| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| conned | imp. & past participle | of Con |
| concha | noun | The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse., The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal. |
| concur | verb i. | To run together; to meet., To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect., To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond., To assent; to consent. |
| conder | noun | One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker. |
| condog | verb i. | To concur; to agree. |
| condor | noun | A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes. |
| confab | noun | Familiar talk or conversation. |
| confer | verb t. | To bring together for comparison; to compare., To grant as a possession; to bestow., To contribute; to conduce., To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate. |
| confit | noun | Same as Comfit. |
| confix | verb t. | To fix; to fasten. |
| confus | adjective | Confused, disturbed. |
| congee | noun & verb | See Conge, Conge., Boiled rice; rice gruel., A jail; a lockup. |
| conger | noun | The conger eel; — called also congeree. |
| congou | noun | Alt. of Congo |
| conics | noun | That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections., Conic sections. |
| conida | plural | of Conidium |
| conine | noun | A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2. |
| conite | noun | A magnesian variety of dolomite. |
| conium | noun | A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit (“seeds”) and decompound leaves., The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine. |
| conner | noun | A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner. |
| connex | verb t. | To connect. |
| conoid | noun | Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone., A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; — more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc., A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane., Resembling a cone; conoidal. |
| consul | noun | One of the two chief magistrates of the republic., A senator; a counselor., One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul., An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. |
| contek | noun | Quarrel; contention; contest., Contumely; reproach. |
| contex | verb t. | To context. |
| contra | A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref. | |
| conure | noun | An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet. |
| convex | adjective | Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; — said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave., A convex body or surface. |
| convey | verb t. | To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport., To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas., To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing., To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information., To manage with privacy; to carry out., To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve., To accompany; to convoy., To play the thief; to steal. |
| convoy | verb t. | To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman., The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort., A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort., A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance., Conveyance; means of transportation., A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. |