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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Commiserativeadjectivefeeling or expressing sympathycandidateMay 18, 2026
Commissionedadjective(of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or abovecandidateMay 18, 2026
Committedadjectivebound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitudecandidateMay 18, 2026
Commodiousadjectivelarge and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)candidateMay 18, 2026
Commonadjectivebeing or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday languagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Common or GardenadjectiveMWEthe usual or familiar typecandidateMay 18, 2026
Common-Lawadjectivebased on common lawcandidateMay 18, 2026
Commonplaceadjectivecompletely ordinary and unremarkablecandidateMay 18, 2026
Commonsenseadjectiveexhibiting native good judgmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Commonsensibleadjectiveexhibiting native good judgmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Commonsensicaladjectiveexhibiting native good judgmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Communaladjectiverelating to a small administrative district or communitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Communicableadjective(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Communicationaladjectiveused in communicationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Communicativeadjectiveable or tending to transmit thoughts or feelingscandidateMay 18, 2026
Communicatoryadjectiveable or tending to communicatecandidateMay 18, 2026
Communistadjectiverelating to or marked by communismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Communisticadjectiverelating to or marked by communismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Commutableadjectivecapable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Commutativeadjective(of a binary operation) independent of ordercandidateMay 18, 2026
Comoseadjectiveof certain seeds, having a tuft or tufts of haircandidateMay 18, 2026
Compactadjectiveclosely and firmly united or packed togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Companionableadjectivesuggestive of companionshipcandidateMay 18, 2026
Companionateadjectivelike a companioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Comparableadjectiveable to be compared or worthy of comparisoncandidateMay 18, 2026
Comparable toadjectiveMWEworthy of comparisoncandidateMay 18, 2026
Comparable withadjectiveMWEsimilar in some respect and so able to be compared in order to show differences and similaritiescandidateMay 18, 2026
Comparativeadjectiverelating to or based on or involving comparisoncandidateMay 18, 2026
Compartmentaladjectivedivided up into compartments or categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Compartmentalisedadjectivedivided up into compartments or categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Compartmentalizedadjectivedivided up into compartments or categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Compartmentedadjectivedivided up or separated into compartments or isolated unitscandidateMay 18, 2026
Compassionateadjectiveshowing or having compassioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Compatibleadjectivecapable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interactioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Compellingadjectivetending to persuade by forcefulness of argumentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compendiousadjectivebriefly giving the gist of somethingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compensableadjectivefor which money is paidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compensatedadjectivereceiving or eligible for compensationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Competentadjectiveproperly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficientcandidateMay 18, 2026
Competitiveadjectiveinvolving competition or competitivenesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Competitoryadjectiveinvolving competition or competitivenesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Complacentadjectivecontented to a fault with oneself or one's actionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Complainingadjectiveexpressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Complaintiveadjectiveexpressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Complaisantadjectiveshowing a cheerful willingness to do favors for otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Complementaladjectiveacting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)candidateMay 18, 2026
Complementaryadjectiveof words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the othercandidateMay 18, 2026
Completeadjectivehaving every necessary or normal part or component or stepcandidateMay 18, 2026
Completedadjective(of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Completingadjectiveacting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)candidateMay 18, 2026
Complexadjectivecomplicated in structurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Compliantadjectivedisposed or willing to complycandidateMay 18, 2026
Complicatedadjectivedifficult to analyze or understandcandidateMay 18, 2026
Complimentaryadjectiveconveying or resembling a complimentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compos MentisadjectiveMWEof sound mind, memory, and understandingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Composedadjectiveserenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stresscandidateMay 18, 2026
Compositeadjectiveof or relating to or belonging to the plant family CompositaecandidateMay 18, 2026
Compositionaladjectivearranging or groupingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compoundadjectiveconsisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or partscandidateMay 18, 2026
Compoundedadjectivecombined into or constituting a chemical compoundcandidateMay 18, 2026
Comprehendedadjectivefully understood or graspedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Comprehendibleadjectivecapable of being comprehended or understoodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Comprehensibleadjectivecapable of being comprehended or understoodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Comprehensiveadjectiveincluding all or everythingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compressedadjectiveflattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)candidateMay 18, 2026
Compressibleadjectivecapable of being compressed or made more compactcandidateMay 18, 2026
Compromisingadjectivevulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Compulsiveadjectivecaused by or suggestive of psychological compulsioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Compulsoryadjectiverequired by rulecandidateMay 18, 2026
Computableadjectivemay be computed or estimatedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Computationaladjectiveof or involving computation or computerscandidateMay 18, 2026
Computer ReadableadjectiveMWEsuitable for feeding directly into a computercandidateMay 18, 2026
Comradelyadjectiveheartily friendly and congenialcandidateMay 18, 2026
Con BrioadjectiveMWEwith liveliness or spiritcandidateMay 18, 2026
Concaveadjectivecurving inwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Concavo-Concaveadjectiveconcave on both sidescandidateMay 18, 2026
Concavo-Convexadjectiveconcave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Concealedadjectivehidden on any grounds for any motivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Concealingadjectivecovering or hidingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conceitedadjectivecharacteristic of false pridecandidateMay 18, 2026
Conceivableadjectivecapable of being imaginedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Concentratedadjectivebeing the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperaturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Concentricadjectivehaving a common centercandidateMay 18, 2026
Concentricaladjectivehaving a common centercandidateMay 18, 2026
Conceptionaladjectivebeing of the nature of a notion or conceptcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conceptiveadjectivecapable of conceivingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conceptualadjectivebeing or characterized by concepts or their formationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conceptualisticadjectiveinvolving or characteristic of conceptualismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Concernedadjectiveinvolved in or affected by or having a claim to or share incandidateMay 18, 2026
Concertedadjectiveinvolving the joint activity of two or morecandidateMay 18, 2026
Concessiveadjectiveof or pertaining to concessioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Conciliableadjectivecapable of being pacifiedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conciliativeadjectiveintended to placatecandidateMay 18, 2026
Conciliatoryadjectivemaking or willing to make concessionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Conciseadjectiveexpressing much in few wordscandidateMay 18, 2026
Concludedadjectivehaving come or been brought to a conclusioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Concludingadjectiveoccurring at or forming an end or terminationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conclusiveadjectiveforming an end or terminationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Concomitantadjectivefollowing or accompanying as a consequencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Concordantadjectivebeing of the same opinioncandidateMay 18, 2026