Con'tretemps [kon'trə-tahn] n. unexpected and embarrassing event or mishap

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Con'tumacy [-tyoo-] n. stubburn disobedience
Con'tumely [-tyoom-i-li] n. insulting language or treatment
Contu'sion [-yōō'zh-] n. bruise
Conurba'tion n. densely populated urban sprawl formed by spreading of towns

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Contrapuntal a. Mus. pertinent to counterpart

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Conter'minous a. of the same extent (in time, etc.); meeting along a common boundary; meeting end to end

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Conspec'tus n. comprehensive view or survey of subject; synopsis

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Consomm'é [-à] n. clear meat soup

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Consanguin'ity n. kinship

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Conker n. inf. horse chestnut
Connu'bial a. of marriage

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Conge'ries [-jē'-]n. collection or mass of small bodies

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Con'ger [-ng'g-] n. variety of large, voracious sea eel
Conglu'tinate [-glōō'] v. glue or grow together; heal by uniting

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Concu'piscence n. lust

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Confabula'tion n. confidential conversation

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Concom'itance n. existence

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Comptom'eter n. a calculating machine
Concat'enate vt. link together
Conchol'ogy [kong-kol'-] n. study, collection of shells and shellfish

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Com'pére [kom'per] n. one who presents artists in cabaret, television shows, etc

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Comp'lin(e) n. last service of day in the Roman Catholic Church

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Coll'oid n. suspension of particles in a solution

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Collo'dion n. chemical solution used in photography and medicine
Comest'ible n. food
Com'fit [kum'-] n. sweet

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Coff'erdam n. watertight structure enabling construction work to be done under water

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Cock'chafer n. large flying beetle
Co'copan n. small truck on rails used esp. in mines
Coe'liac [sē'-] a. pertinent to the belly
Coe'val [kō-ē'-] a. of the same age or generation
Cogno'men n. surname, nickname

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