compromiser
— Noun
– English
～ a negotiator willing to compromise; "Henry Clay was known as the Great Compromiser"
compromising
— Adjective
– English
～ making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
compromising
— Adjective
– English
～ vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"
compsognathus
— Noun
– English
～ very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
compton
— Noun
– English
～ United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)
Comptonia
— Noun
– English
～ one species: sweet fern
Comptonia asplenifolia
— Noun
– English
～ deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
comptroller
— Noun
– English
～ someone who maintains and audits business accounts
comptrollership
— Noun
– English
～ the position of comptroller
compulsion
— Noun
– English
～ an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
compulsion
— Noun
– English
～ using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
compulsion
— Noun
– English
～ an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
compulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ strongly motivated to succeed
compulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"
compulsive
— Noun
– English
～ a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
compulsively
— Adverb
– English
～ in a compulsive manner; "he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk"
compulsiveness
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of acting compulsively
compulsivity
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of acting compulsively
compulsorily
— Adverb
– English
～ in a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied."
compulsory
— Adjective
– English
～ required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"