Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
concause |
noun |
A joint cause. |
concaved |
imp. & past participle |
of Concave, Bowed in the form of an arch; — called also arched. |
conceded |
imp. & past participle |
of Concede |
conceive |
verb t. |
To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of., To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope., To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand., To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant., To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; — with of. |
concerto |
noun |
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer’s skill. |
concetti |
plural |
of Concetto |
concetto |
noun |
Affected wit; a conceit. |
conchite |
noun |
A fossil or petrified conch or shell. |
conchoid |
noun |
A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube. |
conclave |
noun |
The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope., The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals., A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. |
conclude |
verb t. |
To shut up; to inclose., To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace., To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; — sometimes followed by a dependent clause., To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide., To bring to an end; to close; to finish., To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain., To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; — generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument., To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate., To form a final judgment; to reach a decision. |
concolor |
adjective |
Of the same color; of uniform color. |
concrete |
adjective |
United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form., Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; — opposed to abstract., Applied to a specific object; special; particular; — opposed to general. See Abstract, 3., A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body., A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures., A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term., Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass., To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body., To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles., To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement. |