consummate, a. [perfect], [supreme], [complete], finished.

consummation, n. [fulfillment], [perfection], [realization], [attainment].

consumption, n. phthisis; consuming.

contact, n. [touching], tangency, contingency, [impact], juxtaposition, osculation, contiguity, apposition, syzygy.

contagion, n. virus, [infection], contagium.

contagious, a. communicable, [infectious], pestilential, [pestiferous]. Antonym: incommunicable.

contain, v. [comprise], embody, [include], [comprehend], [hold], [restrain].

container, n. [receptacle].

contaminate, v. [corrupt], [pollute], [defile], infect, [taint], [vitiate], sully, [debase].

contamination, n. [corruption], [pollution], [defilement], [vitiation], [taint], [infection].