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Contretemps
- noun - an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
Contributes
- verb - be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
- bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
- contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
- provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
Contritions
- noun - sorrow
- sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Controllers
- noun - 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 person who directs and restrains
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Controverts
- verb - be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
- prove to be false or incorrect
Contumacies
- noun - obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
- willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
Contumelies
- noun - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
Convalesces
- verb - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
Convections
- 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
Conventions
- 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