CONTE'ST, _v.a._ to strive; to vie; to contend CONTI'GUOUS, _a._ meeting so as to touch CO'NTINENT, _s._ land not disjoined by the sea from other lands; that which contains anything; one of the quarters of the globe CONTI'NGENCY, _s._ accidental possibility CONTI'NUE, _v.n._ remain in the same state; last; persevere CONTRA'CT, _v.a._ to shrink up; to grow short; to bargain CO'NTRARY, _a._ opposite; contradictory; adverse CONTRI'VANCE, _s._ the act of contriving; scheme; plan; plot CONVE'NIENCE, _s._ fitness; ease; cause of ease CONVE'NIENT, _a._ fit; suitable; proper; well adapted CO'NVENT, _s._ an assembly of religious persons; a monastery; a nunnery CO'NVERSE, _s._ conversation; acquaintance; familiarity CONVE'RSION, _s._ change from one state to another CONVE'RT, _v.a._ change into another substance; change from one religion to another; turn from a bad to a good life; apply to any use CONVE'Y, _v.a._ carry; transport from one place to another; bring; transfer CONVU'LSIVE, _a._ that gives twitches or spasms CO'PIOUS, _a._ plentiful; abundant CO'PPICE, _s._ a low wood; a place overrun with brushwood CO'RDIAL, _a._ reviving; hearty; sincere CORONA'TION, _s._ the act of crowning a King CORPORA'TION, _s._ a body politic, constituted by Royal charter CORPO'REAL, _a._ having a body; material; not spiritual CORRE'CT, _v.a._ punish; discipline; remark faults; take away fault CORRESPONDENCE, _s._ intercourse; relation; friendship CO'UNCILLOR, _s._ one that gives counsel COU'NTENANCE, _s._ the form of the face; air; look; calmness of look; patronage CO'UNTRY, _s._ a tract of land; a region; rural parts CO'URAGE, _s._ bravery; boldness CO'VERING, _s._ dress; anything spread over another CRA'FTY, _a._ cunning; knowing; scheming; politic CRA'TER, _s._ the bowl, opening, or funnel of a volcano CREA'TION, _s._ the act of creating; universe CREA'TOR, _s._ the Divine Being that created all things CRE'ATURE, _s._ a being created; a general term for man CRE'VICE, _s._ a crack; a cleft; a narrow opening CRI'MINAL, _s._ a man accused; a man guilty of a crime CRI'MINA'LITY, _s._ the act of being guilty of a crime CRI'TIC, _s._ a judge; otherwise a censurer CRI'TICAL, _a._ relating to criticism CRO'CODILE, _s._ an amphibious voracious animal, in shape like a lizard CROO'KED, _a._ bent; winding; perverse CRU'ELTY, _s._ inhumanity; savageness; act of intentional affliction CRU'SADE, _s._ an expedition against the infidels; a holy war CRY'STAL, _s._ crystals are hard, pellucid, and naturally colourless bodies, of regular angular figures CU'LPABLE, _a._ criminal; guilty; blamable CU'LTIVATE, _v.a._ forward or improve the product of the earth by manual industry; improve CULTIVA'TION, _s._ improvement in general CU'POLA, _s._ a dome CU'RFEW, _s._ an evening peal, by which the Conqueror willed that every man should rake up his fire and put out his light