coadunate (en)

Closely joined; grown together; united

cockamamie (en)

(North American) ridiculous; implausible

codicil (en)

(noun) a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will / (noun) appendix supplement

coenesthesia (en)

(noun) the general feeling of inhabiting one's body that arises from multiple stimuli from various bodily organs

coeval (en)

(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration

cognoscenti (en)

(noun) a person who has expert knowledge in a subject; connoisseur

colonnade (en)

(noun) a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure

coltan (en)

a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum (used to manufacture tantalum capacitors, used in electronic products) are extracted; its mining has financed serious conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Common Agricultural Policy (en)

the agricultural policy of the EU

common pool (en)

a type of good consisting of a resource system for which it's hard but not impossible to restrict (e.g. an irrigation system or fishing grounds); differs from pure public goods in that they face problems of congestion or overuse, because they are subtractable; consists of a core resource (e.g., water or fish) which defines the stock variable, while providing a limited quantity of extractable fringe units, which defines the flow variable

compere (en)

(noun) the master of ceremonies of an entertainment (as a television program) / (verb) to act as compere for / (verb) to act as a compere

comport (en)

(verb) to be fitting; accord / (verb) behave / (verb) to behave in a manner conformable to what is right, proper, or expected / (noun) compote

comprador (en)

person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation; originally applied only to East Asia but now used in a Marxist sense to refer to other regions; from the Portuguese word for buyer

compunction (en)

(noun) anxiety arising from awareness of guilt / (noun) distress of mind over an anticipated action or result / (noun) a twinge of misgiving; scruple

conatus (la)

means effort, endeavor, impulse, inclination, tendency, undertaking striving; in early philosophies of psychology and metaphysics, is an innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself

concomitant (en)

naturally accompanying or associated

concupiscence (en)

(noun) strong desire / (noun) sexual desire

condign (en)

(adj) fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment

Confiteor (en)

(noun) a liturgical form in which sinfulness is acknowledged and intercession for God's mercy requested; from Latin ("I confess")

confrère (en)

(an English word, derived from Middle French) a fellow member of a profession

congeries (en)

(noun, singular) a disorderly collection; a jumble

conjunctural (en)

relating to a combination of circumstances or events usually producing a crisis : juncture

conniption (en)

(noun) a fit of rage, hysteria, or alarm

connubial (en)

(adjective) of or relating to the married state; conjugal

constative (en)

denoting a speech act or sentence that is a statement declaring something to be the case