Words in english starting with C

• contort — Verb – English ～ twist and press out of shape
• contorted — Adjective – English ～ twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
• contortion — Noun – English ～ the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
• contortion — Noun – English ～ a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
• contortionist — Noun – English ～ an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
• contour — Verb – English ～ form the contours of
• contour — Noun – English ～ any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
• 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 — Adjective – English ～ distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
• 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 — Adjective – English ～ pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
• 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 — Adjective – English ～ capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications"
• contraceptive — Noun – English ～ an agent or device intended to prevent conception
• contraclockwise — Adjective – English ～ in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

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