English words: contraposed to conurbate

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English words contraposed to conurbate

contraposed adjective, verb: Forming a contraposition.
contraposition noun /ˈkɒntɹəpəˈzɪʃən/: The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".
contrapositive noun: The inverse of the converse of a given logical implication.
contrapositively adverb: By the inverse of the converse of a given proposition.
contrapositivity noun: The property of being contrapositive.
contrapposto noun /ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒstəʊ/: The position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; (countable) an instance of this.
contraproductive adjective: Counterproductive.
contraproposal noun: Synonym of counterproposal.
contrapsin noun: A serpin found in rodent serum
contraption noun /kənˈtɹæp.ʃən/: A machine that is complicated and precarious.
contraptious adjective: Characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.
contrapunctus noun: A fugue.
contrapuntal adjective /ˌkɒntrəˈpʌntəl/: Of or in counterpoint.
contrapuntalism noun: counterpoint
contrapuntally adverb: In a contrapuntal manner
contrapuntism noun: The use of counterpoint.
contrapuntist noun: One skilled in counterpoint.
contrapunto noun: counterpoint
contrarational adjective: contrary to reason
contrarationality noun: The quality of being contrarational.
contraregulatory adjective: Alternative form of counterregulatory.
contraremonstrance noun: Remonstrance against a remonstrant.
contraremonstrant noun: Someone who remonstrates against a remonstrant.
contrarevolutionary adjective, noun: Synonym of counterrevolutionary.
contrarian adjective, noun /kənˈtɹɛə.ɹi.ən/: A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite.
contrarianism noun: A pattern of stubbornly adopting contrary, nonconforming viewpoints; the beliefs and practices of a contrarian.
contrarianly adverb: In a contrarian manner.
contrariant adjective, noun: Contrary or antagonistic.
contrariantly adverb: In a contrary fashion; contrarily, opposingly
contrariety noun /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/: Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
contrarily adverb: In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
contrariness noun: The state of being contrary
contrariosity noun: Synonym of contrariousness.
contrarious adjective /kənˈtɹɛəɹi.əs/: Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
contrariously adverb: Contrarily; oppositely.
contrariousness noun: The state or quality of being contrarious.
contrarity noun: The quality of being contrary.
contrariways adverb: Alternative form of contrariwise.
contrariwise adjective, adverb: In the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction.
contrarotating adjective: Rotating in two directions by contrarotation.
contrarotation noun: Rotation in a contrary direction.
contrary adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈkɒntɹəɹi/: Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
contrary to preposition: despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from
contrary to all expectations prepositional phrase: Synonym of against all odds
contrary to popular belief phrase: In opposition to what most laypeople would think is true.
contrarywise adjective, adverb: Alternative spelling of contrariwise.
contrascriptural adjective: contrary to Scripture
contraseasonal adjective: Going against a seasonal trend.
contraseasonally adverb: In a contraseasonal manner.
contraselectable adjective: That can give rise to contraselection
contraselection noun: Selection for a desirable trait that has unintended negative consequences.
contrasexual adjective, noun: Of part of the psyche, having characteristics of the opposite gender.
contrasexuality noun: The quality of being contrasexual.
contrasexually adverb: In a contrasexual manner.
contraspective adjective: Having two contradictory aspects, as in a paradox or oxymoron.
contrast noun, verb /kənˈtɹɑːst/: The degree of this difference.
contrast agent noun: Synonym of contrast medium.
contrast medium noun: Any substance, such as barium sulfate, used in radiography to increase the visibility of internal structures.
contrast radiography noun: Radiography using a contrast medium.
contrast ratio noun: ratio of the luminance of white to that of black of a display. A higher value means a higher contrast of white and black.
contrast set noun: A set of concepts whose names are coordinate terms.
contrast therapy noun: The immersion of part of the body alternately in hot and cold water, believed to strengthen the immune system, reduce swelling and pain around injuries, and...
contrastable adjective: Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast.
contrastably adverb: in a contrastable fashion
contrasted adjective, verb: Set in contrast (of two or more things).
contrastedly adverb: In contrast.
contrastful adjective: Marked by strong contrast; full of contrasts.
contrastimulant adjective, noun: Any substance that counteracts a stimulant.
contrastimulation noun: Synonym of counterstimulation.
contrastimulus noun: Synonym of counterstimulus.
contrasting adjective, verb: Set in opposition; markedly different.
contrastingly adverb: In a contrasting manner; by way of contrast.
contrastive adjective /kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/: Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.
contrastive linguistics noun: An applied linguistic approach focused on delineating the distinctions and similarities between two languages.
contrastively adverb: In a contrastive manner.
contrastiveness noun: The state or condition of being contrastive.
contrastivism noun: An epistemological theory suggesting that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form "S knows that p rather than q", in contrast to the...
contrastivist noun: One who subscribes to contrastivism.
contrastivity noun: The quality of being contrastive.
contrastless adjective: Lacking contrast
contrastlessness noun: Absence of contrast.
contrastment noun: contrast; the contrasting of opposing things or elements
contrastography noun: radiography after administration of a contrast agent
contrasty adjective: Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).
contrasuggestibility noun: The quality of being contrasuggestible.
contrasuggestible adjective: Liable to respond to psychological suggestion by doing the opposite.
contrasuppression noun: The inhibition of the function of a suppressor.
contrasuppressor adjective, noun: That inhibits the function of a suppressor.
contratabular adjective: Going against the terms of an instrument.
contrate adjective: Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.
contratempo noun: A counter-attack.
contratenor noun: countertenor
contraterrene adjective /ˌkɒntɹətəˈɹiːn/: Made of or pertaining to antimatter.
contravallation noun /ˌkɒntɹəvəˈleɪʃən/: A fortification built around a sieged target by the besiegers.
contravariance noun: The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
contravariant adjective, noun: Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y)→F(X).
contravariant functor noun: A functor which maps a morphism f:X → Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y) → F(X), such that if h=g∘f, then F(h)=F(f)∘F(g).
contravariantly adverb: In a contravariant manner.
contravector noun: A contravariant vector, as opposed to a covector.
contravene verb /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/: To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
contravener noun: One who contravenes.
contraveningly adverb: So as to contravene.
contravention noun /ˌkɒntɹəˈvɛntʃən/: The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).
contraventional adjective: That contravenes
contraversion noun: A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
contraversive adjective: turning in the other direction
contraversively adverb: In a contraversive manner or direction
contrawise adjective, adverb: Alternative spelling of contrariwise.
contrayerva noun: Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
contre-jour noun: Synonym of backlighting.
contrecoup noun: A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
contrectation noun: The initial stage of the sexual act involving manual contact and tumescence; sexual foreplay.
contredance noun: Alternative spelling of contra dance.
contredanse noun: A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
contrefort noun: Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”).
contretemps noun /ˈkɒn.tɹə.tɑ̃ŋ/: An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
Contrexéville noun: Mineral water from the French town of Contrexéville, often drunk for its medicinal properties.
contrib noun /ˈkɑnˌtɹɪb/: Abbreviation of contribution.
contribs noun: Abbreviation of contributions.
contributable adjective: Capable of being contributed.
contribute verb /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/: To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
contribution noun /ˌkɒntɹɪˈbjuːʃən/: Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
contribution base noun: The adjusted gross income of a taxpayer, excluding any deductions for net operating loss carrybacks.
contributional adjective: Pertaining to, or making, a contribution.
contributive adjective: Tending to contribute; making a contribution.
contributively adverb: In a contributive fashion.
contributiveness noun: The quality of being contributive.
contributivity noun: The quality of being contributive.
contributor noun /kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/: A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
contributorial adjective: Of or relating to a contributor.
contributorily adverb: In a contributory manner.
contributorship noun: The role or status of contributor.
contributory adjective, noun /ˈkɒntɹɪˌbjuːt(ə)ɹi/: Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution.
contributory negligence noun: The rule of law under which an act or omission of plaintiff is a contributing cause of injury and a possible bar to a complete recovery.
contributress noun: A female contributor.
contributrix noun: A female contributor.
contrist verb /kənˈtɹɪst/: To make sad, to upset.
contristate verb: To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
contristation noun: The process of contristing, or making sad.
contrite adjective, noun /kənˈtɹaɪt/: Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
contritely adverb: In a contrite manner.
contriteness noun: The state of being contrite.
contrition noun /kənˈtɹɪʃən/: The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
contrivable adjective: Capable of being contrived, devised, or invented; devisable, inventable.
contrivance noun /kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/: A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
contrivancy noun: Alternative form of contrivance.
contrive verb /kənˈtɹaɪv/: To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
contrived adjective, verb /kənˈtɹaɪvd/: Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
contrivedly adverb /kənˈtɹaɪ.vɪd.li/: In a contrived manner.
contrivedness noun: The state or quality of being contrived.
contrivement noun: contrivance; invented statement; arrangement or plan
contriver noun: A person who contrives.
contriving noun, verb: The act of one who contrives.
contrivition noun: contrivance
contro- prefix: against; see contra-.
control noun, verb /kənˈtɹəʊl/: To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
control arm noun: A nearly flat and roughly triangular suspension member that pivots in two places.
control booth noun: A room or area in a theater or studio which contains technical equipment for controlling things like lighting and sound for productions.
control brief noun: A type of panty girdle with longer legs and a higher waist, normally worn by a woman to lift and shape her buttocks area while flattening the stomach area.
control bus noun: A part of the system bus that is used by CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer.
control car noun: A non-powered railroad car, equipped with a driver's cabin, front lights and other equipment required for a locomotive, allowing a train to be controlled...
control center noun: an area from which activities in other areas are directed
control centre noun: Alternative form of control center.
control character noun: A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.
control chart noun: A tool used to determine whether a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control or not.
control city noun: A city listed as a destination on highway signs.
control code noun: A numeric value or string of such values that triggers a specific command or action to occur, rather than displaying a text character.
control column noun: Synonym of stick (“a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile”).
control coupling noun: A form of coupling where one module controls the flow of another by passing information on what to do.
control engineering noun: The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building controllers and control systems.
control experiment noun: A parallel experiment designed to replicate the main experiment in every way, except in respect of the one variable that is being tested, so as isolate the...
control-F verb: To search for text, as if by using the "Find in page" or similarly named function in a document viewing application, such as a web browser or a word processor.
control flow noun: The order in which individual statements, instructions or function calls of an imperative program are executed or evaluated.
control-flow graph noun: A representation, using graph notation, of all paths that might be traversed through a program during its execution.
control freak noun: A person who is excessively controlling and domineering.
control freakery noun: The qualities of a control freak, an obsessive need or desire to be in control of what is happening.
control freakism noun: control freakery
control function noun: A function that controls the recording, processing, transmission, or interpretation of data.
control gene noun: A gene that controls the transcription of others in messenger RNA
control grid noun: An electrode used in amplifying thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) such as the triode, tetrode and pentode, used to control the flow of electrons from the...
control group noun: The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.
control joint noun: A groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from...
control key noun: A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys.
control mechanism noun: Any mechanical (or other) system used to keep one or more variable parameters constant, or within specified bounds.
control number noun: Any of several forms of fixed-length identification number on stamps, books, etc.
control of conception noun: birth control
control order noun: An order made by the Home Secretary to restrict an individual's liberty for the purpose of protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism.
control pad noun: Synonym of d-pad.
control panel noun /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹoʊl ˈpæn.l̩/: A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
control plane noun: The part of a network that handling network topology and signalling, as opposed to the parts carying user traffic.
control point noun: A marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports.
control rod noun: Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its...
control room noun: The area inside a recording studio designed to facilitate the mixing of audio for studio recordings.
control stick noun: A joystick.
control structure noun: A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program.
control surface noun: A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.
control theory noun: An interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics, dealing with the control of the behavior of dynamical systems.
control tower noun: An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.
control unit noun: The part of a central processing unit that directs its operation, converting instructions stored in memory into signals that determine the operation of the...
control variable noun: A factor that is held constant in a series of experiments in which other factors are varied
control verb noun: A verb which takes multiple arguments, one of which is another verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (possibly its subject) is syntactically...
control wheel noun: Synonym of stick (“a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile”).
controlateral adjective: On the other side.
controlaterally adverb: Alternative form of contralaterally.
controlee noun: A person who is the subject of a control order.
controlesional adjective: Alternative form of contralesional.
controlesionally adverb: Alternative form of contralesionally.
controligarch noun: An oligarch who has a desire to control people's individual lives.
controllability noun: The quality or extent of being controllable; controllableness.
controllable adjective, noun /kənˈtɹoʊləbəl/: Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
controllableness noun: The state of being controllable; the capability of being controlled.
controllably adverb: In a controllable manner.
controlled adjective, verb /kənˈtɹəʊld/: Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
controlled-access highway noun: A motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor...
controlled atmosphere noun: An artificial atmosphere that makes a simulated environment for objects undergoing operations for environmental factors like gases, temperature, humidity...
controlled burn noun, verb: A wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc.
controlled chaos noun: A state or situation that appears to be completely disorganised, but where some things are under control.
controlled drug noun: Synonym of controlled substance.
controlled explosion noun: The explosion of a small explosive charge, either to destroy a suspect package or unexploded ordinance, or to gain access to a locked enclosure that may be...
controlled flight into terrain noun: An unintentional crash of an aircraft in which an airworthy aircraft flies into the ground while under full control by its pilots or autopilot, typically...
controlled opposition noun: A purported opposition party that the ruling party actually uses as a hegemonical tool to serve as a red herring to constituents.
controlled-release adjective: Of a drug or medicine, involving the gradual release of an active component.
controlled substance noun: A drug or chemical whose use, possession, manufacture, or sale is regulated or banned by the government.
controlled variable time noun: A type of artillery fuze that has a mechanical timer which activates the radar when it is near the target.
controlled vocabulary noun: A carefully selected set of terms, such as words and phrases, such that each concept from the domain of discourse is described using only one term in the...
controlledly adverb: In a controlled manner.
controlledness noun: The degree to which something is controlled
controllee noun: Alternative form of controlee.
controller noun /kənˈtɹəʊlə/: One who controls something.
controllerless adjective: Without a controller.
controllership noun: The position or office of a controller.
controlless adjective: Without control.
controllessness noun: Absence of control.
controlleur noun: A Dutch official who performs inspections or oversight; an inspector.
controlling adjective, noun, verb /kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/: Exerting control over a person or thing.
controlling image noun: An image or metaphor that runs throughout and determines the form or nature of a literary work.
controlling interest noun: The ownership by an individual or entity of more than half a company's shares, giving them a voting majority and thus the ability to control decision-making...
controllingly adverb: In a controlling manner; so as to control.
controllingness noun: The quality of being controlling.
controlment noun: Control.
contronym noun: A word that has two opposing meanings, such as cleave (“stick together” or “split apart”).
contronymic adjective: Pertaining to or being a contronym.
contronymous adjective: Of or being a contronym.
contronymy noun /kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/: The quality of being a contronym or including contronyms.
controversal adjective: Facing opposite directions.
controversary adjective: controversial
controverse noun, verb /ˈkɒntɹəvɜː(ɹ)s/: Controversy.
controverser noun: controverter, one who controverts
controversial adjective, noun /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl/: Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
controversialism noun: The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversialist noun /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜːɹ.ʃəl.ɪst/: One who regularly engages in public controversies.
controversiality noun: The quality or state of being controversial.
controversialize verb: To make to appear controversial.
controversially adverb: In a controversial manner.
controversialness noun: The state or quality of being controversial.
controversion noun: controversy
controversionist noun: A controversialist.
controversy noun /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/: A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
controvert verb: To dispute, to argue about (something).
controverter noun /ˈkɒntɹəˌvɜː(ɹ)tɚ/: One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
controvertible adjective /ˌkɑntɹəˈvɝtɪbl̩/: Open to questioning; able to be denied, challenged, or disputed.
controvertibly adverb: In a controvertible manner.
controvertist noun /ˌkɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪst/: One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
contrude verb /ˌkʌnˈtɹuːd/: to crowd or push together (in senses relating to teeth)
contryphan noun: A peptide in the venom of some cone snails
contubernal adjective: Living in close proximity (as though sharing a tent); intimate, familiar.
contubernial adjective /ˌkɒntjʊˈbɜː(ɹ)ni.əl/: Alternative form of contubernal.
contubernium noun: A type of quasi-marriage between slaves.
contumacious adjective /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/: Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
contumaciously adverb: In a contumacious manner.
contumaciousness noun: The property of being contumacious.
contumacity noun: Alternative form of contumacy.
contumacy noun /ˈkɒntjʊməsi/: Disobedience, resistance to authority.
contumelious adjective /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmiː.li.əs/: Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
contumeliously adverb: In a contumelious, insolent manner.
contumeliousness noun: The state or quality of being contumelious.
contumely noun /ˈkɒnt͡ʃuːməli/: Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
contund verb: To bruise or pound.
conturb verb: To disturb or perturb greatly.
conturbation noun: disorder, disturbance
conturbed adjective, verb: Greatly disturbed or perturbed
contuse verb /kənˈtuz/: To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
contused adjective, verb: That has suffered contusion; that has been contused.
contusion noun /kənˈtjuːʒən/: Synonym of bruise.
contusional adjective: Of or pertaining to a contusion or bruise
contusioned adjective: Synonym of contused.
contusive adjective: Relating to, or causing contusion
contypic adjective: Relating to the same type
conular adjective: Synonym of conical.
conularid noun: Synonym of conulariid.
conulariid noun: Any fossil cnidarian of the clade Conulariida
conule noun: A small cusp
conulid noun: A minor cusp on a lower tooth.
conull adjective: Having a null complement
conulose adjective: Characteristic of conules
conumerous adjective: Equally numerous.
conundrum noun /kəˈnʌn.dɹəm/: A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
conundrumize verb: To formulate conundrums or riddles.
conurban adjective: Relating to or characteristic of a conurbation.
conurbate verb: To grow, or cause to grow, together into a conurbation.

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.