| CONTRABAND | • contraband n. (Uncountable) Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess. • contraband n. (Uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. • contraband n. (Countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been… |
| CONTRABASS | • contrabass n. The part or section one octave lower than bass. • contrabass n. Double bass; string bass. • contrabass n. Any of the several contrabass instruments. |
| CONTRACTED | • contracted adj. (Not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement. • contracted adj. Made smaller by contraction. • contracted adj. Incurred; acquired. |
| CONTRACTOR | • contractor n. A person or company that builds or improves buildings. • contractor n. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects. • contractor n. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc. |
| CONTRADICT | • contradict v. To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). • contradict v. To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement. • contradict v. To be contrary to (something). |
| CONTRAFLOW | • contraflow n. Flow in the opposite direction to normal. • contraflow n. An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction… • CONTRAFLOW n. a system of traffic regulation on motorways, when one carriageway is closed and the other is arranged for two-way traffic. |
| CONTRAHENT | • contrahent adj. (Obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting. • contrahent n. One of the parties entering into a contract. • CONTRAHENT n. (historical) a contracting party. |
| CONTRALTOS | • contraltos n. Plural of contralto. • CONTRALTO n. (Italian) the part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices. |
| CONTRAPLEX | • contraplex adj. (Telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time. • CONTRAPLEX adj. having messages passing both ways simultaneously. |
| CONTRAPROP | • CONTRAPROP n. a contra-rotating propeller. |
| CONTRARIAN | • contrarian n. A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority… • contrarian n. (Finance) A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others. • contrarian adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian. |
| CONTRARIED | • contraried v. Simple past tense and past participle of contrary. • CONTRARY v. to oppose, contradict. |
| CONTRARIES | • contraries n. Plural of contrary. • CONTRARY v. to oppose, contradict. |
| CONTRARILY | • contrarily adv. In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions. • CONTRARY adv. opposite; in an opposite direction, also CONTRAIR, CONTRARIOUS. |
| CONTRASTED | • contrasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of contrast. • contrasted adj. Set in contrast (of two or more things). • contrasted adj. Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty. |
| CONTRAVENE | • contravene v. (Transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation. • contravene v. (Transitive, obsolete) To deny the truth of something. • CONTRAVENE v. to act counter to. |
| NONTRADING | • nontrading adj. Not trading. • NONTRADING adj. not trading. |