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Contrarily
- adverb - contrary to expectations; "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
- in a contrary disobedient manner
Contrition
- noun - sorrow
- sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Contriving
- verb - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
- put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
Controling
- verb - 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 for the temperature?"
- control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
- exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
- handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account"
Convecting
- verb - circulate hot air by convection
Convection
- noun - (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
- the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion
Convective
- - Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity.
Convention
- noun - (diplomacy) an international agreement
- a large formal assembly; "political convention"
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
- the act of convening
Converging
- verb - approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
- be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
- come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
- move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"
- the act of converging (coming closer)
Conversing
- verb - carry on a conversation
- talked , spoke