Nouns starting with C

• contour — Noun – English ～ a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"
• contour — Noun – English ～ a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
• contra — Noun – English ～ a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
• contraband — Noun – English ～ goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
• contrabandist — Noun – English ～ someone who imports or exports without paying duties
• contrabass — Noun – English ～ largest and lowest member of the violin family
• contrabassoon — Noun – English ～ the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
• contraception — Noun – English ～ birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
• contraceptive — Noun – English ～ an agent or device intended to prevent conception
• contract — Noun – English ～ a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
• contract — Noun – English ～ a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
• contract — Noun – English ～ (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
• contract bridge — Noun – English ～ a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
• conditional contract — Noun – English ～ a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations
• contractility — Noun – English ～ the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
• contracting — Noun – English ～ becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
• contraction — Noun – English ～ the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
• contraction — Noun – English ～ (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
• contraction — Noun – English ～ a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
• contraction — Noun – English ～ the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

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