| cockpit |
an enclosed area from which the pilot and crew control an airplane. [1/3 definitions] |
| collected |
in control; self-possessed; calm. [1/2 definitions] |
| collectivism |
the doctrine or practice of centralized economic control, esp. of the means of production. [1/3 definitions] |
| collectivization |
the act or process of organizing or reorganizing an economy, business, or industry based on collective ownership and joint control of the means of production and distribution. |
| collectivize |
to organize or reorganize (an economy, business, or industry) based on collective ownership and control of the means of production and distribution. |
| colonialism |
the policy or practices of a nation extending or maintaining control over previously independent territories. |
| command |
to lead and control. [4/12 definitions] |
| communize |
to make (property) subject to public or community ownership or control. [1/2 definitions] |
| conduct |
to comport or keep control of (oneself). [1/10 definitions] |
| conservative |
(cap.) of or relating to the U.S. or British political party favoring private enterprise and opposing government control. (Cf. Liberal.) [1/7 definitions] |
| continence |
ability to control the release of one's urine and feces. [1/2 definitions] |
| contraception |
the prevention of conception; birth control. |
| control |
the power or authority to control someone or something. [1/9 definitions] |
| control rod |
a rod or bar in a nuclear reactor that contains a neutron-absorbing material, and that is lowered into or raised from the core to control the fission chain reaction. |
| cool |
(informal) fashionably aloof or in control. [1/15 definitions] |
| corner |
to obtain control of. [1/10 definitions] |
| crack |
to collapse or lose control under pressure. [1/15 definitions] |
| cruise control |
a control mechanism in automobiles which keeps the vehicle traveling at a steady speed that is set by the driver. |
| curling |
a game played on ice in which two teams, of four players each, slide a stone or other heavy object toward a circle at either end of the ice, the players being permitted to clean the path of the stone to control its speed and direction. |
| custody |
the legal right to control and take care of something or someone. [2/3 definitions] |
| cybernation |
the use of computers to control and operate equipment, as in manufacturing. |