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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • confinement/kənˈfaɪnmənt/nounC12 meaningsBeing kept within limits or shut in.
  • conflagration/ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/nounC2A huge destructive blaze.
  • confound/kənˈfaʊnd/verbC12 meaningsTo puzzle somebody, or to prove them wrong.
  • confrontational/ˌkɒnfɹənˈteɪʃənˈəl/adjectiveC2Ready to challenge people openly and aggressively.
  • congenital/kənˈdʒɛnɪt(ə)l/adjectiveC22 meaningsPresent from birth.
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/kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹɪt/
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A large company made of many different businesses.
  • conjecture/kənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə/nounC22 meaningsA guess formed on incomplete evidence.
  • connivance/kəˈnaɪvəns/nounC2Willing co-operation in something wrong.
  • connive/kəˈnaɪv/verbC2To scheme quietly, or to shut your eyes to wrongdoing.
  • connotation/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/nounC2The feeling a word carries beyond its plain sense.
  • connote/kəˈnəʊt/verbC2To suggest a feeling beyond the plain meaning.
  • consecration/ˌkɒnsɪˈkɹeɪʃən/nounC2The setting apart of something as sacred.
  • conservatory/kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/nounC12 meaningsA glass room built onto a house.
  • consign/kənˈsaɪn/verbC22 meaningsTo hand something over, often for good.
  • consignment/kənˈsaɪnmənt/nounC2A batch of goods sent to one destination.
  • consort/ˈkɒnsɔːt/nounC12 meaningsThe husband or wife of a ruler.
  • consternation/ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/nounC2Dismay and confusion at something unexpected.
  • constitutional/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n.(ə)l/adjectiveC12 meaningsTo do with the basic laws of a state.
  • constrained/kənˈstɹeɪnd/adjectiveC2Held back by limits, or stiff and unnatural in manner.
  • constructive dismissalnounC2Being forced to resign by intolerable treatment.
  • consummationnounC2The bringing of something to its perfect finish.
  • consumption/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe using up of resources, goods or food.
  • contagion/kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/nounC2The spreading of disease or of feeling by contact.
  • contemptuous/kənˈtɛm(p).tʃu.əs/adjectiveC2Showing that you consider somebody or something worthless.
  • continuance/kənˈtɪnjuəns/nounC22 meaningsThe act of going on.
  • contractual/kənˈtɹæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/adjectiveC2Set out in a binding written agreement.
  • contrition/kənˈtɹɪʃən/nounC2Deep sorrow for having done wrong.
  • contrive/kənˈtɹaɪv/verbC2To manage to do something by clever planning.
  • convivial/kənˈvɪv.i.əl/adjectiveC2Friendly and lively in company.
  • copingnounB1+2 meaningsManaging to deal with something hard.
  • coprolite/ˈkɒprəˌlaɪt/nounC2The fossilised droppings of an ancient animal.
  • copse/kɒps/nounC2A small group of trees.
  • coracle/ˈkɒɹəkəl/nounC2A small round boat of hide over a frame.
  • cord/ˈkɔːd/nounB12 meaningsThin rope, or a length of it.
  • cordwainernounC2A shoemaker who works in fine leather.
  • cornucopia/ˌkɔː.njəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/nounC2An overflowing supply of good things.
  • corollary/kɒˈɹɒləɹi/nounC2Something that follows immediately from what is proved.
  • corps de balletnounC2The dancers who perform as a group rather than as soloists.
  • corpus/ˈkɔːpəs/nounC2A large collected body of writing or of data.
  • corrugatedadjectiveC2Shaped into parallel ridges and grooves for strength.
  • corruption/kəˈɹʌpʃən/nounC14 meaningsThe use of power or public office for private gain, especially through bribes.
  • corsair/kɔːɹsɛəɹ/nounC2A pirate, especially of the Mediterranean.
  • cortege/kɔɹˈtɛʒ/nounC2A solemn procession, especially at a funeral.
  • costermongernounC2A street trader selling fruit and vegetables.
  • countenance/ˈkaʊn.tə.nəns/verbC2To allow or approve of something.
  • counterchangenounC2A pattern where colours swap across a dividing line.
  • countermand/ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/verbC2To cancel an order already given.
  • counterproductive/ˌkaʊntəpɹəˈdʌktɪv/adjectiveC2Having the opposite effect to the one intended.
  • countersinkverbC2To widen a hole's mouth so a screw sits flush.
  • courser/ˈkɜːsə/nounC2A swift horse used in war or hunting.
  • covenant/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/nounC12 meaningsA solemn binding agreement, especially with a god.
  • covert/ˈkəʊvɜːt/adjectiveC13 meaningsKept secret and hidden from anyone not part of it.
  • cowl/kaʊl/nounC2A hood attached to a monk's robe.
  • coxcomb/ˈkɒks.koʊm/nounC2A vain man who fusses over his appearance.
  • cozen/ˈkəʊzən/verbC2To cheat somebody by clever persuasion.
  • crabbed/kɹæbd/adjectiveC2Bad-tempered, or cramped and hard to read.
  • crannog/ˈkɹænəɡ/nounC2An ancient dwelling built on an island in a lake.
  • crass/kɹæs/adjectiveC2Stupidly insensitive and lacking in taste.
  • craven/ˈkɹeɪ.vən/adjectiveC2Shamefully lacking in courage.
  • credulity/kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/nounC2Being far too ready to believe things.