A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.

Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.

Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed.

To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require; especially, to indicate that a particular method of treatment should not be used; as, penicilin is contraindicated in patients who have shown hypersensitivity.

An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.

An outer wall.

Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.

Pertaining to the sending of two messages in opposite directions at the same time.

A placing over against; opposite position.

A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.

Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

One skilled in counterpoint.

One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant.

a person who habitually takes a view opposite to that held by the majority; as, the contrarians in the stock market prefer to sell when most analysts advise us to buy.

Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.

Contrarily.

Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.

The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.

Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse.

Contrarily; oppositely.

On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.

Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.

Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.

Counter tenor; contralto.

A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

One who contravenes.

The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.

A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.

A species of Dorstenia (Dorstenia Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. The quadrille.

An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.

Capable of being contributed.

Contributory.

To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.

The act of contributing.

Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.

Contributing, or tending to contribute.

One who, or that which, contributes; one who writes articles for a newspaper, magazine, or book.

One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.

To make sad.

To make sorrowful.

In a contrite manner.

Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

To triturate; to pulverize.

Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.

One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.

To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.

That branch of Mathematics and Engineering which deals with the design, identification and analysis of systems with a view towards controlling them, i. e., to make them perform specific tasks or make them behave in a desired way.

Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.

Capability of being controlled.

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

The office of a controller.

The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.

Turning or looking opposite ways.

Controversial.

To dispute; to controvert.

A disputant.

Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.

In a controversial manner.

Act of controverting; controversy.

A controverser.

Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.

Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.

One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.

Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.

Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.

Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

To beat, pound, or bray together.

The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

injured without breaking the skin; as, a cut arm and contused cheek.

A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.

An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.

A cone.

Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged.

See Cognizant.

See Cognizor.

To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

Convalescent.

The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

One recovering from sickness.

In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.

A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.

The lily of the valley.

One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.

A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

to circulate hot air by convection, as of certain ovens.

The act or process of conveying or transmitting.

Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity.

In a convective manner.

Tending to tear or pull up.

Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies.

That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.

To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

One who convenes or meets with others.

things that make one comfortable and at ease.

The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.

Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.

In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.

Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent.

A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.

One who supports or frequents conventicles.

Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle.