| CATOPTRICAL | • catoptrical adj. Alternative form of catoptric. • CATOPTRICAL adj. relating to reflection, also CATOPTRIC. |
| COARCTATING | • coarctating v. Present participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
| COARCTATION | • coarctation n. (Pathology) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta. • coarctation n. (Obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space. • coarctation n. (Obsolete) A pressure; that which presses. |
| CONCERTANTI | • CONCERTANTE n. a composition alternating tutti passages and passages for a group of soloists. |
| CONTRACTILE | • contractile adj. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted. • CONTRACTILE adj. having the power or property of contracting. |
| 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. |
| CONTRACTIVE | • contractive adj. Able to contract; contractile. • CONTRACTIVE adj. tending to contract. |
| CONTRADICTS | • contradicts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradict. • CONTRADICT v. to assert the contrary of. |
| CORTICATION | • CORTICATION n. the state of being corticate, having a bark. |
| DECORTICATE | • decorticate v. (Transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. • decorticate v. (Transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc. • decorticate adj. Having had the cortex removed. |
| EXCORTICATE | • excorticate v. (Obsolete) To strip of bark or skin. • EXCORTICATE v. to strip the bark off of. |
| HYDROTACTIC | • hydrotactic adj. Relating to hydrotaxis. • HYDROTACTIC adj. relating to hydrotaxis, movement towards or away from water. |
| PLUTOCRATIC | • plutocratic adj. Of, relating to, or being a plutocracy. • PLUTOCRATIC adj. relating to the plutocracy, also PLUTOCRATICAL. |
| RHOTACISTIC | • RHOTACISTIC adj. relating to rhotacism, the excessive use or faulty pronunciation of the letter R. |
| TACHOMETRIC | • tachometric adj. Relating to tachometry or a tachometer. • TACHOMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by tachometer, also TACHOMETRICAL. |