contagious.adjective
the ability to infect another

contempt.noun
disparaging or haughty-disdain, as for something base or unworthy; scorn; the state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body
contemptible,-contemptuous.adjective
manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful
contemptuously.adverb
contemptuousness.noun
deserving of contempt; despicable
contemptibility or contemptibleness-noun
contemptibly.adverb
in a manner or to an extent that deserves and arouses contempt

contemporary.adjective
belonging to the same period of time (a fact documented by two contemporary sources); current; modern (contemporary trends in design)
contemporary.noun,.plural.contemporaries
one of the same time or age; a person of the present age.
contemporarily.adverb
contemporaneous.adjective
originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time (the contemporaneous reigns of two monarchs); contemporary
contemporaneity or contemporaneousness.noun
contemporaneously.adverb

contemplate.verb
inflected form(s).contemplated, contemplating
transitive verb senses.to view or consider with continued attention; meditate on; to view as contingent or probable or as an end or intention; to look at or consider thoughtfully
intransitive verb sense.ponder, meditate -
contemplator.noun
synonym.consider
contemplation.noun
contemplative.adjective
contemplatively.adverb

contented.adjective
devoid of anxiety; at the present feeling fufilled; at the present moment not feeling the need for effort in any direction; satisfied presently with things as they are; content (a contented expression on the child's face)
contentedly.adverb
contentedness.noun
content.adjective
desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.(she was content to retire after twenty years in that position); willing
content, contented,contenting, contents-transitive verbs
to appease the desires of; to limit (oneself) in requirements, desires, or actions

content.noun
often contents; something contained, as in a receptacle (the contents of my desk drawer; the contents of an aerosol can); the subject matter of a written work, such as a book or magazine; eggs have a high protein content

contentment.noun
the state of being contented; satisfaction; a source of satisfaction (the contentments of a happy family)
self contented.adjective
self satisfied
self contentedness-noun
self contented.adverb

contend, contended, contending, contends.verbs
intransitive verb use.to strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle (armies contending for control of strategic territory; had to contend with long lines at the airport); to compete, as in a race; vie; to strive in controversy or debate; dispute; discuss
transitive verb use.to maintain or assert.(the defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible)
contender.noun

contention.noun
verbal strife; to contend; argument; dispute; contest; struggle; quarrel; dispute
contentious adjective
argumentative, quarrelsome, characterized by dispute

context.noun
the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning; environment; setting 
contextless, contextual.adjectives
contextually.adverb

continence.noun
self restraint, especially; refraining from sexual intercourse; the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily (fecal continence)

contingency.noun
inflected form(s).plural.contingencies
the quality or state of being contingent; a contingent event or condition (as an emergency that may but is not certain to occur) (trying to provide for every contingency); something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else; dependent 
synonym.juncture
contingent.adjective
liable to occur but not with certainty; possiblel dependent on conditions or occurrences not yet established; conditional (arms sales contingent on the approval of Congress); appening by chance or accident; fortuitous; accidental; true only under certain conditions; not necessarily or universally true (a contingent proposition)
contingent.noun
an event or condition that is likely but not inevitable; a share or quota, as of troops, contributed to a general effort; a representative group forming part of an assemblage
contingently.adverb

contractile.adjective
having the power of contracting; producing contraction
contractility.noun

contradict, contradicted, contradicting, contradicts.verbs
transitive verb senses.to assert the contrary of; take issue with; to imply the opposite or a denial of (your actions contradict your words)
contradict implies an open or flat denial (her account contradicts his) 
contradictable.adjective
contradicter.or.contradictor.noun
synonyms.deny, contradict, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, traverse

contradictory.adjective
involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction; opposite; given to contradicting
cotradictory.noun,.plural.contradictories
Logic.-.either of two propositions related in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false
contradictorily.adverb
contradictoriness.noun
contradiction.noun
the act of contradicting; the state of being contradicted; inconsistency; discrepancy; something that contains contradictory elements

contrary.adjective
altogether different (contrary opinions); opposite in direction; adverse; unfavorable (a contrary wind); averse; the opposite of (considering the other side of the question); also, obstinate.(recalcitrant behavior)
synonym.equanimity, stability
contrary.noun,.plural.contraries
something that is opposite or contrary; either of two opposing or contrary things
contrary.adverb
in an opposite direction or manner; counter
contrarily.adverb
contrariness.noun

contrariwise.adverb
from a contrasting point of view; in the opposite way or reverse order

contravene, contravened, contravening, contravenes.transitive verbs
to act or be counter to; violate (contravene a direct order); to oppose in argument; gainsay.(contravened the proposal)

contrast, contrasted, contrasting, contrasts.verbs
transitive verb use.to set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences (an essay that contrasts city and country life; contrasted this computer with inferior models)
intransitive verb use.to show differences when compared (siblings who contrast sharply in interests and abilities; a color that contrasted clearly with the dark background)
contrast.noun
the act of contrasting; a setting off of dissimilar.entities or objects; the state of being contrasted (red berries standing in vivid contrast against the snow); a difference, especially a strong dissimilarity, between entities or objects compared (the contrast between Northern and Southern speech patterns); one thing that is strikingly dissimilar to another; (my new school was a welcome contrast to the one before); the use of opposing elements, such as colors, forms, or lines, in proximity to produce an intensified effect in a work of art; the difference in brightness between the light and dark areas of a picture, such as a photograph or video image
contrastable.adjective
contrastingly.adverb

contrive-verb
inflected form(s).contrived, contriving
devise, plan (contrive ways of handling the situation) to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner (contrived household utensils from stone); to bring about; to devise, plan, invent (they have contrived an automatic dishwasher); to bring about by stratagem
intransitive verb senses.to make schemes
contriver-noun
contrived-adjective
artificial, labored
contrivance noun
contrivable adjective
that can be contrived