(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventing
circumventing
verb
present participle of circumvent
circumvention
circumvention
noun
The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumventive
circumventive
adj
evading or overcoming some protective measure.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
circumviate
circumvoisin
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumvolutory
circumvolutory
adj
Exhibiting or relating to circumvolution.
circumvolve
circumvolve
verb
(intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
(transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
circumvolving
circumvolving
verb
present participle of circumvolve
cirrocumulative
clavariaceous
clavariaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Clavariaceae.
claviature
claviature
noun
A keyboard, especially of a musical instrument.
A system or style of applying the fingers to such a keyboard.
Metaphorically, a repertoire or toolkit of concepts or resources for application to a field.
The layout of keys on such a keyboard.
clavicular
clavicular
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the clavicle.
clavicularium
clavicularium
noun
An epiplastron of turtles that takes the place of a clavicle
clavicytherium
clavicytherium
noun
(music) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
clervaux
clervaux
Proper noun
The northernmost canton of Luxembourg, in the former district of Diekirch.
A municipality and town in the canton of Clervaux.
cloutierville
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coadventuress
coadventuring
coevolutionary
coevolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
comburivorous
comburivorous
adj
(obsolete) Consuming a relatively large amount of the supporter of combustion.
confervaceous
confervaceous
adj
Belonging to the Confervae.
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
constructiveness
constructiveness
noun
(phrenology) Creativity, the capacity to invent.
The characteristic of being constructive.
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
constructivist
constructivist
adj
Of or relating to constructivism.
noun
An advocate of constructivism.
contrarevolutionary
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributiveness
contributiveness
noun
The quality of being contributive.
convallariaceous
convallariaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Convallariaceae.
conventicular
conversus
conversus
noun
(chiefly historical) A lay brother.
conversusi
convolutionary
convulsionaries
convulsionaries
noun
plural of convulsionary
convulsionary
convulsionary
adj
Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive.
noun
A convulsionist.
coracoclavicular
coracoclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the coracoid process of the scapula; applied to a ligament that connects them.
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
coruscative
corvillosum
corvus
corvus
noun
(historical) A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.
(historical) A hooked ram for destroying walls.
costoclavicular
costoclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and clavicle; applied to a ligament that connects the cartilage of the first rib with the costal tuberosity on the undersurface of the clavicle.
coulterville
couniversal
counteractive
counteractive
adj
That counteracts
counteractively
counteractively
adv
In a counteractive manner.
counteractivity
counteractivity
noun
counteraction; action that opposes or goes against something
counteradvance
counteradvance
noun
An advance that counters or goes against another advance.
counteradvantage
counteradvantage
noun
A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.
An advantage held by an opponent.
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterattractive
counterattractive
adj
(rare) Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting.
counterattractively
counteraverment
counteravouch
counteravouchment
counterconversion
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
counterequivalent
counterevidence
counterevidence
noun
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
counterintuitive
counterintuitive
adj
Contrary to intuition or common sense.
counterinvective
counterinvective
noun
invective in response to prior invective
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
counterlove
countermaneuver
countermaneuver
noun
A maneuver made in response to another maneuver.
verb
To make a maneuver in response to another maneuver.
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
countermovement
countermovement
noun
A movement in opposition, or retaliation to another.
countermovements
countermovements
noun
plural of countermovement
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
countermoving
countermoving
adj
That moves in opposition or retaliation
verb
present participle of countermove
counternarrative
counternarrative
noun
A narrative that goes against another narrative.
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
counterproductive
counterproductive
adj
More of a hindrance than a help.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductiveness
counterproductiveness
noun
The state or condition of being counterproductive.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
counterrevolution
counterrevolution
noun
A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.
counterrevolutionaries
counterrevolutionaries
noun
plural of counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionary
adj
In opposition to a revolution.
noun
A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.
counterrevolutionist
counterrevolutionist
noun
Synonym of counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionize
counterrevolutionize
verb
To cause or undergo a counterrevolution.
counterrevolutions
counterrevolutions
noun
plural of counterrevolution
counterservice
countertraverse
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervailed
countervailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countervail
countervailing
countervailing
adj
(formal) Compensating with equal force.
verb
present participle of countervail
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
countervallation
countervallation
noun
Archaic form of contravallation.
countervalue
countervalue
adj
(military) Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
verb
(military) To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
To make a counter estimate of something's value.
countervaunt
countervene
countervengeance
countervengeance
noun
Vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance.
countervenom
countervenom
noun
antivenin
countervibration
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
countervindication
countervolition
countervolley
countervolley
noun
A volley in response or opposition to another volley.
countervote
countervote
noun
A vote that goes against another.
verb
To balance or overcome by voting.
To vote against.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
courbevoie
couvert
couvert
noun
cover charge
couverte
covarrubias
coverslut
coverslut
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of cover-slut
coverture
coverture
noun
(law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Shelter, hiding place.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
crevecoeur
crinivorous
crouseville
cruive
cruive
noun
(Scotland) A hovel.
(Scotland) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.
cubicontravariant
cubicovariant
cubicovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of a cubic form
cubonavicular
cubonavicular
adj
Alternative form of cuboideonavicular
cuernavaca
cuervo
cultivar
cultivar
noun
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
cultivars
cultivars
noun
plural of cultivar
cultivator
cultivator
noun
A person who cultivates.
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
culver
culver
noun
(now UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.