.
contemplatable adjective: That can be contemplated.
contemplate verb /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/: To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study,...
contemplate one's navel verb: To spend time thinking about oneself or one's own interests, especially to the exclusion of others.
contemplatingly adverb: In a contemplative manner.
contemplation noun /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃən/: The act of contemplating; being highly concentrated in thought; musing.
contemplational adjective: Relating to contemplation.
contemplationism noun: A doctrine of contemplation.
contemplationist noun: A proponent of contemplationism.
contemplatist noun: Someone who contemplates.
contemplative adjective, noun /kənˈtɛmplətɪv/: Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
contemplatively adverb: In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness noun: The state or quality of being contemplative.
contemplator noun: One who contemplates.
contemplatrix noun: A female contemplator.
contempo adjective: Contemporary; modern.
contemporal adjective: Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action occurs (and is completed) immediately before the primary action of the...
contemporality noun /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹælɪtɪ/: The quality of being contemporary; contemporaneousness.
contemporanea expositio noun: Legal opinions set forth at the time a document was written.
contemporanean adjective, noun: A contemporary.
contemporaneity noun: The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
contemporaneous adjective /kənˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.ni.əs/: Existing or created in the same period of time.
contemporaneously adverb /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/: In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time.
contemporaneousness noun: The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
contemporarily adverb: At the same time; at the time being discussed; then.
contemporariness noun: The state or quality of being contemporary.
contemporary adjective, noun /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/: From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
contemporary circus noun: A genre of performing arts developed in the late 20th century, in which a story or theme is conveyed through traditional circus skills.
contemporary gospel noun: A style of popular contemporary R&B with Christian lyrics and influences from gospel music.
contemporary R&B noun: A genre of modern popular hip hop dance music influenced by funk and pop music.
contemporisation noun: The process of bringing something up to date.
contemporise verb: Alternative form of contemporize.
contemporization noun: Alternative spelling of contemporisation.
contemporize verb: To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context
contempt noun /kənˈtɛmpt/: The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
contempt factor noun: The score assigned to a draw during calculation, usually negative to discourage playing for a draw and encourage playing for a win.
contempt of Congress noun: The act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees.
contempt of cop noun: Disrespect shown to a police officer, especially as an explanation for subsequent mistreatment by the officer.
contempt of court noun: Open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body, typically punishable by such sanctions as a fine or...
contempt of Parliament noun: The offence of obstructing a parliament in the carrying out of its functions, or of hindering any Member of Parliament in the performance of his or her duties.
contemptful adjective: Full of contempt.
contemptibility noun: The quality of being contemptible.
contemptible adjective /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/: Deserving contempt.
contemptibleness noun: The state or quality of being contemptible.
contemptibly adverb: In a contemptible manner.
contemption noun: Synonym of contempt
contemptive adjective, noun /kənˈtɛmp.tɪv/: Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form denoting the negative attitude of the speaker.
contemptuosity noun: The state of being contemptuous.
contemptuous adjective /kənˈtɛm(p).tʃu.əs/: Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
contemptuously adverb /kənˈtɛmp.tʃu.əs.li/: In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
contemptuousness noun: The state of being contemptuous
contemptus mundi noun: Contempt for worldly concerns or secular life.
contend verb /kənˈtɛnd/: To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
contend with verb: Synonym of deal with.
contendent noun: An antagonist, rival, or contestant.
contender noun /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/: Someone who competes with one or more other people.
contendership noun: The role or status of a contender.
contending noun, verb: contention
contendingly adverb: So as to contend or compete.
contenement noun: That which is held together with another thing.
content adjective, interjection, noun, verb /kənˈtɛnt/: Satisfied, pleased, contented.
content clause noun: A dependent clause that functions similar to a noun phrase and expresses the content of a thought, statement, question or sentiment.
content coupling noun: A form of coupling where one module relies on the internal workings of another module.
content creator noun: One who creates social media content, especially of a monetizable nature.
content determination noun: The process of selecting and organizing information within a generated text.
content farm noun: A website, company or entity that contains low-quality, search-engine optimized writing, which may be aggregated from elsewhere.
content filtering noun: Web filtering, content-control software or spam-blocking solutions.
content-free adjective: Of a message, adding nothing to the recipient's knowledge.
content gap noun: The difference between what users are looking for on the web, and the results they receive.
content house noun: A residence or residence-styled workplace for social media influencers to collaborate in communally.
content key noun: A downloadable content file that unlocks items, characters, levels, or other content that was included with a video game but not immediately accessible (if...
content knowledge noun: Knowledge of specific facts and techniques (such as dates in history and mathematical equations), as opposed to general thinking skills.
content management system noun /ˈkɒntɛnt ˈmænɪdʒmənt ˈsɪstəm/: A computer software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content, especially for loading to a website.
content mill noun: An organization that produces content farm sites.
content note noun: Synonym of content warning.
content psychology noun: An introspective approach to the psychological study of consciousness.
content repository noun: The main repository of a content management system.
content warn verb: To issue a content warning for.
content warning noun, verb: Synonym of trigger warning.
content word noun: A word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs.
content wrangling noun: All the various tasks associated with content management systems, especially the preparation of documents for posting on a website.
contentable adjective: Capable of being contented.
contentation noun: contentment; satisfaction
contented adjective, verb /kənˈtɛntɪd/: Satisfied.
contentedly adverb /kənˈtɛn.tɪd.liː/: In a contented manner.
contentedness noun: The state of being contented
contentful adjective /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.fəɫ/: Having content.
contentfully adverb: In a contentful manner.
contentfulness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being contentful.
contenting adjective, verb: Producing contentment; pleasing or satisfying.
contention noun /kənˈtɛnʃən/: Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
contention system noun: A communication system in which multiple users share a common channel in a way that can lead to conflicts.
contentional adjective: Of or relating to contention.
contentious adjective /kənˈtɛn.ʃəs/: Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
contentiously adverb: In a contentious manner.
contentiousness noun: The state of being contentious.
contentive adjective, noun: Satisfying.
contentless adjective /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.lɪs/: Lacking content.
contentlessness noun /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.lɪs.nɪs/: The state, quality, or condition of being contentless; having little to no content
contently adverb: In a contented manner; contentedly
contentment noun /kənˈtɛntmənt/: The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
contentness noun: The state of being content; contentedness.
contents noun, verb /ˈkɑn.tɛnts/: That which is contained.
contents insurance noun: Insurance that pays for damage to, or loss of, an individual’s personal possessions whilst they are located within that individual’s home.
contentsome adjective: Characterised by contentedness, contentfulness, or contentment
contentual adjective: Relating to content (as apposed to context).
contentually adverb: With regard to content (rather than context)
contentwise adverb: In terms of content.
conterminable adjective: Having the same ends; terminating at the same time or place.
conterminal adjective /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəl/: Conterminous.
conterminant adjective: Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.
conterminate adjective, verb /kɒnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/: Having the same bounds or extent; coterminous.
conterminosity noun: Alternative form of coterminosity.
conterminous adjective /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/: Alternative form of coterminous.
conterminously adverb: Alternative form of coterminously.
conterminousness noun: Alternative form of coterminousness.
conterraneous adjective: Of the same earth or world.
contessa noun /kənˈtɛsə/: A countess, often specifically an Italian countess
contesseration noun: A harmonious union.
contest noun, verb /ˈkɒn.tɛst/: Controversy; debate.
contest competition noun /kɒntɛst kɒmpətɪʃən/: A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all and the resource is partitioned unequally among contestants, thus some obtain...
contest shape noun /ˈkɒntɛst ˌʃeɪp/: A physique made ready for a bodybuilding contest, with minimal body fat and maximum muscle volume.
contestability noun: The property of being contestable or debatable.
contestable adjective: That can be contested; debatable.
contestably adverb: Such that it can be contested or challenged.
contestant noun /kənˈtɛstənt/: A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
contestation noun /ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/: The act of contesting; emulation
contestatory adjective: Serving to contest something.
contested adjective, verb: Controversial; contentious; debated.
contestee noun: The party against whom a legal challenge is brought.
contester noun: One who contests something.
contestible adjective: Alternative spelling of contestable.
contesting noun, verb: The act of one who contests something; a disputation.
contestingly adverb: In a contesting or contending manner.
contex verb: To weave together; to form by interweaving.
context adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɒn.tɛkst/: The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
context-based learning noun: An educational approach that prioritizes practical experiences and real-life examples over theoretical concepts.
context clue noun: The surrounding information that can help a reader, spectator, etc. infer the meaning of an unknown or ambiguous word, plot point, etc.
context collapse noun: The flattening of multiple audiences into a single context, so that information intended for one audience finds its way to another, as with television and...
context compaction noun: A technique used by AI agents to manage and reduce the size of accumulated conversation history or data during long-running tasks.
context-dependent adjective: That is not absolute, that depends on context.
context-free adjective /ˈkɒn.tɛkst fɹiː/: (Of a grammar) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the...
context-free grammar noun: A formal grammar in which every production rule is such that the left-hand side is exactly one non-terminal symbol and the right-hand side is zero or more...
context-free language noun: A language generated by a context-free grammar.
context menu noun: A context-sensitive menu.
context-sensitive adjective: Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.
context-sensitive grammar noun: A formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols.
contextful adjective: Having context.
contextfulness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being contextful.
contextless adjective: without context
contextlessness noun: Absence of context.
contextomize verb: To quote somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.
contextomy noun: The act or practice of quoting somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.
contextual adjective: Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.
contextual criticism noun: A form of literary criticism that analyzes the context of the text.
contextual inquiry noun: A form of design research where the researcher observes a user doing their normal activities and discusses what is happening.
contextualisation noun: Alternative form of contextualization.
contextualise verb: Alternative spelling of contextualize.
contextualiser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of contextualizer.
contextualism noun: Any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context
contextualist adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism
contextualistic adjective: Of or relating to contextualism.
contextualistically adverb: In contextualistic terms.
contextuality noun: The condition of being contextual.
contextualizable adjective: Capable of being contextualized.
contextualization noun: The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
contextualize verb /kənˈtɛkstʃʊəlʌɪz/: To place something or someone in a particular context.
contextualizer noun: One who, or that which, contextualizes.
contextually adverb: In a contextual manner; with reference to context.
contextural adjective: Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
contexture noun, verb: A weaving together of parts.
contextured adjective, verb: Formed into a texture or woven together
contg. verb: Abbreviation of continuing.
conticent adjective /ˈkɒntɪsənt/: silent
contig noun: A set of overlapping DNA segments, derived from a single source of genetic material, from which the complete sequence may be deduced.
contignation noun /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/: The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric.
contiguate adjective: Contiguous, touching.
contiguation noun: The act of making contiguous
contiguity noun /ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/: A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
contiguosity noun: contiguousness; contiguity.
contiguous adjective /kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/: Connected; touching; abutting.
contiguously adverb /kənˈtɪɡjuəsli/: In a contiguous manner.
contiguousness noun: The state or quality of being contiguous.
continence noun /ˈkɒntɪnəns/: The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
continency noun /ˈkɒntɪnənsi/: Alternative form of continence.
continent adjective, noun /ˈkɒntɪnənt/: One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves...
continent of stability noun: A hypothetical group of (presumably superheavy, likely beyond oganesson) chemical elements and isotopes that would be relatively long-lived, if not stable....
continental adjective, noun /ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/: Of or relating to a continent or continents.
continental breakfast noun: A light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items.
continental crust noun: The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents.
continental divide noun: A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.
continental drift noun: The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.
continental drip noun: The phenomenon whereby southward-pointing landforms are more numerous and prominent than northward-pointing landforms.
continental glacier noun: A very large glacial body; an ice sheet.
continental philosophy noun: Any of various philosophical traditions strongly influenced by certain 19th and 20th century philosophers from mainland Europe, such as Hegel.
continental plate noun: A large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating...
continental quilt noun: A duvet used in combination with other blankets.
continental seating noun: A style of seating in an auditorium where the individual seats are more widely spaced, eliminating the need for aisles.
continental shelf noun: The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
continental shift noun: A type of work cycle, most commonly at a manufacturing plant or institution, with shifts worked four days in a row, followed by four days off in a row. It...
continental slope noun: The steep, narrow fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean
continental time noun: Central European Time.
continental time zone noun: A standard time zone used across the contiguous or continental part of a country or continent, aligning regions within that area under a uniform time standard.
Continentaler noun: A soldier in the Continental Army.
continentalisation noun: Alternative form of continentalization.
continentalise verb: Alternative form of continentalize.
continentalism noun: The adoption of common policies amongst the countries of a particular continent, especially continental Europe.
continentalist noun: One who supports or believes in continentalism.
continentality noun: The condition of being a continent.
continentalization noun: Modification to a continental form
continentalize verb: To broaden or narrow in scope or focus so that the domain becomes the continent.
continentally adverb: In a continental manner or to a continental extent
continentalward adjective: Synonym of continentward.
continentlike adjective: Similar to a continent
continently adverb: In a continent, chaste, moderate manner
continentness noun: The state or quality of being continent.
continentward adjective: Towards a continent.
continentwide adjective, adverb: Across a whole continent.
contingence noun: Contact; touching.
contingencies fund noun: A fund for emergencies or unexpected outflows, mainly economic crises.
contingency noun /kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/: The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
contingency cost noun: An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order.
contingency plan noun: An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.
contingency table noun: A table presenting the joint distribution of two categorical variables.
contingent adjective, noun /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/: An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
contingent claim noun: A claim that can be made when certain specified outcomes occur. It depends on the state of nature of the financial claim.
contingent remainder noun: An interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests.
contingent symbiosis noun: The situation where one plant lives in the interior of another for shelter, not parasitism.
contingent valuation noun: A survey-based technique for the valuation of non-market resources, such as environmental preservation or the impact of externalities like pollution.
contingential adjective: Alternative form of contingent.
contingentism noun /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒəntˌɪz.əm/: The philosophy concerned with the contingency of existence or other metaphysical concepts.
contingently adverb: In a contingent manner; without foresight.
contingentness noun: The state or quality of being contingent.
Contini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
contino noun: Alternative form of continuo, a personal guard of the Spanish or Portuguese king.
continuable adjective: Able to be continued.
continual adjective /kənˈtɪnjuəl/: Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
continuality noun: The condition of being continual
continually adverb /kənˈtɪnjuəli/: In regular or repeated succession; very often.
continualness noun: The state or quality of being continual.
continuance noun /kənˈtɪnjuəns/: The action of continuing.
continuancy noun: Alternative form of continuance.
continuando noun: The situation where a plaintiff recovered damages for several trespasses in the same action.
continuant adjective, noun: A linguistic sound other than a stop.
continuantly adverb: In a continuant manner.
continuate adjective, verb: To make continuous, to give continuity to.
continuately adverb: In a continuate manner.
continuation noun /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/: The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
continuation bet noun, verb: A bet made in a round of betting, after raising in the previous round of betting, usually with a weak hand.
continuation day noun: Synonym of contango day.
continuation line noun: A word or phrase that appears at the end of an initial portion of a text, and indicates the location of the next portion or rest of the content; for...
continuation passing style noun: A style of programming in which every user function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its...
continuation school noun: A school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.
continuational adjective: Of or relating to continuation.
continuationism noun: The concept, especially amongst charismatic Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) continue in...
continuationist adjective, noun /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)nɪst/: One who believes in continuationism.
continuations noun: Trousers or breeches.
continuative adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to continuation.
continuatively adverb: in continuative manner
continuativeness noun: The quality of being continuative.
continuator noun: Synonym of continuer, a person who continues the work of another.
continue noun, verb /kənˈtɪn.juː/: To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
continue on one's merry way verb: Synonym of go on one's merry way.
continued adjective, verb /kənˈtɪn.juːd/: Prolonged; unstopped.
continued fraction noun: A compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction...
continued on page 94 phrase: Alternative form of continued page 94.
continued page 94 phrase: Indicates that the text could continue indefinitely; and so on ad infinitum.
continuedly adverb: In a continued manner; ongoingly.
continuedness noun: The state or quality of being continued.
continuer noun: One who or that which continues.
continuing adjective, noun, verb /kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ/: A continuation.
continuing education noun: The ongoing educational efforts made by adults during the decades after all of their primary education and secondary education, as well as the main portion...
continuing resolution noun: An act of Congress which extends the current governmental budget situation through allocation of further funds in the same manner as the current budget, to...
continuingly adverb: In a manner that is ongoing.
continuism noun: The practice of serving in office indefinitely by bypassing or abolishing term limits.
continuismo noun: Continuism, in the context of Latin America.
continuist noun /kənˈtɪnjʊɪst/: Synonym of continuationist.

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.