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| COMMENCEMENT | | n. Formal beginning. | |
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| COMMENSURATE | | adj. - (usu. Foll. By with) coextensive.
- (often foll. By to, with) proportionate. | |
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| COMMISSARIAT | | n. - esp. Mil. A department for the supply of food etc. B food supplied.
- hist. Government department of the ussr. [related to *commissary] | |
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| COMMISSIONER | | for oaths n. Solicitor authorized to administer an oath in an affidavit etc.
- n. - person appointed by a commission to perform a specific task, e.g. The head of the london police etc.
- member of a government commission.
- representative of government in a district, department, etc. [medieval latin: related to *commission] | |
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| COMMONWEALTH | | n. - independent state or community, esp. A democratic republic.
- (the commonwealth) a association of the uk with states that were previously part of the british empire. B republican government of britain 1649–60.
- federation of states. | |
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| COMMUNICABLE | | adj. (esp. Of a disease) able to be passed on. [latin: related to *communicate] | |
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| COMPANIONWAY | | n. Staircase from a ship's deck to the saloon or cabins. | |
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| COMPENSATION | | n. - compensating or being compensated.
- money etc. Given as recompense. | |
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| COMPLICATION | | n. - a involved or confused condition or state. B complicating circumstance; difficulty.
- (often in pl.) Disease or condition aggravating or arising out of a previous one. [latin: related to *complicate] | |
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| CONDENSATION | | n. - condensing or being condensed.
- condensed liquid (esp. Water on a cold surface).
- abridgement. [latin: related to *condense] | |
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