| ANACREONTIC | • anacreontic adj. (Prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically)… • anacreontic adj. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous. • anacreontic n. (Poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine. |
| CANCERATING | • cancerating v. Present participle of cancerate. • CANCERATE v. to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
| CANCERATION | • canceration n. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. • CANCERATION n. the act of cancerating. |
| CONCENTRATE | • concentrate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to… • concentrate v. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting… • concentrate v. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate. |
| CONCERTANTE | • concertante n. (Music) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. • CONCERTANTE adj. (Italian) exhibiting or needing great skill and brilliancy. • CONCERTANTE n. a composition alternating tutti passages and passages for a group of soloists. |
| CONCERTANTI | • CONCERTANTE n. a composition alternating tutti passages and passages for a group of soloists. |
| CONCERTINAS | • concertinas n. Plural of concertina. • concertinas v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concertina. • CONCERTINA v. to fold up like a pair of bellows. |
| CONCREATING | • concreating v. Present participle of concreate. • CONCREATE v. (archaic) to create at the same time. |
| CONTRACTING | • contracting v. Present participle of contract. • contracting adj. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area. • contracting n. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction. |
| CONTRACTION | • contraction n. A reversible reduction in size. • contraction n. (Economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth. • contraction n. (Biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use. |
| CONTRADANCE | • contradance n. Alternative spelling of contra dance. • contra␣dance n. (Dance) A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length. • contra␣dance v. To participate in a contra dance. |
| CONTREDANCE | • contredance n. Alternative spelling of contra dance. • CONTREDANCE n. a country dance, esp. a French version of the English country dance, also CONTRADANCE, CONTREDANSE. |
| CONTRIVANCE | • contrivance n. A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task. • contrivance n. A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective. • contrivance n. Something overly artful or artificial. |
| NECROMANTIC | • necromantic adj. Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through… • necromantic n. Conjuration. • NECROMANTIC adj. relating to necromancy, divination by trying to communicate with the spirits of the dead, also NECROMANTICAL. |
| NONCONTRACT | • noncontract adj. Not of, pertaining to, or operating under a contract. • NONCONTRACT adj. not employed by contract. |
| NONCRITICAL | • noncritical adj. Not critical. • non-critical adj. Alternative form of noncritical. • NONCRITICAL adj. not critical. |
| REACCENTING | • reaccenting v. Present participle of reaccent. • REACCENT v. to accent again. |