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Context
- noun - discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
Contort
- verb - twist and press out of shape
Contour
- noun - 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"
- a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
- form the contours of
Contras
- noun - a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States
Control
- noun - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters"
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus"
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment; "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw"
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling
Contuse
- verb - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"
Convect
- verb - circulate hot air by convection
Convene
- verb - call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
- meet formally; "The council convened last week"
Convent
- noun - a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
- a religious residence especially for nuns