COMPLEXION
COMPLEXION, noun1. Involution; a complex state.2. The color of the skin, particularly of the face; the color of the external parts of a body or thing; as a fair complexion; a da...
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COMPLEXIONAL
COMPLEXIONAL, adjective Depending on or pertaining to complexion; as complexional efflorescencies; complexional prejudices.
COMPLEXIONALLY
COMPLEXIONALLY, adverb By complexion.
COMPLEXIONARY
COMPLEXIONARY, adjective Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
COMPLEXIONED
COMPLEXIONED, adjective Having a certain temperament or state.
COMPLEXITY
COMPLEXITY, noun The state of being complex; complexness.COMPLEXITY, adverb In a complex manner; not simply.
COMPLEXNESS
COMPLEXNESS, noun The state of being complex or involved.
COMPLEXURE
COMPLEXURE, noun The involution or complication of one thing with others.
COMPLIABLE
COMPLIABLE, adjective [See Comply.] that can bend or yield.
COMPLIANCE
COMPLIANCE, noun [See comply.]1. The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand or proposal; concession; submission.Let the king meet compliance in your...
COMPLIANT
COMPLIANT, adjective1. Yielding, bending; as the compliant boughs. [See Pliant, which is generally used.]2. Yielding to request or desire; civil; obliging.
COMPLIANTLY
COMPLIANTLY, adverb In a yielding manner.
COMPLICACY
COMPLICACY, noun A state of being complex or intricate.
COMPLICATE
COMPLICATE, verb transitive1. Literally, to interweave; to fold and twist together. Hence, to make complex; to involve; to entangle; to unite or connect mutually or intimately, ...
COMPLICATED
COMPLICATED, participle passive Interwoven; entangled; involved; intricate; composed of two or more things or parts united.
COMPLICATELY
COMPLICATELY, adverb In a complex manner.
COMPLICATENESS
COMPLICATENESS, noun The state of being complicated; involution; intricacy; perplexity.
COMPLICATING
COMPLICATING, participle present tense Interweaving; infolding; uniting.
COMPLICATION
COMPLICATION, noun1. The act of interweaving, or involving two or more things or parts; the state of being interwoven, involved or intimately blended.The notions of a confused k...
COMPLICE
COMPLICE, noun One who is united with another in the commission of a crime, or in an ill design; an associate or confederate in some unlawful act or design; an accomplice. The l...
COMPLIED
COMPLIED, preterit tense of comply.
COMPLIER
COMPLIER, noun One who complies, yields or obeys; a person of ready compliance; a man of an easy, yielding temper.
COMPLIMENT
COMPLIMENT, noun1. An expression of civility, respect or regard; as, to send, or make ones compliments to an absent friend. In this application, the plural is always used.He obs...
COMPLIMENTAL
COMPLIMENTAL, adjective Expressive of civility or respect; implying compliments.Languages--grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth.
COMPLIMENTALLY
COMPLIMENTALLY, adverb In the nature of a compliment; by way of civility, or ceremony.
COMPLIMENTER
COMPLIMENTER, noun One who compliments; one given to compliments; a flatterer.
COMPLIN
COMPLIN, noun The last division of the Romish breviary; the last prayer at night, to be recited after sun-set; so called because it closes the service of the day.