Contender (n.) One who contends; a contestant.
Contendress (n.) A female contestant.
Contenement (n.) That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance.
Content (a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
Contents (pl. ) of Content
Content (n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
Content (n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
Content (n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
Content (a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
Content (a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
Content (n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
Content (n.) Acquiescence without examination.
Content (n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
Content (n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".
Contentation (n.) Content; satisfaction.
Contented (a.) Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.
Contentful (a.) Full of content.
Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
Contentious (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Contentless (a.) Discontented; dissatisfied.
Contently (adv.) In a contented manner.
Contentment (v. t.) The state of being contented or satisfied; content.
Contentment (v. t.) The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
Contentment (v. t.) Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction.
Contents (n. pl.) See Content, n.
Conterminable (a.) Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous.
Conterminal (a.) Conterminous.
Conterminant (a.) Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.
Conterminate (a.) Having the same bounds; conterminous.
Conterminous (a.) Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.
Conterranean (a.) Alt. of Conterraneous
Conterraneous (a.) Of or belonging to the same country.
Contesseration (n.) An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union.
Contested (imp. & p. p.) of Contest
Contesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contest
Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
Contestable (a.) Capable of being contested; debatable.
Contestant (n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.
Contex (v. t.) To context.
Context (a.) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
Context (n.) The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.
Context (v. t.) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
Contextural (a.) Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
Contexture (n.) The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
Contextured (a.) Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed.
Conticent (a.) Silent.
Contignation (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.
Contignation (n.) A framework or fabric, as of beams.
Contiguate (a.) Contiguous; touching.
Contiguity (n.) The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
Contiguous (a.) In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
Continence (n.) Alt. of Continency
Continency (n.) Self-restraint; self-command.
Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.
Continency (n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity.
Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
Continent (a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
Continent (a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.
Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.
Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
Continental (n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
Continently (adv.) In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.
Contingence (n.) See Contingency.
Contingencies (pl. ) of Contingency
Contingency (n.) Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
Contingency (n.) The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.
Contingency (n.) An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
Contingency (n.) An adjunct or accessory.
Contingency (n.) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.
Contingent (a.) Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
Contingent (a.) Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
Contingent (a.) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
Contingent (n.) An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
Contingently (adv.) In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
Contingentness (n.) The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.
Continuable (a.) Capable of being continued
Continual (a.) Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
Continual (a.) Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
Continually (adv.) Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.
Continually (adv.) In regular or repeated succession; very often.
Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Continuance (n.) Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.