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| CONTRABAND | | —n. - smuggled goods.
- smuggling; illegal trade. —adj. Forbidden to be imported or exported. [spanish from italian] | |
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| CONTRACTOR | | n. Person who makes a contract, esp. To conduct building operations. | |
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| CONTRADICT | | v. - deny (a statement).
- deny a statement made by (a person).
- be in opposition to or in conflict with. contradiction n. Contradictory adj. [latin dico dict- say] | |
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| CONTRAFLOW | | n. Transfer of traffic from its usual half of the road to the other half by borrowing one or more of the other half's lanes. | |
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| CONTRAVENE | | v. (-ning) 1 infringe (a law etc.).
- (of things) conflict with. contravention n. [latin venio come] | |
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| CONTRIBUTE | | v. (-ting) (often foll. By to) 1 give (time, money, etc.) Towards a common purpose.
- help to bring about a result etc.
- (also absol.) Supply (an article etc.) For publication with others. contributor n. [latin: related to *tribute] | |
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| CONTROLLER | | n. - person or thing that controls.
- person in charge of expenditure. | |
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| CONTROVERT | | v. Dispute, deny. [latin verto vers- turn] | |
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| CONVALESCE | | v. (-cing) recover health after illness. [latin valeo be well] | |
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| CONVECTION | | n. Heat transfer by upward movement of a heated and less dense medium. [latin veho vect- carry] | |
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