The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock.

a small band of jazz musicians.

A Muslim rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads.

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers.

supporting combustion.

Burnt; consumed.

The quality of being combustible.

A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.

Combustibility.

The state of burning.

Inflammable.

Coming.

A gripping device, as for stretching wire, etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on the ring.

One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.

An actor or player in comedy.

A women who plays in comedy.

A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.

A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).

A downfall; an humiliation.

A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.

In a suitable or becoming manner.

The quality or state of being comely.

In a becoming manner.

One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.

The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.

A reveling; a rioting.

Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.

A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.

A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.

An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.

Matter; affair.

Relating to a comet.

One who describes or writes about comets.

A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.

The branch of astronomy relating to comets.

An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts; as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation.

To preserve dry with sugar.

See Comfit, n.

Assistance; relief; support.

A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.

State of being comfortable.

In a comfortable or comforting manner.

One who administers comfort or consolation.

providing freedom from worry.

Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.

Act or process of administering comfort.

A woman who comforts.

A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.

comfortable.

A comedian.

a brief sequence of drawings, usually with characters drawn only sketchily, as in a cartoon, with dialog written in /balloons/ over a character's head, and depicting a fictional and usually comical incident; -- also called a cartoon. Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels arranged horizontally, but widely varying arrangements are published. In modern newspapers, weekly comic strips are in color, and daily strips are usually in black and white. In some, the story depicted may be serialized and continuous, carried over from day to day or week to week. Stories of adventure, drama, mystery or an otherwise non-comical nature depicted in the same style are also called comic strips.

Relating to comedy.

The quality of being comical; something comical.

The power of exciting mirth; comicalness.

The section of a newspaper containing mostly comic strips; -- called also funnies and funny papers. Many but not all newspapers have a comics section.

Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.

an abbreviation for communications intelligence; technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients.

A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.

A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily.

Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

Capable of being commanded.

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.

To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

The office of a commander.

The office or rank of a commander.

Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

In a commanding manner.

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

A woman invested with authority to command.

See Commandery.

The frontier of a country; confines.

Consisting of the same material.

Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.

Conciseness in writing.

Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.

To be commensurate with; to equal.

Worthy to be commemorated.

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

something that commemorates, especially a postage stamp or coin having a design commemorating some event, person, institution, etc.

One who commemorates.

Serving to commemorate; commemorative.

To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

Commendation; praise.

Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

One who holds a living in commendam.

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.

A commendation; eulogy.

One who commends or praises.

Having the character of a commensal.

The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.

Commensality.

The quality of being commensurable.

Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.

In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.

Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.

The state or quality of being commensurate.

The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.

A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.

To add symbols in the code of a computer program to convert (one or more lines of programming statements) from executable instructions to comments; used to make program statements inoperable without removing them permanently, such as for temporary testing of alternative methods or to leave the original lines in as explanatory comments.

A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.

To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.

The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition.

One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.

Pertaining to the making of commentaries.

The office or occupation of a commentator.

One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.