control (n.)
- ability
- abnegation
- absolutism
- abstinence
- acme
- action
- address
- adeptness
- administration
- adroitness
- airmanship
- angel
- aplomb
- apparition
- appearance
- arrest
- artfulness
- artisanship
- artistry
- ascendancy
- authority
- authorization
- banshee
- bondage
- bravura
- bridle
- brilliance
- button
- calm
- calmness
- capability
- capacity
- captain
- captivity
- championship
- charge
- charisma
- charm
- check
- claws
- cleverness
- clout
- clutches
- collect
- command
- competence
- composure
- conduct
- consequence
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- cool
- cooling
- coordination
- copilot
- craft
- craftsmanship
- credit
- cunning
- curb
- curtailment
- daemon
- damp
- deceleration
- deftness
- demon
- device
- dexterity
- dextrousness
- dial
- diplomacy
- direction
- directorship
- discipline
- disenfranchisement
- disfranchisement
- dispassion
- disposition
- dominance
- domination
- dominion
- drive
- dybbuk
- effect
- effectiveness
- efficiency
- eminence
- empire
- empiricism
- enchantment
- engineer
- enslavement
- enthrallment
- esteem
- evenness
- experiment
- experimentalism
- experimentation
- expertise
- facility
- familiar
- favor
- feudalism
- finesse
- fly
- force
- form
- genius
- gentleness
- ghost
- governance
- government
- grace
- grasp
- grip
- gripe
- guard
- guardian
- guidance
- guide
- hand
- handiness
- handle
- handling
- hands
- hant
- haunt
- head
- headship
- hegemony
- height
- helm
- hindrance
- hold
- horsemanship
- husbandry
- immateriality
- impartiality
- imperium
- importance
- independence
- influence
- ingeniousness
- ingenuity
- inhibition
- injunction
- insinuation
- interdict
- judiciousness
- jurisdiction
- keep
- kingship
- knob
- know-how
- larva
- lay
- lead
- leadership
- leading
- lenity
- lever
- leverage
- lordship
- magnetism
- management
- manes
- maneuver
- manipulation
- marksmanship
- master
- mastermind
- mastership
- mastery
- materialization
- maximum
- mechanism
- might
- mildness
- moderate
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderationism
- moment
- monopoly
- most
- neutrality
- nonviolence
- numen
- officer
- oni
- order
- ordering
- oversight
- pacifism
- paramountcy
- peonage
- personality
- persuasion
- phantom
- pilot
- pilotage
- poltergeist
- possession
- potency
- power
- pragmatism
- predominance
- preponderance
- presence
- presidency
- pressure
- prestige
- primacy
- proficiency
- prohibition
- protection
- protectionism
- prowess
- prudence
- pull
- purchase
- quarterback
- quickness
- raj
- rationing
- readiness
- record
- regnancy
- regulation
- reign
- rein
- repose
- repute
- resource
- resourcefulness
- restraint
- retard
- retardation
- retrenchment
- revenant
- rule
- run
- running
- savoir-faire
- savvy
- say
- seamanship
- self-abnegation
- self-command
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-discipline
- self-government
- self-possession
- self-restraint
- serenity
- serfdom
- serfhood
- servility
- servitude
- shade
- shadow
- shape
- skill
- skillfulness
- skipper
- slavery
- smother
- snub
- sobriety
- solo
- sovereignty
- specter
- spirit
- spook
- sprite
- stability
- steadiness
- steer
- steerage
- steering
- stifle
- strings
- style
- suasion
- subjection
- subjugation
- suggestion
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- switch
- tact
- tactfulness
- tame
- technique
- temper
- temperance
- temperateness
- testing
- theophany
- thrall
- thralldom
- timing
- totem
- tranquillity
- trial
- tyranny
- vassalage
- virtuosity
- vision
- weight
- wit
- wizardry
- workmanship
- wraith
- zenith
- zombie
control (v.)
- abate
- action
- address
- allay
- alleviate
- arrest
- assuage
- attemper
- barnstorm
- blunt
- bridle
- button
- calm
- captain
- charge
- charm
- chasten
- check
- clout
- collect
- command
- conduct
- constrain
- contain
- cool
- craft
- credit
- curb
- curtail
- damp
- dampen
- de-emphasize
- deaden
- decelerate
- decide
- determine
- dial
- diminish
- direct
- discipline
- dispose
- dominate
- downplay
- drive
- dull
- effect
- engineer
- enjoin
- esteem
- experiment
- extenuate
- favor
- fly
- force
- form
- ghost
- govern
- grace
- grasp
- grip
- gripe
- guard
- guide
- hand
- handle
- hands
- hant
- haunt
- head
- helm
- hinder
- hold
- influence
- inhibit
- interdict
- keep
- lay
- lead
- lenify
- lessen
- lever
- leverage
- lighten
- manage
- maneuver
- manipulate
- master
- mastermind
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- obtund
- officer
- order
- oversee
- palliate
- palms
- pilot
- power
- prescribe
- pressure
- prohibit
- pull
- purchase
- quarterback
- record
- reduce
- regulate
- reign
- rein
- repose
- repress
- repute
- restrain
- retard
- retrench
- rule
- run
- savvy
- say
- shade
- shadow
- shape
- skipper
- slacken
- smother
- snub
- sober
- soften
- solo
- spirit
- spook
- steer
- stifle
- straiten
- strings
- style
- subdue
- supervise
- suppress
- sway
- switch
- tact
- tame
- temper
- thrall
- underplay
- vision
- weaken
- weight
- wit
- withhold
control (adv.)
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin,—his control
Stops with the shore.
