| CEMENTING | • cementing v. Present participle of cement. • cementing n. An instance of affixing something with cement. • CEMENT v. to bind firmly. |
| CENTREMAN | • centreman n. (Ice hockey, Australian rules football) The player in the position of centre. • CENTREMAN n. one who plays in the centre position, e.g. in ice hockey. |
| CENTREMEN | • centremen n. Plural of centreman. • CENTREMAN n. one who plays in the centre position, e.g. in ice hockey. |
| COMPONENT | • component n. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part… • component adj. Making up a larger whole; as a component word. • component adj. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo. |
| CONDIMENT | • condiment n. Something used to enhance the flavor of food; for example, salt or pepper. • condiment v. (Transitive) To season with condiments. • condiment v. (Transitive) To pickle. |
| CONTEMNED | • contemned v. Simple past tense and past participle of contemn. • CONTEMN v. to despise or scorn. |
| CONTEMNER | • contemner n. One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another. • CONTEMNER n. a person who contemns; a person who has been found guilty of contempt of court, also CONTEMNOR. |
| CONTEMNOR | • contemnor n. (Law) A party held in contempt of court. • CONTEMNOR n. a person who contemns; a person who has been found guilty of contempt of court, also CONTEMNER. |
| EMUNCTION | • emunction n. (Formal) The act of wiping or blowing one’s nose. • EMUNCTION n. the act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages. |
| ENACTMENT | • enactment n. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted. • enactment n. (Law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body. • ENACTMENT n. the passing of a bill into law. |
| INCLEMENT | • inclement adj. Stormy, of rough weather. • inclement adj. (Obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting. • inclement adj. (Archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action. |
| INCREMENT | • increment n. The action of increasing or becoming greater. • increment n. (Heraldry) The waxing of the moon. • increment n. The amount of increase. |
| INCUMBENT | • incumbent adj. (Used with "on" or "upon") Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one’s office. • incumbent adj. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent. • incumbent adj. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant. |
| MENDICANT | • mendicant adj. Depending on alms for a living. • mendicant adj. Of or pertaining to a beggar. • mendicant adj. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living. |
| MONACTINE | • monactine adj. (Of a spicule) Having a single ray. • MONACTINE n. the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure, also MONACT. |
| NONMETRIC | • nonmetric adj. Not metric. • NONMETRIC adj. not metric. |
| ONCOSTMEN | • oncostmen n. Plural of oncostman. • ONCOSTMAN n. a mine worker paid by the day. |