| contributory |
of or relating to contribution. [2 definitions] |
| contrite |
feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming and desiring to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant. [2 definitions] |
| contrition |
regret for one's own wrongdoing, or for one's offenses against religious mandates. |
| contrivance |
the act of contriving. [3 definitions] |
| contrive |
to plan or devise cleverly or ingeniously. [5 definitions] |
| contrived |
planned or artificial, esp. in an obvious way; not spontaneous. |
| control |
to exercise the power to regulate, dominate, or manipulate; command. [9 definitions] |
| control experiment |
an experiment in which variables are controlled in order to make clear the effects of varying factors one at a time. |
| controlled substance |
any drug whose sale or use is subject to U.S. federal law. |
| controller |
one who regulates or controls. [2 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. |
| control tower |
a tower at an airport from which air traffic is directed by radio. |
| controversial |
of, relating to, or characterized by controversy. [3 definitions] |
| controversy |
a dispute, esp. a public one, marked by the expression of opposing views; debate. [2 definitions] |
| controvert |
to argue in opposition to. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| contumacy |
stubborn and obstinate resistance to authority; rebelliousness. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. [2 definitions] |
| contuse |
to injure without lacerating the skin; bruise. |
| contusion |
an injury that does not involve laceration of the skin; bruise. |
| conundrum |
a puzzle or problem with a difficult or impossible solution. [2 definitions] |