| combustion |
the act or process of burning. [3 definitions] |
| combustion chamber |
an engine chamber, esp. in a jet or rocket, in which fuel or a propellant is burned. |
| combustor |
the apparatus in a jet engine in which combustion occurs. |
| Comdr. |
abbreviation of "Commander." |
| come |
to move toward the location of the speaker; approach. [9 definitions] |
| come a cropper |
(informal) to suffer a failure or fiasco. [2 definitions] |
| come across |
to discover or encounter by chance. [2 definitions] |
| come around |
to regain consciousness; revive. [2 definitions] |
| comeback |
(informal) a return to a former status, popularity, level of performance, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| come clean |
(informal) to admit the truth. |
| Comecon |
an international trade association of communist nations (acronym for "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance"). |
| comedian |
a professional entertainer who specializes in telling jokes, acting in humorous skits, and the like. [3 definitions] |
| comedienne |
a female entertainer who specializes in humor. [2 definitions] |
| comedo |
a blockage of dirt and secretions in a skin duct; blackhead. |
| comedown |
a humiliating decline or descent from a former status. [2 definitions] |
| comedy |
a light, amusing work of theater, film, or literature. [4 definitions] |
| comedy of manners |
a comedy that satirizes the customs and manners of fashionable society. |
| come from |
to be born in or to have as your first home. |
| come-hither |
inviting or alluring, esp. in a sexually seductive manner. |
| come home to roost |
of an action or actions, to return or rebound against the doer; boomerang. |
| comely |
pleasing in appearance. [2 definitions] |