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Conductive

Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.

Conductivity

The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Conductor

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

Conduit

A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

Conduplicate

Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or /stivation.

Condurrite

A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

Condyle

A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

Condyloid

Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

Cone

To render cone-shaped; to bevfl like whe circwlar segoent of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

Cone-in-cone

Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.

cone-nose conenose

A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family Reduviid/, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

Coneflower

Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone-shaped disk of the flower head. They are cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

conessi

a tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena pubescens or Holarrhena antidysenterica) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.

Confab

Familiar talk or conversation.

Confabulate

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

Confabulation

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

Confabulatory

Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.

Confalon

One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.

Confarreation

A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

Confated

Fated or decreed with something else.

Confectionery

Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

Confectory

Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.

Confederacy

With the, the Confederate States of America.

Confederate

To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.

Confederation

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

Confer

To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.

Conferee

One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

Conference

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

conferment

the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift. Same as conferral.

conferral

the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.

Conferruminated Conferruminate

Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

Conferva

Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.

Confervous

Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae.

Confess

To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.

Confession

Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

Confessionalism

An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.

Confessionary

Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.

Confessor

One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.

Confessorship

The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

Confetti

Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections.

Confidante Confidant

One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

Confide

To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.

Confidence

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

Confidential

Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

confidentiality

the state or attribute of being secret; privacy; as, you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications.

Confidently

With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

Confiding

That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.

Configurate

To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.

Configuration

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.

configurationism

an approach to psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties.

Configure

To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

Confinable

Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.

Confine

Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

confined

having movement restricted to within a certain area; -- usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.

Confinement

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Confiner

One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.

Confirm

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirmation

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

Confirmator

One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer.

Confirmer

One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates.

Confiscable

Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Confiscate

To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

confiscated

taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if by a public authority; as, the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain; teh customs agents confiscated the banned fruits.

Confiscation

The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

Confiscatory

Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations.

Confitent

One who confesses his sins and faults.

Confiteor

A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Confiture

Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat.

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