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
deserving of contempt; despicable
contemptibility or contemptibleness-noun
contemptibly-adverb
in a manner or to an extent that deserves and arouses contempt

contemptuous.adjective
manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful
contemptuously.adverb
contemptuousness.noun

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 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 sense.ponder, meditate -
contemplator.noun
synonym.consider
contemplation.noun
contemplative.adjective
contemplatively.adverb

content-transitive verb
to appease the desires of; to limit (oneself) in requirements, desires, or actions 
self contented-adjective
self satisfied 
self contentedness-noun
self contented-adverb

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 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

contrast, contrasted, contrasting, contrasts.verbs
transitive 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 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

contrary.adjective
altogether different; the opposite of (considering the other side of the question); also, obstinate
synonyms equanimity, stability

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)

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 senses-to make schemes
contriver-noun
contrived-adjective
artificial, labored
contrivance noun
contrivable adjective
that can be contrived