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Concha

The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

Conchal

Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.

Conchifera

That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Conchiform

Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Conchite

A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

Conchitic

Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Concho-spiral

A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

Conchoid

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.

Conchoidal

Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Conchology

The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.

Conchometer

An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.

Conchometry

The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Conciator

The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.

Concierge

One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.

Conciliabule

An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.

Conciliate

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

Conciliation

The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

Conciliatory

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

Concinnate

To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.

Concinnity

Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.

Concinnous

Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant.

Concionatory

Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses.

Concise

Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

Concision

A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.

Concitation

The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating.

Conclave

The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

Conclavist

One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

Conclude

To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.

Concludency

Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion.

Concludent

Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive.

Conclusion

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

Conclusive

Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.

Conclusively

In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively.

Concoct

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

Concoction

A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

Concoctive

Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.

Concolor

Of the same color; of uniform color.

Concomitant

One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.

Concordant

Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.

Concordat

A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.

Concourse

A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

Concrement

A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union.

Concrescence

Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles.

Concrescible

Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state.

Concrete

To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.

Concretion

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

Concretionary

Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.

Concubinage

The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

Concubine

A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.

Concupiscent

Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious.

Concupiscible

Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires.

Concupy

Concupiscence. [Used only in /Troilus and Cressida/]

Concur

To run together; to meet.

Concurrence

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

Concurrent

One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

Concussion

A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.

Concussive

Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating.

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