Nouns Starting With CONT

Here's the list of all the 349 Nouns Starting With CONT in the English Language.

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contact
1. close interaction
2. the act of touching physically
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control
1. power to direct or determine
2. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
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content
1. the state of being contented with your situation in life
2. (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
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contents
1. (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
2. a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
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contract
1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
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context
1. discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
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contemporary
1. a person of nearly the same age as another
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contractor
1. someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
2. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
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contest
1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
2. a struggle between rivals
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contribution
1. the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
2. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
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controller
1. someone who maintains and audits business accounts
2. a person who directs and restrains
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contrast
1. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
2. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
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container
1. any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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contrary
1. a relation of direct opposition
2. exact opposition
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contracting
1. becoming infected
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continuity
1. uninterrupted connection or union
2. a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
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contributor
1. someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
2. a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
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contamination
1. the state of being contaminated
2. a substance that contaminates
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controversy
1. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
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continent
1. one of the large landmasses of the earth
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continuation
1. the act of continuing an activity without interruption
2. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
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contour
1. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
2. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
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contingent
1. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
2. a temporary military unit
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continuum
1. a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts
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contingency
1. a possible event or occurrence or result
2. the state of being contingent on something
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containment
1. a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
2. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
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contention
1. a point asserted as part of an argument
2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
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contempt
1. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
2. a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
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contradiction
1. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
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contraception
1. birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
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contraction
1. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
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contradictory
1. two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
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contaminant
1. a substance that contaminates
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contraceptive
1. an agent or device intended to prevent conception
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contender
1. the contestant you hope to defeat
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contemplation
1. a long and thoughtful observation
2. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
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contemporaries
1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
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contestant
1. a person who participates in competitions
2. a person who dissents from some established policy
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continuance
1. the act of continuing an activity without interruption
2. the period of time during which something continues
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contravention
1. coming into conflict with
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contemplative
1. a person devoted to the contemplative life
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contraband
1. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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contentment
1. happiness with one's situation in life
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continua
1. a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts
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conto
1. 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal
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contagion
1. any disease easily transmitted by contact
2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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continence
1. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
2. voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
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contrarian
1. an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
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continuo
1. a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
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contraption
1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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contrivance
1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
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contrition
1. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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contractility
1. the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
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contracture
1. an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
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